Big Pun: The Legacy

Professor Iain Stewart reveals the story behind the Scottish physicist who was Einstein's hero; James Clerk Maxwell. Maxwell's discoveries not only in...

Originally aired as part of the Arena series, this BBC biography of Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex. She is one of the first black women singer-songwriters...

This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawk...

Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.

Balzac is a 1951 short documentary film by French director Jean Vidal. It is a biopic on the work, life, and loves of the French playwright and noveli...

At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to great critical acclaim in London in late 2017. Alan Yent...

On April 8th 1994, Kurt Cobain - the lead singer of post-punk band Nirvana - was found dead in his Seattle home of an apparent shotgun wound to the he...

Documentary about author Christopher Isherwood, in which he is interviewed about his life and work and which features extracts from films of his novel...

Sergiu Celibidache's fairy tale journey: from Moldavia to the Berlin Philharmonic. Despite World War II and countless challenges, he pursued his music...

Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.

The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95),told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those...

The Spanish sculptor meditates about his life and work

A film about three teenagers - Klara, Mina and Tanutscha - from the Berlin district of Kreuzberg. The trio have known each other since Kindergarten an...

Documentary about basketball player Pete Maravich. The legend of "Pistol Pete" Maravich was born on the playgrounds of his youth, extending to the cam...