Season - Episode
17
Season 17 Apr 03, 2017
-
17 - 1Roof Racks and Hatchbacks: The Family Car Apr 03, 2017 -
17 - 2Blazes and Brigades: The Story of the Fire Service Apr 13, 2017 -
17 - 3Dial B for Britain: The Story of the Landline Apr 20, 2017
16
Season 16 Oct 19, 2016
-
16 - 1Bridging the Gap: How the Severn Bridge Was Built Oct 19, 2016 -
16 - 2 -
16 - 3 -
16 - 4Booze, Beans & Bhajis: The Story of the Corner Shop Dec 19, 2016 -
16 - 5Flights of Fancy: Pigeons and the British Feb 07, 2017
15
Season 15 Sep 02, 2015
-
15 - 1 -
15 - 2A Very British Map: The Ordnance Survey Story Sep 09, 2015
-
15 - 3The Engine That Powers the World Sep 23, 2015
-
15 - 4The People's Liners: Britain's Lost Pleasure Fleets Oct 20, 2015
-
15 - 5Looking for Mr Bond: 007 at the BBC Oct 28, 2015
-
15 - 6
14
Season 14 May 26, 2014
-
14 - 1Mods, Rockers and Bank Holiday Mayhem May 26, 2014
-
14 - 2
-
14 - 3Bullseyes and Beer: When Darts Hit Britain Dec 15, 2014
-
14 - 4Battle for the Himalayas: The Fight to Film Everest Jan 29, 2015
-
14 - 5The Nation's Railway: The Golden Age of British Rail Feb 24, 2015
-
14 - 6Spicing Up Britain: How Eating Out Went Exotic Mar 11, 2015
13
Season 13 Oct 28, 2013
-
13 - 1Full Throttle: The Glory Days of British Motorbikes Oct 28, 2013
-
13 - 2When Coal Was King Nov 04, 2013
-
13 - 3 -
13 - 4A Day at the Zoo Nov 20, 2013
-
13 - 5
-
13 - 6
-
13 - 7
12
Season 12 Sep 24, 2012
-
12 - 1Health before the NHS: The Road to Recovery Sep 24, 2012
-
12 - 2Health before the NHS: A Medical Revolution Oct 01, 2012
-
12 - 3Klezmer Oct 14, 2012
-
12 - 4
-
12 - 5The British Army of the Rhine Oct 22, 2012
-
12 - 6
-
12 - 7The Joy of (Train) Sets Jan 23, 2013
-
12 - 8Eyes Down! The Story of Bingo Jan 30, 2013
-
12 - 9
-
12 - 10How To Be A Lady: An Elegant History Mar 26, 2013
11
Season 11 Apr 03, 2011
-
11 - 1Retrial by TV: The Rise and Fall of Rough Justice Apr 03, 2011
-
11 - 2Hotel Deluxe Jun 29, 2011
-
11 - 3All the Fun of the Fair Aug 02, 2011
-
11 - 4When the Circus Comes to Town Aug 09, 2011
-
11 - 5The Picture Postcard World of Nigel Walmsley Sep 15, 2011 -
11 - 6
-
11 - 7Antarctica - Of Ice and Men Nov 03, 2011 -
11 - 8The Golden Age of Trams: A Streetcar Named Desire Dec 05, 2011 -
11 - 9Epic: A Cast of Thousands! Dec 24, 2011 -
11 - 10The Smoking Years Jan 04, 2012 -
11 - 11The Rules of Drinking Jan 11, 2012
10
Season 10 Sep 08, 2010
-
10 - 1The North on a Plate Sep 08, 2010
-
10 - 21960: The Year of the North Sep 14, 2010
-
10 - 3When Britain Went Wild Oct 05, 2010
-
10 - 4Nordic Noir: The Story of Scandinavian Crime Fiction Dec 20, 2010
-
10 - 5Italian Noir: The Story of Italian Crime Fiction Dec 27, 2010
-
10 - 6The Golden Age of Coach Travel Jan 05, 2011
-
10 - 7The Modern Age of the Coach Jan 12, 2011
-
10 - 8
-
10 - 9
9
Season 9 Apr 03, 2009
-
9 - 1Farm to Pharma: The Rise and Rise of Food Science Apr 03, 2009
-
9 - 2The Golden Age of Liners Oct 22, 2009
-
9 - 3The Men Who Built the Liners Oct 29, 2009
-
9 - 4The Last Days of the Liners Nov 03, 2009
-
9 - 5How to Win at Chess Dec 21, 2009
-
9 - 6Oliver Postgate: A Life in Small Films Dec 22, 2009
-
9 - 7Clement Freud: In His Own Words Dec 22, 2009 -
9 - 8Bread: A Loaf Affair Mar 24, 2010
-
9 - 9Disappearing Dad Jun 29, 2010
8
Season 8 Sep 14, 2008
-
8 - 1How to Be a Good President Sep 14, 2008
-
8 - 2Between the Lines - Railways in Fiction and Film Oct 09, 2008
-
8 - 3Last Days of Steam Oct 16, 2008
-
8 - 4How to Write a Mills and Boon Nov 02, 2008 -
8 - 5How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword Nov 10, 2008
-
8 - 6The Comic Songbook Dec 22, 2008
-
8 - 7Fashion versus the BBC Jan 22, 2009
-
8 - 8The North-South Divide Apr 02, 2009
7
Season 7 Apr 18, 2007
-
7 - 1The Edwardian Larder Apr 18, 2007
-
7 - 2How To Be a Good Prime Minister Sep 22, 2007 -
7 - 3Gagging For It: TV's Hunger for Radio Comedy Oct 01, 2007
-
7 - 4Whatever Happened to Radio 2? Oct 05, 2007
-
7 - 5Emmylou Harris's Ten Commandments of Country Oct 12, 2007
-
7 - 6Emmylou Harris at the BBC Oct 12, 2007
-
7 - 7Archaeology - Digging the Past Oct 21, 2007
-
7 - 8Sir Mortimer Wheeler - A Life in Ruins Oct 21, 2007 -
7 - 9Watching the Russians Nov 21, 2007
-
7 - 10Never Had It So Good? Dec 10, 2007
-
7 - 11A Game of Two Eras: 1957 v 2007 Dec 13, 2007 -
7 - 12Stuffed: The Great British Christmas Dinner Dec 23, 2007
-
7 - 13The Rise and Fall of the Ad Man Mar 09, 2008
6
Season 6 Apr 01, 2006
-
6 - 1
-
6 - 2Creating 'Life on Mars' Apr 02, 2006
-
6 - 3The Da Vinci Code - The Greatest Story Ever Sold May 01, 2006
-
6 - 4Carry On Campus May 10, 2006
-
6 - 5Machine Men May 13, 2006
-
6 - 6Oz and Them Jan 16, 2007
-
6 - 7Spy Stories: British Espionage in Fact and Fiction Aug 30, 2006
-
6 - 8Planet Ping Pong Sep 11, 2006 -
6 - 9Parallel Worlds: A User's Guide Nov 29, 2006
-
6 - 10Transylvania Babylon Dec 28, 2006
-
6 - 11The New Middle Classes Mar 04, 2007
-
6 - 12Rover: The Long Goodbye Mar 20, 2007
-
6 - 13First Rites: From the Cradle to the Prom Mar 24, 2007
-
6 - 14Wedding Rites: In Sickness and in Health Mar 25, 2007
-
6 - 15Goodbye Children Everywhere May 26, 2007
5
Season 5 May 19, 2005
-
5 - 1MPs on the Box May 19, 2005 -
5 - 2Je T'Aime... How We Learned to Love Europe May 31, 2005 -
5 - 3England Away May 31, 2005
-
5 - 4Court on Camera Jul 16, 2005
-
5 - 5Apes in Hollywood Jul 17, 2005 -
5 - 6Star Men Aug 06, 2005
-
5 - 7Black and White Minstrels Revisited Aug 08, 2005
-
5 - 8Too Much, Too Young Sep 09, 2005
-
5 - 9The Jitterbug Years Oct 01, 2005
-
5 - 10Play It Again Oct 04, 2005
-
5 - 11The Battle for the Ashes Oct 20, 2005
-
5 - 12The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith Oct 25, 2005 -
5 - 13 -
5 - 14Lost Road: Overland To Singapore Oct 30, 2005
-
5 - 15A Study in Sherlock Dec 24, 2005
-
5 - 16 -
5 - 17Stephen Poliakoff: A Brief History of Now Jan 15, 2006 -
5 - 18The British Way of Death Feb 06, 2006
-
5 - 19Left of Frame: The Rise and Fall of Radical TV Drama Feb 08, 2006
-
5 - 20Rude Britannia Feb 13, 2006
-
5 - 21The Sun and the Moon Mar 06, 2006
-
5 - 22Pay Attention Britain! Public Information Films Mar 30, 2006
4
Season 4 Jun 19, 2004
-
4 - 1Art School Jun 19, 2004 -
4 - 2Fantasy Sixties Jul 13, 2004 -
4 - 3Jack Rosenthal: The Voice of Television Drama Jul 18, 2004
-
4 - 4The Carnival Years Aug 28, 2004
-
4 - 5The History of Pubs Oct 07, 2004 -
4 - 6Live on the Night: The Story of Live TV Drama Oct 14, 2004 -
4 - 7New Age Travellers Oct 21, 2004 -
4 - 8Drugs in Sport Oct 28, 2004 -
4 - 9Hey Mr. DJ: The Rise and Rise of the Disc Jockey Nov 04, 2004 -
4 - 10British Space Race Nov 16, 2004 -
4 - 11Pile It High, Sell It Cheap Jan 20, 2005 -
4 - 12Red Robbo Feb 02, 2005 -
4 - 13Gambling Britain Feb 03, 2005 -
4 - 14The Story of Circus Feb 10, 2005 -
4 - 15Pop Svengalis Feb 22, 2005 -
4 - 16Conchies: Questions of Conscience May 01, 2005 -
4 - 17Kenneth Tynan Mar 02, 2005 -
4 - 18Jewish Entertainers Mar 15, 2005 -
4 - 19Alan Plater: Hearing the Music Mar 26, 2005 -
4 - 20Speak No Evil: The Story of the Broadcast Ban Apr 04, 2005 -
4 - 21Russel T. Davis: Unscripted Apr 11, 2005
3
Season 3 Oct 01, 2003
-
3 - 1Cold War Kids Oct 01, 2003
-
3 - 2The Kneale Tapes Oct 15, 2003
-
3 - 3James Cameron: A Pain in the Neck Oct 22, 2003
-
3 - 4Apocalypse Now… and Then Oct 29, 2003 -
3 - 5The Lie of the Land Nov 05, 2003 -
3 - 6Child Prodigies Nov 19, 2003
-
3 - 7Raj to Rhondda: How Indian Doctors saved the NHS Nov 30, 2003
-
3 - 8The Jet Set Dec 17, 2003
-
3 - 9Missing Believed Wiped Dec 29, 2003
-
3 - 10Prog Rock Jan 19, 2004
-
3 - 11Hard Drive Heaven: The History of the Home Computer Feb 09, 2004 -
3 - 12Whistleblowers Mar 02, 2004 -
3 - 13Charles Wheeler: Edge of Frame Mar 04, 2004
2
Season 2 May 05, 2003
-
2 - 1The Great British Seaside Holiday May 05, 2003 -
2 - 2Children's News May 18, 2003
-
2 - 3Watching You May 22, 2003
-
2 - 4TV and Charity Jun 05, 2003 -
2 - 5Tyneside Jun 12, 2003 -
2 - 6Political Thrillers: Plays of State Jun 15, 2003 -
2 - 7High Rise Dreams Jun 19, 2003 -
2 - 8Vicars: Dearly Beloved? Jul 03, 2003 -
2 - 9Footballers’ Lives Sep 21, 2003 -
2 - 10Six Days to Saturday Sep 21, 2003
1
Season 1 Oct 10, 2002
-
1 - 1The Grunwick Strike Oct 10, 2002 -
1 - 2The Cannabis Years Oct 12, 2002 -
1 - 3The Writer's Trade Oct 19, 2002 -
1 - 4The Sailing Sixties Nov 09, 2002 -
1 - 5Attenborough: The Controller Years Nov 16, 2002 -
1 - 6he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man Nov 30, 2002 -
1 - 7A Shadow Over Europe Dec 03, 2002 -
1 - 8Whatever Happened to the Working Class? Feb 11, 2003 -
1 - 9Notting Hill Riots Jan 18, 2003
-
1 - 10What Have the Germans Done for Us? Feb 16, 2003
-
1 - 11Greenham Common Changed My Life Feb 23, 2003
-
1 - 12Car Crazy Mar 02, 2003 -
1 - 13The Magic Roundabout Story Mar 16, 2003
-
1 - 14Malcolm Muggeridge: Swimming Against the Stream Mar 24, 2003
-
1 - 15Gurus Mar 30, 2003 -
1 - 16A Brief Interlude Feb 16, 2003
Overview
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.
Year 2017
Studio BBC Four
Director
Crew
Popularity 209.495
Language English
Similar
