New TV
TV episodes broadcast for the first time on BBC channels
October 16, 2023
Subjects include Billy Joel, JMW Turner and BBC sitcom Miranda.
Episode 8/30, 2023/24
October 9, 2023
Subjects include Syd Barrett and the life and career of Magic Johnson.
Episode 7/30, 2023/24
October 2, 2023
The specialist subjects include Ted Lasso and the early life of Gandhi.
Episode 6/30, 2023/24
September 25, 2023
Subjects include F Scott Fitzgerald, otters and the BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark.
Episode 5/30, 2023/24
September 18, 2023
Subjects include Chelsea FC in the Premier League, Anglo-Saxon England and Harry Styles.
Episode 4/30, 2023/24
September 11, 2023
In the third heat, subjects include Roger Federer, Gavin & Stacey and Bronislava Nijinska.
Episode 3/30, 2023/24
September 4, 2023
Subjects include Karl Marx, The Royle Family and flags of British counties.
Episode 2/30, 2023/24
August 28, 2023
New Series
In the first of 24 heats, subjects include The Calvin and Hobbes Cartoons, and Drake.
Episode 1/30, 2023/24
April 24, 2023
Subjects include Princess Margaret, the Rocky films and Augustus Caesar.
Episode 31/31, 2022/23
April 17, 2023
The specialist subjects include Coldplay and Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Episode 30/31, 2022/23
April 10, 2023
Specialist subjects include the record label 4AD and the Jason Bourne films.
Episode 29/31, 2022/23
April 3, 2023
Specialist subjects include Frank Zappa and pioneering British and Irish female aviators.
Episode 28/31, 2022/23
March 27, 2023
Specialist Subjects include Parks and Recreation, and Queen Anne.
Episode 27/31, 2022/23
March 20, 2023
Subjects include the Norman Conquest and the film musicals of Alan Menken.
Episode 26/31, 2022/23
March 13, 2023
Specialist subjects include the life and death of stars, Peep Show and The Great Escape.
Episode 25/31, 2022/23
March 6, 2023
The specialist subjects include Christiaan Huygens, Jonathan Creek and European mammals.
Episode 24/31, 2022/23
February 27, 2023
Subjects include Stevie Nicks and Universal’s Frankenstein films of the 1930s and 40s.
Episode 23/31, 2022/23
February 20, 2023
Subjects include the plays of Tennessee Williams and American First Ladies.
Episode 22/31, 2022/23
February 13, 2023
Subjects are U2, toy dog breeds, the Mitford sisters and guest stars in Friends.
Episode 21/31, 2022/23
February 6, 2023
Subjects include the Great Fire of London and The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien.
Episode 20/31, 2022/23
January 30, 2023
Subjects include the films of Nicole Kidman and the children's books of Roald Dahl.
Episode 19/31, 2022/23
January 23, 2023
The subjects are Catherine the Great, Wallace and Gromit, Egon Schiele and hyenas.
Episode 18/31, 2022/23
January 16, 2023
Subjects include Marcus Trescothick, Thomas Cromwell and the films of Wes Anderson.
Episode 17/31, 2022/23
January 9, 2023
Subjects include Stephen Hawking and the music of Radiohead.
Episode 16/31, 2022/23
January 2, 2023
Subjects include the British Industrial Revolution and the films of Christopher Guest.
Episode 15/31, 2022/23