BBC Four Monday

Part two of two. Michael Portillo continues his journey through New South Wales, learning about people's relationship to the land and riding the steepest railway in the world

Robbie Cumming begins a 170-mile journey across the north of England, and despite propeller issues and running aground, makes it to the Burnley Embankment

The role of religion in creating and maintaining the power of the city, beginning by exploring how every event revolved around worship in ancient Rome

Mary Beard looks back on her 2016 series exploring the history and archaeology of the ancient world

English Classical scholar Mary Beard explores the myths and revolutions of the Roman Empire and gives her own personal take on the world-defining period

The Sky at Night teams up with BBC Ideas to discover the secrets of archaeology and astronomy and to reflect on the ancestral skies

Drama-documentary that uses the Colosseum to tell the story of the Roman Empire, through the lens of the men and women who fought and died there

Emperor Domitian tasks master builder Haterius with constructing a labyrinth underneath the Colosseum floor

The classicist finds out about the ordinary people of ancient Rome, beginning with the stories of a slave-turned-baker and an imperial purple-dye seller

Part two of two. Michael Portillo continues his journey through New South Wales, learning about people's relationship to the land and riding the steepest railway in the world

Robbie Cumming begins a 170-mile journey across the north of England, and despite propeller issues and running aground, makes it to the Burnley Embankment

The role of religion in creating and maintaining the power of the city, beginning by exploring how every event revolved around worship in ancient Rome