A look at the history of domestic pottery in Britain from Tudor times onwards, examining what it can tell us about how preceeding generations lived. Show more

Kate Adie examines the impact of women's work on the home front during WWI. This is a version of the BBC Two programme made especially for a secondary school audience. Show more

A look at how, in the 19th and 20th centuries, artisans like Bernard Leach broke the monopoly of the ceramic factories by creating the studio pottery movement. Show more

In the first episode Alastair Sooke explores the surprising roots of Greek art, beginning his journey in Crete at the palace of Knossos, legendary home of the Minotaur. Show more

In this episode, Alastair Sooke discovers the beginnings of a defining spirit in Greek art, embracing mythology, a passion for symmetry, and an obsession with the human body. Show more

In this episode Alastair Sooke is at the Acropolis in Athens admiring the Parthenon - regarded as the finest example of Greek architecture. Show more

Series about Britain's post-war conservation movement. Tom Dyckhoff tells the rollercoaster story of Brick Lane in London through the people who have lived there. Show more

Alastair Sooke unpicks the reasons behind the dazzling revolution that gave birth to classical Greek art, asking how the Greeks got so good so quickly. Show more

Through ten carefully chosen cover versions, this film celebrates the role of the cover in the pop canon and investigates what it takes to reinvent someone else's song as a smash. Show more

Islamic State has declared war on the most important ancient architectural sites in the world. Dan Cruickshank charts its destructive advance and asks what we can do to stop them. Show more

Distinguished war reporter Kate Adie examines the impact of women's work on the Home Front during the First World War. Show more

The series continues with the rags to riches-to-rags epic of Stoke-on-Trent, a city built on clay and the heart of Britain's once world-beating ceramics empire. Show more

It's 1983 and Top of the Pops reaches its landmark 1,000th edition. A time to celebrate, perhaps, but there are signs that the show is going through something of a mid-life crisis. Show more

This episode of the documentary series examines Berlin's architecture - always looking to the future, but also bearing testimony to the city's chequered past. Show more

Islamic State has declared war on the most important ancient architectural sites in the world. In this two part series Dan Cruickshank charts the destructive advance of IS. Show more

Matthew Bannister on Raine, Countess Spencer, comedy writer Jimmy Perry, Greek general Stylianos Pattakos, theatre director Howard Davies and singer Bobby Vee. Show more

Islamic State has declared war on the most important ancient architectural sites in the world. In this two part series Dan Cruickshank charts the destructive advance of IS. Show more

Series about Britain's post-war conservation movement. Architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff tells the story of the battle for Covent Garden market. Show more

Jeremy Paxman traces the story of the British Empire. He continues by tracing the growth of a peculiarly British type of hero. Show more

Rob and Sarah are joined by a father and son whose relative was caught up in Israel’s War of Independence, as well as a woman whose grandmother survived one of the Nakba's most notorious episodes. Show more