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Music
BBC Proms
A Bohemian Rhapsody
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and star violinist Joshua Bell perform Dvorak and Smetana.
138 minsAvailable for 28 days
Music
BBC Proms
First Night of the Proms, Part One
The greatest classical music festival on the planet gets underway with a bang.
59 minsAvailable for 26 days
Arts
imagine...
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
The artist and activist whose portrayals of African Americans empowered a generation.
68 minsAvailable for 21 days
Music
Manchester International Festival
Welcoming the World
Setting the scene for a spectacular season of international art, dance and music.
29 minsAvailable for 19 days
Documentary
TV’s Black Renaissance: Reggie Yates in Hollywood
The new wave of must-see TV
Reggie meets some of the biggest names in TV – pioneering a new frankness about race.
59 minsAvailable for 22 days
Arts
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
1/3 Legends and Pioneers
When art met activitism – a host of stars on the quest for inclusion on and off screen.
59 minsAvailable for 23 days
Arts
The Film Review
Tell it to the Bees, The Lion King, Varda by Agnes
Mark Kermode joins Jane Hill to discuss The Lion King (2019) and more.
11 minsAvailable for 28 days
History
Tomorrow's Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction
1. Space
Dominic Sandbrook looks at science fiction's enduring fascination with outer space.
59 minsAvailable for 24 days
Arts
Inside Cinema
2019: 2. Spacesuit Style
How has the design of the astronaut's spacesuit on the big screen changed over the years?
5 minsAvailable for 11 months
Science & Nature
Moonshot
A quest to take the ultimate image of the moon
Astro-photographer Alyn Wallace is in iconic locations in Wales to capture the night sky.
29 minsAvailable for 27 days
Music
Summer-night Concert from Vienna
Music in a stunning setting
The Vienna Philharmonic play classical favourites, with the dazzling pianist Yuja Wang.
75 minsAvailable for 14 days
Music
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.
From refugee immigrant to provocative pop superstar
An intimate profile of one of the hip-hop world’s most outspoken and acclaimed icons.
94 minsAvailable for 19 days
Music
Dazzling Duets at the BBC
With Oscar Peterson, Larry Adler, Ballake Sissoko, Kiri Te Kanawa, Nigel Kennedy and more.
59 minsAvailable for 14 days
Arts
Arena
That Summer. The height of cool culture in 70s New York
Rare footage reveals amazing artists at play in a unique community in Long Island.
76 minsAvailable for 14 days

Painters and their Masterpieces

Arts
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
The summer’s biggest art show
Kirsty Wark and Brenda Emmanus explore the world’s largest open-submission show.
59 minsAvailable for 15 days
Arts
Loop
2019: The Unteachable Artist
Norman Gilbert refused to follow the artistic style of the time, forging his own path.
6 minsAvailable for 17 days
Arts
Monitor
Pop Goes the Easel
Ken Russell's film on the Young British Artists of the Pop Art movement. (1962)
42 minsAvailable for over a year
Rossetti - Sex, Drugs and Oil Paint
Andrew Graham-Dixon considers the work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. (2003)
29 minsAvailable for over a year
Documentary
Francis Bacon: Fragments Of A Portrait
A film study of Francis Bacon's paintings, which have been called sick and corrupt. (1966)
44 minsAvailable for over a year
History
Civilisations
Series 1: 3. Picturing Paradise
Simon Schama explores one of our deepest artistic urges - the depiction of nature.
59 minsAvailable for 3 months
History
In Search of Arcadia
Janina Ramirez and John Bailey explore the origins of the English landscape movement.
59 minsAvailable for 15 days
History
Civilisation
5. The Hero as Artist
Kenneth Clark looks at artists Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci.
49 minsAvailable for over a year

Music Documentaries

Documentary
Classic Albums
The ‘Chirping’ Crickets. Buddy Holly’s game-changer
The story of one of the first and most influential rock’n’roll albums of all time.
59 minsAvailable for 19 days
Documentary
Elvis: The Rebirth of the King
A reinvention in Vegas
Was Vegas the nadir of his career, or when Elvis became the greatest performer on earth?
59 minsAvailable for 20 days
Documentary
Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones
Biography of Roy Orbison with previously unseen performances, home movies and interviews.
59 minsAvailable for 19 days
Documentary
Bros's Luke Goss introduces - Robert Plant: By Myself
57 minsAvailable for 26 days
Documentary
Primal Scream: The Lost Memphis Tapes
As you’ve never heard them
Bobby Gillespie rediscovers the band’s original session tapes – and remixes them.
59 minsAvailable for 13 days
Documentary
The Jazz Ambassadors
How African-American jazz musicians helped counter negative propaganda about racism.
87 minsAvailable for 12 days
Documentary
Proclaimers: This is the Story
With super-fan David Tennant
David Tennant talks to Craig and Charlie Reid about 30 years in the business.
59 minsAvailable for 29 days
Documentary
Loki's History of Scottish Hip-Hop
The musical pioneers
How young Scots were able to express themselves in music, dance and art.
29 minsExpires tonight 11:45pm

Literature

Documentary
imagine...
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
The unstoppable Irish novelist discusses sex, books and a lifetime of defiance.
65 minsAvailable for 14 days
Documentary
Timeshift
Series 13: 5. The Ladybird Books Story: The Bugs that Got Britain Reading
Film about the pocket-sized books that were an important part of childhood for many.
59 minsAvailable for 15 days
Arts
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Writer Ian Rankin looks into Stevenson's novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
57 minsAvailable for 2 months
Arts
Daphne Du Maurier
Author Daphne du Maurier is interviewed in her Cornwall home by Wilfred De'Ath. (1971)
50 minsAvailable for over a year
Arts
Omnibus
Patricia Cornwell: Stalking the Ripper
Author Patricia Cornwell is convinced she knows Jack the Ripper's true identity. (2002)
58 minsAvailable for over a year
Arts
Profile
The World of Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman explores Oxford, where he was a student in the 1960s. (2001)
39 minsAvailable for over a year
Arts
Tuesday Documentary
The Dracula Business
The facts and legends surrounding Bram Stoker's enduring creation - Dracula. (1974)
47 minsAvailable for 2 months
Arts
Intimations
10. John le Carre
John le Carre talks about his writing and the main influences on his work. (1966)
30 minsAvailable for over a year

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