World News Today
16/02/2016
Grand Tours of Scotland
Series 3: 2. The Feminine Touch...
Italy Unpacked
Series 1: 2. Looking to the Future
Episode 1
51
Mins
A body is found in the river, sparking an investigation in a small Icelandic fishing town.
First shown: 13 Feb 2016
Delve into the archives
From game shows, to the space race and gothic literature - enjoy some BBC classics from across the decades.
BBC Two
8 episodes
15. We Are Betrayed, Sold, Lost
Exploring the attempts to rally the French Army for a great spring offensive....
16. Right Is More Precious than Peace
The Communists come to power in Russia, while America enters into the war on 6th April....
17. Surely We Have Perished
Morale becomes low as the battle of Passchendaele lasts through the summer of 1917....
18. Fat Rodzyanko Has Sent me Some Nonsense
Russia had a short-lived democracy, brought about by mass strikes and demonstrations....
19. The Hell where Youth and Laughter Go
The experiences of soldiers on the Western Front and the effect on the human spirit....
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Exploring the attempts to rally the French Army for a great spring offensive.
First shown: 5 Sep 1964
The Communists come to power in Russia, while America enters into the war on 6th April.
First shown: 13 Sep 1964
Morale becomes low as the battle of Passchendaele lasts through the summer of 1917.
First shown: 20 Sep 1964
2015-2016: 16. Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party...
75
How a lavish party thrown by the Shah of Iran marked the break between him and his people.
First shown: 14 Feb 2016
Planet 9 from Outer Space
30
Investigating the claims for a ninth planet existing in our solar system.
1. Gods, Myths and Oil Paints
60
Waldemar Januszczak challenges the idea of the Renaissance having fixed origins in Italy.
First shown: 15 Feb 2016
How a family-run music company launched one of the world's great rock bands.
First shown: 12 Feb 2016
BBC Four
3 episodes
1. Hawaii: A New Eden
Richard Fortey is on Hawaii to investigate how life colonises a newly born island....
2. Madagascar: A World Apart
Madagascar has spawned some of the most extraordinary groups of plants and animals....
3. Madeira: Island Ark
A look at what happens to a volcanic island as it nears the end of its life-cycle....
Richard Fortey is on Hawaii to investigate how life colonises a newly born island.
First shown: 18 Jan 2016
Madagascar has spawned some of the most extraordinary groups of plants and animals.
First shown: 25 Jan 2016
A look at what happens to a volcanic island as it nears the end of its life-cycle.
First shown: 1 Feb 2016
Sam Willis explores how the Caribbean sugar islands were a kind of hell in Nelson's time.
First shown: 1 May 2013
Sam Roddick explores the enduring appeal of Botticelli's masterpiece The Birth of Venus.
2012-2013: 15. Swallowed by a Black Hole
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How it was hoped we would be able to observe a feeding supermassive black hole in action.
First shown: 26 Jun 2013
110
Drama about the isolated life of a woman trapped in a marriage she didn't really want.
First shown: 2012
Series 2: 6. An Apricot
105
Everything is ready for Salvo's move to Genova - except, it would seem, Salvo himself.
First shown: 6 Feb 2016
3. Be My Baby
How rock 'n' roll calmed down, went uptown and got spun into teen pop between '59 and '64.
First shown: 17 Jul 2015
BBC | Collection
9 programmes
Film Night
Film Night Special: Carry On Forever
Best Of British
Barbara Windsor
Tuesday Documentary
The Ealing Comedies
Comic Roots
Series 2: 4. Kenneth Williams
Film Profile
Dirk Bogarde
22
Film Night Special looks at the story behind the success of the Carry On films. (1970)
First shown: 12 Apr 1970
39
Barbara Windsor recalls her rise to stardom in musicals and the Carry On films. (1998)
First shown: 4 Nov 1998
74
The story of the films that were so original and funny they put Ealing on the map. (1970)
First shown: 8 Sep 1970
90
Documentary made with rare video footage of Guns N' Roses in their formative years.
First shown: 5 Feb 2016
2008-2009: 10. Can We Make a Star on Earth?
55
Professor Brian Cox journeys in search of the energy source of the future, nuclear fusion.
First shown: 17 Feb 2009
Reversions: 7. The Folk Revival
10
Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen feature in this folk tinged episode of 60s archive.
First shown: 5 Apr 2008
2012-2013: 5. Attenborough's Ark: Natural World Special
David Attenborough picks ten animals that he would most like to save from extinction.
First shown: 9 Nov 2012
