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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Michael Collins presents a history of one of Britain's greatest social revolutions - council housing, which once provided homes for over a third of the British population. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Collins
Presenter:
Michael Collins
Director:
Chris Wilson
Director:
Chris Wilson
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein

Crisis at the Castle

Sudeley Castle

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series following three aristocratic families struggling to hang on to their historic homes. Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire is the home of the Dent-Brocklehursts. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 10 months

How promising lines in the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry were overlooked as a hoax tape took centre stage, leaving the murderer free to kill again and again. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Available for 10 months

The trial and conviction of Peter Sutcliffe, the fallout from the investigation and the legacy for relatives of victims and survivors of his attacks. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Drama-documentary charting five years which set Karol Wojtyla on the path to the Vatican. The horrors of Nazi occupation in Poland led him to study in secret to become a priest. Show more

Aids: The Unheard Tapes

Series 1

Ignorance

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Available for years

1982. In London, whispers begin of a mysterious ‘gay plague’. As men contract Aids in alarming numbers, the community rallies to protect others from infection. Show more

Aids: The Unheard Tapes

Series 1

The Aids Generation

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for years

Amid rising rates of infection, the government educates the nation about Aids. Dedicated hospital wards provide a haven, but deaths continue increasing in the gay community. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Drama based on the life of the most important cookery writer of the past century, Elizabeth David, who was an unconventional person with a profound passion for food, life and men. Show more

Contributors

Elizabeth David:
Catherine McCormack
Peter Higgins:
Greg Wise
Norman Douglas:
Karl Johnson
Charles Gibson Cowan:
Kieran O'Brien
Tony David:
Andrew Havill
Writer:
Amanda Coe
Director:
James Kent
Producer:
Leanne Klein

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Andrew Graham-Dixon presents a profile of the food writer Alan Davidson, whose epic Oxford Companion to Food is an encyclopaedia of everything a human being can eat. Show more

Turn Back Time

The High Street

Episode 1: Victorian

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorkshire

A group of modern shopkeepers and their families live and trade through six key eras of history. They begin their journey in the 1870s, when the high street was born. Show more

Turn Back Time

The High Street

Episode 2: Edwardian

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

A group of modern shopkeepers live and trade through six key eras of history. They move on to the elegant Edwardian era, where they are joined by a dressmaker. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Series Producer:
Cate Hall

Turn Back Time

The High Street

Episode 3: 1930s

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

A group of modern shopkeepers live and trade through six key eras of history. The shopkeepers move into the 1930s, where nostalgia boosts sales for the grocers. Show more

Turn Back Time

The High Street

Episode 4: World War Two

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Shopkeepers live through six key eras of history. The shopkeepers and their customers are plunged into World War Two, and for the first time profit isn't everything. Show more

Turn Back Time

The High Street

Episode 5: 1960s

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Shopkeepers live through six key eras of history. The shopkeepers and their customers move into the swinging sixties, where big changes hit the high street. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Series Producer:
Cate Hall

Turn Back Time

The High Street

Episode 6: 1970s

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Shopkeepers live through six key eras of history. It's the end of the journey for the shopkeepers and their customers as they move into the 1970s. With Gregg Wallace. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Series Producer:
Cate Hall

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

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

In 1963, Mary Whitehouse embarked on a mission to clean up British television. This is a drama inspired by real events that brings life to the battle for Britain's morals. Show more

Contributors

Sir Hugh Carleton-Greene:
Hugh Bonneville
Mary Whitehouse:
Julie Walters
Ernest Whitehouse:
Alun Armstrong
Norah Buckland:
Georgie Glen
Rev Basil Buckland:
Timothy Davies
Paul Whitehouse:
Paul Westwood
Richard Whitehouse:
Drew Webb
Christopher Whitehouse:
Jeremy Legat
Lord Charlie Hill:
Ron Cook
David Turner:
William Beck
Harman Grisewood:
Nicholas Woodeson
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Writer:
Amanda Coe

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 10 months

Documentary series about the Yorkshire Ripper investigation starting with its first three years, examining how the police's theory of a 'prostitute killer' drove the case. Show more

The Twinstitute

Series 1

Episode 3: HIIT versus Easy

Duration: 29 minutes

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

Identical twins put health theories to the test. This episode explores the best way to get fit, beat nausea, and discovers if you can enhance brain performance. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Andy Hall
Series Producer:
Helga Berry
Series Editor:
Dan Tapster
Production Company:
Wall to Wall Media
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Executive Producer:
Emily Shields