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An examination of the life of actor Paul Newman, using rarely seen interviews from the BBC archives to tell the story of a career that made him one of Hollywood's greatest superstars. Narrated by Sylvia Syms.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili takes us back in time to tackle the greatest question in science: how did the universe begin? Uncovering the origins of the universe is regarded as humankind's greatest intellectual achievement. By recreating key experiments Jim unravels the cosmic mystery of science's creation story before witnessing a moment, one millionth of a second, after the universe sprang into exis

A fallen tree and a leaking lock pound hamper Robbie's journey across the Pennines.

Paul Rose's Yorkshire Dales adventure takes him to Wharfedale. He meets the butchers in Ilkley whose Yorkshire produce is being sold all over the country. Paul also heads for Bolton Abbey and spends time with the Duke of Devonshire. He then takes time out with the Calendar Girls, who shot to fame after their nude calendar became a worldwide sensation two decades ago, and has a close encounter with

November 1641. King Charles I is in Edinburgh. While he is away from his capital, the leader of the House of Commons, John Pym, is plotting a move to limit the King's power. The duel between these two men will spiral across the next weeks into an irrecoverable split across the country. 21 November: Pym dominates a stormy debate in the House of Commons over a document known as the Grand Remonstranc

Ant and Dec present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 21 February 1997 and featuring James, DJ Kool, The Wonders, Space, Warren G, Daft Punk, 911 and No Doubt.

Ian Wright presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 February 1997 and featuring The Bee Gees, Republica, Sash!, The Source feat. Candi Staton, Cathy Dennis, Bush, The Artist, Spice Girls and No Doubt.

Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 January 1980 and featuring Buggles, The Nolans, Barbara Dickson, Matchbox, The Regents, The Pretenders, The Specials, Sheila B Devotion and The Boomtown Rats, and a dance sequence by Legs & Co.

Simon Mayo presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 January 1991 and featuring Tongue 'n' Cheek, Robert Palmer and Rick Astley.

Tony Blackburn presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 August 1975 and featuring Kenny, Rod Stewart, The Eagles (danced to by Pan's People), Desmond Dekker, Jasper Carrott, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Hot Chocolate, Peter Skellern, Bimbo Jet, Billie Jo Spears, Chris Spedding, The Stylistics and Mike Batt with The New Edition.

Songsmith Neil Diamond performs live with strings and horns laid on by the BBC.

A look back over the decades at some of the brightest and best BBC moments from legendary singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. This compilation features performances from the early 1970s of hits like Sweet Caroline, Forever in Blue Jeans and Solitary Man, and appearances on a range of BBC programmes including Wogan, The Shirley Bassey Show, Later... with Jools Holland and, of course, Top of the Pops. A

A 60-minute documentary including an interview and exclusive location filming with Neil Diamond in New York and Los Angeles. Robbie Robertson, Jeff Barry, Mickey Dolenz and other contributors track Neil from his childhood in Brooklyn to his early days in the Brill Building, his nascent solo career and superstardom in the early 70s, the lean years of the 80s, his career reboot via Rick Rubin in the

Neil Diamond in concert from London's Roundhouse with his six-piece band performing tracks from his 2010 album Dreams, which explores the 60s and 70s songs he loves, and reinventing his classics. This is Neil Diamond stripped down with strings in his most intimate performance for years.

Ant and Dec present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 21 February 1997 and featuring James, DJ Kool, The Wonders, Space, Warren G, Daft Punk, 911 and No Doubt.

Ian Wright presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 February 1997 and featuring The Bee Gees, Republica, Sash!, The Source feat. Candi Staton, Cathy Dennis, Bush, The Artist, Spice Girls and No Doubt.

Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 January 1980 and featuring Buggles, The Nolans, Barbara Dickson, Matchbox, The Regents, The Pretenders, The Specials, Sheila B Devotion and The Boomtown Rats, and a dance sequence by Legs & Co.

Tony Blackburn presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 August 1975 and featuring Kenny, Rod Stewart, The Eagles (danced to by Pan's People), Desmond Dekker, Jasper Carrott, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Hot Chocolate, Peter Skellern, Bimbo Jet, Billie Jo Spears, Chris Spedding, The Stylistics and Mike Batt with The New Edition.

A look at the daily life of a County Down fisherman.

James takes on the job of duty vet at The Darrowby Show.

James is delayed, much to the annoyance of Mrs Hall, whose cooking waits for no man.

Tá Conall á choinneáil ina ghiall ag Ray, an té is mó atá faoi amhras sa chás dúnmharaithe. Ach maíonn sé féin go bhfuil an milleán á chur ag na Gardaí air gan chúis. Cé a chreidfidh Conall? An éireoidh le Conall agus le Ray éalú beo? Conall is held hostage by Ray, the prime suspect, who is armed. Ray claims he is being framed by the police. Who will Conall believe? And will they both make it out

I ndiaidh an léigir, scaiptear an scéal gurb é Ray atá ciontach as an dúnmharú. Ach ní chreideann gach duine an scéal oifigiúil. A bhuí leis an fhiosrúchán neamhoifigiúil, nochtar an fhírinne faoi bhás Sabine ar deireadh thiar thall. Déantar éagóracha stairiúla a chur ina gceart. In the aftermath of the siege, the narrative is that Ray is guilty. But not everyone is convinced. The unofficial inves

Alistair Heather presents an incredible line-up of music and spoken word performances alongside the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Joining them are Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross, Call the Midwife's Laura Main, Nina Nesbitt, Nathan Evans, Dead Pony's Anna Shields, Calum Bowie, Becky Sikasa and Jacob Alon. With live recitals from Elaine C Smith and a commanding Immortal Memory delivered by Chief Commis

Writer Andrew O'Hagan asks what made Robert Burns one of the world's favourite poets, as Scotland celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of its most famous sons. He travels through the landscape of modern Scotland in a poetic journey to the places that inspired Burns and to discover the story of his wild and dramatic life.

Robert Burns's story has been told over and over, year after year, and with good reason. But in this programme, Scotland's national poet Jackie Kay looks beyond Burns to some of the other extraordinary, and often overlooked, poets Scotland has produced. She brings them out from Rabbie's shadow to see how they have told, and continue to tell, our nation's story. She looks at some of the poets who h

James takes on the job of duty vet at The Darrowby Show.

James is delayed, much to the annoyance of Mrs Hall, whose cooking waits for no man.

Michael Portillo ventures down under to experience one of the world's greatest rail journeys aboard the legendary Ghan Railway. His 1913 Bradshaw's Guide tells him "a transcontinental railway is being constructed" and he traces its route from the southern harbour of Port Augusta to the port of Darwin on the north coast. Along the way, Michael uncovers the history of the ambitious project, which st

Australia, a land cast adrift at the time of the dinosaurs. Isolated for millions of years, the weird and wonderful animals marooned here are like nowhere else on Earth. In the north of this island continent is the Daintree, one of the world's oldest tropical forests. It's home to the most dangerous bird on earth – the cassowary. A dinosaur-like bird standing 6 feet tall, they are formidable but t

Director and actress Rachel Ward is the last person you'd expect to join a farming revolution. Besieged by drought, bushfires and ecological despair, Rachel finds hope in the soil beneath her feet and begins a journey of discovery to regenerate the land on her Australian farm, and herself.

Soprano Joan Sutherland talks to Bernard Levin and sings scenes from some of her most celebrated roles. With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Erich Gruenberg and conducted by Richard Bonynge.

The famous Australian opera singer, introduced and accompanied by Gerald Moore.

Intertribal conflict was a familiar fixture for Australia's First Nations people, but nothing could prepare them for the conflict with the British and European arrivals over land and livelihood. In the first part of this authored series, film-maker Rachel Perkins, who has both European and First Nations ancestry, examines these first encounters following the British arrival in 1788. The British Em

In the 1820s, the colonist population doubled in Tasmania, and so too did the death count as settlers came into conflict with Tasmanian Indigenous people resisting their arrival. In the second part of this authored series, film-maker Rachel Perkins, who has both European and Indigenous Australian ancestry, examines why – despite detailed public records of the extensive conflict in Tasmania – there

The abolition of slavery in the 1830s was a defining moment for the British Empire. Buoyed by their success, the abolitionists looked to the plight of Indigenous people. Their aim: to ensure the foundation of South Australia was done differently and access to land negotiated with First Nations people. But London was literally on the other side of the planet, and on the ground, no such arrangements

Michael Portillo ventures down under to experience one of the world's greatest rail journeys aboard the legendary Ghan Railway. His 1913 Bradshaw's Guide tells him "a transcontinental railway is being constructed" and he traces its route from the southern harbour of Port Augusta to the port of Darwin on the north coast. Along the way, Michael uncovers the history of the ambitious project, which st

Dan Cruickshank travels the Nile, from magnificent Karnak to the desolate ruins of El Amarna, in search of the truth about Akhenaten, the most radical and mysterious pharaoh ever to rule Egypt, and his beautiful wife Nefertiti. They were a golden couple, rich and all-powerful, but when Akhenaten had a personal religious conversion, it changed everything. Akhenaten decided to overturn the entire re

Dan Cruickshank discovers the ingenious techniques that the ancient Egyptians used to make their pyramids, temples and mummies last forever, driven by their obsession with magic and the afterlife. The Egyptians believed they could live forever – that death was not necessarily the end. But to enjoy the afterlife depended on preserving the important things from this life – their bodies, possessions

On a journey through Ancient Egyptian art, Alastair Sooke picks treasures from its most opulent and glittering moment. Starting with troubling psychological portraits of tyrant king Senwosret III and ending with the golden mask of boy king Tutankhamun, Sooke also explores architectural wonders, exquisite tombs and a lost city – site of the greatest artistic revolution in Egypt's history where a ne

It is possible that only one per cent of the wonders of ancient Egypt have been discovered, but now, thanks to a pioneering approach to archaeology, that is about to change. Dr Sarah Parcak uses satellites to probe beneath the sands, where she has found cities, temples and pyramids. Now, with Dallas Campbell and Liz Bonnin, she heads to Egypt to discover if these magnificent buildings are really t

Über das berührende Schicksal von Teenagern, die aus Konzentrationslagern gerettet werden und in England ins Leben zurückfinden. Keine Wachtürme, keine Suchscheinwerfer, keine Krematorien: Die 300 jungen Holocaust-Überlebenden, die 1945 nach England gebracht werden, wissen zunächst nicht, wie ihnen geschieht. Die Einsamkeit am Lake Windermere und der Psychologe Oscar Friedmann sollen helfen, die E

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere. In the year that marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the Holocaust, this powerful documentary, which accompanies the BBC Two drama, The Windermere Children, reveals a little-known story of 300 young orphaned Jewish refugees, who began new lives in England's L

Along the banks of the Nile stand some of the most spectacular buildings in the world – the temples of ancient Egypt. The great gateway of the temple at Edfu is higher and wider than the facade of St Paul's Cathedral, and at Karnac, man is dwarfed by the forest of vast columns in the main hall. Introduced by Cyril Aldred from the 1972 Tutankhamun Exhibition at the British Museum.

Mummies are the best-known relics of the ancient Egyptian civilisation. Together with the elaborate tombs of the pharaohs, they have created the impression that the Egyptians were a death-centred people with a very materialistic view of the after-life. In fact, their beliefs varied from age to age and from class to class within their society, and they were never really as sure about the next world

When the horse-drawn chariot was introduced in the 18th century BC, it created a larger revolution in warfare than did the invention of the tank in our day. Not only was a formidable armoured weapon introduced into battle, but it also caused great social changes. The pharaoh himself now took to the field at the head of his armies – composed henceforth of professionals, as distinct from conscripted

Dan Cruickshank travels the Nile, from magnificent Karnak to the desolate ruins of El Amarna, in search of the truth about Akhenaten, the most radical and mysterious pharaoh ever to rule Egypt, and his beautiful wife Nefertiti. They were a golden couple, rich and all-powerful, but when Akhenaten had a personal religious conversion, it changed everything. Akhenaten decided to overturn the entire re

Dan Cruickshank discovers the ingenious techniques that the ancient Egyptians used to make their pyramids, temples and mummies last forever, driven by their obsession with magic and the afterlife. The Egyptians believed they could live forever – that death was not necessarily the end. But to enjoy the afterlife depended on preserving the important things from this life – their bodies, possessions

On a journey through Ancient Egyptian art, Alastair Sooke picks treasures from its most opulent and glittering moment. Starting with troubling psychological portraits of tyrant king Senwosret III and ending with the golden mask of boy king Tutankhamun, Sooke also explores architectural wonders, exquisite tombs and a lost city – site of the greatest artistic revolution in Egypt's history where a ne

The real side of boat life with Robbie Cumming. Robbie runs aground on the Rochdale Canal – will he make it to Manchester?

Adventurer Paul Rose explores the 79 miles of the Yorkshire Wolds Way, arguably Britain's least well-known national walking trail. The trail starts at the Humber Estuary and ends at the Yorkshire seaside resort of Filey. On the way, Paul takes in the views of the Yorkshire Wolds from the top of the Humber Bridge, learns to ride a penny farthing and searches out the spots made internationally famou

Fletch is about to be released from prison, will he be able to stop himself from going back? First he has to say goodbye to Mr MacKay the prison officer who has been the bane of his life. Follow-on from Porridge.

Lionel takes Jean to meet his father – who has a surprise announcement.

The King's proclamation has been sent around the country. Soon, over 200 MPs will return to Westminster to aid Charles; he simply has to run down the clock. Pym tries to pass parliamentary bills limiting the King's power. But in the Lords, the casting votes are held by the bishops, who are loyal to Charles. Pym knows that, in order to succeed, he must remove them. In mid-December, Pym's group goes

A portrait of anonymous blogger turned best-selling author Aubrey Gordon.

The story of two women who fall in love in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere. In the year that marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the Holocaust, this powerful documentary, which accompanies the BBC Two drama, The Windermere Children, reveals a little-known story of 300 young orphaned Jewish refugees, who began new lives in England's L

The real side of boat life with Robbie Cumming. Robbie runs aground on the Rochdale Canal – will he make it to Manchester?

The King's proclamation has been sent around the country. Soon, over 200 MPs will return to Westminster to aid Charles; he simply has to run down the clock. Pym tries to pass parliamentary bills limiting the King's power. But in the Lords, the casting votes are held by the bishops, who are loyal to Charles. Pym knows that, in order to succeed, he must remove them. In mid-December, Pym's group goes

There are engine issues and a leaky boat to fix before Robbie reaches Liverpool Docks.

Adventurer Paul Rose continues his exploration of the Yorkshire Wolds Way, arguably Britain's least well-known national walking trail. The 79-mile trail starts at the Humber Estuary and ends at the Yorkshire seaside resort of Filey. In this episode, Paul takes to the skies to get a unique view of this stretch of chalk downland and gets a special invitation to a military base that's been keeping th

Intrepid adventurer Michael Palin embarks on an epic journey. He travels through Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province, starting on the Khyber Pass and ending five miles from K2 on the Pakistan/China border. He passes through Darra, visits a street dentist in Peshawar, goes bull racing with a Pakistani aristocrat and is almost trampled to death, and finally crosses over the Lowari Pass into the

Professor Jim Al-Khalili carries us into the distant future to try to discover how the universe will end – with a bang or a whimper? He reveals a universe far stranger than anyone imagined and, at the frontier of our understanding, encounters a mysterious and enigmatic force that promises to change physics forever.

Written by Tony Jordan, this is the heartwarming story of Dame Barbara Windsor, the Cockney kid with a dazzling smile and talent to match. Preparing to perform in the theatre one cold evening in 1993, the cheeky, chirpy blonde Babs recounts the people and events that have shaped her life and career over 50 years from 1943 to 1993. She contemplates her lonely childhood and Second World War evacuati

It is said that the average woman gets through around 30 hairstyles in a lifetime, with some changing their look entirely every 15 months. Timeshift takes a loving and sometimes horrified look back at the iconic hairdos and "must have" haircuts that both men and women in Britain have flirted with over the past 60 years. And it's some journey... from the meringue-like confections of Raymond "Teasy