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THE EDWARDIANS: THE BIRTH OF NOW
Originally broadcast on BBC Four in April and May 2007
"The best run of programmes for years." That's just one viewer's opinion of our season on the Edwardians. If you've heard good things about the season but missed it first time round, you may still have a chance to catch some of the featured programmes as they are repeated.
 "SUBLIME": More viewer praise for the Edwardians season
FULL LIST OF PROGRAMMES
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IAN HISLOP'S SCOUTING FOR BOYS
Ian Hislop celebrates scouting's 2007 centenary with an examination of its founder Robert Baden-Powell and his landmark book.
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MISS MARIE LLOYD
Jessie Wallace plays music hall star Marie Lloyd in a drama revealing the performer's racy songs and eventful life.
 Jessie discusses Marie Lloyd
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EDWARDIAN SUPERSIZE ME
Giles Coren and Sue Perkins dine on the gluttonous menus of Edwardian high society for a week. How will they fare on a diet of mutton, offal, puddings and port?
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HOW THE EDWARDIANS SPOKE
How have accents changed since the early 1900s? Vocal coach Joan Washington unearths some fascinating recordings.
Comments: "Joan Washington is a natural"
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THE 1970s EDWARDIAN RESURRECTION
Examination of how the flares decade revived the Edwardian look in the home, on the catwalk and on television.
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THE EDWARDIAN LARDER
The story of how enduring grocery brands like Typhoo, Perrier, Cadbury's Dairy Milk and Marmite were launched in Edwardian times.
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EDWARDIANS IN COLOUR: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ALBERT KAHN
The story behind one of the world's most important collections of colour photographs, which was founded in the Edwardian period.
Explore images from the collection
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THE DIARY OF A NOBODY
Hugh Bonneville stars as the pompous diarist Mr Pooter in Andrew Davies' four-part adaptation of the comic masterpiece by the Grossmiths.
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SHOPPING FOR ENGLAND
Mica Nava looks at how two Americans, Gordon Selfridge and Frank Woolworth, transformed British shopping habits.
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THE MENACE OF THE MASSES
John Carey examines the negative reaction of some Edwardian intellectuals to the rise of popular culture and mass education.
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THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD
Mark Gatiss stars as Apsley Cherry-Garrard in a drama based on the explorer's extraordinary scientific quest to the South Pole.
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SICKERT V SARGENT
Waldemar Januszczak looks at how these two giants of Edwardian art compare - and which was the most important painter.
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EDWARDIAN WINNERS AND LOSERS
Who were the era's blessed ones, and who ended up at the bottom of the pile? Dan Snow finds out.
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THE DOUBLE LIFE OF SAKI
Roger Davenport takes the lead role in this drama documentary about the satirical short story writer Hector Hugh Munro.
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SAKI: WHO KILLED MRS DE ROPP?
One-off drama based on three typically funny and cruel stories by Saki: The Storyteller, The Lumber Room and Sredni Vashtar.
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THE ORNATE JOHNSONS
"I hope to see this lot on the box again," raved one viewer. So here they are once more with their comic Edwardian Spectacular.
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A TABLOID IS BORN
Ex-Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie compares the state of the tabloids in Edwardian times to today's red tops.
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THE EDWARDIAN FAMILY ALBUM
Peter Snow uncovers some stories about our ancestors by delving into photographs, diaries and memorabilia they've left behind.
See images explored in the programme
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