Presenter Melvyn Bragg

It is estimated that well over a thousand million people around the world speak, or have a working understanding of, English. This is its story.

Presenter Dr Gunther von Hagens Featuring Pathologist Professor John Lee

The processes in life that tie us to our ultimate fate in death.

Enter a vast culinary complex and encounter the dramas, personalities and ordinary lives that exist within it, for a unique perspective on the way China is heading.

Coffee is the world's most widely taken legal drug.

Featuring Tony Blair, George W. Bush, Hans Blix, Kofi Annan, Joschka Fischer, Bill Clinton and many more

Tony Blair speaks in detail for the first time about his years in power.

Using what we know about climate change today, we travel to 2100 and see what the consequences of global warming will be for the world at the end of the 21st Century if we don't start acting today.

Narrator Robert Powell

Secret memoirs finally unearthed: Perhaps no person knew Winston Churchill better than Walter H. Thompson.

Civilisations is a 4 part series exploring the Civilisations of: China, Egypt, The Indus, Mesopotamia.

Featuring Akira Isogowa, Peter Morrissey, Kit Willow, Nic Briand & Susien Chong (Lover)

Closet Tales reveals the distinctive and very personal visions of Australian fashion designers, and how they turn inspiration into commercial success.

A visual exploration of how we view colours, how we make them, and the meanings they hold in our world, taking the globe as its canvas, drawing on science, history, art and more.

Can we save our planet? Focussing on four environmental hotspots Eco House Challenge sees two suburban, Australian families finding out what it really takes.

Presenter Brian Greene

One of the most ambitious and exciting theories ever proposed - one that may be the long-sought "theory of everything".

Presenter Christian Twente

A two-part series recounting the story of the rise and fall of the Mongolian Empire.

Narrator Keith David

This documentary uses preserved artifacts and letters to create a vivid portrait of the the empire.

Narrator Ben Kingsley

Islam: Empire of Faith is the spectacular story of Islamic power and faith during its first 1000 years. 

Narrator Richard Chamberlain

From the 16th to 19th centuries the island country completely isolated itself from the world and nurtured its own unique culture of shogun, samurai, geishas, and poets.

Narrator Keith David

Keith David narrates this sprawling examination of the origins of the customs and laws of the Israelites.

Narrator Liam Neeson

Actor Liam Neeson narrates this documentary about Martin Luther, the 16th-century theologian.

Narrator David McCullough

This documentary narrated by David McCullough studies Napoleon: Soldier, emperor, lover, statesman.