When the Scottish Parliament, led by the Chief of Clan Campbell, declares war on Charles I, clans loyal to the King rise up in rebellion. At the heart of this epic struggle lies an ancient feud between the Campbells and the MacDonalds.

Neil Oliver turns his attention to a true Scottish legend: a certain Rob Roy MacGregor. For centuries, Rob has been celebrated as a colourful Highland maverick, as a well-intentioned rogue, Scotland's answer to Robin Hood.

Professor Bruce Denardo attempts to prove whether there is any truth behind the legend of the Bermuda Triangle, where many ships and planes have disappeared in mysterious circumstances.

Kenneth Clark looks at the Dark Ages. Travelling from Byzantine Ravenna to the Celtic Hebrides, from the Vikings to Charlemagne's chapel at Aachen unraveling how European ideas and art survived this period.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

Coverage of the evening session on day three of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre.

Alex `The Hurricane' Higgins helped transform snooker from a game played in the backrooms of working men's clubs to a national sporting obsession. Interest in the sport had been growing thanks to the new possibilities of colour broadcasting.

Kenneth Clark traces the reawakening of European civilisation in the 12th century, from its earliest manifestations at Cluny Abbey to the building of Chartres Cathedral as the continent emerged from the Early Middle Ages.

In the 13th century, the Gothic world was exemplified by chivalry, courtly love, Dante's poetry, Giotto's painting, and the emergence of women as an ideal rather than chattel.

The 1890s was the decade when science, entertainment, art and morality collide. Actor Paul McGann discovers how the works of HG Wells, Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde were shaped by fears of moral, social and racial degeneration.

When Bonnie Prince Charlie arrives in Scotland to regain the crown of his ancestors the clans are called upon to rise in armed revolt for him. Many do, and they invade England. But others oppose him and join the British to fight against the rebels.

Vanessa Engle looks at a strange cult, which came to light in 2013, when a sensational news story broke about three women emerging from a small flat in Brixton in South London after decades in captivity.

Alex `The Hurricane' Higgins helped transform snooker from a game played in the backrooms of working men's clubs to a national sporting obsession. Interest in the sport had been growing thanks to the new possibilities of colour broadcasting.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

Coverage of the evening session on day four of the 2024 World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre.

Though snooker was firmly established on TV screens by the early 80s, the game's money-spinning potential had not yet been realised. One of the first to spot a business opportunity was savvy Essex-based sports promoter Barry Hearn.