March 5, 2013 • 30m
Granted privileged access to the Victoria and Albert Museum after hours, John Bly seeks out the Kimbolton Cabinet, an exquisite pi...Read more
March 5, 2013 • 29m
Through interpretations of some of the archaeological treasures of the Swedish National Museum, now on display in Edinburgh, Dr Ja...Read more
March 27, 2013 • 29m
Lucy Worsley tells the story of Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire. Built in the early 17th century, it became the pleasure palace of p...Read more
June 1, 2013 • 30m
Stuart Kelly gets behind-the-scenes access as over 13,000 treasures are moved back into Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford House.
July 15, 2013 • 30m
Clemency Burton-Hill indulges in her lifelong passion for the violin as she explores the mysterious life and lasting influence of ...Read more
August 29, 2013 • 30m
Artist Lachlan Goudie presents a personal documentary, inspired by his father, in which he investigates why witches have cast such...Read more
October 15, 2013 • 30m
Jewellery designer Shaun Leane uncovers some of the secrets of the hoard of nearly 500 Elizabethan and Jacobean jewels discovered ...Read more
November 25, 2013 • 39m
Tracey Emin offers an insight into the life and work of the French-American artist Louise Bourgeois, famed for her sculptures and ...Read more
November 26, 2013 • 30m
Helen Rosslyn makes the case for troubled, turbulent 17th century printmaker and draftsman Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione to be se...Read more
March 26, 2014 • 29m
Lars Tharp appeals to the nation to help him recover a rare piece of long-lost William Hogarth memorabilia - a precious terracotta...Read more
September 9, 2014 • 29m
Architect Zaha Hadid considers the influence of Russian abstract artist Kazimir Malevich's avant-garde art on her own avant-garde architecture.
December 2, 2014 • 29m
Travel-writer Robert MacFarlane presents a documentary telling the story of Scottish poet and novelist Nan Shepherd and her book, The Living Mountain.
February 13, 2015 • 29m
Jools Holland tells the story of his father-in-law Rory McEwen - aristocrat, artist, folk singer and pioneering TV presenter, and ...Read more
February 25, 2015 • 30m
Professor Nandini Das reveals the story behind the Cabinet of Curiosities - the original collecting craze that began in Renaissanc...Read more
March 3, 2015 • 29m
Lauren Child explores the history of dolls’ houses, speaks to craftspeople who create perfect miniatures and meets collectors will...Read more
April 8, 2015 • 30m
Natalie Haynes takes a journey into ancient beauty and modern glamour, examining how our obsession with the body beautiful goes ba...Read more
May 29, 2015 • 30m
In a personal tribute, British soul singer Laura Mvula travels to New York to celebrate the Nina Simone songs that mean most to he...Read more
June 15, 2015 • 30m
Michael Symmons Roberts explores the mythic afterlife of the 18th-century poet Thomas Chatterton, whose early death was immortalis...Read more
September 20, 2015 • 30m
Sir Roger Penrose takes a personal journey through artist MC Escher's work, marvelling at his intuitive brilliance and the light i...Read more
November 1, 2015 • 29m
Derek Jacobi goes in search of David Garrick, 18th-century superstar and the man who reinvented acting for the modern era.
October 31, 2016 • 30m
Neil Pearson looks at the life of Jack Kahane, who combined a career selling low-grade smut with publishing some of the most signi...Read more