From the vastness of space to the microscopic make up of our bodies, explore the wonders of the universe, where human beings have never been at the centre of things.

Asbestos has been banned for decades in Europe but its effects are still with us. Will we ever be rid of the carcinogenic fibre?

 From Ancient Greece and Rome to 17th century England, this episode shows how privacy is closely linked to power, technology, social inequality and freedom.

A comic book dialogue about the Middle East is the result of a collaboration between the two legends of the artform, Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman.

Major disasters throughout history have helped to lower inequality. Is this still the case today?

Is there a "planet B" somewhere in the universe? Scientists have never been closer to finding an answer.

The steam engine marked the beginning of the fossil fuel era. But was it really this invention that triggered the Industrial Revolution? 

Could the first human settlements be more egalitarian than we thought?

Despite all their political differences, Max and the Kehl family and his old school friend Jace are very happy to see each other again.

The European Union's Green Deal aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Can it be done?

Honoured and persecuted: The life and work of the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

Fleeing sea monsters, the crew seek rest and shelter on an island, but it's there that they'll meet their doom

Over the course of his thirty-year career, Brad Pitt has never stopped challenging his image as a sex symbol. 

Never before in Russian history has the Russian domestic intelligence services been more powerful than today.

On board the FS Meteor a team of German researchers spend five weeks at sea studying the unknown depths of the Atllantic Ocean.

Destruction, terror, war: It seems that there has never been more violence than in the world today. But what can we learn from history? Was there really less violence in the past?

In the 20th century, Rodin and Brancusi were one of the few artists to view kissing as a romantic act.

Whatever women wear in public, it always seems to be an issue of debate and never seems to be quite right. 

Ibrahim never goes anywhere without his BMX, a bike he has rebuilt by salvaging parts from the various markets in Kampala.

A country traumatised by two civil wars is now ravaged by a deadly drug with one quarter of the population addicted.