Bitesize on BBC Four

David Olusoga explores the relationship between Britain and people of African origins.

Prof Mary Beard asks not what the Romans did for us, but what the empire did for Rome.

Dr Michael Mosley discovers why we want to control pain and how we are now able to do it.

The history of Kibworth's first 1,000 years, with a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings.

Suzy Klein explores the politics of music following the Russian Revolution and WWI.

Classic Shakespeare play adapted for television by Russell T Davies.

Dr Helen Czerski explores the amazing science of cold and how it has shaped our planet.

Andrew Marr revisits Britain in 1945 and finds the country victorious but nearly bankrupt.

Alchemists questioned whether the world was made up of earth, air, fire and water.

Hardship forces Tess Durbeyfield to seek support from her 'relatives', the D'Urbervilles.

A look at how the Normans established their new province of Normandy in northern France.

Following the excavation of Pavlopetri, the oldest submerged city in the world.

Dr George McGavin is joined by leading anatomy experts to dissect a real hand.

The classic story everyone knows, presented in a way never seen before.

How pioneers unlocked electricity's mysteries and built strange instruments to create it.

Lear divides his kingdom with tragic consequences. Chaos descends on family and state.

How the jet engine gave hope to Britain as the country recovered from World War II.

Suzannah Lipscomb reveals the killers that lurked in every room of the Victorian home.

Bettany Hughes travels to India to investigate the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.

Pip tries everything to win the heart of the rich, cold-blooded Estella.

A political mastermind uses the sudden popularity of the Nazis for his own ends.

Mrs Bennet is anxious to marry off one of her five daughters to newcomer Mr Bingley.

Emma persuades Harriet that she is too good for her suitor, the farmer Robert Martin.