Nicholas Parsons explores his life-long enthusiasm for clocks when he goes in search of the most valuable and famous watch in the world - the so-called Marie Antoinette. Show more
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Masters of the Pacific Coast: The Tribes of the American Northwest
Episode 2: Survival
1 hour
Jago Cooper reveals how a cultural tradition that began over 10,000 years ago survived against the odds, following European contact, disease, land theft and oppression. Show more
Masters of the Pacific Coast: The Tribes of the American Northwest
Episode 1: Arrival
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Dr Jago Cooper travels to south east Alaska, British Columbia and Washington state to see how a complex society developed without agriculture. Show more
Celebrating groundbreaking 1960s playwright Joe Orton. Fifty years since his murder at the hands of his lover, the film charts Joe's brief meteoric rise and tragic demise. Show more
The Inca: Masters of the Clouds
Episode 2: Clash of Empires
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Dr Jago Cooper travels from Peru to the far north of Inca territory in Ecuador to reveal how the great strengths of the empire became factors in its rapid demise. Show more
The Inca: Masters of the Clouds
Episode 1: Foundations
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Dr Jago Cooper reassesses the achievements of the Inca Empire. He begins in Peru, where new evidence challenges preconceptions about its origins and significance. Show more
Examining the novel from three unique perspectives. This episode shows the way that women writers, women readers and women's lives have been central to the novel. Show more
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The Novel
The Empire Writes Back
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC News EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC News South Asia
The final episode of the series examines how the British Empire was celebrated in the novels of some writers and taken apart and upended by others. Show more
Judges Anna Campbell-Jones, Michael Angus and Kate Spiers continue their search for Scotland’s Home of the Year in the Hebrides. Show more
Judges Anna Campbell-Jones, Michael Angus and Kate Spiers continue their search for Scotland’s Home of the Year in Aberdeenshire. Show more
Anna Campbell-Jones, Michael Angus and Kate Spiers continue their search for Scotland's Home of the Year in Central Scotland. Show more
The judges travel to Orkney and Shetland as they continue their search for Scotland’s Home of the Year. Show more
The judges travel to Lothian as they continue their search for Scotland’s Home of the Year. Show more
Judges Anna Campbell-Jones, Michael Angus and Kate Spiers begin their search for Scotland’s Home of the Year in the Borders. Show more
The judges head to the Highlands to run the rule over homes in Aviemore, Inverness and the Beauly Firth. Show more
A period pink property in Killearn competes with a Victorian terrace and a townhouse in Glasgow for the last place in the final of Scotland’s Home of the Year. Show more
The regional finalists in the west of Scotland are judged by Anna Campbell-Jones, Michael Angus and Kate Spiers. Show more
The judges head to the north east and the Northern Isles where they must choose between a Victorian renovation in Oldmeldrum, a modern build near St Cyrus and a self-build in Orkney. Show more
The judges head to central Scotland. They must choose between a contemporary new build in Bridge of Allan, a former manse in Auchterarder and an 18th-century cottage in Dunblane. Show more