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In part one of this BBC production, "Martial Races," Military Historian David Olusoga challenges our perceptions of the First World War with the stories of the millions of Indian, African, and Asian troops and ancillaries who fought and died along side white European troops on the Western front and elsewhere.

Little Dorrit is a miniseries produced by the BBC and WGBH Boston and based on Charles Dickens' serial novel. In Episode 4, Mr. Pancks recruits John Chivery for his investigation of the Dorrit case. Arthur Clennam proposes to Pet Meagles, but she is already engaged to Henry Gowan. Tattycoram leaves the Meagles family for Miss Wade; Mr. Meagles fails to convince her to return. Rigaud visits Mrs. Clennam's house, pretending that he's come on business....

This program is a look through the eyes of migrant families at Chicago's turbulent events in the late 1960s and early 1970s. President Johnson's Great Society plan was supposed to alleviate black poverty. But the plan had only boosted the growth of black ghettos. Black citizens cried out against paternalistic city politics and racially exclusionary laws.

Presenter Liz Bonnin reveals the surprising similarities between the ways humans and animals pursue a mate and how they go about maintaining relationships. Part 2 features capuchin monkeys, hyenas, orangutans, alligators, flamingos and meerkats. Top animal behaviorists explore the science behind animal relationships.

To eat and not get eaten- this third program in the series looks at the extraordinary ways that insects play the game of survival.

After decades of disaster Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour, finally gives him the son and heir he craves. But tragically she dies within days of childbirth, and Henry's joy turns to despair. Convinced to marry again, Henry chooses the German princess Anne of Cleves. But all he sees before the engagement is a painting, and in the flesh he finds Anne so ugly he becomes impotent. Now he must fight to escape the marriage, while his advisor Thomas...

Adventurer Simon Reeve travels from source to sea along the world's longest river, the Nile. His journey will take him from the holy source of the Blue Nile in the Ethiopian highlands, through the desert of Sudan and onwards through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. The life-giving river has forged some of our earliest civilisations and influenced some of our greatest religions. But with populations along its banks rising fast, Nile countries are demanding...

After reconstruction, white Americans began to take political and civil rights from black citizens. The first episode sets the historical scene, examining the politics, poverty and aspirations that motivated millions to escape from near slavery and segregation in Mississippi for Chicago, which promised freedom and dignity. Chicago in 1942 was home to a large, respectable black middle class as well as the "New Negroes" emerging from the war. Now it...

Simon travels along the Yangtze, discovering a revival of religious faith in China. Starting his journey at the first bend in the Yangtze, Simon follows the river to Dazu where he sees 50,000 ancient and exquisite rock carvings, some of the only religious artefacts not to have been destroyed under communist rule. Taking a river cruise, he arrives at the Three Gorges Dam, the biggest power station on the planet. Simon's journey ends in Shanghai, a...

With exclusive access deep beneath Rome's streets and stunning new visualisation techniques, classicist Dr. Michael Scott leads a team of experts to reveal the full story of the ancient world's most awe-inspiring city and the extraordinary people who created and lived in it. Rome's spectacular skyline is as breathtaking today as when it was built. But that iconic city-scape is only half the story. There is another Rome that few people have ever seen....