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A slow-motion camera captures the unique flight of the Marvellous Spatuletail Hummi...
Alex Riley discovers the cheap nasty dairy substitutes and the unpalatable side of...
An American special of the motoring magazine. (R)
James teams up with Edwina Currie to build a full-size bridge from nothing but Mecc...
Featuring a man who gets his jeans stolen from a shop changing room.
Jeremy makes a public information film; Simon Pegg is the Star in a Reasonably P... (R)
On location with Richard Wilson as Camelot is terrorised by a frightening new villa...
How Spain is exhuming bodies from mass graves, the legacy of Franco's dictatorship.
The nature documentary looks at fish as they dominate the planet's waters.
Teenagers Hannah and James travel to Utah to live with the God-fearing Peck family.
Alex Riley sets out to unearth the horrors that could be in his meaty snacks.
Paul and Emily are given money towards their wedding, which Paul must organise alon...
How mammals dominate the planet through having warm blood and by caring for thei... (R)
Horizon investigates speech, a phenomenon unique to humans, which remains a mystery...
Ray follows in the footsteps of British pioneer Samuel Hearne on his epic 1,000-mil...
Torchwood star John Barrowman and TV presenter Myleene Klass race across southern A...
Michael Buerk talks to Miranda Ponsonby about her decision to change sex.
Professor Steve Jones challenges the controversial science of evolutionary psycholo...
Andrew Marr with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Shlomo Sand, Tony Marchant and Sue Brown.
Ed Byrne finds out if that notorious institution, the student union bar, has had it...
With Jane Garvey. FTSE females; anti-depressants during pregnancy; the creator of J...
Roger Law of Spitting Image meets the craftsmen who made his 1980s Mrs Thatcher tea...
Russell Davies chairs the fifth heat of the perennial general knowledge contest.
Frances Cairncross explores the UK's options in the face of a growing deficit.
Helmut Kopetzky tells the story of East German actor Wolf Kaiser.
Donald Macleod explores Satie's early life and his famous set of three Gymnopedies.
Despatches which changed the course of history.
East Berlin's party chief declares that all citizens can leave immediately.
With Jane Garvey. Including building character in children, Lumiere art.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Siege of Münster in 1534-35.
Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia; Informed by Mendeley; Google Wave; MuseTrek at the Louvre
Curtis Stigers remembers clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman in his centenary...
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Helmut Kopetzky tells the story of East German actor Wolf Kaiser.
Hundreds of thousands of East Germans arrive in West Berlin amid scenes of shock and joy.
East Berlin's party chief declares that all citizens can leave immediately.
The Politburo resigns in East Germany - could the Berlin Wall fall next?
The authorities in the GDR are buckling under the pounding they are taking in the streets.
A backlash against East German refugees begins in West Germany.
Former Chancellor Nigel Lawson makes things even more difficult for Margaret Thatcher.
Margaret Thatcher is judged the least popular prime minister since polling began.
Protests in East Germany force the resignation of the Mayor of Leipzig.
Nicky Campbell asks: is it time to give Gordon Brown a break?
Nicky Campbell hosts reaction to Gordon Brown's speech on Afghanistan.
Nicky Campbell asks: are you worried about being ruled by Brussels?
Nicky Campbell asks: is it time for British forces to get out of Afghanistan?
The history of the Highlanders in the Lowlands: The Education Act 1872.
Alan Whicker looks at the 1967 film that introduced hippies to a bemused Britain. (R)
In 2009, many consumers are forgoing foreign holidays. Can Britain's destinations cope?
Claudia Hammond hears about surprising side effects of drugs used to treat schizophrenia.
Includes Prime Minister's Questions live from the House of Commons at 12 noon.
Guest host David Willis is joined by satirist, comedian and commentator Harry Shearer.
Frances Cairncross explores the UK's options in the face of a growing deficit.
A special programme for Remembrance Sunday, with guests Michael Caine and Jamie Cullum.
The assassination of an archduke in Sarajevo sets in motion the wheels of world war.
|Series Catch-up
Andrew Marr revisits Britain at the dawn of the 20th century.
|Series Catch-up
Ben Fogle and Kate Humble meet a baby vulture who already has a taste for flesh.
Calina are Eilidh busy harvesting at the community garden projects.
The team gets excited about a Chinese picture bought for a song and Georgian dining table.
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?