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Lovejoy is an irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques. The part-time detective scours the murky salerooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find.

Vikings is a documentary series written and presented by Neil Oliver charting the rise of the Vikings from prehistoric times to the empire of Canute.

Un inventeur excentrique et ses compagnons voyagent dans le Tardis jusqu'à la planète Skaro et combattent la menace maléfique des Daleks.

The social rivalry between two women in the 1930s when Lucia rents Mapp's house for the summer.

A fund-raising event organised by Comic Relief.

Late Night topical panel show featuring top comedians on the UK Black comedy circuit.

Sketch comedy created by Spike Milligan between the first two series of his more well-known "Q." Despite the title, only brief clips still exist in colour; most of the series is only available as black-and-white telerecordings.

A 5 part documentary featuring Tom Vernon's - The Fat Man - culinary travels through France

One man's journey through the theatre.

A philosophy professor travels to Communiat Czechoslovakia, where he encounters an oppressed student with a secret dissertation. The professor interrogates football players at the same hotel about when it's appropriate to commit a "professional foul."

Late Night Black Entertainment slot on BBC 2 which ran for 3 series in 1996-1997, containing various shows all under the umbrella title The A Force. Programmes within the slot included the topical panel show Blouse And Skirt, hosted by broadcaster Tony Morris, with regular panellists Curtis Walker and Gina Yashere, and featuring such performers as Craig Charles, Angie Le Mar and Junior Simpson throughout the 3 series run, eventually gaining a spin off series in 2000. A dating show Get It On was hosted by radio personality Angie Greaves and comedian Geoff Schumann, and the soap opera Brothers And Sisters, starring David Harewood, Nina Baden Semper and Sandra Bee was so popular that it too earned a spin off series. Felix Dexter provided the links during the 1996 series, in the form of various character monologues. For Series 2 and 3 Marcus Powell (in the comic guise of "Roy Diamond") hosted a chat show segment, featuring guests such as Frank Bruno, Bernie Grant, Desiree and Ainsley Harriott. The A Force was a two hour segment on Friday nights aimed at Afro-Caribbean people, with drama, stand up comedy, game shows and entertainment reviews.

Mud, midges, barbed wire - just why do us Brits love the great outdoors? In this nostalgic look at life for campers, twitchers, ramblers and metal detectorists, Mark Benton examines the history of the British fresh air freak.

Religious series presented by Akbar Ahmed, which aims to demystify Islamic culture.

A series of six programmes on historical costume introduced by Joan Bakewell.

Dramatizations and actual archival film footage and photographs combine to relate the life of American composer Charles Ives and to document the musical background which influenced his work. Composers Aaron Copland and Elliott Carter reminisce about Ives and discuss his music.

As the 80s concluded with Margaret Thatcher's tenth year in power in contrast to worldwide political change, Top of the Pops provided the perfect barometer of the UK's end-of-decade uncertainty. Top of the Pops hosted Pete Waterman's final year of chart domination, courtesy of Jason Donovan, alongside the dawn of Madchester, a fresh front of female artists with attitude and power, an old-school duet between a 60s legend and an 80s icon, funky dreads and, yes, that pesky bunny. Meanwhile, Radio 1's old guard were stood down as a team of fresh-faced recruits from children's television took up the helm of the BBC's weekly pop warhorse, which remained torn between its sense of heritage and the emerging threat of youth TV. The stars of the year, including Jason Donovan, Lisa Stansfield, Shaun Ryder, Chris Rea, Marc Almond, Sharleen Spiteri, Jazzie B and more, plus TOTP presenter Jenny Powell, deliver their tales of a poptastic 1989 at Television Centre as they prepare to head into the 1990s.

A man is drawn into a world where he witnesses machines which appear to make people sing; starting out as a passive observer, he is drawn remorselessly in, until he too finds himself inside a machine to sing.