Timewatch

Dan Cruickshank investigates the circumstances and rituals surrounding death in Victorian Britain by piecing together the fate of five apparently unrelated corpses. The story he uncovers is one of bizarre extremes - of bodysnatchers and the bodies they snatched; of inner-city graveyards so overflowing that the limbs of the dead could be seen protruding from the newly dug earth; of the great new cemeteries where a tomb cost as much as a terrace of houses in east London; of the suspicious resistance which greeted the 'heathenish' practice of cremation; and of the carnage of the Western Front where Victorian ideals about death - and the afterlife - were finally shattered by the violence of the Great War.

Chronicling the construction of the Empire State Building in New York, which was the world's tallest skyscraper when opened in 1931. The programme investigates the building's history through interviews with the people who contributed to the construction of this iconic building.

Hollywood's portrayal of Thomas More , Henry VIM 's Lord Chancellor, is that of a saint but in truth, he was much more complex and interesting man. This drama-documentary, presented by Professor John Guy , follows the last seven years of More's life, when England turned from being a Catholic to a Protestant nation, and assesses the part More played in his own downfall.

Historical drama-documentary. Professor John Guy attempts to unravel the myth of Thomas More, a man whose final years covered one of the great turning points of British history.

Ten years into his reign, the notorious emperor Nero attempted to build the largest palace the Romans would ever see, the Domus Aurea or "Golden House". What remains of the building today lies alongside the Colosseum, barely noticed, but after 30 years of renovation it has reopened to the public.

The story of bank robber John Dillinger, who in the Depression era of 1930s America became the first person to be named public enemy number one.

In 1941 the first large-scale paratroop attack took place when Hitler ordered the invasion of Crete. Within a week Churchill gave the order to evacuate the island, but the two leaders' interpretations of the battle could not be more different. This film evokes the horror of the conflict, examines the war leaders' conclusions and the lessons that are still relevant to paratroopers today.

Examining the largest palace which Rome would ever see.

In 1974 Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, a 52 year old Japanese officer, made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle. Never having received his formal surrender orders, he had, for nearly thirty years, loyally continued fighting the Second World War. Until now Onoda has never talked to Western Press. The Last Surrender pieces together his complex and ultimately sinister story.

A film examining the debutante experience of 1939 through the eyes of a colourful collection of debs and debs' delights, including the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, the Duke of Wellington, and the Duchess of Northumberland. While Europe was steeling itself in the face of fascist aggression, the upper-class marriage market was in full swing, and here the participants talk vividly about the parties, ballgowns and broken hearts.

Twenty-one years after the series STRANGEWAYS was screened, the original producer and director Rex Bloomstein, returns to the prison to see how things have changed. He traces the story of eight former inmates and staff who featured in the series. Prisoners Vinny Valente, Harry Longmuir, Barry Bispham and Terry McDonald speak of their experiences. In 1980 4,000 young offenders passed through the Borstal Allocations Centre in Starngeways. One of these was Paul Wood. His tragic fate after Strangeways is told by his sisters.

A documentary examining the mystery behind the demise in December 1943 of Germany's supposedly unsinkable warship, and a look at the current quest to detect the wreck by Norway's navy.

A Gladiator movie consultant helps eight volunteers to follow Roman military training.

Towards the end of the Second World War, many German towns with minimal strategic or industrial importance suffered "saturation bombing". The historical strand throws new light on the political decisions behind the Allied campaign's final stages, and tells the story of raids on two such towns.