BBC Four

Series tracking down lost, hidden, and misattributed paintings from local museums and galleries across Britain.

Join Grace Dent on a televisual trip back in time.

Historian Lisa Hilton discovers how, in just fifty tempestuous days, Charles I’s rule collapsed, laying the foundations for civil war, the loss ...

Historian Sam Willis traces the story of Britain’s castles and their unique role in our history, art and literature.

Adam Nicolson looks at how and why whale populations were so drastically reduced in the 20th century, and attempts to see whaling through the ...

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

Following teams of detectives and specialists involved in murder investigations.

Andrew Graham-Dixon examines the history of French art, revealing how it emerged from a struggle between tradition and revolution, and rulers and ...

With sumptuous palaces, exquisite artworks and stunning architecture, every great city offers a dizzying multitude of cultural highlights. So ...

Broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed goes on a remarkable journey to places rarely seen, as she travels through Iran, telling the story of a ...

The case of the Yorkshire Ripper is re-examined by film-maker Liza Williams.

The visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced. ...

How the invention of writing gave humanity a history. From hieroglyphs to emojis, an exploration of the way in which the technology of writing ...

British historian Lucy Worsley reveals how some of the biggest moments in US history are actually fibs and stories concocted by pop culture, ...

Historian Lucy Worsley debunks popular myths and royal as well as anti-royal propaganda about key events from British royal history including the ...

Lucy Worsley explores how British history is a concoction of fibs and stories manipulated by whoever was in power at the time.

Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo host a weekly guide to the best (and worst) of streaming culture in the 21st century, across film and premium television.

Three-part series about trains crossing borders in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, reconnecting families, cultures and history.

Bushcraft expert and survivalist Ray Mears explores the awe-inspiring landscape of that shaped the story of the Wild West. … Discover how ...

A landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected ...

It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape. Anatomist Neil Shubin reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient ...

Documentary series in which art historian James Fox explores how the power of images has transformed the modern world.

A candid look at what life was really like for those living in, and under Hitler’s Swastika – at home – and abroad, a record ...

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain’s social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly ...

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer provide songs, sketches and silliness in buckets.

Series which follows Martha Kearney’s bee-keeping year and explores the science, art and culture of the honeybee, the most ingenious insect ...

In a landmark 7-part series, Spotlight – Northern Ireland’s leading team of investigative journalists – reveal important new ...

The joy of a very British hobby, brought to you by Peter Snow and his team, revealing the hidden histories, engineering marvels and true ...

Fashion historian Amber Butchart fuses biography, art and the history of fashion as she explores the lives of historical figures by examining the ...

Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, ...