Theologian Robert Beckford takes a road trip across America retracing President Barack Obama's journey from religious sceptic to devout Christian. Show more
How to Be a Composer
Episode 2
1 hour
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
Not Cricket
The Captain and the Bookmaker
1 hour
Documentary about Hansie Cronje, a hero of South African cricket who, by taking bribes to fix matches, betrayed a game that is supposed to embody fair play. Show more
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
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
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
The Sound and the Fury: A Century of Music
Episode 1: Wrecking Ball
1 hour
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: 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
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
How to Be a Composer
Episode 1
1 hour
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
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
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
Fat Man in a White Hat
Episode 1
1 hour
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
Fat Man in a White Hat
Episode 2
1 hour
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
Series that tracks a typical class in a typical school over a rollercoaster nine months, as physics teacher Andy Smith tries to convert his pupils to physics and chemistry. Show more
Rocket Science
Episode 2
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC One Wales
Documentary series following physics teacher Andy Smith. The class go on field trips to Nevada and Scotland to find out how fireworks are made. Show more
Rocket Science
Episode 3
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
The Sound and the Fury: A Century of Music
Episode 3: Easy Listening?
1 hour
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
Black Is the New Black
Episode 1
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
Black Is the New Black
Episode 2
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