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.

Following the construction workers of Crossrail as they battle to finish the final stages of the new Elizabeth Line underground railway beneath the streets of London. This construction project is one of the biggest in Europe.

On 4 October 1957, Soviet scientists launched Sputnik 1, a beach-ball-sized, radio-transmitting aluminium alloy sphere, into orbit. The Soviet Union's accomplishment signalled a dramatic technological advantage.

Under von Braun's leadership, America's technology finally seemed to be catching up with the Soviet Union's. On 5 May 1961, von Braun's Redstone rocket successfully launched American navy test pilot Alan Shepard 116 vertical miles up into space.

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.

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.

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 five of the 2024 World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre.

By the mid-80s snooker was the biggest sport in the country but two distinct camps had emerged amongst the players. On one side were Barry Hearn's `Matchroom Mob', including Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis.