Museums in Quarantine

Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's

April 2025 •English

In this three-part documentary series Waldemar Januszczak discovers paintings, sculptures and architecture of the Baroque period. Starting from the square of Saint Peter's Basilica in Italy to St Paul's Cathedral in England.

The Beauty of Anatomy

April 2025 •English

Dr Adam Rutherford investigates the close relationship between discoveries in anatomy and the works of art that illustrate them.

Commando School

April 2025 •English

Behind the scenes of one of the most arduous basic military training programmes in the world. Each episode focuses on a cross-section of trainees that are either struggling or excelling at the physical and mental challenges the training presents.

Nefertiti - The Lonely Queen

April 2025 •English

A documentary that explores the dim world of illicit trade in antiquities, as well as the long and hard struggle for the repatriation of all stolen treasures.

Mission to Burnley

April 2025 •English

An epic story about the rebirth of one of England’s most historic clubs, Burnley FC under the ownership of a charismatic group of American owners and the leadership of Vincent Kompany in a season of footballing evolution.

Drift Lamborghini: Building Mad Mike's Dream Car

April 2025 •English

Mad Mike Whiddett is addicted to building cars and his latest passion is converting a Lamborghini Huracan into a drift supercar. Will he have it ready for the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed?

How to Look at and Understand Great Art

April 2025 •English

Contemplate the "anti-art" spirit of Dadaism, its nihilistic yet humorous indictment of civilization and bizarre use of unconventional media. In the sensibility of Surrealism, observe its compelling focus on the subconscious and two substyles - dream imagery, with its juxtaposition of objects and settings, and "automatic drawing," eliciting unplanned images from the unconscious.

Inspiração Fora da Curva

April 2025 •Portuguese

Les maîtres de la peinture moderne

April 2025 •French

Moderní čeští malíři ve vzpomínkách prof. F. Dvořáka

April 2025 •Czech

Inside Art

April 2025 •English

Inside Art' celebrates the UK arts scene, talks to curator, artists and art lovers, and explores the stories behind the artwork. Presenter Kate Bryan conducts the viewer through new and unusual art exhibitions across the United Kingdom.

Wartime Farm

April 2025 •English

Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn turn back the clock to run Manor Farm in Hampshire exactly as it would have been during World War II.

Kunst in der Wüste

April 2025 •German

The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

April 2025 •English

Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how a group of 19th-century architects and artists spurned the modern age and turned to Britain's medieval past to create iconic works and buildings.

16 Kids and Counting

April 2025 •English

What's life like when you have enough children to field your own football team?

Andy's Dinosaur Adventures

April 2025 •English

Andy works at the National Museum in the Dinosaur Gallery with Hatty. After part of an exhibit is damaged or needs replacing, Andy travels back in time to age of Dinosaurs using the Old Museum Clock to find a replacement piece. He encounters many Dinosaurs and other creatures that lived at the same time.

L'Amour à l'Oeuvre

April 2025 •French

Tate Britain's Great Art Walks

April 2025 •English

Danny Baker, Simon Callow, Richard E Grant, Cerys Matthews, Miriam Margolyes and Michael Sheen follow in the footsteps of their favourite British artists.

Ambulance

April 2025 •English

Insight into the London, West Midlands and North West of England ambulance services, from the highly-pressurised control room to the crews on the streets. Ambulance provides an honest 360-degree snapshot of the daily dilemmas and pressures.

The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution

April 2025 •English

Art writer Waldemar Januszczak explores the revolutionary achievements of the Impressionists.