I'm genuinely surprised they're having Zizek on BBC2: he's more a late night Channel 4 figure. Despite he presence of Schama and the very negative synopsis, the fact that they're doing an hour and a half (50 mins would be more usual for this type of prog) on a non-Briton who isn't Napoleon or something-in-WW2-that-can-involve-loving-shots-of-military-hardware makes me hope BBC2 is improving. There was a small item on Tom Paine on TV last week, and The Enlightenment does seem to be more prominent in political discourse at the mo, c/o Christopher Hitchens etc., so maybe history progs on subjects other than war might be in the offing. (I like 'The Supersizers go...', but it's not exactly history - more a dressing up show involving some old recipes, and the presenters have their poo tested at the end!)