Celebrating the men whose vocal stylings have carried the torch for soul across six decades. It showcases the rarely seen but infectious Brenton Wood's Gimme Little Sign and offers the velvet voice of Curtis Mayfield singing Keep On Keeping On. There are groundbreaking artists from the '60s to the noughties, with performances from Billy Preston, Bill Withers, Billy Ocean, Alexander O'Neal, Barry White, Bobby Womack and many more.

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In light of the Covid-19 global outbreak, Professor Laura Ashe takes a look back at the Black Death of the 14th century, the deadliest pandemic in human history.

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The untold secret story of World War II. No matter how many soldiers or how clever the generals or how daring the strategy, a war cannot be won if there are not enough bullets and steel and planes and food and tanks.

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Maya legend tells us that there is a hidden underground cave below Chichen Itza, now high tech archaeologists are here to find the buried truth.

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In the shadow of Snowdon, 26-year-old Teleri Fielden is given an opportunity to fulfil her dream of becoming an upland hill farmer. She's won a scholarship to run the beautiful National Trust farm, Llyndy Isaf near Beddgelert, for a year covering more than 600 acres of mostly mountainside stocked with sheep and cattle.

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Highlights from the programme in which Susan Calman takes a lighthearted jaunt around her homeland to uncover the untold tales behind some of Scotland's most famous locations. She visits romantic and rugged locations, and takes an in-depth look at their history, people and exciting treasures, often receiving private tours of iconic Scottish spots and uncovering hidden secrets of the past and present. From quiet countryside to brooding coastlines, this love letter to Scotland demonstrates the best of what the country has to offer. This week Susan visits Orkney, Skye and Arran.

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This episode takes a look at the petroleum industry and the many products derived from oil used in the United States.
Imagine it: Rubber, plastic, nylon, aerosols, resins, solvents, & lubricants; none can exist without oil, still hailed as Black Gold. Even if we stopped driving our cars tomorrow, America would still need 5 million barrels of oil a day - more than all of Southern Europe combined. From the shirt on your back to the waxy sheen of a beautiful apple, the first secret of oil is that it's everywhere you look. Oil is used to lubricate machines, weapons, and even skin. It provides the chemical building blocks for plastics, rubber, synthetic fibers and pharmaceuticals.

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Laura Dodsworth photographs 100 women and interviews 18 of the participants, aged between 19 and 77, and asks them about how their vagina has shaped their lives. They share their experiences of starting periods and pubic hair grooming, the trauma of rape and FGM, and the joy of orgasms.

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Examining the story of the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the man who designed the world's fastest railway, longest suspension bridge and largest ship. Over 150 years on from his death, this film goes back in time to explore the extraordinary stories behind Brunel's greatest creations, including the Great Western Railway and the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The film also explores the wider story of what kind of Britain Brunel's genius was able to flourish in.

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A crew of women embarked on an ambitious sailing expedition around the UK to raise awareness of ocean plastic and sample the water to see what damage is being done. Hannah Thomas-Peter joined them on the month-long voyage and documented their voyage of discovery.

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