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This programme captures the influence of WWI on classical music and its impact on a generation of musicians and composers whose music became part of our sense of identity. Show more
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Katie Derham presents analysis and performance of Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Moritz Gnann. Show more
Teams fight each other in virtual reruns of the world's greatest battles. A team of wrestlers try to rewrite history by keeping the Roman general Scipio from taking Carthage. Show more
Kew on a Plate
Episode 2: Summer
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD
Gardening and cooking show with Raymond Blanc and Kate Humble. Summer has arrived and there are new crops to tend, harvest and cook with, including carrots and cacao. Show more
Kew on a Plate
Episode 4: Winter
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD
Gardening and cooking show. As the year at Kew draws to an end, the garden is prepared for its next cycle - seeds are saved and soil is mulched. Show more
Full Steam Ahead
Episode 5
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. The team visit the South Devon Railway to explore the life of the branch line before the Beeching cuts of the 60s. Show more
Full Steam Ahead
Episode 1
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn explore how the introduction of steam railways in the early 19th century changed Britain. Show more
Full Steam Ahead
Episode 4
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn help get the most famous locomotive in the world, the Flying Scotsman, into steam. Show more
A team of karate veterans try to defend the Roman Empire against Attila and his Hunnish hordes. Can they stop a team of kickboxers from rewriting history and overrunning Europe? Show more
Full Steam Ahead
Episode 2
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. This episode looks at how railways began to move people, rather than just goods, around the country. Show more
Kew on a Plate
Episode 1: Spring
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD
Gardening and cooking show. Raymond makes a light spring dish of grilled asparagus tips and plants some crowns. Ruth Goodman shows Kate Humble an old Roman asparagus recipe. Show more
Kew on a Plate
Episode 3: Autumn
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD
Gardening and cooking show with Raymond Blanc and Kate Humble. It's autumn at Kew, and the vegetable garden is set to produce a bumper harvest. Show more
An analysis and full performance of Gershwin's salute to the city that never sleeps, exploring the improvisational approach and musical influences behind this iconic composition. Show more
A team of aquarium workers fighting as the French forces take on a team of archers representing the British and Allied armies in a virtual rerun of the Battle of Waterloo. Show more
Mary Beard takes in the mythology, history and archaeology of Rome. In the first episode, Mary reaches back to the myths and legends of the origins of Rome. Show more
Mary Beard takes in the mythology, history and archaeology of Rome. Mary explores the physical world of the Roman Empire and finds surprising parallels with our own world. Show more
Mary Beard explores the mythology, history and archaeology of Rome. In this episode, she takes an in-depth look at the question of identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire. Show more
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Mary Beard takes in the mythology, history and archaeology of Rome. In the final episode, Mary tackles the biggest puzzle of all: why, and how, did the Roman Empire fall? Show more
Full Steam Ahead
Episode 3
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn find out how railways transformed the British diet. Show more
Full Steam Ahead
Episode 6
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. The team find out how more leisure time and cheap rail transport meant more freedom for working-class Victorians. Show more