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Civilisations
Simon Schama, Mary Beard and David Olusoga explore the visual culture of societies around the globe.
Open University television programmes
History & The Arts
Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr’s Paperback Heroes
Andrew Marr deconstructs detective fiction, fantasy epics and spy novels - the books we really read. He unpicks their conventions to show how these books keep us turning the page in our latest OU co-production with BBC Four.
Society, Politics & Law
Inside the Foreign Office
There’s never been a more significant time to look behind the scenes.
Education & Development
School
School follows the experiences of pupils, teachers, parents and school leaders, across an academic year.
Society, Politics & Law
The Fires that Foretold Grenfell
A haunting story of five fires that foretold the Grenfell disaster, told by those directly involved.
Society, Politics & Law
The Prosecutors
Prosecutors tackle an organised criminal gang flying drugs into prisons and a modern slavery network.
Science, Maths & Technology
Inventing the Impossible: The Big Life Fix
Leading inventors create ingenious solutions to everyday problems for people in desperate need.
Science, Maths & Technology
The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer
Following workers for three years as they race to build an enormous super sewer on time and on budget.
Health, Sports & Psychology
NHS: A People's History
Alex Brooker presents a crowdsourced social history of the NHS, told through people's treasured mementoes.
Science, Maths & Technology
Life In The Undergrowth
David Attenborough pushes back the foliage and finds a world of invertebrates.
Health, Sports & Psychology
The People vs the NHS: Who Gets the Drugs?
This is the story of a legal fight which saw doctors, activists and AIDS charities battle for PrEP on the NHS. Catch up now on iPlayer.
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