Professor Adam Hart is joined by a team of primary school scientists to explore the fascinating underground world of a leafcutter ant colony. Show more

Charles Dickens hosts a chat show. He is joined by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to discuss the Victorian Christmas. Show more

Property redevelopment series. Presenters Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander visit a terrace in Staffordshire, a flat in East Ham, and a five-bedroom Victorian villa in Derby. Show more

There is a major emergency operation on the UK's highest motorway after a chemical tanker crashes, and a coast-to-coast charity bike ride ends with an accident.

Statistician Professor Hans Rosling presents a spectacular portrait of our rapidly changing world, showing how the problems of rapid population growth are starting to be conquered. Show more

Kate Humble and Simon King report from Zambia. There has been no rain for seven months but the clouds are building and the drought could break any day. Show more

Ben Fogle and Kate Humble explore life behind the scenes at Longleat Estate and Safari Park. The keepers get to grips with three very excitable young warthogs. Show more

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Adaptation of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece, set in 1890s England. A comedy of mistaken identity ensues when two gentlemen friends use the same alias to pursue the women they love. Show more

Fred Dibnah looks at the advances made with the invention of the steam turbine, still used to generate electricity in coal-fired and nuclear power stations. Show more

Antiques series. Victoria Vaughan, ex-model and former wife of musician George Melly, plans to embark on a new era in her life and hopes her antiques will help fund her on the way. Show more

Lion expert and BBC Big Cat presenter Jonathan Scott looks at why living in prides once helped the lions, but now it could be their downfall. Show more

Police drama series. Christine becomes embroiled in a case involving a criminal who threatens witnesses who appear against him.

Classic sitcom set in a department store. Mr Humphries is appointed editor of the new Grace Bros in-house magazine. Show more

Sitcom about a cafe owner in occupied France. When the Resistance need to hide 1,000 kilograms of explosives, they plan to disguise it as Christmas puddings. Show more

Fiona Bruce and the Roadshow specialists remember the royal treasures that they have unearthed on the show, and portrait specialist Philip Mould unmasks Elizabeth I. Show more

Dermot Murnaghan hosts a celebrity edition of the quiz. Stage and screen greats Patti Boulaye, Diane Keen, Anna Karen, Shirley-Anne Field and Anita Harris try to beat the Eggheads. Show more

Famous graduates play in this festive quiz. The University of Reading plays Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Guests include Jay Wynne, Joan Smith, Rory McGrath and Mary-Ann Ochota. Show more

Subjects are: the presidency of John F Kennedy, the novels of Peter Carey, heavyweight boxing and the physicist James Clerk Maxwell. John Humphrys presents. Show more

In a special Christmas edition of the quiz where points are awarded for quite interesting answers, Stephen Fry is joined by Ross Noble, Sean Lock, Brian Blessed and Alan Davies.

Analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Victoria Derbyshire, including Ed Miliband going after gambling machines, and Nigella Lawson coverage. Show more

Comedy drama adapted from a graphic novel. Tamara Drewe (Gemma Arterton) returns to the sleepy Dorset village where she grew up, and a contest for her affections develops. Show more

Why has a TV show about a man with a box that can travel anywhere in time and space become the BBC's longest running drama? Matthew Sweet investigates. Show more

Dramatised account of how Doctor Who was brought to the screen in 1963 by a young producer frustrated by TV's glass ceiling and an actor unhappy with a career of hard-man roles. Show more