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In 1919 an art school opened in Germany that would change the world forever. It was called the Bauhaus. A century later, its radical thinking still...

Genre: History

Cast: Jodie Whittaker

Music concert from 1971 featuring American singer-songwriter James Taylor, with a special guest appearance by Carole King.

Genre: Music

Cast: James Taylor

Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Michael Sheen

A journey through the BBC's synthpop archives from Roxy Music and Tubeway Army to New Order and Sparks. Turn your Moogs up to 11 as we take a trip...

Genre: Music

Cast: Bryan Ferry

Fleetwood Mac are one of the biggest-selling bands of all time and still on the road. Their story, told in their own words, is an epic tale of love...

Genre: Music

Cast: Stevie Nicks

Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering what lies beneath the Mona Lisa and even how he...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dana Arnold

Set and filmed at the iconic Maida Vale studios, The Dead Room tells the story of a long-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter and...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Simon Callow

A documentary that explores the creation of the seminal, second album by Tears for Fears. Songs from the Big Chair took the gothic synth-pop...

Genre: Music

Cast: Roland Orzabal

what is everything, and what is nothing? Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Al-Khalili

Profile of veteran country singer Emmylou Harris, witnessing the heady success of her career while also discussing her late flowering of intensely...

Genre: Music

Cast: Emmylou Harris

Stephen Smith explores the extraordinary life and work of the virtuoso jeweller Carl Faberge. He talks to HRH Prince Michael of Kent about Faberge...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Stephen Smith

William Shakespeare's darkest comedy, Measure for Measure. Live from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, this television production of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mark Rylance

The extraordinary story of comedian Bob Monkhouse's life and career, told through the vast private archive of films, TV shows, letters and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Bob Monkhouse

The BBC version of "King Tut In Color" documentary. A century after the world’s most exciting archaeological find - the tomb of Tutankhamun -...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Elizabeth Frood

Paul Morley investigates the lasting appeal of art's very own Pop Idol. From failed Abstract Expressionist to pioneering Pop Art hero, Roy...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paul Morley

Documentary celebrating the triumph, tragedy and human comedy that was Manchester record company, Factory. Started by the late Tony Wilson, Alan...

Genre: Music

Cast: John Simm

The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform a live soundtrack in this premier stage adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes thriller.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mark Gatiss

Live performance specially recorded for Whistle Test from the Reggae Concert at the Edinburgh Festival in 1973, featuring The Cimarons, Winston...

Genre: Music

Cast: Bob Harris

Deep Purple is one of the most influential and important guitar bands in history, one of the godfathers of the heavy metal genre, with over 100...

Genre: Music

Cast: Ian Gillan

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Francis Bacon