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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Art history series. Amanda Vickery journeys from Renaissance Italy to the Dutch Republic, digging in storerooms and basements to rescue some female artists from the shadows. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Art history series. Amanda Vickery's journey reaches the 18th Century. The focus turns to the industrial powerhouse that is Britain and the French Court of Marie Antoinette. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

An exploration of the explosion in creative opportunities for women in the 20th Century. Western women demanded increasing roles in society, pushing art's boundaries even further. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

A unique look at Titian's greatest masterpieces, which are currently under quarantine in the National Gallery. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Matthew Hill
Executive Producer:
Ross Wilson
Assistant Producer:
Kathryn Ellinger
Production Company:
Matchlight
Director:
Matthew Hill

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Documentary following three elderly drivers and their families as they face the question of whether or not they are too old to drive, and are forced to make some hard decisions. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Documentary following a year in the lives of 16-year-old Vicky Swales and her soldier boyfriend Craig Wood, who lost two legs and an arm to a bomb in Afghanistan. Show more

She-Wolves: England's Early Queens

Episode 2: Isabella and Margaret

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

How two French girls, a century apart, became queens of England. Isabella of France would be accused of murder and Margaret of Anjou of destructive ambition. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Helen Castor
Producer:
Lucy Swingler
Director:
Lucy Swingler
Executive Producer:
Ross Wilson
Executive Producer:
Sam Anthony

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Series following the legal twists and turns of libel and privacy battles. Marathon runner Richard Donovan takes on Forbes magazine and a mosque battles a right-wing think tank. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Ross Wilson
Director:
Ross Wilson

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Documentary in which Alexis Conran meets gambling addicts, experts and family members to try and understand what makes gambling, for some, a compulsion that can end in ruin. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alexis Conran
Presenter:
Alexis Conran
Producer:
Iain Scollay
Producer:
Iain Scollay
Director:
Iain Scollay
Director:
Iain Scollay
Executive Producer:
Ross Wilson
Executive Producer:
Ross Wilson
Executive Producer:
Sam Anthony
Executive Producer:
Sam Anthony

She-Wolves: England's Early Queens

Episode 1: Matilda and Eleanor

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

How Matilda almost became the first woman to be crowned queen of England in her own right, and how Eleanor of Aquitaine was more than the queen of courtly love. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Helen Castor
Producer:
Lucy Swingler
Director:
Lucy Swingler
Executive Producer:
Ross Wilson
Executive Producer:
Sam Anthony

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Legal documentary. Cameras follow former MP George Galloway as he takes on the News of the World over phone hacking claims, and model Danielle Lloyd battles Carphone Warehouse. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Ross Wilson
Director:
Ross Wilson
Participant:
George Galloway

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Legal documentary. A young Tamil refugee fights for his reputation despite having no money to do so after two of Britain's biggest tabloids claim he faked a hunger strike. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Ross Wilson
Series Producer:
Ross Wilson

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Series following the legal twists and turns of a number of libel and privacy battles as they play out over the course of two years, charting the toll on claimants and defendants. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Ross Wilson
Director:
Ross Wilson

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Cameras follow real-life libel cases. Former MP Lembit Opik takes on the press after realising that his reputation may have cost him his seat in the last election. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Lembit Opik
Series Producer:
Ross Wilson
Director:
Ross Wilson

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Cameras follow real-life libel cases. Uri Geller pursues Britain's biggest tabloid and an American TV network over allegations about his relationship with Michael Jackson. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Ross Wilson
Director:
Ross Wilson

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Documentary. Through an astonishing manuscript, writer and historian Dr Helen Castor unpicks the story of Joan of Arc, placing her back in the world that she inhabited. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Helen Castor
Producer:
Lucy Swingler
Director:
Lucy Swingler
Executive Producer:
Ross Wilson
Joan of Arc:
Georgia Moffett
Bishop Pierre Cauchon:
Michael Feast
Production Company:
Matchlight

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Summer 2011

The Trouble with Tolstoy

Part 1: At War with Himself

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Alan Yentob journeys through Tolstoy's Russia, examining how the country's great novelist became its great troublemaker, first looking back at his youth. Show more

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Summer 2011

The Trouble with Tolstoy

Part 2: In Search of Happiness

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Alan Yentob follows Tolstoy through the tortured second half of his life as he transformed from aristocrat to anarchist and turned his back on his wife. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

Documentary that goes behind the doors of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Scotland, in Edinburgh, lifting the veil on the inner secrets of this normally closed world. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Bill Paterson
Director:
Rod Tamime
Producer:
Greg Clark
Executive Producer:
Ross Wilson