A series of fun and engaging short films exploring fundamental philosophical concepts through everyday questions that children ask and adults often struggle to answer. Show more
Short films exploring fundamental philosophical concepts. Dave has to replace each part of his ship during a long voyage. Is it still the same ship? Show more
A series of short films exploring fundamental philosophical concepts. Two communities living along a river come into conflict when one decides to build a dam. Show more
A series of fun and engaging short films exploring fundamental philosophical concepts. A boy finds a ring of invisibility and must decide what to do with it. Show more
Five animated stories giving a unique insight into the lives of young people who have sought refuge in the UK, told by the children themselves. Show more
This short film shows the process of how caterpillars change into butterflies. Caterpillars grow, feed and then transform from chrysalis to beautiful colourful butterflies. Show more
Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander visit a house in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, a small cottage in Hythe, Kent and a plot of land in Chippenham, Wiltshire. Show more
Dominic Littlewood looks at antisocial behaviour. Dom meets parking enforcement officers in Portsmouth who deal with repeat parking offenders and the misuse of blue badges. Show more
Dom Littlewood looks at clever new methods that the police and the public are using to catch crooks red-handed. A man armed with a crowbar terrorises a jewellery shop owner. Show more
Animal Saints and Sinners
Episode 4: A Husky Living in a Scrapyard, a Hero Dog and an Ex-Racehorse
45 minutes
on BBC Two HD
Animal documentary series. The dog control officers of Salford are worried about a husky who lives in a scrapyard. Show more
Brits test drive an alternative life in Europe. Alistair Appleton is property shopping with a couple in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon on a budget of £300,000. Show more
Gardening magazine. Monty Don adds some late summer colour to his ornamental grass borders, while Carol Klein meets a man who is out to the find the best-performing heleniums. Show more
Stephen Sackur speaks to singer and songwriter Chrissie Hynde in an interview from September 2014. After 30 years of making music, is she still in love with rock 'n' roll? Show more
The latest national and international news, plus top interviews and analysis.
The latest international news from the BBC.
Jo Coburn is joined by Polly Toynbee to discuss the latest political news, including Westminster reaction to Barack Obama's announcement of airstrikes against IS in Iraq and Syria. Show more
The story of Bolton steeplejack Fred Dibnah continues. Left alone, Fred finds himself pursued by ladies but concentrates on his work.
The life of Bolton steeplejack Fred Dibnah. Fred has married again, and he becomes the father of two sons.
Gloria Hunniford visits the Isle of Wight to meet keen traveller Sandy Plowright, who hopes a lifetime of collecting can help fund a trip to the Antarctic.
Michel Roux Jr puts his final two students to the test, asking them to cook two of his father Albert's iconic recipes before deciding who will be his protege. Show more
Culinary challenge. Kirsty Wark, Ruth Goodman, Phil Vickery and Ricky Groves are tested on basic skills and recipes, before creating a dish from an array of ingredients. Show more
Chris Packham continues his exploration of bizarre happenings in the animal world with bears that have turned criminal and fish that have learned to attack birds on land. Show more
Michael Portillo finds out about shoddy, a successful 19th-century recycling industry in the textile town of Batley, and meets a descendant of George Bradshaw. Show more
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Series 5
Episode 19: John Cameron v Philip Serrell - Foreign Market
45 minutes
on BBC Two HD
Antiques challenge. John 'The Hammer' Cameron and Philip 'The Fox' Serrell head to the St Ouen antiques market in Paris to do battle. Show more
Richard Osman presents the fast-paced quiz show where what contestants have in common is just as important as their general knowledge.
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
Vladimir Putin stands accused of launching an undeclared war against Ukraine. As fears of a wider war grow, John Sweeney challenges the Russian strongman on the killing in Ukraine. Show more
Powerful animated films, in which elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors tell their stories of Nazi persecution in their childhood and how they escaped from occupied Europe to Britain. Show more
A compilation of short films for KS2. Looking at different aspects of WWI, these dramatised monologues show the diversity of people affected by the war. Show more
