1999

This episode first aired on 20 September 1999. It covers sexuality from Japan, India, China, and Arabia. It also discusses the origin of the Kama Sutra. There is an error in this program. It says, "The predominant religion in Baghdad was Islam, which was founded in 1622AD by the prophet Mohammed." Islam was actually founded in 622AD.

The private lives of the Nazis is a tale of sordid self-fulfilment at total odds with official policy and the theory of a pure master race. Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels and many others indulged themselves whilst creating The Advisory Board for Population and Racial Policy to oversee the morals of the German population. However, Britain's secret Special Operations Executive knew the truth and set up a special division to elaborate on it.

There were only very few artists, whos life was as fascinating as their art. One of them is Vincent van Gogh. Moreover there were only a few painters, who reflected their personal mood in their pictures as headstrong van Gogh. His unrest, his problematic friendship to Gauguin, the desperation for acknowledgement. All these questions are treated by vn Gogh in his open and surprisingly brilliant and affecting letters from Arles in the Provence to his brother Theo.

Highlights of the massive summer festival which saw thousands of music fans swarming to the legendary site to view acts including REM, the Beautiful South, Blondie, Barenaked Ladies, Bj?rn Again, Manic Street Preachers, Underworld, Texas, Beth Orton, Eliza Carthy, Billy Bragg, Skunk Anansie, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Lenny Kravitz, the Corrs and Al Green.

Autopsy examines how forensic examiners can help solve crimes. "The Case of the Severed Hand" examines a case where a waterlogged hand leads to a defiled corpse and a practitioner of black magic.

BBC Four Collections delve into the archives to select classic full-length BBC TV programmes, creating a lasting online legacy for future audiences to explore and enjoy.

Based on Dava Sobel's extraordinary novel, this four part TV production is a magnificent drama. Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons stars in this sweeping adaption of Sobel's best-selling book which tells a time spanning parallel story of high seas adventure and political intrigue in the race to discover the life-or-death secret of LONGITUDE.

The great set-piece battles of the World War One - Gallipoli, the Somme and Messines/Passchendaele - are explored in this series which combines unique archive footage with carefully researched location photography, transporting the viewer back to the exact spot where so many momentous events occurred.

Fruit Of The Vine is a skateboarding documentary about California skaters who enjoy hunting for abandoned swimming pools to swim in. It is shot on 8 millimeter film, it looks like a home movie but was professionally made. This rip features two separate video files: the full length 57 minute film plus a 17 minute section of interviews and unused footage. Starring Steve Alba, Tony Alva, Lance Mountain, and Nacho among many. The DVD was released in 2002.

"Napoleon's Obsession: The Quest for Egypt" details the real facts behind a little-known account in Napoleon's illustrious military career. Those who do know of the French leader's invasion of Egypt, and the so-called Battle of the Pyramids, may have fallen victim to one of the best public relations campaigns in history. As we learn in this documentary, hosted by renown Egyptologist Bob Brier, Bonaparte's attempt to conquer Eqypt was nothing short of an exercise in vanity.