New TV
TV episodes broadcast for the first time on BBC channels
September 18, 2015
Subjects include The Wire, Scott Joplin, the writer Alan Moore and Beatrix Potter.
Episode 7/31
September 11, 2015
Subjects include Sherlock Holmes, Old Harry's Game, the Roman Army and Harold Wilson.
Episode 6/31
September 4, 2015
Subjects include Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, the Wars of the Roses and Edward Heath.
Episode 5/31
August 28, 2015
Subjects are the Academy Awards, King Crimson, Weimar Germany and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Episode 4/31
August 21, 2015
Subjects are Christopher Marlowe, I Claudius, the racehorse Arkle and Joseph Stalin.
Episode 3/31
August 14, 2015
Subjects include Harry Potter, modern jazz and the English Reformation.
Episode 2/31
August 7, 2015
New Series
Subjects include Marvel Comics, Shakespeare's comedies, John Martyn and Pu Yi.
Episode 1/31