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An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Michael Sheen

Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan remains an enigma. He was the most...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Plácido Domingo

Adrian Edmondson narrates a documentary chronicling the story of Stiff Records, a tiny independent that took music out of the boardroom and gave it...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Adrian Edmondson

In September 2011 R.E.M., the rock band from Athens, Georgia, decided to call it a day after 31 years. This collection from the BBC archives includes...

Genre: Music

Cast: Michael Stipe

William Shakespeare's darkest comedy, Measure for Measure. Live from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, this television production of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mark Rylance

Filmed in black and white at the Theater Singer in Laren, The Netherlands on March 25th, 1965, this short concert features the Big O performing hits...

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Cast: Roy Orbison

Paul Morley investigates the lasting appeal of art's very own Pop Idol. From failed Abstract Expressionist to pioneering Pop Art hero, Roy...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paul Morley

Public Service Broadcasting – a band who bring wit, invention and multimedia spectacle to the stage – return to the Proms after their...

Genre: Music

Cast: J. Willgoose Esq.

Music concert from 1971 featuring American singer-songwriter James Taylor, with a special guest appearance by Carole King.

Genre: Music

Cast: James Taylor

The Old Grey Whistle Test presents Rod's Christmas Concert featuring The Rod Stewart Group performing on stage at The Olympia, London. With a new...

Genre: Music

Cast: Bob Harris

what is everything, and what is nothing? Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Al-Khalili

Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Michael Sheen

On October 5th 1962, the Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do. It was a moment that changed music history and popular culture forever. It...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: John Lennon

Fleetwood Mac are one of the biggest-selling bands of all time and still on the road. Their story, told in their own words, is an epic tale of love...

Genre: Music

Cast: Stevie Nicks

A BBC Timewatch documentary examining history's first major attempted terrorist attack. His attempt to blow up Parliament has seen Guy Fawkes go down...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alice Hogge

Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering what lies beneath the Mona Lisa and even how he...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dana Arnold

Doris Day has often been dismissed as an actress and overlooked as a singer, despite career highs such as Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk. Covering her...

Genre: Music

Cast: Doris Day

The extraordinary story of comedian Bob Monkhouse's life and career, told through the vast private archive of films, TV shows, letters and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Bob Monkhouse

Tom Service presents 40 years of great BBC archive featuring the French composer, conductor and musical icon Pierre Boulez, who died on 5th January...

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Cast: Pierre Boulez

In this hour-long documentary, Dr Janina Ramirez tells the incredible story of a book hidden for centuries in the shadows of history, the first book...

Genre: History

Cast: Janina Ramirez