Best of 2021

Twelve hours with the president on 9/11 as it changed him, America and the world.

Two young MPs, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, set out to modernise the Labour party.

The story of the New Cross house fire of 1981, in which 13 young black people died.

A tribute to Prince Philip in his one hundredth year, filmed before and after his death.

Patriarch Thomas Boleyn is eager to make his mark in the Tudor court.

Ten pictures, from iconic shots to private snaps, reveal the life of Muhammad Ali.

A man caught in 7/7 and a Sarajevo survivor search for strangers who changed their lives.

David Olusoga discovers the extraordinary stories of a Victorian house’s first residents.

A film about 9/11, moving between personal accounts of the day and the 20 years since.

Patrick Kielty explores what the future holds for Northern Ireland in its centenary year.

An examination of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s in the UK.

Peter Taylor revisits his films to reflect on the controversial issue of a united Ireland.

Revealing the moments where America had the chance to become more equal but failed.

Make-up artist Lisa Eldridge explores the peacocks of British history: the Georgians.

Lucy Worsley explores the lives of six real people who lived through the Blitz.

A millionaire hunts for the mythical palace of the Minotaur and discovers a lost world.

Documentary exploring the dramatic events that led to the partition of Ireland.

Hemingway enjoys an idyllic childhood. Then, he volunteers for the Red Cross during WWI.

Are human beings becoming less violent? And if so, why?

Alice Roberts follows a decade-long quest that reveals Stonehenge's oldest secret.

David Olusoga meets the overseas health workers who have transformed the NHS.

The story of the 1962 rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral after its destruction in WWII.