Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens and Bedlam

Spread Of The Communist Ideology | Genius of the Modern World

The Bolshevik Revolution kickstarted the shift towards communism, but Russia didn't have the predicted variable...

03: Five Million Ways to Be Scottish | Referendum Documentaries

Documentary series focused on the upcoming Scottish referendum. Stuart Cosgrove asks what it means to be Scot...

The Rise of the Far-Right

The far-right is surging across Europe. Jean Mackenzie travels across the continent to meet the people behind the movements and those fighting to s...

Episode 1 | Wales: England's Colony?

Historian Martin Johnes explores the story of the uneasy relationship between England and Wales across the centuries and discovers the w...

The Communist Manifesto | Genius of the Modern World

In 1847, poor crop growth leading to famine brought political unrest which inspired the commissioning of Marx and Engels...

02: Scotland's Smoking Gun | Referendum Documentaries

Documentary series focused on the upcoming Scottish referendum. This first programme looks at some of the worldwide eve...

09: Janet's Scotland | Referendum Documentaries

Writer and broadcaster Janet Street-Porter is in Scotland to find out more about the referendum and some of the issues behind...

10: The Games People Play | Referendum Documentaries

John Beattie investigates the potential influence a successful Commonwealth Games may have on the way Scots vote in the ...

Das Kapital | Genius of the Modern World

Bettany and an economic journalist use the example of an 1860s 9-year-old boy who worked a 15-hour shift every day as the benchmark ...

Later Life | Genius of the Modern World

In 1849, Marx went to London and lived in the slums of Soho with his wife and four children, where he was spied on by Prussian spies.

Will King Charles Change the Monarchy? | Panorama

As the nation prepares for the coronation of King Charles III, Panorama asks if the new king will adapt the monarchy to sui...

04: Scotland's Top Ten Battlegrounds | Referendum Documentaries

A look at the results of a BBC poll ranking the ten most important issues in the independence referendum, wit...

05: Referendum Connections | Referendum Documentaries

Sarah Smith takes a look at the early careers of Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon, Alistair Carmichael, Johann Lamont and ...

06: What Women Want | Referendum Documentaries

In this programme, Jackie Bird investigates the reasons for the apparent gender gap at the centre of the campaign for Scottish...

07: Blethering Referendum - Part 1 | Referendum Documentaries

Comedian Sanjeev Kohli takes a humorous look at the referendum on independence and explores the questions that ...

08: Blethering Referendum - Part 2 | Referendum Documentaries

Comedian Sanjeev Kohli takes a humorous look at the referendum on independence and explores the questions that ...

11: Mind Games | Referendum Documentaries

Documentary in which Ken MacDonald explores the psychological techniques used by both campaigns to influence how people vote in the...

12: What's in It for Me? | Referendum Documentaries

Laura Kuenssberg meets some of the Scottish working public, and attempts to find out how the outcome Scottish referendum ...

13: How the Campaign Was Won | Referendum Documentaries

Following Scotland's historic vote on independence, this programme looks at what went on behind the scenes of both ca...

Capitalism | Genius of the Modern World

The woe of society according to Marx was western life was based on capitalism and that while our ''species essence'' is productive, i...