BBC Four Thursday

A look at the advances made with the invention of the steam turbine, which is still used today to generate electricity

Tim and Shane navigate their way through waters on the west coast of Scotland before sailing the Princess Matilda up the Caledonian Canal

The life of the most glamorous plane ever built, as told by the people whose lives it touched. Narrated by Sophie Okonedo

Two New York cops use unorthodox methods to break a drug ring smuggling heroin into the US from France. Oscar-winning fact-based thriller, with Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider

Critic Mark Kermode examines the making of classic thriller The French Connection, beginning with the history behind the 1960s drug bust that inspired the film

The life of the most glamorous plane ever built, as told by the people whose lives it touched. Narrated by Sophie Okonedo

A look at the advances made with the invention of the steam turbine, which is still used today to generate electricity

Tim and Shane navigate their way through waters on the west coast of Scotland before sailing the Princess Matilda up the Caledonian Canal

Documentary tracing the history of the death sentence, examining the protocol of public execution and the science of hanging

Stephen Smith explores the development of the 'jugendstil' aesthetic in Vienna, and explains how it revolutionised the city's art and architecture