Documentary which follows young pianist James Rhodes on a journey to Warsaw, Paris and London to discover the women whose voices had such a powerful influence on Chopin. Show more

How the residents of Port Talbot helped Michael Sheen stage a modern retelling of the Passion of Christ in and around the town's environs to an audience of over 12,000. Show more

Alan Yentob examines the world of the concert pianist, and piano players including Benjamin Grosvenor, Evgeny Kissin, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Lang Lang discuss their lives and work. Show more

Talent search to find the first ever BBC Young Dancer. Five South Asian dancers perform two solos and a duet for a place in the Grand Final at Sadler's Wells. Show more

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery exploring the origins of the suffragette movement, beginning with the impact of the revolutionary politics of the late 18th century. Show more

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery. During Victoria's reign extraordinary women gradually changed the lives and opportunities of their sex. Show more

Documentary series presented by Amanda Vickery. Vickery explores how the Edwardian suffragette movement became a quasi-terrorist organisation enacting a violent campaign. Show more

Huw Edwards travels to Australia to discover the hand that Welsh people have had in shaping that nation. Show more

Alan Yentob looks at the life and work of Ford Madox Ford, the author of Parade's End and one of the forgotten greats of British fiction. Show more

Writer Geoff Dyer and scholar Catherine Brown explore DH Lawrence's influence on the 20th century, 100 years since the publication of his revolutionary novel Sons and Lovers. Show more

Writer Geoff Dyer and scholar Catherine Brown explore DH Lawrence's influence on the 20th century, 100 years since the publication of his revolutionary novel Sons and Lovers. Show more

Documentary charting how actor Michael Sheen inspired the residents of his hometown to stage an ambitious modern retelling of The Passion of Christ. Show more

Owen Sheers explores six great works of poetry set in the British landscape. This episode features Composed upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth. Show more

Owen Sheers explores six works of poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at Sylvia Plath's Wuthering Heights, inspired by her time in the Yorkshire moors. Show more

Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at George Mackay Brown's Hamnavoe and visits his home town of Stromness in the Orkneys. Show more

Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He tells the story behind Matthew Arnold's bleak but tremendous poem Dover Beach. Show more

Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He visits the Welsh village of Llanybri to discover the story behind Lynette Roberts's Poem from Llanybri. Show more

Owen Sheers explores poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at Louis MacNeice's poem Woods, in which the middle-aged MacNeice takes stock of who he has become. Show more

Professor Amanda Vickery looks at how Jane Austen, an anonymous minor novelist in her lifetime, is 200 years later recognised as a unique British literary genius. Show more

As archaeologists excavate a mass grave of British sailors, Sam Willis explores Antigua's ruins and sees how the Caribbean's sugar islands were a kind of hell in Nelson's time. Show more