Alan Bennett goes behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey.
Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion.
With Gordievsky's help, Britain identifies Mikhail Gorbachev as a possible new contender for Soviet leader; he could be the ticket to better relations between east and west. But fragile steps towards diplomacy are...
It's 1985, and Mikhail Gorbachev is the new, young leader of the Soviet Union at a very tense time. While both sides have hopes of peace, they have been publicly stockpiling nuclear weapons for decades. Neither side...
Twelve journeys through six centuries of warfare in the company of Professor Richard Holmes. In May 1940 the Germans staged a lightning invasion of Belgium and France in a new kind of armoured warfare called blitzkrieg....
Join Professor Richard Holmes as he traverses the routes, roads, beaches and bunkers of historic battles that have taken place across Europe. The British military historian shares his knowledge and passion of these...
Digging into the affairs of the house's next resident, Benjamin Wild, David discovers a factory owner with a history of questionable business dealings, including an employee mangled to death on the factory floor. But...
Sir John Betjeman, poet laureate, visits and explains the architecture of various churches in the Diocese of Norwich. Among the churches he visits are Sandringham church on the Queen's private estate, the Holy House of...
A look at the teams who care for two luxurious mansions on the edge of London that have long played a pivotal role in society through the lavish parties and country house weekends they hosted: Cliveden House, the former...
A missing masterpiece — Penelope and Euriclea, by groundbreaking female artist Angelica Kauffman — returns to its stately home, the grand Palladianvilla Stourhead, after two centuries. Plus the search for the lost castle...