Professor James Shapiro goes in search of the mysterious man behind The Duchess of Malfi, the son of a coachmaker who ended up rivalling Shakespeare. Show more
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Simon Schama's Shakespeare
Episode 2: Hollow Crowns
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
Available for years
Simon looks at how Shakespeare's most profound tragedies may have been inspired by the bard's experiences writing for the courts of Elizabeth I and James I. Show more
By Moira Buffini. Black comedy about appetite, with Harriet Walter returning to the role she created as the hostess of an unforgettable evening. Show more
Period drama set in mid-19th-century Scotland, where a man begins an affair with his daughter's governess, unaware that she is a Jew. Show more
Wicky faces the ultimate test of self-control: a job in a pub, after he’s promised his new girlfriend he’ll stay off the booze. Show more
The true story of Frankenstein's monster and the woman who created him, Mary Shelley, using her own words and dramatic reconstructions of events in her life and from the novel. Show more
The Andrew Marr Show
26/10/2014
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales
Andrew Marr is joined by defence secretary Michael Fallon, the foreign minister of Qatar Dr Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, actor Dame Harriet Walter and director Phyllida Lloyd. Show more
Author Deborah Lipstadt and her legal team battle to prove that the Holocaust did take place when Deborah is sued for libel by English author David Irving, a denier. Show more
Police thriller. When one of the perpetrators snatches another child, this time a young girl, the pressure mounts and Barclay's team struggle to avert a tragic outcome. Show more
Drama mini-series. Danny is confronted with a side of his lover's life that seems to undermine their relationship. As he wonders whether to give up, he remembers a vital clue. Show more
Dangerous Visions
Anita Sullivan - The Bee Maker
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
4 Extra Debut. It is 2020, and the bees are nearly all gone. Human beings might be nex. A cautionary tale about our busy technology-filled lives. With Alice Lowe and Harriet Walter. Show more
In the year 2020, the bees are nearly all gone. Human beings might be next. Stars Alice Lowe and Stuart McLoughlin. Show more
London Spy
Episode 5
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England
Drama mini-series. Danny finally discovers the shocking truth about what really happened to his lover, and what really took place that night in the attic where he died.
Law and Order
Episode 4: A Prisoner's Tale
1 hour, 25 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Drama series about the British judicial system, seen from the viewpoints of those who keep it, those who break it and those who live off it.
A university cleaner must convince a professor who is looking for a female assistant for an expedition to Borneo that she's the right woman for the job. Show more
Thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Drama series. Jack and the gang resort to desperate measures in an attempt to catch a seemingly ordinary middle-class couple, who have embezzled millions of pounds from charity. Show more
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Revolution of the Daleks
1 hour, 11 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD
Available for years
With the Doctor imprisoned halfway across the universe, can the return of Captain Jack Harkness help Graham, Yaz and Ryan stop a deadly Dalek takeover of planet Earth? Show more
Loose Ends
Danny Wallace, Ainsley Harriott, Harriet Walter, Ana Matronic, Hadley Freeman, Boubacar Traore, Kaleida
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Clive Anderson and Danny Wallace welcome Ainsley Harriott, Harriet Walter, Ana Matronic and Hadley Freeman, with music from Boubacar Traore and Kaleida. Show more
Romantic comedy. Forty-year-old divorcee Jack mistakes Nancy for his blind date. Nancy decides to go along with it and so begins the most chaotic journey of her life. Show more