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Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo

Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo

Acclaimed British-born pastry chef Rachel Khoo brings a fresh take on France’s finest dishes. From her tiny Parisian home, she demonstrates how to create irresistible dinners with minimal fuss. Sampling the unique delights of Paris, she unearths singular ingredients, is taught tricks of the trade from masters of cuisine and creates very special, mouth-watering recipes.

Art, Passion and Power: The Story of the Royal Collection

Art, Passion and Power: The Story of the Royal Collection

The Royal Collection is the last great art collection acquired by any of the royal families of Europe to have survived into the twenty-first century. Containing over a million art pieces and precious objects, it not only contains work by some of the world’s most famous artists, but it also reveals the personal history, tastes, and obsessions of the British monarchy over the last 500 years.

Ancient Powers

Ancient Powers

Chinese, Egyptian, Indian, Greek, and Roman societies fought wars, battled the climate and established the fascinating cultures which laid the foundations of the modern world. This groundbreaking history documentary uses the very latest scientific and archaeological discoveries and world-leading experts to reveal the tools and technologies that decided the fate of the ancient world.

Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley

Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley

Lady Killers With Lucy Worsley is the smash hit historical true-crime podcast, now appearing for the first time as a video podcast on BBC Select. Join Lucy and a team of female detectives investigating ordinary lives, and extraordinary crimes, of women from the past using a contemporary feminist perspective. This series includes Mary Surratt, accused of conspiring to assassinate a US President.

Influential with Katty Kay

Influential with Katty Kay

Ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the BBC’s Katty Kay sits down with some of the most legendary athletes from previous Olympic games for in-depth conversations about their lives, sports, and what it takes to succeed at the highest level. Katty’s informal, unscripted interview style reveals the people behind the personas that have redefined the world of sport.