The Mystery of Agatha Christie

Mystery in the life and work of the queen of crime stories

• 27 mins

Josiah Wedgwood Pioneer Businessman

The enduring appeal of wedgwood pottery and the story of the man who invented it

• 27 mins

The Cunarders

The story of the Cunard ships and how they grew from coal transporters to ocean liners

• 26 mins

Protocols of the Elders of Zion

The origins, spread and impact of the forgery about Jewish plans for world domination

• 27 mins

Patrick White

Obituary tribute programme to the Australian author and nobel prize winner

• 27 mins

Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein obituary tribute programme

• 27 mins

Polish Pilgrimage

Following a religious pilgrimage from Warsaw, Poland as it travels the countryside

• 28 mins

Aaron Copland

A profile of the quintessentially American composer

• 27 mins

John Kani

An interview with the Black South African actor about working in the apartheid era

• 27 mins

Mbira

The role of Mbira, thumb piano, in Zimbabwean music

• 26 mins

Northen Ireland

BBC reporter Fergal Keane reflects on the Northern Ireland Troubles

• 27 mins

Prague

After the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, a look at calls for punishment in Prague

• 27 mins

Roald Dahl

Obituary tribute programme to 'one of the world's favourite children's writers'

• 27 mins

Air Crash Detectives

The work of international air crash investigators

• 27 mins

In the Bath

The simple pleasures of a nice long bath

• 27 mins

Environment and our behaviour

The adverse effects of poor diet and bad air quality on human behaviour

• 27 mins

Charles Bradlaugh

A political radical and one of the most famous English atheists of the 19th century.

• 27 mins

The Joys of Selling

What does it take to be a good salesperson? A look at the art of selling.

• 27 mins

Pax

A profile of the boarding school for black boys in Transvaal, South Africa

• 27 mins

The Housing Crisis in Poland

The housing crisis in Poland where there is a shortfall of 1.3 million dwellings.

• 25 mins

The Kogi

A report on a film visiting the secretive Kogi tribe in Colombia.

• 27 mins

The Moon in the Man

Myths, legends and beliefs about the powers of the moon

• 27 mins

Cleft Lip and Palate Operations

A medical team from Great Ormond Street Hospital, London visit Sri Lanka.

• 27 mins

Skiffle and After

A look at the ironmongery-based musical style of skiffle

• 28 mins

Black Lonely Hearts

A look at the search for a partner within Black communities

• 27 mins

Count Dracula

The appeal of the mythical vampire and stories of the undead

• 20 mins

Bob Marley Tribute

Tribute to reggae music stars Bob Marley and the Wailers

• 28 mins

Shaw at Ayot St Lawrence

Villagers in Ayot St. Lawrence talk about their famous neighbour George Bernard Shaw

• 27 mins

Mikhail Bulgakov

A profile of the Russian novelist and playwright on the 100th anniversary of his birth

• 27 mins

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

A look at a British medical school specialising in endemic tropical diseases

• 27 mins