Documentary on Place

London 1864. On a Hackney bound train, a guard discovers blood in a first-class carriage - and a body on the railway embankment. For the first time, a murder has taken place on Britain's railways. Over a hundred years later, this single documentary for BBC Two uses the first-hand testimony of the people involved at the time to explore this unique event and how it provoked a huge public outcry and debate.

A comprehensive history of the American stage of the Vietnam War.

From the depths of the greatest tomb on earth comes an epic new story that could rewrite history, revealing for the first time the true origin of one of the world's most powerful nations: China. In this landmark film, historian Dan Snow, physical anthropologist Dr Alice Roberts and scientist and explorer Dr Albert Lin investigate a series of earth-shattering discoveries at the mighty tomb guarded by the Terracotta Warriors, a site two hundred times bigger than Egypt's Valley of the Kings and the final resting place of China's first emperor.

Recorded before 65,000 fans, this is the debut live film documenting The Prodigy's biggest concert to date. Directed by award winning director Paul Dugdale, the full length feature was devised with close direction from the band throughout, and features a short film of previously unseen footage taken on tour in Brazil.

30 years after the Call for assassination pronounced by Ayatollah Khomeini against the author of The Satanic Verses, director William Karel draws an intimate portrait of one of today's most free-minded and significant writer, four times recipient of the Booker Prize. Based on rarely seen personal and historical archives and exclusive interviews recently shot in his house in New York, the film revisits Rushdie’s life and literary work and questions the place of Novelists in the Era of fake news. From his youth in multicultural Bombay and his studies in Cambridge, to his 15 years of forced hiding after the fatwa, Rushdie sets his sharp eye on Trump’s America in his recently released book: The Golden House.

Africa, Europe - Europe and Africa: Surfers live differently on each continent and Africa marks a special place - as surfing is in many places at its very beginnings.

President Rodrigo Duterte swept to power in the Philippines last June, promising to clean up the country by ‘slaughtering’ anyone involved in illegal drugs.

The Edinburgh Festivals may not be taking place as usual this August, but this programme of specially commissioned performances celebrates Edinburgh’s enduring festival spirit. Kirsty Wark and Su-a Lee present new work from the National Theatre of Scotland and Scottish Ballet; recordings with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Scottish Opera; and performances from writers, comics and musicians including Val McDermid, Daniel Sloss and Honeyblood. Alan Cumming, Fiona Shaw, Anna Meredith and Akram Khan also look back on some of their legendary performances.

Richard Mylan and his autistic son Jaco are going on a journey of discovery. Travelling from Wales to America and back again, they’re visiting the most autism-friendly places around the world, to find out how we can make everywhere from a local barber shop to a national stadium more inclusive for autistic people. Richard and Jaco want to understand why so many autistic people feel like they have to change themselves to fit into the world around them. Along the way, they meet some amazing people who believe it’s the world that should be changing instead.

A look at the bitter legal battle taking place for a decade over allegations of unlawful information gathering at some of Britain's biggest newspaper groups. Told through the testimonies of alleged victims who claim they were targeted unlawfully by the papers - including Sienna Miller, Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan, Heather Mills, Shobna Gulati and Sir Simon Hughes, as well as private individuals who were caught up in the news - this documentary unpicks the evidence and claims emerging out of the civil courts in unprecedented detail.