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Horizon

2008-2009

Episode 15: Why Can't We Predict Earthquakes?

Duration: 1 hour

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

When an earthquake strikes, it always takes people by surprise. Horizon asks why science has not yet given us a way to predict when and where the next big quake is going to happen. Show more

Horizon

2016

Episode 3: The Mystery of Dark Energy

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Horizon looks at dark energy - the mysterious force that is unexpectedly causing the universe's expansion to speed up. Show more

Britain from Above

Episode 3: Man-made Britain

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Andrew Marr goes on a journey to discover how some of the greenest landscapes in the British Isles were shaped and moulded by human hands down the centuries. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Director:
Mark Radice
Executive Producer:
Nick Catliff

Andrew Marr's History of the World

Original Series

Episode 4: Into the Light

Duration: 1 hour

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

Series charting the history of civilisation. Andrew reaches the Middle Ages, when Vikings explored and pillaged from Northern Europe to North America. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Andrew Marr discovers why Scotland has changed so much politically. Andrew looks back at the historic Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
STV Productions Ltd
Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Producer:
Mark Radice
Director:
Mark Radice
Interviewed Guest:
John Curtice
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Salmond
Interviewed Guest:
Alistair Darling
Interviewed Guest:
Alastair Moffat
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Sturgeon
Interviewed Guest:
Bob Buskie
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Bell
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Van Der Kuyl
Interviewed Guest:
Ruth Davidson
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Forsyth
Interviewed Guest:
Brian Wilson

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News North AmericaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Europe

In this revealing documentary, Andrew Marr shows how Angela Merkel rose from humble roots to become the most powerful woman in the world. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Director:
Mark Radice
Producer:
Mark Radice
Executive Producer:
Diana Martin
Executive Producer:
Darren Kemp

Duration: 1 hour

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

Andrew Marr looks at the enigmatic Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel - the most powerful woman in the world - and traces her political journey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Director:
Mark Radice
Producer:
Mark Radice
Executive Producer:
Diana Martin
Executive Producer:
Darren Kemp

Who Do You Think You Are?

Series 17

Liz Carr

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC History Channel

Available for 6 months

Silent Witness actor Liz Carr gets forensic about her family history, discovering that her great-great-great-grandfather was involved in an attempted murder in rural Northern Ireland in the 1850s. Show more

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 3 months

D-Day has begun, but the invasion still hangs in the balance as soldiers fight for their lives on the Normandy beaches. The German defenders hold fast, but then the tide starts to turn. Show more

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 3 months

The Allies launch a high-stakes invasion of Nazi-occupied France, but the German defenders await them. Glider troops land first, tasked with taking a key bridge under cover of darkness. Show more

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Available for 3 months

D-Day+1 dawns, and Allied soldiers regroup in unfamiliar enemy territory, while the fate of the invasion remains uncertain. The Nazi tanks mobilise, and the Battle of Normandy begins. Show more