Forbidden History
Yesterday
Friday 27th September, 9.00pm
In a new series, Jamie Theakston investigates historical mysteries, beginning with whether the Knights Templar hid treasure on an uninhabited island in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. Also on Yesterday this week, Ghost Army (Wednesday 2nd October, 9.00pm) tells the story of a Second World War US decoy unit operating in Europe in the wake of D-Day.
Isabel
Sky Arts 1
Friday 27th September, 10.00pm
The current fashion for foreign-language TV series shown by our more highbrow channels shows no signs of abating. Isabel is a much acclaimed and big budget Spanish series that traces Isabel of Castile’s rise to power in the 15th century. Expect court intrigue and lavish costumes.
Sound Of Cinema
Radio 3
Saturday 28th September, 4.00pm
The BBC’s music-and-movies season continues with a new series featuring film scores. First, Matthew Sweet introduces music that evokes the sinister side of British rural life, including The Wicker Man. Among other shows in the season this week, Secret Voices Of Hollywood (BBC Four, Sunday 29th September, 9.00pm) celebrates ‘ghost singers’, those whose vocals were dubbed for non-singer stars.
Archive On 4: A Brief History Of Irony
Radio 4
Saturday 28th September, 8.00pm
Satirist Joe Queenan traces the story of irony down the years. Contributors include Ian Hislop, Armando Iannucci and Barry Cryer. Despite the large number of Brits in the cast, Queenan maintains that irony’s latest chapter has been largely written in the USA.
The Story Of The Jews
BBC Two
Sunday 29th September, 9.00pm
Simon Schama’s excellent series concludes with the Jewish experience through the 20th century. It’s a story that’s inevitably dominated by the Holocaust and the creation of Israel in the wake of the Second World War. How have these two momentous events affected what it means to be Jewish?
Downton Abbey
ITV1
Sunday 29th September, 9.00pm
Julian Fellowes’ glossy historical drama continues with Mary starting to come out of mourning and take an interest in running the estate. Also this week, Peaky Blinders (BBC Two, Thursday 3rd October, 9.00pm), Auntie’s rather more visceral take on post-First World War Britain, finds Thomas’s war with the Lee family escalating.
Broadmoor: The Inside Story
Channel 5
Monday 30th September, 9.00pm
The high-security psychiatric hospital is 150 years old. This two-part documentary marks the anniversary and tells the institution’s history. In the Victorian era, we learn, Edward Oxford, who was involved in a plot to murder the queen, was among the first to take up residence.
A Very British Murder With Lucy Worsley
BBC Four
Monday 30th September, 9.00pm
The historian’s survey of murder most horrid looks at the way ghastly killings became integral to Victorian popular culture. As did the work of a new breed of lawmen hunting killers, detectives. Highlights include Simon Callow in Charles Dickens mode, retelling the story of Nancy’s death in Oliver Twist.
Science Britannica
BBC Two
Wednesday 2nd October, 9.00pm
Brian Cox concludes his series on the development of science by considering the relative merits of blue-sky research and more structured, targeted efforts. Also tonight, Fabric Of Britain (BBC Four, 9.00pm) focuses on medieval English embroidery – “like painting with a needle” says presenter Dan Jones.
Pick of the Week
Pain, Pus And Poison: The Search For Modern Medicines
BBC Four
Thursday 3rd October, 9.00pm
Dr Michael Mosley presents a three-part series on the history of medicines, including many drugs we now take rather for granted. He kicks off with painkillers. Morphine is central to the story, its discovery two centuries ago a cue for the development of other drugs. Be warned, some scenes may not be for the squeamish.
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