BBC Four Thursday

Liz McIvor discovers how carving up the landscape in order to build canals helped man's understanding of the earth below

Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the history of Milton Abbas in Dorset, discovering how one man's wealth and power led to a town being wiped from the map

Alice Roberts explores how the public's view of Roman Britain has changed over the decades, examining events from the initial invasion

An impoverished Indian teenager accused of cheating on a quiz show tells the police his eventful life story. Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning drama, with Dev Patel and Freida Pinto

The composer chats to Haroon Rashid about his career producing music for some of India's most iconic films, his international successes, AI and working with Hans Zimmer

Documentary examining the literary tradition of Timbuktu in Mali, a renowned seat of learning where hundreds of thousands of manuscripts have come to light in recent years

Liz McIvor discovers how carving up the landscape in order to build canals helped man's understanding of the earth below

Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the history of Milton Abbas in Dorset, discovering how one man's wealth and power led to a town being wiped from the map

Alice Roberts explores how the public's view of Roman Britain has changed over the decades, examining events from the initial invasion