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Earth is a collection of worlds within worlds, each one a self-contained ecosystem bursting with life. These microworlds depend on an intricate web...

Dr Adam Rutherford investigates the close relationship between discoveries in anatomy and the works of art that illustrate them.

Series looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.

Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring and puts some of the vessels featured in the programme through...

Groundbreaking series in which Michael Wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of English history. The village is Kibworth in...

Series looking at aspects of life in modern China

Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story

What Darwin Didn't Know is a documentary show on BBC Four presented by Armand Marie Leroi which charts the progress in the field of Evolutionary...

A look at traditional Japanese crafts and craftspeople. Each edition of the series follows the work of those making a culturally important product in...

A look at the development of British indie music, born in the 1970s when the music industry was controlled by the major record labels and releasing a...

Series looking at the history of 20th-century farming in Britain.

Join Grace Dent on a televisual trip back in time.

Arabic scholar Tim Mackintosh-Smith journeys 75,000 miles through 40 countries in the footsteps of 14th century traveller Ibn Battutah, who was born...

A captivating insight into British life straight from the mouths of school children from the 1960s and '70s.

English historian David Reynolds reassesses Stalin's role in the life-and-death struggle between the Soviet Union and Germany in World War II.

Four young British art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives to discover the powerful way in which television influences our...