Programme charting the history of one of the greatest hard rock bands of all time. Band members recall the highs and lows of three decades in the music business. Show more
Jonathan Meades: Off Kilter
Episode 2
1 hour
Jonathan Meades continues his quixotic tour of Scotland. He travels from Stirling to the Isles of Lewis and Harris, where he discovers serenity, Calvinism and peat bog bodies. Show more
Jonathan Meades: Off Kilter
Episode 3
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England
Jonathan Meades concludes his tour of Scotland. Driving around some lower league football towns, he celebrates an oil refinery and extols the virtues of Irn Bru as a tanning agent. Show more
Jonathan Meades provides a tour of Essex, a county he sees as the home of picturesque villages, pre-war modernism and 19th-century social experiments. Show more
Nile reveals the moment when, as a teenager, he first picked up a guitar, and why he has never looked back. He tells about his session work before following his dream with Chic. Show more
Nigel Kennedy now lives in Poland, where he fronts an all-Polish jazz band. Alan Yentob follows him as he explores the rich musical traditions of his adopted homeland. Show more
In this provocative television essay, writer and broadcaster Jonathan Meades turns his forensic gaze on that modern phenomenon that drives us all up the wall - jargon. Show more
1 hour, 25 minutes
Jonathan Meades completes his quartet on the architecture of European dictators of the 20th century. Franco's architectural legacy was more enduring and surprising than any of the others. Show more
Series charting the dramas behind rock and pop groups of the last 40 years. This programme features 60s bands the Mamas and the Papas and the Lovin' Spoonful. Show more
Two-part documentary in which Jonathan Meades makes the case for 20th-century concrete Brutalist architecture in an homage to a style that he sees a brave, bold and bloody-minded. Show more
Brazil with Michael Palin
Episode 3: The Road to Rio
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Michael Palin explores what makes Brazil tick. He journeys to Minas Gerais, the source of Brazil's great mineral wealth, and checks into an infamous 'love hotel'. Show more
Brazil with Michael Palin
Episode 4: The Deep South
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Michael Palin finds out what makes Brazil tick. He meets Prince Joao de Braganza, heir to the defunct Brazilian throne, and visits aircraft manufacturer Embraer. Show more
Brazil with Michael Palin
Episode 1: Out of Africa
59 minutes
Documentary series. Michael Palin crosses Brazil to find out what makes it tick. He starts where modern Brazil was born - the north east. Show more
Bunkers and Brutalism
Episode 1
50 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Middle EastLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America
Two-part documentary in which Jonathan Meades looks at the architectural movement known as brutalism.
Bunkers and Brutalism
Episode 2
40 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America
Focusing on the influence of Le Corbusier's post-war work, Jonathan Meades reclaims the reputation of once-maligned buildings that he argues stood for optimism and grandeur. Show more
Jonathan Meades: Off Kilter
Episode 1
1 hour
Architecture critic Jonathan Meades takes a quixotic tour of Scotland. He celebrates Aberdeen, the granite city full of 'brand new' 300-year-old buildings. Show more
The making of The Beatles' controversial 1967 film, featuring previously unseen archive footage. Show more
Exploring the relationship of artist Stanley Spencer's daughters, Unity and Shirin, as they try to understand and reclaim their father and investigate their family's archaeology. Show more
A look at the dramas that lie behind some of the best-known Birmingham bands of the 1960s and 70s, including the Move, ELO and Wizzard. Narrated by John Peel. Show more
Series that looks at pop history. Formed in 1967, Fleetwood Mac have had many different line-ups. Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Stevie Nicks tell the story. Show more