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* History
Art of Persia
1/3 A remarkable trip around Iran’s rich, colourful past
Samira Ahmed unveils the stunning history of a Persian empire, its people and culture.
59 minsAvailable for 6 months
* Arts
The Snow Queen
A glittering winter fairy tale from Scottish Ballet to celebrate the festive season.
86 minsAvailable for 20 days
* Documentary
Mary Beard’s Shock of the Nude
Series 1: Episode 1
Mary Beard's witty, personal view on the story of the nude in western art.
59 minsAvailable for 28 days
* Documentary
Arena
Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat
The Nigerian icon who pioneered the sound of a continent and fought injustice with music.
82 minsAvailable for 19 days
* Arts
The Billion Dollar Art Hunt
Has the heist been solved?
Delving into a very different art world, one where good art is in the hands of bad men.
59 minsAvailable for 10 months
* Documentary
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
Series 1: 1. Passions of the People...
Simon Schama explores the artists who created the secular icons of our democratic world.
59 minsAvailable for 9 months
* Music
BBC Young Musician
The 2020 jazz final
Accompanied by Nikki Yeoh’s Infinitum, five exceptional finalists compete for the title.
120 minsAvailable for over a year
* Arts
Barack Obama Talks to David Olusoga
Barack Obama discusses long-awaited memoir A Promised Land with historian David Olusoga.
29 minsAvailable for 11 months
* Documentary
Robert Burns: The People's Poet
Andrew O'Hagan journeys to the places in Scotland that inspired poet Robert Burns.
88 minsAvailable for 28 days
* Arts
Between the Covers
Celebrate the joy of reading
Sara Cox entertains a host of celebrity guests where books spark the banter.
29 minsAvailable for 10 months
* Documentary
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
How American painter Bob Ross became a pop culture icon.
59 minsAvailable for 7 months
* Documentary
Jazz 625
The British Jazz Explosion
The iconic jazz show showcases the buzzing UK scene, with Sons of Kemet and more.
89 minsAvailable for 11 months
* Documentary
Age of the Image
Series 1: 1. A New Reality
James Fox explores how the power of images has transformed the modern world.
59 minsAvailable for 3 months
* Documentary
21st-Century Mythologies with Richard Clay
Signs, symbols and secrets
Exploring the hidden meanings in 21st-century pop culture, from money to Madonna.
59 minsAvailable for 11 months
Stories To Get Stuck Into
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* Documentary
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
1/3 Legends and Pioneers
When art met activitism – a host of stars on the quest for inclusion on and off screen.
59 minsAvailable for over a year
* History
African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power
Series 1: 1. Ethiopia
Afua Hirsch traces Ethiopia's 3,000-year history through its art and culture.
58 minsAvailable for 8 months
* History
Civilisations
The epic story of the art that makes us human
Simon Schama looks at the pivotal role art has played in the forging of humanity itself.
59 minsAvailable for 11 months
* Documentary
imagine...
Lenny Henry: Young, Gifted and Black
His journey from working-class Dudley to one of our most celebrated black performers.
74 minsAvailable for 30 days
* Documentary
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
The definitive story of international art sensation Keith Haring, told in his own words.
89 minsAvailable for 7 months
* History
Whoever Heard of a Black Artist? Britain's Hidden Art History
59 minsAvailable for 7 months
* History
Art of Persia
1/3 A remarkable trip around Iran’s rich, colourful past
Samira Ahmed unveils the stunning history of a Persian empire, its people and culture.
59 minsAvailable for 6 months
Short Films, New Talent
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New Creatives
BOYSHAPEDSPACE
A spoken-word film uncovering the emptiness felt after the death of a young person
4 minsAvailable for 9 months
* Arts
New Creatives
This Camera Is Broken
An ageing director comes face to face with her younger self while shooting her final film
7 minsAvailable for 9 months
* Arts
New Creatives
Bitch
From dog to diva, this film explores the reclamation of the word bitch.
4 minsAvailable for 9 months
* Arts
New Creatives
Blow Your Brains Out
An isolated man sneezes so hard his brains come out
5 minsAvailable for 8 months
* Arts
New Creatives
+44
Caught moments of flamboyance in tension with received ideas of masculinity
3 minsAvailable for 9 months
* Arts
Loop
The Land and The Sea
An audiovisual poetry film showing the creative scope of Sign Language Poetry (Sign Art)
4 minsAvailable for 9 months
* Arts
New Creatives
So Perfect It Frightens Me
A young boy becomes mesmerised by something peculiar on the edge of town
4 minsAvailable for 9 months
* Comedy
New Creatives
Anoraks
Arthur & Gwen are siblings, they're also obsessive Cornish re-enacters on a quest.
6 minsAvailable for over a year
Culture in Quarantine: Great Performances
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* Documentary
Opera Mums with Bryony Kimmings
Performance artist Bryony Kimmings writes and directs an operetta inspired by single mums.
59 minsAvailable for 9 months
* Drama
Unprecedented
The radical way our world has changed
Lennie James, Alison Steadman, James Norton and many more star in tales of lockdown.
29 minsAvailable for 5 months
* Drama
Performance Live
The Way Out
Expect the unexpected - a surreal theatrical adventure through an old town hall at night.
42 minsAvailable for 4 months
* Drama
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Classic Shakespeare play adapted for television by Russell T Davies.
90 minsAvailable for 4 months
* Drama
Dracula by Northern Ballet
The legendary vampire lives on in this ballet adaptation of Bram Stoker’s gothic romance.
104 minsAvailable for 5 months
* Arts
Revisor by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young
A performance capture of Revisor from dance-theatre makers Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young
89 minsAvailable for 5 months
* Arts
Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: Swan Lake Bath Ballet
Elite dancers from across the globe create a modern-day Swan Lake from their own bathtubs.
3 minsAvailable for 7 months
Made in Lockdown
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* Arts
Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: Home Carnival Queen
A beautiful exploration of UK carnival culture, from the lens of black women.
5 minsAvailable for 8 months
* Arts
Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: Where I Go (When I Can’t Be Where I Am)
A short film about love, isolation and living with chronic pain.
17 minsAvailable for 8 months
* Arts
Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: Her & Her
A lyrical and musical story told using poetry and beatboxing.
13 minsAvailable for 7 months
* Arts
Culture in Quarantine
How Hard Is Waving?: 1. Week One
Follow Ryan and his family over five days of comic and poignant online meet-ups.
10 minsAvailable for 7 months
* Arts
Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: Sign Night
Two deaf women separated by lockdown unite through sign language in poetic projection.
6 minsAvailable for 8 months
* Arts
Culture in Quarantine
good dog: little dog, big dog
good dog explores the everyday injustices, people and places that make us who we are.
11 minsAvailable for 7 months
* Arts
Culture in Quarantine
Airlock: A Graphic Novel: 1. The Cosmonaut
200 miles above the Earth, Roza is trapped in her tiny, airless vessel.
8 minsAvailable for 7 months
* Arts
Culture in Quarantine
Filmed in Lockdown: We Are Not The Virus
An uplifting spoken word film exploring isolation through Black and migrant perspectives.
4 minsAvailable for 7 months
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