Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Re-enactments of events by actors are used sparingly but successfully - Marcell Piti/BBC This one is a four-part series about the ...

The BBC2 series, telling the story of art from the dawn of human history to the present day, has been three years in the making. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with ...

Watching the BBC's new history documentary Civilisations: Rise and Fall (BBC2, Mon, 9pm) brought to mind the great philosophers, George Santayana and Shirley Bassey. George, of course, said: “Those ...