World News Today
10/05/2016
Insect Worlds
1. Them and Us
Eurovision Song Contest
2016: 2. Semi-Final 1
Episode 2
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Mins
Sam Willis travels west to central Asia, a place pivotal to the Silk Road's success.
First shown: 8 May 2016
Delve into the archives
From game shows to the space race and Gothic literature, enjoy some BBC classics from across the decades.
BBC One
3 episodes
2015 Special and Series 2: 1. Winter Special
DCI Tom Mathias and DI Mared Rhys investigate an arson attack at an isolated farmhouse....
2015 Special and Series 2: Episode 2
Mathias investigates when a bus driver's body is found shot on an isolated mountainside....
2015 Special and Series 2: Episode 3
The murder of a local dignitary leads to the uncovering of a story of love and loss....
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DCI Tom Mathias and DI Mared Rhys investigate an arson attack at an isolated farmhouse.
First shown: 23 Apr 2016
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Mathias investigates when a bus driver's body is found shot on an isolated mountainside.
First shown: 30 Apr 2016
The murder of a local dignitary leads to the uncovering of a story of love and loss.
First shown: 7 May 2016
24. Katie Paterson
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Katie Paterson creates an artwork made out of 10,000 samples of different tree species.
2012-2013: 5. Attenborough's Ark: Natural World Special
David Attenborough picks ten animals that he would most like to save from extinction.
First shown: 9 Nov 2012
Dr James Fox meets six artists whose work explores our relationship to the natural world.
First shown: 3 May 2016
Mercury: The Problem Child of the Solar System
To mark a transit of Mercury, an attempt to explain the planet's many mysteries.
BBC Four
8 episodes
2007-2008: Dance With a Serial Killer
Story of the young cop who brought French killer Francis Heaulmes to justice....
2011-2012: 23. Tabloid: Sex in Chains
How a former beauty queen's devotion to the man of her dreams became a tabloid sensation....
2013-2014: 8. Smash & Grab - The Story of the Pink Panthers...
Thrilling heist documentary about the world's most notorious gang of diamond thieves....
2012-2013: 14. Queen of Versailles
The couple whose plans to build a super-mansion are undone by the economic crisis....
444 Days
The story of the 1979 hostage crisis at the American Embassy in Iran....
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Story of the young cop who brought French killer Francis Heaulmes to justice.
First shown: 24 Feb 2008
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How a former beauty queen's devotion to the man of her dreams became a tabloid sensation.
First shown: 26 Mar 2012
Thrilling heist documentary about the world's most notorious gang of diamond thieves.
First shown: 22 Oct 2013
1. The Weaver
In China, a weaver uses a combination of handmade techniques and mechanised looms.
First shown: 4 May 2016
Rick Wakeman presents a documentary exploring the history of the concept album.
First shown: 6 May 2016
Portrait of enigmatic 1960s world Formula One champion and motor racing legend Jim Clark.
First shown: 18 Apr 2009
2. What the Barbarians Did for Us...
Waldemar Januszczak looks at the art produced by the Huns, Vandals and Goths.
First shown: 4 Dec 2012
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Film based on Alan Bennett's play about pupils caught in a clash of education styles.
First shown: 2006
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Reworking of Shakespeare's King Lear set in medieval Japan.
First shown: 1985
5 episodes
2016: 6. Semi-Final
The winners of the five category finals compete for three places in the grand final....
2016: 5. Strings Final
Five string players perform music by Bach, Faure, Rachmaninov and Saint-Saens....
2016: 4. Brass Final
Two trombonists, two trumpeters and a French horn player battle it out in the brass final....
2016: 3. Percussion Final
Five percussionists play modern masterpieces from the 20th and 21st centuries....
2016: 2. Woodwind Final
Three flautists, a saxophonist and a recorder player perform in the woodwind final....
The winners of the five category finals compete for three places in the grand final.
Five string players perform music by Bach, Faure, Rachmaninov and Saint-Saens.
Two trombonists, two trumpeters and a French horn player battle it out in the brass final.
First shown: 29 Apr 2016
1. Ocean Odyssey
Stewart McPherson visits Bermuda, the British Indian Ocean Territory and Pitcairn Island.
First shown: 12 Apr 2016
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A selection of some of David Bowie's best performances from the BBC archives.
First shown: 22 Jun 2012
Series 1: 4. Age of Bronze
Neil Oliver looks at the arrival of metals and the seismic social changes they triggered.
First shown: 2 Mar 2011
