The Wonder of Animals

Jim Al-Khalili explores the history behind six remarkable inventions.

How new camera technology is unearthing new discovering in the inner workings of the planet's most spectacular natural wonders.

An original view of the history of modern Britain from the back end where the rubbish comes out. The first programme deals with the decades immediately after the Second World War. Ernie Sharp started on the bins when he was demobbed in 1947.

Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first broadcast on 29 September 1982 and is produced by the BBC, the Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on US cable channels without the branding.

National museum collections are explored at a time of enforced closure.