Ashes Of Time

Sue Perkins takes a trip around Japan.

Tony Robinson brings his inquisitive approach to storytelling to the streets as he takes a stroll down memory lane in Australia's capital cities. In each episode we find a different postcode laden with stories. They're all established walks that tourists and locals frequently do, but Tony digs deeper to draw out the drama of the past. He'll roam through the laneways; divulging the tales of crimes; recounting acts of bravery; and notable showdowns that shaped the character of the area.

Discover the secrets of revolutionary structures in Ancient Megastructures. Certain landmarks have captured the imagination and awe of modern-day architects and engineers around the world as they work to solve the mystery of how their ancient forebears were able to construct such beautiful, timeless and revolutionary structures with none of the machines and materials available to modern engineers.

Classified as a UNESCO world heritage site since 2018, the Puys range has joined the relatively small club of territories named for their exceptional geological value. In the center of France, west of Clermont-Ferrand, there are more than 80 volcanoes with amazing and varied shapes on a strip measuring 25 miles long and 2 miles wide. (40 kilometers long and 3 meters wide.) Like an advertisement for mineral water, this landscape oozes tranquility. In fact, in many similar places, humanity has often benefited from being near volcanoes. But the risk is always that an eruption could occur at any time without warning!​

Dan Cruickshank's quest is to tell the story of civilisation through the greatest of man's achievements. It will also be the story of his travels, and who and what he meets along the way. Whether standing before the solemn heads of Easter Island, investigating the mysterious Nazca lines in Peru or the magnificent temple of Borobodur in Java, Dan is never less than fascinating about the origins, construction, mysteries and vicissitudes of each of these monuments to the great civilisations of the world.

Documentary series looking at maps in incredible detail to highlight their artistic attributions and reveal the stories that they tell.

A blind woman wakes in the morning and goes to buy a loaf of bread. This may not seem like the most auspicious of beginnings, but Japanese filmmaker Masashi Yamamoto spins this simple act off into a chaotic filmic experiment documenting 24 hours in the life of modern Tokyo.

The British Film Institute commissioned Krzysztof Kieslowski to make a documentary celebrating the centenary of cinema, and the latter passed the task onto his assistant at the time, Pawel Lozinski.

More than 150 years ago, Tokyo was called Edo. It had the highest population of any city in the world, surpassing both London and Paris. But how did the world's largest city come to emerge in a remote corner of Asia? Clues are coming to light not only in Tokyo but also around the world.