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Who Killed the Circus?

America鈥檚 longest running circus, Ringling, Barnum and Bailey, is closing after 146 years

• 49 mins

Rite of Passage

How military service shapes Israeli society and its future

• 26 mins

Russia's Exit Dilemma

Stay or go? Lucy Ash explores the choice facing Russia鈥檚 brightest and best.

• 49 mins

Your Life in a Cup of Coffee

Fortune-telling via Turkish coffee grounds, a practice popular across the Middle East.

• 26 mins

Mugabe's Last Days

Robert Mugabe stepped down after four decades in power, the transition took just ten days

• 26 mins

Worldwide Adventures with Steve Backshall

Tanya Streeter: Free-Diver

Tanya Streeter鈥檚 remarkable dive 鈥� on just one breath of air 鈥� to the depth of 160m

• 26 mins

Worldwide Adventures with Steve Backshall

Leo Houlding, Rock Climber

How a hallucinogenic ceremony led to an attempt to climb Cerro Autana in Venezuela

• 26 mins

Worldwide Adventures with Steve Backshall

Sarah Marquis, Explorer

In a classic Aboriginal walkabout, Sarah fished, foraged and gathered food from the wild

• 26 mins

Aretha at 75

In memory of the 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin who dies aged 76

• 26 mins

The Hackers of Siberia

Intellectuals banished to an inhospitable land created a pool of talent and creativity

• 26 mins

Pandemic: The Story of the 1918 Flu

How the flu pandemic of 100 years ago affected every corner of the world

• 49 mins

The End of Innocence in Venezuela

How criminal gangs in Venezuela use children as young as 10 and teenagers in their wars

• 26 mins

Trump: A Year in Tweets

What can President Trump's tweets tell us about his presidency and the US?

• 49 mins

Oprah 鈥� Global Icon

The rise of talk show host, philanthropist, media proprietor and actress Oprah Winfrey

• 23 mins

The End Zone

Fears of brain damage is leading to Americans stopping playing football

• 49 mins

Moving Pictures

The Harvesters by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Immerse yourself in Pieter Bruegel the Elder's masterpiece The Harvesters

• 26 mins

Moving Pictures

A Flower Painting by Rachel Ruysch

A long, close look at what's hiding in the undergrowth of Ruysch's bold flower painting

• 26 mins

Moving Pictures

Scenes in and Around Kyoto

Explore in minute detail a pair of Japanese screens that depict the historic city

• 26 mins

Moving Pictures

Moving Pictures: Ann West's Patchwork

Discover life in Regency England through the extraordinary detail of Ann West's Coverlet

• 26 mins

Moving Pictures

Moving Pictures: Men of the Docks by George Bellows

George Bellow鈥檚 masterpiece Men of the Docks reveals life in the Brooklyn docks in 1912

• 26 mins

Moving Pictures

Moving Pictures: The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Joos van Craesbeeck

The dark, demonic landscape of a 17th Century masterpiece The Temptation of St Anthony

• 26 mins

Three Pillars of Trump

Three Pillars of Trump: US Defence

What has President Trump鈥檚 first year has meant for US Defence?

• 26 mins

Three Pillars of Trump

Three Pillars of Trump: The State Department

The State Department ends Trump鈥檚 first year less resourced and less empowered

• 26 mins

Three Pillars of Trump

Three Pillars of Trump: Healthcare Reform

Healthcare reform was top of President Trumps legislative priority. What has changed?

• 26 mins

Digital Migration

How migration from offline to online is bringing people into modern China

• 26 mins

China's Generation Gap

China's Generation Gap - Part One

How have political, social and economic changes affected relations between generations?

• 49 mins

China's Generation Gap

China's Generation Gap - Part Two

How attitudes towards family, marriage, divorce, dating differ between generations

• 49 mins

The Lost World of the Suffragettes

The Suffragettes' stories of life, prison, force-feeding and secret collaborations

• 49 mins

Japan: New Ways to Grow Old

Japan: New Ways to Grow Old - Part One

Surprising and innovative ideas for living better in old age from Japan

• 26 mins

Japan: New Ways to Grow Old

Japan: New Ways to Grow - Part Two

The novel ideas for senior housing and social care emerging in Japan

• 26 mins