History
A Life in Ten Pictures
A series of extraordinary lives - each unlocked by a just a handful of images. From iconic shots to private snaps, their secrets are revealed by those who know their stories best.
Series 1: 1. Freddie Mercury (59 mins)
- Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'When art met activitism – a host of stars on the quest for inclusion on and off screen.
- Britten’s War Requiem: Staging a MasterpieceTurner Prize winner Wolfgang Tillmans and the ENO reimagine Britten's War Requiem.59 mins
- Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan DoyleThe ultimate power struggle. The famed super-sleuth and the writer who came to resent him
- Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery QueenA life as dramatic as her work. The secret factors that shaped her dark imagination
- Simon Schama's History of NowA lifetime in art – and the enduring power of culture in shaping the defining issues
- CivilisationsSimon Schama looks at the pivotal role art has played in the forging of humanity itself.
- New Voices from WalesForever Running Backwards. The singer determined to put his home town on the musical map
- Bill Douglas: My Best FriendA beautiful bond. Warm portrait of Scotland’s finest filmmaker and his lifelong companion76 mins
- Listening through the Lens: The Christopher Nupen FilmsA pioneering filmmaker who recorded artists of the 20th century and made music TV history90 mins
- The Narrow Sea, The Farther Shore with Phil CunninghamComposer Phil Cunningham creates a new musical composition inspired by the Narrow Sea.
- The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made BritainIn 1714, Britain shipped in a ready-made royal family from the German state of Hanover.
- Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in TimeAlice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens.59 mins
