Born in Corfu in 1921, Prince Philip has lived on the national stage through Britain’s move from Empire to Commonwealth amid all the extraordinary political and social changes that have taken place since he married Princess Elizabeth in 1947.

Prince Philip: An Extraordinary Life

A profile of the Duchess of Cambridge, exploring her transformation from a seemingly ordinary young woman to a future monarch and what this means for the royal family.

Kate: The Making of a Modern Queen

Many people know of the death of Rudyard Kipling's son John - but few know of the earlier death of his much loved daughter Josephine. This film reveals the true story behind both of these deaths, creating an evocation of a man who had remarkable gifts - and had to bear great personal tragedy. Combining touching dramatizations of three of Kipling's most important works with distinguished contributions from his leading biographers, this is a truly remarkable portrait of one of the world's greatest writers. In Kipling's bedroom at his house Bateman's to this day are his son's cricket bat and his daughter's portrait.

Rudyard Kipling: A Secret Life

Princess Diana: A Life After Death is different from many of the recent programmes commemorating the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death. It is not just an anniversary programme. It is a powerful summary of Princess Diana's historical, political and social legacy.

Princess Diana: A Life After Death

A film about E.M. Forster's life. It is also the story of a special and largely unknown book by E.M. Forster called The Longest Journey, a book that describes Forster's own sense of what his life was to be.

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

The story of the relationship between writer, literary critic and publisher T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) and his second wife Esmé Valerie Fletcher (1926-2012).

T. S. Eliot: The Search for Happiness

A portrait of the British writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who, although he had radical instincts, hated hypocrisy, was of great poetic brilliance, had a tragic perception of life and a calm outward appearance, was at heart a man of seething and somber darkness.

Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy

Explores how and whether Hitler could have been stopped, and the nature of the policy of appeasement prior to and in the early stages of WWII. Examines the extent to which a European war became a global conflict, and how Britain's global position changed irrevocably.