Documentary to mark the WI's centenary. Lucy Worsley goes beyond the stereotypes of jam and Jerusalem to reveal the surprisingly radical side of this Great British institution. Show more
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Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls
Episode 3: Act Three: At Work and At Play
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Lucy Worsley looks at some remarkable women of the Restoration period, including actress Nell Gwyn, writer Aphra Behn and soldier Christian Davies. Show more
Russia's Lost Princesses
Episode 2: The World Turned Upside Down
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Two-part series focusing on Tsar Nicholas II's four daughters. The last four years of the sisters' lives saw war, revolution, imprisonment and murder. Show more
Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British
Episode 1: The Cottage
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Dan is in Stoneleigh to chart the cottage's transformation from humble medieval hovel to modern dream home, with the help of documents in the local abbey. Show more
Russia's Lost Princesses
Episode 1: The Gilded Cage
1 hour
The story of Tsar Nicholas II's four daughters. As they grew up, the sisters attracted frenzied press attention and grew close to their parents' advisor Rasputin. Show more
Psychotherapist and agony aunt Philippa Perry presents a documentary exploring the problem page's enduring appeal, picking her way through three centuries of advice. Show more
Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance
Episode 1: The Devil's Work?
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
A look at how dancing went from being frowned upon as dangerous and debauched in the 17th century to being celebrated as an essential social skill in the 18th. Show more
Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance
Episode 2: Revolution on the Dance Floor
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
How Britain's dance floors were revolutionised in the 19th century as the slow, stately dances of an earlier era were replaced with faster, freer ones. Show more
Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance
Episode 3: The Shock of the New
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley show how the first few decades of the 20th century saw the most rapid and revolutionary change in the history of British dance. Show more
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
Original Series
Episode 2: Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Lucy Worsley explores how the health of monarchs has shaped the nation. She looks at the medical histories of the later Stuarts and Hanoverians. Show more
Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History
Original Series
Episode 3: Happy Families: Hanoverians to Windsors
1 hour
Lucy Worsley explores how the health of monarchs has shaped the nation. She explores the family dynamics of Victoria and her descendants. Show more
Historian Lucy Worsley takes us behind closed doors at three treasure-filled royal palaces to uncover how each building has shaped a monarchy and a nation. Show more
Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British
Episode 3: The Flat
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Dan explores the high-rise flat in London's East End. He charts the history of the Lincoln estate, which went from a dream of luxury to deprivation and social exclusion. Show more
Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British
Episode 2: The Terrace
59 minutes
Dan is in Liverpool to explore the terrace, the home more Britons live in than any other, encompassing the Victorian parlour and modern open-plan living with equal ease. Show more
David Olusoga investigates the residents of an 18th-century house in Bristol, uncovering stories of piracy, an abandoned baby, a notorious political writer and a runaway slave. Show more
Investigating the residents of No 10 Guinea Street, David Olusoga discovers a struggling entrepreneur and a World War I tragedy, and unmasks the mysterious Mrs Watson. Show more
Greg Davies explores his Welsh ancestry, identifying a wayward great-grandfather and the deepest Welsh roots anyone could wish for. Show more
Doctor Who actor Jodie Whittaker finds out how her great-great-grandfather worked his way up from child labourer in a Yorkshire coal mine to mine owner. Show more
Actor Naomie Harris’s dramatic discoveries in this episode inspire her to anger, sadness and tears of joy. Show more
In a first for the series, father-and-son comedy double-act Jack and Michael Whitehall join forces to investigate their family tree. Show more