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Alan Yentob tells the story of the creation of the world's most famous work of art. She has her own bodyguards and lives in Paris in a humidified, air-conditioned box protected by triplex bulletproof glass. Despite this she is visited by six million tourists every year. She is...

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

Michael's rail journey through postwar Scotland takes him over the River Tay to Dundee on the trail of Joseph McKenzie, the father of modern Scottish photography. Plus, Michael meets a singer-songwriter and veteran of the early Scottish folk scene.

Monica Galetti takes in the dramatic landscapes of the North York Moors as she crosses the heather from Rosedale to Farndale, meeting locals along the way.

When Hyacinth gets passionate about art, Daddy decides to join the Foreign Legion, and, as usual, Hyacinth's scruffy family let her down at the moment she's trying to make a good impression.

Victor is unable to sleep, and things get so desperate that he contemplates opening Ronnie and Mildred's Christmas present from last year.

In 1308 a 12-year-old girl, Isabella of France, became queen of England when she married the English king. A century later another young French girl, Margaret of Anjou, followed in her footsteps. Both these women were thrust into a violent and dysfunctional England and both felt...

Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle - the great Plantagenet king, Edward I who turned it into an instrument of colonisation.