The story of the Crusades is remembered as a tale of religious fanaticism and unspeakable brutality, but using fresh evidence, Dr Thomas Asbridge re-examines this medieval drama

Professor Richard Fortey travels across the globe to find the survivors of mass extinction events

Melvyn Bragg explores the relationship, from 1911 to 2011, between class and culture

Jeremy Paxman travels the world exploring many different aspects of the British Empire

In this programme, divided into short chapters for use in the classroom, Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch explores what it means to be English and what has shaped English identity.

Series of lectures on a single topic, presenting scientific subjects to a general audience in an informative and entertaining manner

Stories of extraordinary athletes who have pushed performance to the limit and beyond in pursuit of gold, over more than a 100 years of Olympic competition

A brand new take on the most transformative force in British popular music history

Around the world, obesity levels are rising. More people are now overweight than undernourished. Jacques Peretti traces those responsible for revolutionising our eating habits

Portraits of different areas of London revealed entirely through archive images.

Each episode is an educational look of varying depth into the construction, operation, and staffing of various structures or construction projects, but not ordinary construction products.

BBC economics editor Stephanie Flanders examines how three extraordinary thinkers, Keynes, Hayek and Marx, helped shape the 20th century

Series looking at history through the eyes of ordinary people. Rulers and royals, lords and ladies have all had their say down the centuries, what were the last 1,600 years like for everyday Britons?

A groundbreaking, global nature series with Chris Packham, Secrets of Our Living Planet showcases the incredible ecosystems that make life on Earth possible

Documentary granting a unique and privileged access into the magical world of whales and dolphins, uncovering the secrets of their intimate lives as never before.

The world's most enormous machines are stripped down and torn apart to discover their hidden secrets and to reveal out how each one has changed our world in its own unique way

Right now you're hurtling around the Sun at a hundred thousand kilometres an hour. Join Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski as they explore the relationship between the Earth's orbit and the weather

Over three very personal films, Sir David Attenborough looks back at the unparalleled changes in natural history that he has witnessed during his 60-year career

Michael Wood journeys through the Indian subcontinent, tracing the incredible richness and diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes.

A series of films which ask what it means to live in poverty in the 21st Century

Sir David Jason presents Alfie's Boys, the story of how Sir Alf Ramsey built a team to win the World Cup in 1966. Featuring unseen archive from the BBC vaults.

Dr James Fox explores how, in the hands of artists, the colours gold, blue and white have stirred our emotions, changed the way we behave and even altered the course of history

Sir David Attenborough goes back in time to the roots of the tree of life, in search of the very first animals

Eye to eye with the unknown - the world's wildest continent.

Professor Brian Cox explores the globe to reveal how a few fundamental laws of science gave birth to the most complex and unique feature of the universe - life.

Examining the inventions that led to the electrical, the transport and the communication revolutions that shaped the modern world.

The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that now live around us.

Series in which Steve Backshall looks at some of the world's most iconic ecosystems

Documentary filming the work of the neurosurgeons at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital over seven months and meeting the patients whose lives depend on their skill.

Dr Janina Ramirez follows the momentous and nation-shaping war between England and France.