Nomsa Maseko asks where democracy is headed across the world's fastest growing continent.
What makes Kylian Mbappé so special? From tough Paris suburbs to the pinnacle of football, this exploration of Mbappé's once-in-a-generation talent uncovers the influences and opportunities that led him to becoming one...
New research in India suggests heat can double the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage.
Kenneth Clark looks at the beginnings of revolutionary politics in the 18th century. His theme takes him from great palaces like Blenheim and Versailles, to Edinburgh, and to the hills of Virginia where Thomas Jefferson...
Deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny, Mission: Joy gives unprecedented access to the friendship between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the late Archbishop Tutu. The self-described "mischievous brothers" were filmed...
A documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr. We may be used to seeing Liz in dramas such as Silent Witness, Good Omens or The Witcher, but now she's stepping away from the...
A profile of crime writer Ian Rankin, following him as he researches his latest book. From sources in pubs frequented by off-duty policemen, to lawyers with the background on cases that never reach the papers, to...
Rob and Rylan arrive in the majestic Renaissance city of Florence, the city where art changed the world. The duo set out to discover how Grand Tourists tried to uncover the secrets of the Renaissance, getting up close...
When two sisters buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång, they experience their own divine premonition. To their surprise, the seller is identical to their older sister who died by suicide 30 years...
Armed with his interwar copy of Bradshaw's Guide to the Railways, Michael reaches the Kent seaside resort of Herne Bay, where he learns about a pioneering aviatrix who began her working life as a typist in Hull but whose...
When a mutant gene causing Alzheimer's is discovered in the Jennings family, it leads scientists on a journey to develop a cure and leaves family members with a terrible dilemma. The Jennings are the first family in the...
Michael continues his travels through the capital in the heart of London's East End. Michael explores Hackney Wick, today transformed from the time of his 1930s Bradshaw's guide, when factories belched smoke and the...