Professor Mike Wooldridge explores the nature of artificial intelligence. By using experiments and demonstrations, he investigates how AI learns and what it can do.Professor Mike Wooldridge explores the nature of artificial intelligence. By using experiments and demonstrations, he investigates how AI learns and what it can do.
In this series Suzy Klein examines how music transformed throughout the 19th century. The host discusses the political history and the industrial revolution of the era, exploring how this influenced the music industry. With the weakened rank of Europe's aristocracy, after the French Revolution, the middle classes emerged and thrived in their entrepreneurial pursuits
Midge Ure and Kim Appleby explore the distinct sounds that came out of different parts of Britain and Ireland in one of pop's golden decades.
Documentary which tells the story of the thousands of Caribbean and African women who answered the call 70 years ago to come to the UK to save the then ailing health service. It's a tale of a struggle to overcome racism, their fight for career progression and their battle for national recognition.
John Wilson speaks to leading names in art and culture about their formative influences and inspirations.
Former director and chief curator of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Edmund Capon explores the story of Australian art through the country's rich cultural traditions stretching back 30,000 years.
A selection of memorable performances of classical music from the BBC's archives.
Take a gentle walk as familiar faces explore landscapes in the north of England in this series of immersive and intimate documentaries.
Series looking at aspects of life in modern China
A look at the development of British indie music, born in the 1970s when the music industry was controlled by the major record labels and releasing a record independently seemed an impossible dream.
Stunning and intimate showcases of Radio 3 New Generation Artists performing much-loved works of music.
This series looks at the career of the multiple Grammy-award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, as Nile Rodgers shares a lifetime of experience on how to make it in the music business. Using his songs as a guide, he explains the secrets of his success, his longevity and how he's stayed relevant.
This is the secret, and untold, history of pop and rock from the men and women who pulled the strings behind the scenes - the producers, the managers and the PR giants.
Documentary on the life of Brian Epstein, the man who brought The Beatles to fame.
First in a two-part documentary examining the turbulent life and career of Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Gay when homosexuality was illegal, a gambler, shopkeeper and failed actor, he was also pop king with a Midas touch who, in the 60s, was as well known as the band he managed.
Series looking at how the Commonwealth of Nations, with over 50 member countries and a quarter of the world's population, has captured the imagination of film-makers over the decades.
Documentary series filmed inside America's biggest art museum as it prepares for its 150th anniversary, only to endure closure due to Covid, demands for greater diversity and financial disaster.
A virtual theatre festival staged in lockdown. Household names join groundbreaking new talent - pushing the boundaries of what theatre can be when there is no audience in the room.
Join Grace Dent on a televisual trip back in time.
Historian Lisa Hilton discovers how, in just fifty tempestuous days, Charles I’s rule collapsed, laying the foundations for civil war, the loss of royal power and, ultimately, the king’s head.