How did the world’s most famous photographs, the snapshots that have become iconic, come about? This is an extraordinary and fascinating ten-episode journey exploring the forbidden city of photographic proofs, mixing with famous photographers from Magnum Photos, the legendary photographic agency founded in 1947 Over 60 years of history, from the collapse of the Twin Towers by Steve McCurry to Thomas Hoepker’s portrait of Muhammad Ali; from the Tiananmen Square protests photographed by Stuart Franklin to the glorious era of the Beatles captured by David Hurn’s portraits… up to candid snapshots of Nixon and Khrushchev, Marilyn Monroe, Margaret Thatcher and Miles Davis.
The joy of a very British hobby, brought to you by Peter Snow and his team, revealing the hidden his...
"GOATS: The Greatest of All Time" is a three-part series that celebrates the greatest athletes of al...
Suzi Perry meets six top photographers who will oversee their own masterclass in the art of taking b...
Travel with renowned photographer Joel Sartore as he photographs at-risk and rare species in the wil...
Behind every powerful image is a powerful story. Uniting exploration, photography and the natural wo...
The Speed of Life is a brand new series, specializing in high speed photography to capture the amazi...
The World from Above is a unique continuing series of aerial programmes offering an entirely differe...
Go deep beneath the waves – on a spy mission to the depths of the ocean. Amazing hidden cameras give...
Documentary miniseries about contemporary artists who create challenging views of the human body. On...
Explores the development of photography from its beginnings to more recent times.
Motion features host Greg Aiello as he explores a variety of outdoor activities. From the Channel Is...
Long regarded as mere subjects for amateur or specialist nature photographers, animals are increasin...
Documentary series about Albert Kahn's photographic Archive of the Planet. For a quarter of a centu...
Special series looking at the defining moments of the last century, caught on camera. Hear the stori...
Three-part series exploring the impact that photography has had on American life in the twentieth ce...