Dan Snow follows the making of the British Museum's biggest exhibition in a generation and tells the story of its subject, the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi. Show more
Arctic with Bruce Parry
Episode 1: Siberia
59 minutes
Bruce Parry meets the Sakha horse people and Eveny reindeer herders in Siberia's Verkhoyansk Mountains to see how they are embracing the challenges of a post-Soviet Arctic. Show more
Arctic with Bruce Parry
Episode 2: Greenland
59 minutes
Bruce Parry journeys to the far north of Greenland, home to the last traditional Inuit hunters, and learns how climate change is threatening their ancient way of life. Show more
Arctic with Bruce Parry
Episode 3: Alaska
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Bruce travels to Alaska, America's last great wilderness, where modern-day pioneers are harvesting the vast natural wealth of the seas. Show more
Arctic with Bruce Parry
Episode 4: Canada
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Bruce travels to the far north of Canada to live with the Caribou people and witness their annual spring hunt. He then heads south to the tar sands of Alberta. Show more
Arctic with Bruce Parry
Episode 5: Northern Europe
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
The final stage of Bruce Parry's six-month journey is through Arctic Europe. He travels to a remote Russian village where life has changed little for centuries. Show more
Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine search for animals on the edge of extinction. They discover how the Amazonian manatee, a freshwater mammal, has survived. Show more
Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine search for animals on the edge of extinction. Are there any northern white rhinos still alive in the wild? Show more
Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine search for animals on the edge of extinction. In Madagascar, Mark and Stephen search for the aye-aye, a peculiar lemur. Show more
Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine search for animals on the edge of extinction. While tracking the Komodo dragon, the travellers release turtles into the wild. Show more
Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine are in New Zealand, searching for animals close to extinction. They look for the last remaining kakapo, a fat, flightless parrot. Show more
Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine have a close encounter with grey whales, and meet the deadly Humboldt squid in a search for the mighty blue whale. Show more