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Music
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
Main Prize Final
Five amazing talents compete for one of the most prestigious prizes in opera.
150 minsAvailable for 27 days
ARCHIVE
BBC Four Collections
Delve into the archives
From game shows to the space race and Gothic literature, enjoy some BBC classics from across the decades.
Science
A Year to Save My Life: George McGavin and Melanoma
A personal medical journey
Diagnosed with a rare form of melanoma, what’s the science behind George’s treatment?
59 minsAvailable for 29 days
Crime Drama
Inspector Montalbano
The Mud Pyramid. Murder and corruption in the building trade
Who is the man found dead in an industrial pipe – and where is his missing wife?
105 minsAvailable for 27 days
Documentary
I Can Go For That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock
2/2 America’s soundtrack
Into the 1980s, when new acts created a technicolour second wave of a super smooth sound.
57 minsAvailable for 26 days
Science
Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb
The construction of a structure to entomb the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
59 minsAvailable for 21 days
Drama
The Alan Clark Diaries
Box Set. John Hurt stars as the maverick MP
How Clark mixed business and pleasure while plotting his way to power.
28 minsAvailable for 8 days
History
Prejudice and Pride: The People's History of LGBTQ Britain
1/2 Lives, loves and struggles
Ordinary people share the objects that have helped define their lives since the 1967 act.
59 minsAvailable for 28 days
Documentary
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1988
New hosts, new stars
From teen idols to acid house, a turbulent year on Britain’s number one pop show.
59 minsAvailable for 12 days
Documentary
Our Classical Century
4/4 How classical music found new audiences
From Bolero to the Three Tenors, how music burst out of the confines of classical.
59 minsAvailable for 18 days
Arts
A Victorian Scandal: The Rudest Book in Britain
A sensational High Court trial
Shedding new light on the 'no sex please, we're British' cliche of the Victorians
29 minsAvailable for 10 days
Documentary
What Do Artists Do All Day?
Frank Bowling's Abstract World
As a major retrospective begins, Brenda Emmanus meets the first black Royal Academician.
29 minsAvailable for 15 days
Music
Discovering... Graal Théâtre
Kaija Saariaho's classic
Tom Service explores the Finnish composer’s haunting, explosive violin concerto.
59 minsAvailable for 21 days
Nature
Life
Box Set. The incredible challenges animals face to survive
David Attenborough looks at epic spectacles and amazing examples of wildlife behaviour.
59 minsAvailable for 5 months
Science
Colour: The Spectrum of Science
1. Colours of Earth
Helen reveals how colour transformed our planet from a drab lump of rock to a vivid jewel.
59 minsAvailable for 22 days
History
Utopia: In Search of the Dream
Series 1: 1. Blueprints for Better
Richard Clay asks if utopian blueprints for fairer worlds can inspire real change.
59 minsAvailable for 17 days
Documentary
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
59 minsAvailable for 21 days
Documentary
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
Exploring Kate Bush's career and music through the testimony of collaborators and fans.
60 minsAvailable for 12 days

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