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A band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.

A celebration of 'Allo, 'Allo, the sitcom that ran for 87 episodes through the 1980s.

This is a history of the England's Ealing Studios, from its beginnings in 1902. It follows the studio's successes through the 1930's, World War II dramas, the well-known Ealing comedies with Alec Guinness, and the BBC's television productions. At the end, we see the resurrection of Ealing with the release of "The Importance of Being Earnest" (2002).

The full story of one of Britain's most high-profile killings, twenty years on.

There's a long history of actors playing fake twins, doppelgangers, and doubles in movies. Insider traces the evolution of doubling effects in Hollywood, from the split screens of the original "Parent Trap" to the rotoscoping and green-screen composites used on Nicolas Cage in 2002's "Adaptation," all the way up to the advanced face and head replacements of 2019's "Us." They take a look at how technology dating from the early silent-film era has advanced to make movies like "Us," "The Social Network," and more possible, and break down why the Jeremy Irons twins in David Cronenberg's 1988 movie "Dead Ringers" represented a turning point for twin effects. They show how the artists at Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies VFX cloned Paul Rudd for his 2019 Netflix series "Living with Yourself," how Rodeo FX created Jake Gyllenhaal doppelgangers for Denis Villeneuve's 2013 thriller "Enemy," and how NVIZ Studio pulled off its twinning effects on Tom Hardy in 2015's "Legend" and Seth Rogen in 2020's "An American Pickle" and show why late 19th-century optical effects laid the foundation for all this groundbreaking effects work in the 21st century.

A look at the pre-production work of the Doctor Who (1963) story "The Power of the Daleks" (1966), the first to star Patrick Troughton as the new Doctor.

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise talk about their lives and careers in a compilation of archive clips.

Bradley Walsh tells the story of Britain's most famous puppet stars including Orville, Emu, and Sooty. They were once the stars of Saturday night TV but what has happened since?

Each week Jane Garvey hosts the Radio Times podcast to talk TV and more. From interviews with the small screen's biggest names to recommendations of the shows you must not miss, Jane and her guests will mark your card for the week ahead.

A look at the troubled origins of what was soon to become the most celebrated and successful sci-fi comedy ever, as told by the people who were there.

For the first edition of the show, Paul and team captains Rob Beckett and Fay Ripley are joined by Denise Van Outen, Adil Ray, Catherine Tyldesley and Josh Widdicombe.

An affectionate and revealing portrait of two great comedian's journey from obscurity to audiences of more than 28 million. Part 1 looks at how it all began.

Part 2 looks at success and television. The television years didn't come easy. After their appalling baptism of fire with Running Wild on the BBC, Eric and Ernie's TV career was marked out by an anxiety never to lose editorial control again.

Philomena explores The Tudors, The Georgians and the English Civil War, King Henry VIII and his chronic addiction to wives, William Shakespeare, Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, and Lord Horatio Nelson.