Plot: Anita Rani and Justin Rowlatt embark on separate road trips across Russia, starting from Sochi. Along the way they meet different people and participate in many events.
Plot: A chronicle of the fight from prior to Pearl Harbour up until the last bomb was dropped. Featuring combat footage and interviews with veterans from both sides as the 70th anniversary of V-J Day approaches.
Plot: The film industry employs more than a quarter of a million people in India and Anita begins her journey in Mumbai, the home of Bollywood, where the stars tower over the city on enormous murals. She discovers just how important the movies are to everyday people at one of the oldest cinemas in Mumbai...
Plot: Marking the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, historian David Reynolds re-assesses Stalin's role in the struggle between Germany and Russia in World War II, which, he argues, was more critical for British survival than the Battle of Britain. Stalin means `man of steel...
Plot: In this series journalist Anita Rani investigates Britain's low wage economy through a social experiment where 20 volunteers are employed in the fastest growing jobs in this sector. In an effort to test their skills the group take part in various low-paid jobs while Rani explores the effect of rises...
Plot: In `A Passage to Britain', academic and historian Dr Yasmin Khan explores the hidden stories to be found in an extraordinary collection of ship passenger lists to chart the changing story of migration from the Indian subcontinent to Britain over three key decades. Yasmin begins with the passenger lists...
Plot: A BBC gem that first appeared on TV screens in 1976 and achieved audiences of up to 8 million viewers in its heyday, `One Man and his Dog' was so successful that it ran for a further 23 years as a series. Capturing the skills of the sheepdog and the amazing levels of communication between the dog and...
Plot: Genealogy series in which well-known people trace their family tree, often travelling to different areas and other countries to follow in their ancestors' footsteps. Family secrets and forgotten stories are revealed, sometimes confirming the celebrity's previous ideas, but often completely subverting...
Plot: Countryfile launches Plant Britain, an ambitious two-year challenge aimed at galvanizing everyone in the nation to get planting, no matter where you live or how large or tiny a space you may have, to help combat climate change and for the added benefits to our well-being and our wildlife. Matt Baker...
Plot: BBC's popular wildlife programme records the changes in nature across four days in autumn, using a network of cameras to track the action in real time, including never-filmed-before behaviour, as animals prepare for their toughest time of the year. Presenters anchor `Autumnwatch' from a different base...