From revolution to superpower, discover the people and moments that shaped America.
Robert Hughes explores how America sought architectural inspiration from Greece and Rome.
Andrew Graham-Dixon looks at portraits of the Puritan settlers in Massachusetts.
How Warhol both glorified and critiqued American culture.
How the Ulster-Scots helped shape the Declaration of Independence.
Cassius Clay rises from boastful amateur boxer to the Olympics.
Michael Palin follows in Ernest Hemingway's footsteps across Europe, Africa and America.
Actor David Harewood travels across America to discover the stories behind his heroes.
Political protest escalates into violence. War gives 13 colonies a common cause.
Exploring the US's complicated relationship with Iraq.
Lucy Worsley investigates the explosive 18th-century break-up between Britain and America.
John Freeman interviews civil rights leader Martin Luther King. First broadcast in 1961.
In 1972, a break-in at the Democratic Party's headquarters sparks the Watergate scandal.
Dwayne Fields travels America, exploring how the pursuit of happiness is being lived today
A pioneering class of astronauts is recruited by NASA to fly aboard its new space shuttle.
Spy-charged paranoia sees hostile superpowers heading to the brink of nuclear war.
Amol Rajan interviews Watergate journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
Charles Moore explores the close relationship between Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.
