New TV
TV episodes broadcast for the first time on BBC channels
December 22, 2017
Subjects are Doctor Who, Concorde, The Clash and Sir Francis Walsingham.
Episode 20, 2017/18
December 15, 2017
Subjects include Harry Potter novels, the Waterloo Campaign and Rosalind Franklin.
Episode 19, 2017/18
December 8, 2017
Subjects are Discworld novels, Mahatma Gandhi, the Boston Marathon and top-ten singles.
Episode 18, 2017/18
December 1, 2017
Subjects are the Champions' League, the Alexandria Quartet, Hatshepsut and House of Cards.
Episode 17, 2017/18
November 17, 2017
Subjects are The Vicar of Dibley, George Orwell novels, Roman coinage and Harold Wilson.
Episode 16, 2017/18
November 10, 2017
Subjects tonight are The Simpsons, venomous snakes, Sherlock Holmes and Alfred the Great.
Episode 15, 2017/18
November 3, 2017
Subjects include the Glorious Revolution and the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov.
Episode 14, 2017/18
October 27, 2017
Subjects are Porridge, Peggy Guggenheim, Deep Purple and the Warlord Chronicles.
Episode 13, 2017/18
October 20, 2017
Subjects are His Dark Materials, Tony Hancock, Eva Peron and Muhammad Ali.
Episode 12, 2017/18
October 13, 2017
Subjects are James Cameron films, Georgia O'Keefe, Guns N' Roses and King Henry IV.
Episode 11, 2017/18
October 6, 2017
Subjects include Crowded House, Super-Middleweight Boxing, Parks & Recreation and Monet.
Episode 10, 2017/18
September 29, 2017
Subjects include Academy Award-winning performances by British actors and actresses.
Episode 9, 2017/18
September 22, 2017
Subjects are Gilbert and Sullivan, Tour de France, Thomas Becket and Coronation Street.
Episode 8, 2017/18
September 15, 2017
Subjects are Green Wing, the poet Rumi, Julius Caesar and Lancashire County Cricket Club.
Episode 7, 2017/18
September 8, 2017
Subjects include Australian Test cricket, James Ellroy's LA quartet and King Henry VI.
Episode 6, 2017/18
September 1, 2017
Subjects include the Fifa World Cup, Alexander the Great and the films of Rupert Everett.
Episode 5, 2017/18
August 25, 2017
Subjects include M*A*S*H, John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham and U2.
Episode 4, 2017/18
August 18, 2017
Subjects are Clint Eastwood, Tommy & Tuppence, Duran Duran and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Episode 3, 2017/18
August 4, 2017
Subjects include the four Gospels, the MaddAddam trilogy and flags of the world.
Episode 2, 2017/18
July 28, 2017
New Series
Subjects include Paul Simon, the films of Hayao Miyazaki and the life of John Donne.
Episode 1, 2017/18
March 3, 2017
Subjects include Alfred Hitchcock films, the history of Leningrad and Seinfeld.
Episode 31/31
February 24, 2017
The subjects include The Sweeney, Mary Seacole and James Cook.
Episode 30/31
February 17, 2017
The subjects include Creation Records, Johannes Kepler and the films of William Goldman.
Episode 29/31
February 10, 2017
The subjects are Alan Bennett, Cream, Dan Brown novels, Herbert von Karajan and Queen Mary
Episode 28/31
February 3, 2017
Subjects include Radiohead, Alison Uttley, Field Marshal Montgomery and Herbert Howells.
Episode 27/31