Stuff the British Stole

Over 200 years ago, a team led by Lord Elgin removed various pieces of the Parthenon. Now housed in the British Museum, Greece wants the 'Elgin Marbles' returned. Comedian Stephen Fry joins Marc Fennell on a gripping adventure, from the pinnacle of the Acropolis to a secluded robotics lab high in the Tuscan mountains, to a shipwreck under the Aegean Sea, to tell the story of these artefacts.

Why is the ancient Egyptian mummified head of a child sitting in an Australian library?

Why is the world's largest gem-quality diamond in the hands of the British royal family?

How did an Aboriginal girl's doll from the 1800s end up in an archives box in England?

What has happened to the body of a cruelly exploited 18th Century Irish Giant?

Why were certain documents removed from pre-independence Kenya and hidden from view?

Marc Fennell explores the Amazon to unravel a botanical heist that changed the world.

For years, visitors to the British Museum have been puzzled by an exhibit: a sphinx.