4 Extra Debut. General de Gaulle's secret flight from Paris during the 1986 riots, uncovering the French government's panic. Stars Ronald Pickup. Show more

Daniel Weyman stars as David Bowie in this comic drama by Sean Grundy. Bowie leaves LA to escape the drug scene but Iggy Pop goes with him to Berlin, to make music and be 'normal'. Show more

The stories of some of the victims of Flight MH17, shot down over the Ukraine in 2014. Joe Caffrey, Philip Franks and Tracy Wiles star in David Morley's factual drama. Show more

The interviews continue, and Lien talks about her marriage and family life. But the events of her past are always with her, and the time comes for her to face them. Show more

Bart Van Es always knew of a woman from his family's past called Lien, but why was she rarely spoken of now? He goes to meet her and find out her story. Show more

As Bart continues his research, he finds out how Lien came to live with his grandparents. Show more

Life in The Hague becomes too risky for Jewish hideaways, so Lien needs to move to the countryside. Show more

While Bart continues to interview Lien, she gives him a dossier in which she describes her time with the Van Es family in greater detail, revealing some hitherto unknown facts. Show more

David Bellos explores why Les Miserables is 'France's greatest gift'. He reveals its inspirations and its resonance now, while describing Victor Hugo's life as he penned his epic. Show more

While narrating Victor Hugo's fall from grace in France, Bellos begins to decode his epic, exploring the meaning of colours and money in the context of Hugo's time. Show more

Hugo finds himself in exile in the Channel Islands and returns to the manuscript he had begun more than a decade earlier - a novel of the poor, with a working title of Les Miseres. Show more

Still exiled on Guernsey, as the author Victor Hugo tries to reconstruct Paris from memory, distance also complicates the revision and delivery of his final manuscript to Brussels. Show more

As Victor Hugo finishes the book and it is launched to huge acclaim, David Bellos offers insights into the politics and morality of a novel as serious and complex as it is popular. Show more

Despite the obvious profits of war, Geoffrey Marshall, factory owner, cannot rest on his laurels while his workforce are heeding the call to enlist. Show more

In the tunnels underneath Vimy Ridge, the Canadian Corps are re-writing the rules of war. With Indira Varma and Lee Ross. From April 2017. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Tom Hollander stars as Patrick Moore. It’s 1957: a lack of astronomy qualifications may kill off his TV career before it begins. Show more

Known as Prisoner Number Five in Spandau prison, Albert Speer invented global journeys to keep sane. Stars Patrick Malahide, Daniel Weyman and Basher Savage. Show more

When Kate and Ash both lose their mothers in quick succession they find their grief, and approaches to handling it, puts a strain on their relationship which they little expected. Show more

For Season 3, the focus shifts to industrial Tynemouth, which is experiencing a quite different war to that felt in Folkestone. Show more

Rumpole defends a doctor accused of murdering his wife - and the pathologist in the case is an old flame of the GP. Show more