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 cottage in Torpoint, Cornwall, a former care home in Rochester, Kent, and a former sweet shop in Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan. Show more
Series looking at benefit fraud. Fraud investigators at Brent have got one woman firmly in their sights after uncovering a carousel of fraudulent benefit claims. Show more
Competition for a spot at a grand exhibition at the Mall Galleries. Featuring a National League hockey player, a fine art student from Texas and a director of an art school. Show more
The nation's chefs compete to cook at a special banquet to celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day. Who will make the best fish course? Show more
Wildlife documentary. Diablo the giant otter raises his family of six unruly cubs in the Peruvian jungle. Show more
HARDtalk speaks to one of the most influential women in the modern feminist movement, Gloria Steinem. How much of what she hoped for and fought for has been achieved? Show more
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Jo Coburn with the latest political news including reaction to the Italian election result, plus pensions expert Ros Altmann.
Matt Baker and Alex Jones are joined by singer and actress Petula Clark. Miranda Krestovnikoff visits Alderney to examine the impact the German occupation had on local wildlife. Show more
Beginning at the famous Oyster Festival in Whitstable, Neil Oliver ventures offshore to the remarkable Red Sands Sea Forts. Show more
John Humphrys asks the questions. The specialist subjects include: life and films of Maureen O'Hara, punk and new wave music 1976-1979 and Only Fools and Horses. Show more
John Craven and Jules Hudson champion British crafts. In the Lake District they discover a community group refusing to let their spirit die after the closure of their local shop. Show more
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David Attenborough visits the hottest and driest places on earth. In the Mojave desert he finds a plant that has been growing there for more than 10,000 years. Show more
With Michael Aspel. Discoveries of note include a pair of outsize boots, an important collection of memorabilia from the Nuremburg trials, and an Andy Pandy memento. Show more
Jeremy Vine hosts the show in which teams from all over the UK take on probably the greatest quiz team in Britain, made up of some of the country's top quiz champions. Show more
Documentary about the Port of Southampton. This edition focuses on the pilots, marine staff on patrol and those in the control tower who guide large ships into Southampton. Show more
Sitcom. Sara is about to turn 40 and her friends are arranging a 'surprise' birthday party. But what she doesn't know is that they are about to set her a dramatic ultimatum. Show more
Film reviews. Xan Brooks and Robbie Collin join Claudia and Danny to discuss all things Oscar, ahead of Sunday's ceremony. Plus reviews of Cloud Atlas and To the Wonder. Show more
Following the neurosurgeons of John Radcliffe Hospital. Meet the families of two patients whose lives hang in the balance and whose loved ones wait them for to wake up. Show more
Composer Barry Russell, with help from musicians from the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, passes on techniques, skills and best practice to students who are composing their own music. Show more
Series exploring the everyday lives of children who go to work. In Ghana, Hazel Lindsey investigates the child labourers at the bottom of the supply chain for chocolate. Show more
