Simon Russell Beale looks at the symphonies of Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz and Liszt.

How nationalist voices such as Dvorak and Sibelius took the symphony to wider audiences.

Simon Russell Beale\'s journey takes him into the 20th century, a time when the certainties of empire were falling away, war was looming and the world was changing faster than ever before.

With the Moogs turned up to 11, a 1970s and 80s journey through the BBC's synthpop archives from Roxy Music and Tubeway Army to New Order and Sparks.

Professor JK Galbraith presents a series on the history of economics.

Prof JK Galbraith sets out his personal view of democracy, comparing politics in Switzerland, Britain and the US and emphasising Nehru's influence in India

JK Galbraith investigates the impact of Karl Marx on our economic interpretation of society, exploring how his life and work set the pattern for a socialist future

In Mexico and the Punjab, on the cotton fields of the old South and the farm where he was born, Prof Galbraith confronts the tragedy of the landless poor.

JK Galbraith examines WWI as an instrument for social change, looking especially at Lenin, who spent most of the war exiled in Switzerland urging soldiers to start a world revolution.

JK Galbraith explores the modern large corporation - 'the most relentless force for change in modern economic life'.

Professor Galbraith traces the colonial adventure, from the Crusades to the present. He looks at the potent myths that sustained colonialism and the real motives behind them.

JK Galbraith visits the ruins of postwar Berlin, the corridors of power in the Pentagon and 'the world's largest used plane lot' in his assessment of the contemporary roots of war.

JK Galbraith looks at the influence of John Maynard Keynes, who drew the blueprint for the postwar economic boom, and recalls his own involvement in those momentous years.

Prof Galbraith looks at the economic and social forces that turned the magnificent conception of the princely city step by step into the modern metropolis.

From the elegant banks of 17th-century Amsterdam to the dark days of the Great Depression, JK Galbraith traces the history of money - its uses and abuses, successes and disasters.

A story 250 years in the making. How 13 British colonies on the Atlantic coast rose up in rebellion, won their independence and gave birth to a new nation.

Opposition in colonial North America to British policies escalates into violence. But war gives 13 otherwise disunited colonies a common cause.

George Washington takes command of the Continental Army and joins New England’s fight to liberate Boston. Congress declares American independence.

The British overwhelm Washington’s army, forcing him to abandon New York City and flee across New Jersey. Americans attack a garrison at Trenton

The British take Philadelphia, and Congress flees the city. But an American victory at Saratoga allows France to openly support the United States.

After Valley Forge and Monmouth, the war moves to other theatres. Armies advance in Indian country and the south

Supported by the French, Washington wins the decisive victory at Yorktown. In peacetime, Americans aspire for a more perfect union.

Bettany Hughes' definitive history of the ancient world and classical civilisation

Through their superlative buildings, the legacy of the Egyptian empire continues to enthrall people to this day. Yet these incredible structures were made over 4,000 years ago.

Bettany Hughes searches for the truth about the 'Golden Age' of Ancient Athens, investigating how a barren rock wedged between the East and West became the first democracy 2,500 years ago.

Three cities dominated the ancient world: Athens, Rome and a third, now almost forgotten. It lies hidden beneath the waters of the Mediterranean and a sprawling modern metropolis.

A new film about Alexandria provides the centrepiece of Bettany Hughes' definitive history of the ancient world and classical civilisation.

Bettany Hughes traces the story of the mysterious and misunderstood Moors, the Islamic society that ruled in Spain for 700 years, but whose legacy was virtually erased from Western history.

Critic and art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon travels from southern to northern Spain to tell the story of some of Europe's most exciting and vital art. He journeys to the country’s scorched centre to explore Spanish art of the 16th and 17th centuries. From the mystical world of El Greco to the tender genius of Velazquez, this was a moment so extraordinary it became known as the Golden Age. But beneath the glittering surface was a dark and savage heart.

A true TV landmark. Dr Jacob Bronowski’s epic series unravelling of the making of mankind that spellbound audiences in the 1970s.