Joe Crowley challenges children to use technological tricks to unearth clues about the unsung historical heroes who lived and worked in their home town. Show more
Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander visit a house in Cheshire, a two-bed mid-terrace in Lancashire and a property in Cornwall, and find out who bought them at auction. Show more
Series following some of the nation's architects. Chris Loyn gets to grips with a future-proof house near Cardiff, while David Blaikie helps a family who have outgrown their home. Show more
Series following council officers. Local council officers take a superstore to task over spotlights keeping residents awake at night. Show more
Consumer series with Dominic Littlewood. Dom helps two families whose holidays abroad didn't go to plan. Both had to move hotels and ended up out of pocket as a result. Show more
Consumer series with Anne Robinson. The team discover how some insurance companies are failing flood victims and look at problems with second-hand concert tickets. Show more
Documentary series. Survivors of the worst civilian disaster of World War II are reunited, and veterans of one of the UK's forgotten wars - Malaya - meet up after 60 years. Show more
Interviews with newsmakers and personalities from across the globe. Stephen Sackur talks to Doyin Okupe, a senior adviser to Nigeria's president, Goodluck Jonathan. Show more
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Jo Coburn is joined by John Micklethwait, editor of the Economist, to discuss the big stories of the day.
Celebrated chef Raymond Blanc demonstrates the versatility of the summer's juiciest fruits. To begin with, he prepares a simple but impressive berry-strewn pavlova. Show more
A look around the coast of the British Isles. Alice Roberts boards a dredger to discover a precious resource: sand from the seabed for building sites and garden makeovers. Show more
Based on the six political novels by Anthony Trollope. Plantagenet has paid Lopez's election expenses and Lopez takes his version of the election expenses story to Quintus Slide. Show more
Series looking at the value of household junk. Bev hopes Jennie Bond and Jonty Hearnden will find something in her home that could be sold to raise the funds for a new fence. Show more
Wildlife reports from Kenya's Masai Mara. The Mara's wildebeest migration is the largest for over 20 years.
Series following wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan as he spends a year with a family of wild black bears. Before he can start filming, Gordon must earn the bears' trust. Show more
Paul Martin presents from Wolverhampton, where experts Catherine Southon and David Barby search for items to take to auction. Paul also pays a visit to Wightwick Manor. Show more
Dermot Murnaghan hosts the show where every day a new team of challengers take on what is probably the greatest quiz team in Britain, made up of some of the country's top quizzers. Show more
Architect Chris Loyn gets to grips with an upside-down house near Cardiff, while Laurence Bowen and Paul Robinson work with a family in Winchester. Show more
Top chefs compete to cook at a banquet marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day. It is finals week and victorious regional chefs must cook their fish course for the judges. Show more
Chris Packham, Martin Hughes-Games and Michaela Strachan present live updates from Suffolk. Plus a special report on a family of urban foxes in Brighton. Show more
Documentary series. A look at Rio's drug-trafficking favelas, being 'pacified' by the government's special forces ahead of the World Cup in increasingly violent incursions. Show more
Ian Hislop explores the British trait of obsession with the past. He looks at the rural olden days - Britain's idealised vision of the countryside. Show more
In a documentary to mark the 100-year anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, Sir Max Hastings argues that although the war was a great tragedy, it was far from being futile. Show more
Factual drama series drawing on the archives of the Old Bailey online project. A woman enlists the help of two men to help her murder her husband. Show more
Factual drama series drawing on the archives of the Old Bailey online project. Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst stands accused of damage to property. Show more
Gemma Cairney journeys through the history of the women's movement, investigating landmark events including women winning the right to vote and the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Show more
