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This intimate biography, narrated in Marc Bolan's own words, traces his remarkable journey from Hackney's 'king of the mods' to Tyrannosaurus Rex, as...

Melvyn Bragg travels from Oklahoma to California to examine the enduring legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.

Professor Jim Al Khalili delves into over 50 years of the BBC science archive to tell the story behind the emergence of one of the greatest theories...

Soft Cell star in this programme about Eighties pop. Drink, drugs, break-ups and breakdowns rewarded Marc Almond and Dave Ball after they conquered...

Legendary conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim speaks more candidly than he has ever done before about his life and music. Told entirely through...

Historian Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old masterpiece in glass. At 78 feet in height, the famous East Window at York Minster...

Dr Fern Riddell is a young historian and author who goes back to the archives to challenge more traditional historical views of Victorian society....

A collection of BBC archive material about painter Francis Bacon, including a previously unseen interview recorded in 1965.

With 2015 marking the 100th anniversary of the first British policewoman being given the power of arrest, this film takes us through the remarkable...

On September 15th 2008, the day of the the collapse of Lehmans, the worst financial news since 1929, Damien Hirst sold over £60 million of his...

An immersive, experiential film about the deaf world, with its unique humour and culture - a world which most of us rarely encounter. The film is in...

The Bayeux Tapestry is a remarkable and unique work of art that has survived for almost 1,000 years. Made in the 11th century, it tells the story of...

Rory Bremner looks back at the life and career of Mike Yarwood, master of the imitation game and one of the BBC's most successful stars of the 1970s...

A BBC Timewatch documentary examining history's first major attempted terrorist attack. His attempt to blow up Parliament has seen Guy Fawkes go down...

A BBC documentary on the life & music of Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Storyville film-maker Luke Holland , who has lived in Ditchling on the East Sussex Downs for the last ten years, explores aspects of village life...

It is five times hotter than the sun and turns sand to glass in an instant. It can shoot 80 kilometres up above storm clouds. And it may even have...

Follows six talented performers who interpret Mary Shelley’s classic novel from their own perspective; as young people growing up in...

This one-hour compilation, beginning with the Arnold Layne promo from 1967 and culminating with the reunited band's performance at Live 8 in 2005, of...

Dr Michael Mosley investigates Britain's most secretive and controversial military research base, Porton Down, on its 100th anniversary. He comes...