A comic exploration of the cult of Dracula, from Bela Lugosi to bloodsucking bikes, with a Mexican tag-wrestling version thrown in for good measure. Show more
Viewer's guide to entering another dimension, featuring some of TV and cinema's best-known alternate universes, from Star Trek to Sliders, from Buffy to Doctor Who. Show more
Bill Nighy narrates a documentary telling the story of the long and often extraordinary relationship between fact and fiction in the mysterious world of British espionage. Show more
After a decade and more of rising prosperity the middle classes have grown. So are we all middle class now? Novelist Tim Lott searches for some answers. Show more
Documentary which looks at how the rituals that mark our milestones in life - baptism, the first day at school, the first drink - are changing in today's society. Show more
Documentary looking at how and why weddings are on the increase and divorce rates in decline in the UK, and if it's the end for traditions and rituals which go back centuries. Show more
The story of table tennis and how it became the most popular sport in Asia. Contributors include British world champion Johnny Leach. Show more
Documentary which celebrates the high and lows of children's TV and asks if the future of mainstream television be one where children are neither seen nor heard. Show more
After The Da Vinci Code was cleared of plagiarism, this documentary explores the climate which has permitted it to make such an effective challenge to conventional history. Show more
In conversation with writer and broadcaster Andrew Collins, the creators of the time-travel cop show Life on Mars reveal the story behind the series. Show more
Documentary looking at the history of robots, androids and cyborgs in both fact and fiction. Contributors include sci-fi visionary Brian Aldiss and writer Kim Newman. Show more
Philip Glenister narrates a documentary about Britain and the Three-Day Week, which resulted from a confrontation between the unions and the government in the winter of 1973-74. Show more
Nigel Planer narrates a documentary taking a fond look at the growing pains of the university through the eyes of the writers who immortalised it in the campus novel. Show more