The Century of the Self

Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.

Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have...

Richard Mayhew leads an ordinary life in London when one day a girl named Door falls, injured, across his path. The next thing he knows, his life is...

Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.

Nigel Spivey reveals how the images which surround us today come from the ancient world. It's an epic journey spanning five continents and a hundred...

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes...

Tom Mathias comes to Aberystwyth having abandoned his life in London. He's a brilliant but troubled man. Despite his faults he is an excellent...

An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.

Dr. Samantha Hill is an earthquake research scientist at a noted university in Washington State. Her alternative theories and her take-charge...

A documentary series on the career of The Beatles.