Afua Hirsch tells the epic story of Kenya, exploring how artists, musicians and writers have responded to the country's colonial past and asserted a new identity through art. Show more

Documentary series. Afua Hirsch traces Ethiopia's proud 3,000-year history through its art and culture, exploring a civilisation as significant as any in the west. Show more

David Reynolds takes a fresh look at the embattled presidency of Richard Nixon as he ran it largely from his 'den' - a hideaway office across the road from the White House. Show more

Behind the scenes with Sharon Eyal, one of the most exciting and powerful choreographers in contemporary dance, as she and her company L-E-V rehearse and premiere a new work. Show more

A film that follows two of Strictly’s most popular professional stars, Karen Hauer and Gorka Marquez, as they put together a spectacular Latin showcase for their fans. Show more

Art historian Professor Richard Clay explores how internet memes are shaping our culture and politics, experimenting by devising and releasing some himself. Show more

Travelling to Russian battlefields and using original telegrams and official documents, David Reynolds reassesses Stalin's role in the struggle between Germany and Russia in WWII. Show more

In a journey that takes him through command centres and battlefields, David Reynolds takes a fresh look at the events and personalities that brought about the armistice of 1918. Show more

Dr Aleks Krotoski explores how the internet is reshaping almost every aspect of our lives. Aleks charts the extraordinary rise of blogs, Wikipedia, and YouTube. Show more

Series tracing the legacy of the Great War. David Reynolds looks at how the conflict gave birth to an age of turbulent mass democracy. Show more

Documentary series. In his exploration of the collision of the West and Pacific culture, James Fox explores how the West has created a vision of Polynesia as paradise. Show more

Documentary series. James Fox explores how New Zealand's indigenous Maori people resisted colonisation and marginalisation and maintained their distinctive culture. Show more

Dickson Mbi is at a critical breakthrough point in his career as he transitions from his street dance roots to the contemporary dance limelight. Show more

Former Royal Ballet principal Zenaida Yanowsky has to overcome knee surgery and fight her body back to fitness to prepare for one of her final public performances. Show more

Film which reveals the artistic process behind Shobana Jeyasingh's new work, Contagion, an evocation of the 1918 flu epidemic. Show more

Film which follows Carlos Pons Guerra as he choreographs work that explores questions of gender and sexual identity. Show more

David Reynolds re-examines the war leadership of American president Franklin Roosevelt, who inspired millions with stirring visions of a new and better postwar world. Show more

Spanish choreographer Maria Pages prepares to take an innovative new show to the traditional home of flamenco, Seville. Show more

David Reynolds asks why Britain spent much of the war fighting in Africa and Italy, reassessing Churchill's view that the Mediterranean was the soft underbelly of Hitler's Europe. Show more

David Reynolds examines the legacy of the Great War. In this episode, he looks at how attitudes to the war changed in Britain and Germany. Show more