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Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Theologian Robert Beckford takes a road trip across America retracing President Barack Obama's journey from religious sceptic to devout Christian. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Beckford
Executive Producer:
Roy Ackerman
Executive Producer:
Peter Grimsdale
Producer:
Mark Rossiter
Director:
Mark Rossiter
Producer:
Paul Yule
Director:
Paul Yule

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Paul Morley continues his year-long attempts to learn the art of music composition, culminating in a grand performance of his own String Quartet in the Royal Academy's Duke's Hall. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Documentary series about the music used in television. Neil Brand explores the enduring power of the television theme tune, from Coronation Street to Game of Thrones. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Neil Brand explores how television jingles and advertisements lodge themselves in our collective memory, including the long-forgotten test card tunes found in American hip-hop. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Neil Brand reveals how television scores have grown in importance, from their origins in the 1960s and 1970s, to reach a peak in the big-budget world of Netflix and HBO. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series on the revolution in 20th century music looks at the fragmented, abstract and discordant sound taken up by radical composers such as Schoenberg and Webern. Show more

Storyville

The House I Live In

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Storyville: Film looking at America's War on Drugs, painting a portrait of individuals at all levels, from dealer to grieving mother, narcotics officer to senator, inmate to judge. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Nick Fraser
Producer:
Sam Cullman
Executive Producer:
Danny Glover
Executive Producer:
John Legend
Executive Producer:
Brad Pitt
Executive Producer:
Russell Simmons
Executive Producer:
Nick Fraser
Executive Producer:
Joslyn Barnes
Executive Producer:
Roy Ackerman
Executive Producer:
David Alcaro
Executive Producer:
Sally Jo Fifer

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Historian and broadcaster Dan Snow leads an investigation into one of the big stories of the decade, the hunt for a buried Nazi gold train in Poland. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Snow
Director:
Wanda Koscia
Executive Producer:
Roy Ackerman
Executive Producer:
Richard Sattin
Executive Producer:
Leo Burley
Production Company:
Pulse

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Journalist and critic Paul Morley joins the composition department as an undergraduate at the Royal Academy of Music, creating music to be played by an ensemble of young virtuosos. Show more

Storyville Global

Mad Dog: Gaddafi's Secret World

Episode 1

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Middle EastLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Latin America

This is the story of raw, absolute and unrestrained power exercised by a brilliant madman who terrorised and compromised Libyans and Western countries alike. Show more

Storyville Global

Mad Dog: Gaddafi's Secret World

Episode 2

Duration: 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Middle EastLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Latin America

Recreating life inside Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi's palace, this episode reveals how its courtiers and hangers-on - were often almost as weird as he was. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Bill Buford works in the kitchens to investigate whether French food is all it's cracked up to be. In Lyon, he enrols in a cookery school and works for tough chef Matthieu Viannay. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Roy Ackerman
Director:
James Runcie
Producer:
James Runcie

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Bill Buford finds out if French cuisine is still the best in the world. In the Alps he works in a bakery, kills a pig, makes cheese and cooks in a small family restaurant. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Roy Ackerman
Director:
James Runcie
Producer:
James Runcie

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Documentary series following a teacher's attempts to convert his pupils to physics and chemistry. Chantelle is chosen to fire one of the biggest ever firework displays in the UK. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Andy Robbins
Producer:
Roy Ackerman

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series about 20th century music shows how American composers re-invented the sound of classical music into a more simple form, bringing back harmonies and rhythms. Show more

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

Documentary series celebrating Britain's black community. Episode one explores both arriving and growing up in Britain through intimate interviews with prominent black Britons. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Anna Smith Tenser
Executive Producer:
Roy Ackerman
Executive Producer:
Dermot Caulfield
Interviewed Guest:
Alesha Dixon
Interviewed Guest:
John Sentamu
Interviewed Guest:
Ashley Banjo
Interviewed Guest:
Patricia Scotland
Interviewed Guest:
Beverley Knight
Interviewed Guest:
Bill Morris
Interviewed Guest:
Charlene White
Interviewed Guest:
Charlie Casley-Hayford
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher B-Lynch
Interviewed Guest:
Chuka Umunna
Interviewed Guest:
David Adjaye
Interviewed Guest:
Denise Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
David Harewood
Interviewed Guest:
Dizzee Rascal
Interviewed Guest:
Edward Enninful
Interviewed Guest:
Ekow Eshun
Interviewed Guest:
Gary Younge
Interviewed Guest:
Gina Yashere
Interviewed Guest:
Goldie
Interviewed Guest:
Jamal Edwards
Interviewed Guest:
Jazzie B
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Mvula
Interviewed Guest:
Lenny Henry
Interviewed Guest:
Les Ferdinand
Interviewed Guest:
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Interviewed Guest:
Malorie Blackman
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Campbell
Interviewed Guest:
Noel Clarke
Interviewed Guest:
Ozwald Boateng
Interviewed Guest:
Reggie Yates
Interviewed Guest:
Sharon White
Interviewed Guest:
Shevelle Dynott
Interviewed Guest:
Terry Jervis
Interviewed Guest:
Thandiwe Newton
Interviewed Guest:
Tinie Tempah
Interviewed Guest:
Trevor McDonald
Interviewed Guest:
Trevor Nelson
Interviewed Guest:
Yinka Shonibare

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

Documentary series celebrating Britain's black community. Our cast of extraordinary black Britons talk about school days, 'playing the game' and negotiating the working world. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Anna Smith Tenser
Executive Producer:
Roy Ackerman
Executive Producer:
Dermot Caulfield
Interviewed Guest:
Alesha Dixon
Interviewed Guest:
John Sentamu
Interviewed Guest:
Ashley Banjo
Interviewed Guest:
Patricia Scotland
Interviewed Guest:
Beverley Knight
Interviewed Guest:
Bill Morris
Interviewed Guest:
Charlene White
Interviewed Guest:
Charlie Casley-Hayford
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher B-Lynch
Interviewed Guest:
Chuka Umunna
Interviewed Guest:
David Adjaye
Interviewed Guest:
David Harewood
Interviewed Guest:
Denise Lewis
Interviewed Guest:
Dizzee Rascal
Interviewed Guest:
Edward Enninful
Interviewed Guest:
Ekow Eshun
Interviewed Guest:
Gary Younge
Interviewed Guest:
Gina Yashere
Interviewed Guest:
Goldie
Interviewed Guest:
Jamal Edwards
Interviewed Guest:
Jazzie B
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Mvula
Interviewed Guest:
Lenny Henry
Interviewed Guest:
Les Ferdinand
Interviewed Guest:
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Interviewed Guest:
Malorie Blackman
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Campbell
Interviewed Guest:
Noel Clarke
Interviewed Guest:
Ozwald Boateng
Interviewed Guest:
Reggie Yates
Interviewed Guest:
Sharon White
Interviewed Guest:
Shevelle Dynott
Interviewed Guest:
Terry Jervis
Interviewed Guest:
Thandiwe Newton
Interviewed Guest:
Tinie Tempah
Interviewed Guest:
Trevor McDonald
Interviewed Guest:
Trevor Nelson
Interviewed Guest:
Yinka Shonibare
Production Company:
Pulse
Production Company:
Iconoclast