Suzy Klein examines how the music of the 19th century was able to flourish through economic and social change, as well as a technological revolution. Show more

Documentary examining the couple who saved the monarchy from disaster. Queen Mary always put duty first, but after King George's death in 1936, she took centre stage. Show more

Historian Sir David Cannadine explores Winston Churchill's devotion to bricklaying and what it says about his relationship with ordinary people. Show more

Sir David Cannadine explores Churchill's vexed relationship with money. Featuring Roger Allam as Winston Churchill. Show more

Sir David Cannadine explores painting, the hobby that meant most to Churchill, and how it helped to keep the 'black dog' of depression at bay. Show more

Film about disabled people's battle for equality in the second half of the 20th century - a story of how one of society's most vulnerable groups fought to be accepted. Show more

Matthew Collings charts the rise of abstract art over the last 100 years, whilst trying to answer a set of basic questions that many people have about this often-baffling art form. Show more

Series in which Suzy Klein explores the transformation of music in the 19th century. She shows how it became a revolutionary force that changed the world. Show more

Documentary. The story of the disastrous British-led Gallipoli military campaign from the perspective of Keith Murdoch, an Australian journalist and father of Rupert Murdoch. Show more

Documentary about artist David Hockney, from his early life in working-class Bradford to his relocation to Hollywood, with access to his personal archive of photographs and film. Show more

A splintering of politics and religion in the British Isles under the Stuart kings leads to more questioning art, new science and architecture. Show more

Documentary revealing the untold story of the last decade of the great artist's life, through the testimony of family and close friends. Show more

Documentary unravelling the mystery of King Edward VII - dynasty builder and sex addict, boorish philistine and civilised cosmopolitan - and shows his legacy is still relevant. Show more

On the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Jeremy Paxman tells the story of his state funeral and examines whether Churchill's immense legacy still has resonance today. Show more

In a documentary to mark the 100-year anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, Sir Max Hastings argues that although the war was a great tragedy, it was far from being futile. Show more

Documentary looking at how the 1930s saw the Depression and the Jarrow March, but were also a time of economic renewal, modernisation and prosperity for a growing middle class. Show more

The world wars force artists to grapple with destruction and savagery, challenging conventions and the old imperial order, while those fleeing war bring new ideas to Britain. Show more

In this accompanying programme to Civilisations, Mary Beard goes in search of extraordinary works of art from all over the world that can be seen here in Britain. Show more

With distinctive wit and flair, Mary Beard takes a personal view of the nude in western art and its troubling power to provoke ideas about gender, sex and moral transgression. Show more

Mary Beard looks at how artists have rejected the 'body beautiful', challenging viewers to question what it is to be human. Show more