Programação
00:00 - 01:00
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
Contemporary history
In 2003, the Sudanese government began a widespread ethnic cleansing campaign in the western part of the country. With the memory of the genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda still fresh, hundreds of thousands of Americans went out to protest and demand protection for the citizens of...
01:00 - 02:00
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
Contemporary history
Barack Obama's first presidential trip abroad was to Cairo. He turned to the younger generation in the Arab world and told them 'you, more than anyone, have the ability to remake this world'. A year and a half later the Arab Spring broke out, but when Muammar Gaddafi declared...
02:00 - 03:00
She-Wolves: England's Early Queens
History
In the Medieval and Tudor world there was no question in peoples minds about the order of God's creation – men ruled and women didn't. A King was a warrior who literally fought to win power then battled to keep it. Yet despite everything that stood in their way, a handful of...
03:00 - 04:00
Castles: Britain's Fortified History
History
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. Edward spent vast sums to subdue Wales with a ring of iron comprised of some of the most...
04:00 - 04:30
Great British Railway Journeys
Documentary
Michael's rail journey through post-war Scotland takes him over the River Tay to Dundee on the trail of Joseph McKenzie, the father of modern Scottish photography. In Perth, Michael meets a singer-songwriter and veteran of the early Scottish folk scene. At Perth's Wellshill...
04:30 - 05:00
Walking With...
Monica Galetti
Landscape
Celebrity chef Monica Galetti walks through the open landscapes of the North York Moors. Along the way she meets residents and samples local produce. Starting off with a glorious view over the frost-covered valley, Monica drops down into the historic village of Rosedale Abbey....
05:00 - 20:00
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20:00 - 20:30
Great British Railway Journeys
Documentary
Michael Portillo twists and shouts through postwar Liverpool, arriving in the city where the Sixties burst into life to find the strikingly contemporary concrete and glass Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, inaugurated in 1967. In the Georgian Hope Street...
20:30 - 21:00
Walking With...
Jim Moir
Landscape
Jim Moir goes for a "power stroll through a strange landscape" as he explores the shingle peninsula of Dungeness in this corner of Kent. The comic, birdwatcher and Kent resident, famous for his comedy persona Vic Reeves, takes his time exploring a quirky section of the coast –...
21:00 - 22:00
Treasures of Ancient Rome
History
Alastair Sooke traces how the Romans during the Republic went from being art thieves and copycats to pioneering a new artistic style – warts 'n' all realism. Roman portraits reveal what the great names from history, men like Julius Caesar and Cicero, actually looked like....
22:00 - 23:00
Caligula with Mary Beard
History
Two thousand years ago, one of history's most notorious individuals was born. Professor Mary Beard embarks on an investigative journey to explore the life and times of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus – better known to us as Caligula. Caligula has now become known as...
23:00 - 23:15
Derek Jacobi Remembers.... I Claudius
Sir Derek Jacobi Remembers.... I, Claudius
Film + Stage
23:15 - 00:55
I, Claudius
A Touch of Murder
Historical series
