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English Literature

An Inspector Calls (2015)

2015 | 1'26'26''

Watch An Inspector Calls (2015). The mysterious 'Inspector Goole' interrupts a wealthy family's family party to tell them a young woman died of sui...

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

1'50'40''

Watch Romeo and Juliet (1996). Baz Luhrmann's explosive update of the Shakespeare tragedy starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. A pair of 'star-...

Macbeth (2010)

2'31'19''

This film of Macbeth is based on Chichester Festival's 2007 production of the play starring Patrick Stewart in the title role. It was filmed at Welbeck Abbey ...

An Inspector Calls (1984)

1981 | 1'19'21''

This program is a compilation of the three-part play originally transmitted in 1981. With Bernard Hepton, Nigel Davenport and Margaret Tyzack.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016)

1'29'49''

Russell T Davies' adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, from 2016. In the tyrannical court of Athens, dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hi...

Romeo & Juliet (2013)

1'47'07''

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play about two young, tragic lovers torn apart by the feuding rivalry between their respective families in Medieval Verona.

Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Macbeth

2'03'32''

Shakespeare’s darkest psychological thriller. Returning home from battle, the victorious Macbeth meets three witches on the heat...

PSHE | Stone Cold

2007 | 1'20'36''

Drama illustrating the stark realities of homelessness.

Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Romeo and Juliet

2'26'51''

What if your first true love was someone you’d been told to hate? Ripped apart by the bitter divisions of their parents...

The Tempest (2010)

1'42'35''

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play: Prospera is banished from Milan by her brother and finds herself stranded on an island with her daughter, where she wait...

A Christmas Carol (2009)

2012 | 1'27'22''

Animation based on Charles Dickens's classic novel. Cold-hearted, penny-pinching Ebeneezer Scrooge is taken on an eye-opening journey by three ghost...

Animal Farm (1955)

2015 | 1'12'13''

An animated version of George Orwell's classic allegorical novel about the totalitarian aftermath of a barnyard revolution.

Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | The Tempest

2'33'26''

With a spirit of the supernatural, The Tempest is a story of forgiveness, generosity and enlightenments set on a remote and ...

In Context | An Inspector Calls

2008 | 19'18''

The social and cultural background to ''An Inspector Calls'', explored through archive footage, readings and personal accounts.

Hamlet (2017)

3'11'35''

Hamlet captures the Almeida Theatre's 2017 acclaimed production of William Shakespeare's great play, recorded as-live in its West End transfer on the stage of ...

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2'32'18''

Yaël Farber directs James McArdle as Macbeth and Saoirse Ronan as Lady Macbeth in the Almeida's Olivier Award-nominated production about a couple's sp...

The Merchant of Venice (2004)

2'01'21''

An adaptation of Shakespeare's play about a Jewish moneylender who seeks to forfeit a literal pound of flesh from his Christian nemesis. Starri...

Hamlet (2009)

3'02'20''

Drama with David Tennant in the title role of the RSC's production of Shakespeare's tragedy. Claudius has killed Prince Hamlet's father and usurped the throne,...

ShakespeaRe-told | Macbeth

1'26'55''

Retelling of Shakespeare plays: when three binmen tell Joe Macbeth he's to become the owner of the restaurant where they work, the head chef, spur...

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

2007 | 57'07''

Writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, tracing Robert Louis Stevenson's story back to event...

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English Language

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Speeches that Shook the World

BBC Four | 2013 | 59'07''

Documentary in which poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech by examining famous speeches that provoked radical change, surpri...

The Three Principles of Rhetoric | Speeches That Shook the World

BBC Four | 2013 | 1'21''

Actor & Communications Consultant Vincent Franklin describes Aristotle's three principles of rhetoric.

Sir Gareth Southgate | The Richard Dimbleby Lecture

BBC One | 2025 | 54'10''

Former England football manager Sir Gareth Southgate reflects on his personal journey as a leader and the importance of b...

The Key Elements of Making a Good Speech | Speeches That Shook the World

BBC Four | 2013 | 5'10''

Simon Armitage takes tips from Shakespearean actor Charles Dance on how to deliever a speech that wi...

Episode 1 | The Speaker

BBC Two | 2009 | 59'01''

The search is on to find the UK's best young speaker in this eight-part series, starting with the first regional auditions from Glasgow and London.

Speeches - Martin Luther King's ''I have a dream'' speech | Speeches that Shook the World

BBC Four | 2013 | 2'56''

Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech by examining famous speeches th...

Rebel Tongue

BBC Scotland | 2020 | 58'00''

Alistair Heather sets out on a mission to reclaim the Scots language. For years, Scotland’s ancient tongue was ignored or mocked. Now, one and a half million pe...

09: The Empire Strikes Back | The Story of English

BBC Two | 1986 | 54'49''

Film looks at former British colonies Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Barbados, Jamaica and India as well as the language ...

Churchill's Wartime Speeches | Speeches That Shook the World

BBC Four | 2013 | 2'15''

Simon Armitage examines the speeches of one of Britain's best known orators.

Episode 8 | The Speaker

BBC Two | 2009 | 59'11''

It's the final and the three remaining teenagers get to go on the trip of a lifetime as they travel with Unicef to research children's rights in Mala...

Episode 2 | The Speaker

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'44''

The search to find Britain's best young speaker continues in Manchester and Cardiff. The judges hear youngsters speak out about topics including teen...

03: A Muse of Fire | The Story of English

BBC Two | 1986 | 53'34''

This programme centres on the English of Shakespeare and the King James Bible and its spread into the New World via Elizabethan exp...

The Write Way: Part 1 | The Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2000 | 28'56''

This programme deals with teaching writing skills to 9-11 year olds.

For the Sake of Argument | Writer's Block

BBC Two | 2002 | 23'17''

Compilation secondary schools programme consisting of a new unit focusing on key literacy skills and illustrating how the skills of...

04: In a Manner of Speaking | Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry into Language

BBC Two | 1990 | 46'29''

Jonathan Miller explores the elements that make language more than just strings of words - such ...

02: The Mother Tongue | The Story of English

BBC Two | 1986 | 54'10''

Robert Macneil presents the second programme in this series tracing the history of the English language from its roots to presen...

01: An English-speaking World | The Story of English

BBC Two | 1986 | 54'17''

Robert Macneil on how English is being adopted by the world as the most important language to learn, he traces the use o...

The Write Way: Part 2 | The Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2000 | 28'56''

This programme concentrates on improving non fiction writing skills.

Telling Tales | Writer's Block

BBC Two | 2002 | 27'00''

Compilation secondary schools programme consisting of a new unit focusing on key literacy skills and illustrating how the skills of reading an...

04: The Guid Scots Tongue | The Story of English

BBC Two | 1986 | 56'44''

In fourth of the series Robert Macneil looks at the development of Lowlands Scots and its spread to Ireland and America. He ...

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Geography

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Fashion's Dirty Secrets | Stacey Dooley

BBC Three | 2018 | 57'57''

Stacey Dooley uncovers the shocking environmental impact caused by an insatiable appetite for cheap clothing.

01: Peace | Welcome to Rio

BBC Two | 2014 | 58'38''

Documentary series exploring Rio's shanty-towns, the favelas. In Cantagalo, delivery man Rocky carries goods up the steep staircases overlooking C...

01: Living in the City | Andrew Marr's Mega Cities

BBC One | 2011 | 57'44''

Documentary in which Andrew Marr looks at how people live in five of the world's biggest megacities: London, Dhaka, Tokyo,...

Farm falling into the sea | Bitesize Secondary

BBC Two | 2009 | 5'19''

Yvonne and Shawn Mars discuss the perils of owning a farm that is falling into the sea due to coastal erosion.

03: Ice | Earth: The Power of the Planet

BBC Two | 2007 | 59'00''

Documentary series in which Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of the earth's development. Ice isn't just something to put in a gin and...

Untold: Inside the Shein Machine

Channel 4 | 2022 | 47'11''

Reporter Iman Amrani explores how Shein has mastered social media marketing to become a global fast fashion phenomenon. With rumours spreadi...

01: Volcano | Earth: The Power of the Planet

BBC Two | 2007 | 59'10''

Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of planet Earth. Although they appear to be destructive, volcanoes have been crucial to the deve...

Famous, Rich and in the Slums: Part 1 | Comic Relief

BBC One | 2011 | 59'10''

Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they spend a week living...

Episode 1 | Kevin McCloud: Slumming It

Channel 4 | 2010 | 48'05''

A two-part documentary detailing a two-week stay in Mumbai's Dharavi slum.

03: Food, Fire and Water | Supersized Earth

BBC One | 2012 | 59'13''

Dallas Campbell examines what it takes to keep seven billion humans alive with food, energy and water.

Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting | Horizon

BBC One | 2020 | 59'01''

Naturalist Chris Packham investigates the impact a growing human population is having on the planet, asking whether ...

Climate Change: The Facts

BBC One | 2019 | 57'33''

After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.

07: Rivers - Friend and Foe | Human Planet

BBC One | 2011 | 58'32''

Rivers provide food and water, but they can also flood or freeze. Human Planet meets people for whom rivers can be both a risk to ...

Episode 1 | Welcome to Lagos

BBC Two | 2010 | 59'07''

A look at life in the Olusosun rubbish dump, where around 1,000 people live on top of the rubbish in houses built from scrap.

2020 | Britain's Wildest Weather

Channel 4 | 2020 | 46'49''

Footage of the most extreme weather conditions in the UK over the past year, from the worst floods in a decade and a freak landslide in Fife...

Life on the Edge

BBC News | 2023 | 26'56''

The residents of Hemsby don't want to leave, but their houses are on the edge of a cliff. This is their story of surviving one of the most dramatic cases of...

Tourism and the Truth: Kenya | Stacey Dooley

BBC Three | 2011 | 57'01''

In Kenya, Stacey Dooley investigates the side of tourism the average holidaymaker doesn't see, from hotels exploiting workers to...

Coastal Erosion | The Geography Programme

BBC Two | 1998 | 19'36''

Schools prog investigating coastal erosion over time. Shows capacity for change due to the power of the sea. Specifically "Old Harr...

S01E01: Amazon | Earth's Great Rivers

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'02''

Documentary revealing the animals, landscapes and people of the greatest river on earth. From transparent lagoons to pink dolphins, the...

02: Cities on the Edge | Andrew Marr's Mega Cities

BBC One | 2011 | 59'03''

Andrew Marr takes a look at safety and security, two of the biggest challenges faced by each and every metropolis, visitin...

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History

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S01E02: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 28'56''

How the duke's death led to the start of the First World War.

01: Medieval London | Filthy Cities

BBC Two | 2011 | 58'59''

Dan Snow gets down and dirty in medieval grime to discover how the London of today was forged in the filth of the 14th century.

Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley

BBC One | 2018 | 1'28'57''

Documentary, presented by Lucy Worsley, which uses dramatised testimony to tell the story of a group of working-class women conducting a dange...

04: The Battle Against the Spanish Armada | Battlefield Britain

BBC Two | 2004 | 58'48''

Peter and Dan Snow take a look at the battles that shaped our nation. Drake's unlikely sea victory against th...

S01E04: Hiroshima | Days That Shook the World

BBC Four | 2003 | 59'15''

Documentary recalling 6 August 1945, when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, with testimony from American colonel Paul Tib...

Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette

Channel 4 | 2013 | 46'51''

In 1913 Suffragette Emily Davison stepped into the path of the King's horse at the Derby. Clare Balding examines the story of Emily,...

04: Revolution | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

BBC Two | 2007 | 59'20''

Andrew Marr revisits the Britain of Margaret Thatcher and comes to some surprising conclusions about the British nat...

S01E06: Kristallnacht | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2003 | 29'28''

Two days defined the fortunes of 20th-century Jews: Kristallnacht on September 9, 1938, a turning point in Nazi persecution...

02: The Land of Lost Content | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

BBC Two | 2007 | 58'44''

The 1950s were a period of apparent calm, order and prosperity for Britain, but much of the populace w...

03: Paradise Lost | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

BBC Two | 2007 | 58'34''

As the 1960s progress, Harold Wilson takes centre stage in a rapidly changing Britain as the country looks to a f...

Hiroshima

BBC Four | 2005 | 1'29'06''

Dramatic reconstruction of the devastating impact of the first atomic bomb to be used against people on the citizens of Hiroshima.

Dunkirk (2017)

BBC One | 2020 | 1'37'04''

Hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops find themselves in an impossible situation. Christopher Nolan's epic wartime action thriller.

01: Advance Britannia | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

BBC Two | 2007 | 59'10''

Andrew Marr revisits Britain in 1945 and finds the country victorious but nearly bankrupt, beginning a battle...

The Children Who Built Victorian Britain

BBC Four | 2011 | 59'13''

Using animation and actual recorded testimony, historian Jane Humphries tells the story of the child workers whose exploitation was ...

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

BBC One | 2002 | 27'58''

In a one-off precursor to his Historyonic's series, Nick Knowles gets a behind-the-scenes look at why a Yorkshire-born zealot called Guy Fa...

05: New Britannia | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

BBC Two | 2007 | 59'28''

In the final part of Andrew Marr's national saga, Britain enters the post-Thatcher era. Many have done well durin...

05: 1968 Vietnam | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

BBC Two | 2007 | 58'47''

Peter and Dan Snow reveal the techniques use by US marines to flush out Communist fighters who lived in a ne...

05: The Battle of Naseby | Battlefield Britain

BBC Two | 2004 | 58'58''

Peter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the battles that shaped our nation using state-of-the-art graphics. They go back t...

S01E10: The Assassination of JFK | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2003 | 29'42''

The stories of a day that rocked the American presidency: the assassination of its youngest leader, John F. Kenn...

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

BBC One | 2006 | 58'23''

Drama-documentary which offers a new perspective on the most infamous battle of World War I, revealing how it was on the Somme that the Bri...

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Religious Education

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The Miracle Maker

BBC One | 2001 | 1'26'54''

Ralph Fiennes heads an all-star cast of an animated portrayal of the life of Jesus, told through the eyes of a child.

Jewish | Being...

BBC One | 2021 | 38'52''

British Jews across the faith celebrate life's big milestones, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.

Hindu | Being...

BBC One | 2021 | 39'03''

British Hindus across the faith celebrate life's big milestones, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.

Muslim | Being...

BBC One | 2021 | 40'05''

British Muslims from across the faith mark some of life's biggest moments from birth and coming of age to marriage and end of life.

Episode 1 | Muslims Like Us

BBC Two | 2016 | 59'04''

Ten British Muslims with contrasting world views move in together. They begin to explore how their faith impacts their lives.

Big Zuu Goes to Mecca

BBC Two | 2024 | 58'52''

Chef and rapper Big Zuu makes a pilgrimage to Mecca on a personal spiritual journey to try and understand more about his faith and what it means to be ...

04: Judaism | My Life, My Religion

BBC Two | 2015 | 29'14''

What does it mean to be Jewish? 11-year-old Charlie explains his religion of Judaism, it's bat mitzvah year for 13-year-old Me-Me and 10-y...

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

BBC One | 2007 | 1'28'37''

Animated biblical epic telling the story of Moses and the exodus to the Promised Land, with voiceovers by an all-star cast including Val Kilmer, R...

Growing Up Jewish

BBC One | 2024 | 49'56''

Four young people on the cusp of adulthood prepare for one of the biggest nights of their lives - their Bar and Bat Mitzvah - balancing culture, religion a...

Sikh | Being...

BBC One | 2021 | 39'58''

British Sikhs celebrate some of life's biggest moments, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.

01: Islam | My Life, My Religion

BBC Two | 2015 | 28'49''

What does it mean to be a Muslim? 11-year-old Sara prepares for one of the biggest changes in her young life, as she further devotes herself...

05: Hinduism | My Life, My Religion

BBC Two | 2015 | 29'00''

What does it mean to be a Hindu? 14-year-old Simran celebrates Diwali and Holi, and her 11-year-old brother Vraj tells us all about the c...

02: Creationism | Conspiracy Road Trip

BBC Three | 2012 | 57'34''

Comedian Andrew Maxwell takes five British creationists to the west coast of America to try to convince them that evolution rather tha...

Episode 2 | The Ganges with Sue Perkins

BBC One | 2017 | 58'04''

Sue Perkins arrives in Varanasi, India's most intense, extraordinary and breath-taking city.

Christian | Being...

BBC One | 2021 | 39'49''

How British Christians from across the faith celebrate life's big milestones, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.

Harry Clark Goes to Rome

BBC One | 2026 | 58'08''

From altar boy to Britain’s most famous liar, Harry Clark explores what it means to be a ‘good Catholic’ as he embarks on a pilgrimage to Rome and a...

The Children of the Holocaust

BBC Two | 2014 | 58'21''

Powerful animated films, in which elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors tell their stories of Nazi persecution in their childhood and how they esc...

Episode 3 | The Passion

BBC One | 2008 | 57'33''

Atmospheric re-telling of Jesus's final days. As Jesus shares his Last Supper with the disciples, Judas slips away to fetch the Temple guards.

Episode 1 | The Miracles of Jesus

BBC One | 2006 | 58'30''

Rageh Omaar looks closely at four of Jesus's miracles, including the feeding of the 5,000, and finds that each one provoked a radically dif...

03: Sikhism | My Life, My Religion

BBC Two | 2015 | 29'01''

What does it mean to be a Sikh? 11-year-old Simran explains her religion of Sikhism and young brothers Taran and Joven take the life-chang...

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Philosophy and Ethics

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Abortion On Trial

BBC Two | 2017 | 59'10''

Fifty years after the Abortion Act was passed, Anne Robinson brings together a group of people with conflicting views on abortion to ask if the law is fit ...

S01E01: Execution | Life and Death Row

BBC Three | 2014 | 58'23''

Series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. It looks at two of...

Kids with Guns | Stacey Dooley Investigates

BBC Three | 2010 | 57'10''

Stacey Dooley explores the issue of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's civil war, where an estimated 30,000 chi...

Should assisted suicide be legalised? | Matters of Life and Death

BBC Two | 2015 | 12'21''

This film looks at the viewpoints of Charlotte and Paul whose life experiences have left them on opposing s...

Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

BBC One | 2019 | 4'21''

Liz Bonnin witnesses the devastation of the Amazon rainforest from the sky.

Is it ever right to experiment on animals? | Matters of Life and Death

BBC Two | 2015 | 10'29''

The film features representatives of different faiths and religions explaining their perspectives on a...

Are You Good or Evil? | Horizon

BBC Two | 2011 | 58'46''

Horizon meets researchers studying psychopathic killers to try to determine what makes people good or evil. One such scientist believes he ha...

Shot for Going to School

BBC Three | 2013 | 56'58''

Schoolgirl Malala Yousafi was just 14 when she was shot for campaigning for girls' education in Pakistan. Nel Hedayat travels to the areas where the...

Different perspectives on Euthanasia | Matters of Life and Death

BBC Two | 2015 | 4'37''

Representatives from different religions discuss their opinions about euthanasia.

Malala: Shot for Going to School | Panorama

BBC One | 2013 | 29'20''

One year ago, Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban on her school bus. In this Panorama special, she talks exclusively to Mish...

Faith Behind Bars

BBC One | 2018 | 38'46''

With access to HMP Edinburgh, this film follows the prison chaplains as they give spiritual guidance and religious support to offenders - including those c...

Did Darwin Kill God?

BBC Two | 2009 | 59'16''

Conor Cunningham is a Christian and a firm believer in Darwin's theory of evolution. He attempts to overturn the view that Darwin's ideas have weakened ...

What are the rights and wrongs of abortion? | Matters of Life and Death

BBC Two | 2015 | 10'46''

This film explores some of the ethical and moral questions around the issue of abortion, and focuses ...

Slavery on the High Street

BBC One | 2024 | 28'52''

For seven years, vulnerable victims of trafficking were forced to make food for major high street chains. How did their exploitation go undetected...

Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

BBC One | 2019 | 57'43''

From colossal farms in America to the destruction of the Amazon, Liz Bonnin investigates how our hunger for meat is killing our planet.

What are the rights and wrongs of the death penalty? | Matters of Life and Death

BBC Two | 2015 | 12'34''

The film features representatives of different faiths and religions explaining their perspec...

How to Kill a Human Being | Horizon

BBC Two | 2008 | 49'13''

Michael Portillo pushes his body to the brink of death in an investigation into the science of execution.

02: Choosing Death | Louis Theroux: Altered States

BBC Two | 2018 | 1'03'24''

Louis Theroux spends time with those preparing to take a lethal but legally prescribed overdose and meets a controversial ...

01: Buddha | Genius of the Ancient World

BBC Four | 2015 | 59'09''

Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy. To begin, she invest...

How to Die: Simon's Choice

BBC Two | 2016 | 1'24'19''

The dramatic and poignant story of one man facing the heartwrenching decision of whether to end his life at a suicide clinic after being diagnosed...

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Psychology

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Improving Your Mental Health | The Truth About...

BBC One | 2021 | 57'09''

Professor Tanya Byron and Alex Scott uncover the latest science on how to improve your mental health and wellbeing - and re...

Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

BBC One | 2020 | 43'53''

Chris Daw and Ayesha Nayyar look at what role our prisons should play in the fight against crime.

03: Broken Brains | The Brain: A Secret History

BBC Four | 2011 | 57'47''

Michael Mosley ends his look at the history of experimental psychology by exploring how experiments on abnormal brains can re...

Are You Good or Evil? | Horizon

BBC Two | 2011 | 58'46''

Horizon meets researchers studying psychopathic killers to try to determine what makes people good or evil. One such scientist believes he ha...

Paul Merson: Football, Gambling and Me

BBC One | 2021 | 58'00''

Former footballer Paul Merson sets out to understand why his life has been so blighted by gambling and asks if enough is being done to...

How Mad Are You? Part 1 | Horizon

BBC Two | 2008 | 59'19''

Ten volunteers have come together for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the other five have been officially diagnosed as mentall...

OCD: A Monster in my Mind | Horizon

BBC Two | 2015 | 58'56''

Horizon meets the people living with OCD, looks at the therapy available and asks what neuroscience can offer by way of a cure.

Inside Our Autistic Minds...: Episode 1 | Inside Our Minds

BBC Two | 2023 | 59'19''

Chris helps an autistic comedian reveal to her mum what's really going on inside her head and gives a non-speaking...

01: Mind Control | The Brain: A Secret History

BBC Four | 2011 | 57'56''

Michael Mosley traces the sinister ways science has been used to try to control our minds, finding that its pursuit has led to...

The Forgotten Children

BBC One | 2000 | 49'02''

Ten years ago after thousands of babies were discovered living in appalling conditions in Romanian orphanages, many British couples rushed to adopt th...

Mental: A History of the Madhouse

BBC Four | 2010 | 58'58''

Documentary telling the story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums and what it says about society's changing attitudes to mental illn...

Milgram's obedience study | Horizon

BBC Two | 2009 | 14'21''

Watch a modern replication of Milgram's famous obedience study and see how the participants react to the situation.

How Mad Are You? Part 2 | Horizon

BBC Two | 2008 | 59'00''

With five 'normal' volunteers and five who have been officially diagnosed as mentally ill, Horizon asks if you can tell who is who.

You Do As You Are Told | Horizon

BBC Four | 2003 | 58'59''

Jonathan Miller introduces a 1973 episode of Horizon, which documents the results of Stanley Milgram's study on Obedience. In an endpiece, J...

Addicted to Gambling | Panorama

BBC One | 2019 | 29'07''

The amount we lose to the betting companies has almost doubled in a decade, but are the bookies doing enough to protect problem gamblers?

Eliud Kipchoge: My Sub Two-Hour Marathon

BBC Two | 2020 | 28'16''

Athletics legend Eliud Kipchoge talks exclusively to BBC Sport about how he became the first athlete to run a marathon in less than ...

Episode 1 | Eyewitness

BBC Two | 2010 | 58'59''

In an experiment with the Greater Manchester Police, the problem of eyewitness recollection is dramatically brought into focus.

Split brain patients | The Brain: A Secret History

BBC Four | 2011 | 3'29''

These split brain patients showed Sperry that each hemisphere of the brain has a different role to play and a separate con...

Episode 1 | Extreme OCD Camp

BBC Three | 2013 | 57'07''

Six young British people with OCD journey to the American wilderness for treatment. After bonding over their experiences, the group arrives in t...

Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency

BBC One | 2021 | 58'27''

Roman Kemp explores the mental health and suicide crisis affecting young men. When Roman lost his best friend, he had no idea he was struggl...

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Sociology

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02: Education | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In

BBC Scotland | 2024 | 58'58''

Darren McGarvey sets out to understand why the privately educated dominate Britain's top jobs and uncovers the amazing st...

S01E01: Execution | Life and Death Row

BBC Three | 2014 | 58'23''

Series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. It looks at two of...

Episode 2 | Street Gangs

BBC Scotland | 2023 | 28'02''

Graeme focuses on what happens when gang life begins to go wrong. Sharing deeply personal stories, Graeme engages with police and reformed gang memb...

How Scotland Cut Violent Crime | Panorama

BBC One | 2020 | 29'03''

Scotland has dramatically cut violent crime in the past 15 years, but how was it done? Kate Silverton films with Police Scotland's ...

Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

BBC One | 2020 | 43'53''

Chris Daw and Ayesha Nayyar look at what role our prisons should play in the fight against crime.

Episode 1 | Street Gangs

BBC Scotland | 2023 | 28'04''

Ex-gang member Graeme Armstrong tries to understand why young people are seduced by the perceived glamour and excitement of gang.

01: Marriage | The British Family

BBC Two | 2010 | 58'54''

Kirsty Young begins a history of how British families have changed since the Second World War by looking at marriage, and how it has become...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for School

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'42''

Fifteen pupils and three teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure to discover how much life at school has changed. The class start ...

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

BBC One | 2025 | 58'51''

Idris Elba confronts the reality of knife crime, speaking to those most affected - from the streets to the system - in a quest to uncover ...

Poor Kids

BBC One | 2011 | 58'57''

Documentary telling the stories of some of the 3.5 million children living in poverty in the UK. They give their thoughts on their situation and their future prosp...

Faith Behind Bars

BBC One | 2018 | 38'46''

With access to HMP Edinburgh, this film follows the prison chaplains as they give spiritual guidance and religious support to offenders - including those c...

02: Edinburgh - Crime | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

BBC Scotland | 2019 | 29'01''

In Edinburgh, Darren examines the link between poverty and crime: how does it impact kids and their future? But soon Darre...

Episode 1 | Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'25''

Documentary series examining how the 11-plus selection test impacts on education. The first episode follows children from Uplan...

My Scientology Movie (2015)

BBC Two | 2017 | 1'35'11''

Documentary investigating the Church of Scientology. To find out more about the mysterious organisation, Louis Theroux meets with former members ...

Marcus Rashford: Feeding Britain's Children

BBC One | 2020 | 59'13''

How the England footballer won public and political support for a deeply personal cause. Inside Marcus Rashford's campaign for fr...

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The finalists head to the Shuttle Landing Facility on Florida's Space Coast for a tough test in weightlessness, and back i...

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Old fears surface when the remaining candidates face some space agency swim tests. Their teamwork and mental agility are s...

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The remaining astronaut candidates are put through more demanding tests. They have to escape from an underwater capsule an...

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BBC One | 2018 | 6'00''

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The industrial designer Marek Reichman meets the graphic artist and designer Peter Saville.

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BBC HD | 2010 | 59'04''

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BBC HD | 2010 | 59'12''

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BBC HD | 2010 | 58'55''

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Documentary profiling Philippe Starck. Design journalist Marcus Fairs talks to critics and collaborators in an attempt to discover what makes him ...

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David Olusoga visits the Benin Bronzes at the British Museum.

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BBC Four | 2010 | 48'51''

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BBC One | 2011 | 58'25''

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BBC HD | 2011 | 59'53''

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Brenda Emmanus discusses the execution of Charles I.

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BBC Two | 2017 | 1'58'38''

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An aspiring actress and a dedicated jazz musician fall in love in modern-day Los Angeles. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

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BBC Four | 2020 | 1'56'41''

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BBC One | 1992 | 1'22'41''

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BBC One | 1993 | 24'28''

Fast moving, very messy children's game show, with big prizes for the winners. First shown during ''Going Live'' on 10/10/92.

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BBC One | 1993 | 1'07'34''

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BBC One | 1987 | 1'25'57''

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BBC Two | 2019 | 1'56'56''

An aspiring actress and a dedicated jazz musician fall in love in modern-day Los Angeles. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.

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BBC Two | 1996 | 2'00'02''

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BBC One | 1985 | 29'34''

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Katie Price: Harvey and Me

BBC One | 2021 | 58'29''

A deeply personal film following Katie Price and her disabled son Harvey in a crucial year of his life, as he turns 18 and becomes an adult.

Chris Packham: Asperger's and Me

BBC Two | 2017 | 59'10''

Chris Packham invites us inside his autistic world to try to show what it is like being him. Chris explores the question of whether Asperger...

Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next

BBC One | 2022 | 59'33''

Harvey Price, who is disabled, is off to college. As he makes new friends and learns to be independent, his mum Katie learns to adjust to l...

Episode 1 | Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls

BBC Two | 2021 | 59'03''

Ed immerses himself in life at St Cecilia's, a typical family-run mid-sized care home, to understand the realities facing th...

Britain's Child Health Crisis | Panorama

BBC One | 2024 | 28'41''

Rahil Sheikh tries to discover what's causing Britain's child health crisis and what can be done to fix it. Keir Starmer has promise...

Episode 1 | The Big Hospital Experiment

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'17''

Fourteen young people start their first week volunteering for a radical social experiment at the Royal Derby Hospital to deliver pati...

Introduction to care work | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

BBC One | 2020 | 5'26''

Rhod Gilbert finds out what it takes to be a carer, firstly getting a lesson in ''manual handling'' and assisted w...

Mental: A History of the Madhouse

BBC Four | 2010 | 58'58''

Documentary telling the story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums and what it says about society's changing attitudes to mental illn...

Making Sense of Cancer with Hannah Fry

BBC Two | 2022 | 59'11''

In an award-winning documentary, Hannah Fry takes a personal look at the issues surrounding how we screen for and treat cancer, asking...

Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad

BBC One | 2017 | 57'47''

Documentary following Rio Ferdinand a year after losing his wife to cancer as he tries to come to terms with the loss and its effects on him...

02: Dementia | Louis Theroux: Extreme Love

BBC Two | 2012 | 58'57''

Louis travels to Phoenix, Arizona - the capital of dementia care. He spends time with sufferers and relatives, exploring the strug...

Diabetes: The Hidden Killer | Panorama

BBC One | 2016 | 57'58''

An investigation into the health epidemic that afflicts almost one in ten people in Birmingham and can lead to heart failure, blindnes...

02: The Surgeon's Tale | Doctors to Be: 20 Years On

BBC Four | 2007 | 29'07''

This edition looks at Mark George, who after years of hard work and deprivation became a top surgeon.

Ultra-Processed Food: A Recipe for Ill Health? | Panorama

BBC One | 2023 | 28'56''

Ultra-processed foods contain chemicals that regulators say are safe, but there is emerging evidence of a link betw...

Episode 2 | Inside the Care Crisis with Ed Balls

BBC Two | 2021 | 59'07''

After living and working in a care home, Ed turns his attention to paid and unpaid home care and shadows a professional care...

The Drug Trial That Went Wrong | Dispatches

Channel 4 | 2006 | 48'37''

Award-winning journalist Brian Deer investigates the circumstances surrounding the infamous drug trial conducted at a private uni...

Caring for an elderly resident | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

BBC One | 2020 | 1'24''

Rhod helps wash and clothe 90-year-old Merv as a carer for the day and finds it to be a rewarding experience.

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BBC One | 2020 | 3'37''

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The NHS and the 70-year fight against infection | Matron, Medicine and Me

BBC One | 2018 | 8'18''

Fern Britton describes the evolution of the NHS' fight against infection with antibiotics and vacci...

S01E05 | 24 Hours in A&E

Channel 4 | 2011 | 46'40''

This episode reveals what can happen when something goes wrong with the brain. Including 65-year-old Charlie, who has not been the same since crashi...

Stillborn risks are outlayed to doubtful mum | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 3'42''

A woman who discharged herself is given her options and the varying levels of risk especially if she doesn't stay...

Midwife visits a day old baby in the home | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2012 | 3'26''

Midwife Dai visits a family with a day old baby and teaches them some important care lessons about looking after the...

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BBC One | 2022 | 1'38''

Niamh talks about facing death in ICU.

Doctors on Trial | Panorama

BBC One | 2018 | 28'54''

Panorama investigates the case which has sparked outrage among doctors - a junior doctor convicted of manslaughter and then struck off for her ro...

S01: Night Nurses - Birmingham | We Are England

BBC One | 2022 | 25'57''

When the rest of the world is sound asleep, the nurses battle to keep their patients alive. We follow them on a night shift a...

S01E06 | 24 Hours in A&E

Channel 4 | 2011 | 46'33''

This episode includes 35-year-old Colin, who was stabbed after being woken at gunpoint, 86-year-old Nancy, who has fallen over at home and former la...

S01E04 | 24 Hours in A&E

Channel 4 | 2011 | 46'48''

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A caesarean section for a woman with heart disease | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 7'01''

After having a necessary caesarean and giving birth, the mother is having increased heart issues.

Epidural usage | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 1'35''

Requests from pregnant women asking for epidurals has doubled over the last 20 years.

A caesarean section | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 4'18''

The surgical process of a caesarean section.

A natural birth in a pool | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 2'28''

A woman gives birth naturally in a birthing pool.

Choosing a natural birth | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2013 | 3'08''

A midwife who is an advocate for natural birth talks to an expectant mother about her desires to avoid as much medical intervention a...

Kidney problems and pregnancy (Part 5) | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2012 | 1'47''

A mum with kidney problems has to go on to dialysis as her transplanted kidney has shut down.

Home birth and the risks | The Midwives

BBC Two | 2012 | 2'53''

Midwife Jan sets out the risks to a mother who has chosen to have a home birth.

Unhealthy eating and pregnancy | Misbehaving Mums to Be

BBC Three | 2011 | 5'31''

Kayley loves chips and gravy but gets a wakeup call from her midwife when she learns what affect this could have on h...

The origins of Sepsis and its effects | Matron, Medicine and Me

BBC One | 2018 | 6'54''

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Caring for sick children before the NHS | Matron, Medicine and Me

BBC One | 2017 | 4'40''

Lucy speaks to Historian Tanya Macintosh about how children were treated before the NHS.

Introduction of legislation on FGM | BBC News

BBC News | 2014 | 1'24''

Legislation is introduced in 2014 in an effort to stop Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by allowing the courts to prosecute pare...

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BBC Two | 2018 | 59'05''

The pressure on Marlwood School increases when Ofsted announces an inspection in two days.

Britain's Child Health Crisis | Panorama

BBC One | 2024 | 28'41''

Rahil Sheikh tries to discover what's causing Britain's child health crisis and what can be done to fix it. Keir Starmer has promise...

Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad

BBC One | 2017 | 57'47''

Documentary following Rio Ferdinand a year after losing his wife to cancer as he tries to come to terms with the loss and its effects on him...

Episode 1 | Tough Young Teachers

BBC Three | 2014 | 56'28''

Charles faces a huge workload of 500 students a week to teach, some of whom have only just arrived in the country and cannot speak English.

Episode 5 | School

BBC Two | 2018 | 59'16''

Bad behaviour is undermining learning in the Castle School Education Trust. Will Roberts introduces a strict behaviour management system.

Episode 2 | School

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'37''

The head teacher of Marlwood School in Gloucestershire faces a perfect storm.

Episode 1 | Britain's Biggest Primary School

Channel 5 | 2015 | 44'59''

Brand new observational series about Gascoigne primary school which has more than 1,100 pupils. The school must try and settle a...

Episode 6 | School

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'31''

As GCSEs approach, Mangotsfield School targets disadvantaged, underachieving boys. An impending Ofsted inspection will scrutinise progress.

01: War in the Womb | Growing Babies

BBC Four | 2008 | 59'05''

Laverne Antrobus examines foetal-maternal conflict, an idea sometimes blamed for behavioural and psychological disorders such as Tourett...

Episode 1 | Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School

BBC Two | 2015 | 58'48''

Five teachers from China take over the education of 50 teenagers in a Hampshire school. Day one of the experiment prove...

Episode 1 | Too Tough to Teach

Channel 5 | 2014 | 45'22''

Brand new two-part documentary series about a school for boys with severe behavioural problems. In this episode, an alienated 12-year-old is m...

The Diversity of the contemporary family | The British Family

BBC Two | 2010 | 4'44''

Jaqueline Wilson and Kirsty Young discuss how the classic nuclear family has changed in contemporary culture.

Episode 4 | School

BBC Two | 2018 | 59'22''

This episode follows students with special needs as the future level of funding to support them in a mainstream school is debated.

Episode 3 | Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School

BBC Two | 2015 | 59'07''

It is exam week at Chinese School but, after recent discipline problems, the Chinese teachers are playing catch-up agai...

01: One of the Family | Protecting Our Foster Kids

BBC Two | 2015 | 59'43''

A candid look at the workings of a foster carer's home over the course of a year, which explores the complex nature of fos...

02: Ice Babies | A Child Against All Odds

BBC One | 2006 | 58'40''

Freezing embryos offers hope to people faced with being unable to have children of their own.

Children with complex medical needs | A Special School

BBC One | 2020 | 2'55''

The teachers speak about the children who have complex needs and how the school support all their different needs.

Attitudes towards misbehaving children | The British Family

BBC Two | 2010 | 5'49''

In the 1990s children and teenagers started to become feared, but if it was the fault of the children, the parent...

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BBC One North West | 2025 | 29'00''

After a nine-month-old baby dies at a Stockport nursery, an investigation into what can happen behind closed doors. Is enough being done to prote...

Episode 3 | Tough Young Teachers

BBC Three | 2014 | 56'46''

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BBC Two | 2023 | 58'49''

Gregg Wallace visits a factory that churns out 1.4 billion Jaffa Cakes a year, while Cherry Healey is in the city responsible for gr...

01: 7 Bone | The Restaurant Man

BBC Two | 2014 | 58'51''

Restaurateur Russell Norman helps newcomers to the trade. Rich and Matt start up an edgy burger restaurant in Southampton. London restaurateu...

S08E04: Stuffed Pasta | Inside the Factory

BBC Two | 2024 | 59'02''

Gregg Wallace visits a food factory in Hertfordshire that produces 500 million parcels of stuffed pasta every year.

Episode 1 | Teen Canteen

BBC Two | 2013 | 58'53''

Documentary series following the 6th years of Linlithgow Academy, who have the opportunity to use their school kitchen to set up a takeaway food bus...

The Supersizers Go...1: Wartime | The Supersizers

BBC Two | 2008 | 59'00''

Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and comedian Sue Perkins grab their ration books for one week and chomp their way ...

Chef v Science: The Ultimate Kitchen Challenge

BBC Four | 2016 | 1'29'29''

Materialist scientist Professor Mark Miodownik challenges two-Michelin-star chef Marcus Wareing to the ultimate cookery compet...

Calf's Head and Coffee: The Golden Age of English Food

BBC Four | 2012 | 57'58''

Stefan Gates discovers the cradle of contemporary English cuisine. The film argues that the current renaissance of Bri...

The Supersizers Eat...4: The French Revolution | The Supersizers

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'59''

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. They don wigs and corsets to go ba...

The Supersizers Eat...2: Medieval | The Supersizers

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'58''

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. This time, they go back to medieval England to ...

The Supersizers Eat...1: The Eighties | The Supersizers

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'59''

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. They enjoy an 80s dinner party with guests ...

The Supersizers Eat...5: The Twenties | The Supersizers

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'56''

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins discover the culinary delights of the bright young things in the 1920s, with social engag...

The Supersizers Go...6: Regency | The Supersizers

BBC Two | 2008 | 58'57''

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins indulge the Regency diet of 1789-1821. During their week they try boars head and salmon poached...

The Supersizers Go...4: Seventies | The Supersizers

BBC Two | 2008 | 58'50''

Giles Coren and Sue Perkins, having spent a week going back to the food of the 1970s, discover whether their diet has bee...

Food Service Management | Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2000 | 1'27''

A quick run-down of how a catering business works.

Hand reared Scottish meat | Teen Canteen

BBC Two | 2013 | 5'22''

The teens visit a farm-to-table Perthshire hotel where the meat is reared on-site. They learn about the reality of slaughtering anim...

Organisation in running a business | Teen Canteen

BBC Two | 2013 | 5'26''

The teens are shown how an organised business works in the form of a successful Mexican restaurant in Glasgow.

Ecole Lenôtre | Patisserie with Michel Roux Jr

BBC Four | 2013 | 3'11''

Michel Roux visits the Ecole Lenôtre in Paris where all the great pastry chefs train.

Episode 3 | Teen Canteen

BBC Two | 2013 | 59'00''

In this episode, it's time for the Teen Canteen to open its doors and begin trading, but they face some local competition.

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BBC Two | 2013 | 59'01''

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01: Fish and Chips | The Best of British Takeaways

BBC Two | 2017 | 57'58''

Tom Kerridge and Cherry Healey celebrate our favourite takeaways. Tom learns what makes the best fish and chips and Cherry...

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Tourism and the Truth: Thailand | Stacey Dooley

BBC Three | 2011 | 57'03''

Stacey Dooley explores the darker side of tourism in Thailand, working as a chambermaid and discovering the sacrifices some h...

Dubai Sustainability | The Travel Show

BBC News | 2019 | 22'27''

The team are in Dubai to find out how they are working hard to make holidays more sustainable. They meet the turtles who have become t...

Honeypot tourism | The One Show

BBC One | 2025 | 4'06''

Glenfinnan is overun with tourism for its stunning viaduct that features in Harry Potter.

01: 7 Bone | The Restaurant Man

BBC Two | 2014 | 58'51''

Restaurateur Russell Norman helps newcomers to the trade. Rich and Matt start up an edgy burger restaurant in Southampton. London restaurateu...

The Great British Staycation? | Panorama

BBC One | 2021 | 28'57''

As the hospitality industry tries to make up for the financial losses of the last 18 months, Mobeen Azhar explores the truth about o...

S01E03: Iceland | Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

Channel 4 | 2015 | 21'55''

Richard takes actor Jessica Hynes on a whirlwind weekend away to the stunning scenery of Iceland, for waterfalls, glaciers, geys...

Episode 1 | A Very British Airline

BBC Two | 2014 | 59'02''

Series going behind the scenes at British Airways. Featuring a look behind the airline's 'millionaire's door' at Heathrow, and the tough t...

Take Me To Titanic: Part 1 | The Travel Show

BBC News | 2023 | 22'42''

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03: Salt Bar | The Restaurant Man

BBC Two | 2014 | 59'14''

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Costa Rica: Guarding the Green Revolution | The Travel Show

BBC News | 2023 | 23'12''

Qasa Alom explores Costa Rica, considered the birthplace of eco-tourism. How does the country maintain the balanc...

Best of Italy | The Travel Show

BBC News | 2023 | 23'12''

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Sustainable tourism in Dubai | The Travel Show

BBC World News | 2020 | 5'18''

Ade Adepitan explores Sustainable City, an almost completely self-sufficient suburb that uses solar and grows its own food.

The all-inclusive effect on Caribbean trade | The Travel Show

BBC News | 2014 | 5'48''

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Episode 3 | A Very British Airline

BBC Two | 2014 | 59'06''

Operations manager Kevin McKenzie reveals how BA manages the challenges of operating out of the world's most congested airport.

06: The Nook on the Square | The Restaurant Man

BBC Two | 2014 | 59'17''

Restaurateur Russell Norman helps newcomers to the trade. Russell helps two sisters from Rugby who can't cook and have no pro...

02: The Bell Inn | The Restaurant Man

BBC Two | 2014 | 59'11''

Successful restaurateur Russell Norman offers advice to newcomers to the trade. Dave and Debbie are sinking all their savings into a vi...

03: Standing Room Only | The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track

BBC HD | 2013 | 57'17''

Series going behind the scenes of the rail network. When a train cuts through some vital signalling cables, th...

Episode 2 | A Very British Airline

BBC Two | 2014 | 59'04''

Featuring a look at the most glamorous and profitable route in BA's long-haul network, London to New York.

Take Me To Titanic: Part 2 | The Travel Show

BBC News | 2023 | 22'41''

In a ground-breaking expedition, a group of paying adventurers travel to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, with the aim of explo...

02: Roads | World's Most Extreme

Channel 4 | 2014 | 47'12''

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BBC Two | 2018 | 58'46''

Following workers across London as they race to build an enormous supersewer. The first episode follows the creation of the fi...

Concorde: A Supersonic Story

BBC Four | 2017 | 59'05''

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

Episode 2 | The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'51''

Following workers across London as they race to build an enormous supersewer. The first episode follows the creation of the fi...

17: Joining: Fastening | Engineering Craft Studies

BBC One | 1973 | 19'59''

This week looks at Joining and fastening.

12: Using Electricity | Engineering Craft Studies

BBC One | 1974 | 19'41''

A look at how electricity is used in engineering.

10: Cutting Tools | Engineering Craft Studies

BBC One | 1974 | 19'46''

Cutting tools, a closer look.

05: Railways | World's Most Extreme

Channel 4 | 2014 | 46'55''

From awesome engineering to extreme environments and thrill-seeking train-surfers and from the high-tech to the home-made, these are the ...

02: Roads | World's Most Extreme

Channel 4 | 2014 | 47'12''

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06: Runways | World's Most Extreme

Channel 4 | 2022 | 46'56''

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Sewage and water treatment | Inside the Factory

BBC Two | 2020 | 4'56''

Cherry Healey visits a sewage system in Brighton, and explores how our waste is processed and purified.

Introduction to materials science | The Secret Story of Stuff: Materials of the Modern Age

BBC Four | 2018 | 2'10''

Designer Zoe Laughlin explores the materials that shape the world around us.

Stabilising a derelict building | Restoration Home

BBC Two | 2013 | 2'47''

Builders begin to resolve the structural problems in Rock Farm by putting reinforced steel stitching rods into the crumbli...

Introduction to ceramics | How It Works

BBC Four | 2012 | 1'06''

Mark Miodownik introduces the multiple everyday uses of ceramics.

The Secret Story of Stuff: Materials of the Modern Age

BBC Four | 2018 | 59'03''

Designer and engineer Zoe Laughlin explores the world of material science, uncovering the innovations in manufacturing...

The Last Concorde

BBC One | 1979 | 29'38''

For the workers at Filton it's the end of the Concorde era. Two of these plane workers, Alan Radford and Wally Williams, tell what it's been like working o...

Episode 3 | The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer

BBC Two | 2018 | 59'03''

Following workers across London over three years as they race to build an enormous supersewer on time and on budget. In this e...

20: Process of Engineering Production | Engineering Craft Studies

BBC One | 1974 | 19'56''

This week's programme looks at the process of engineering production.

15: Keeping In Place | Engineering Craft Studies

BBC One | 1973 | 19'45''

Engineering series for schools and colleges narrated by Paul Barnes.

05: Properties And Grain Structures | Engineering Craft Studies

BBC One | 1973 | 19'04''

This week's programme looks at the properties inherent in the grain structure of metals.

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BBC One | 1973 | 18'53''

Engineering series for schools and colleges narrated by Paul Barnes.

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03: Laying the Foundations | Building the Olympic Dream

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'23''

With nine billion pounds to spend on creating an Olympic Park, London 2012's bosses face some big challenges.

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BBC Two | 2009 | 58'24''

The ambition and scale of the project is huge. Resistance to the plans comes from unexpected quarters.

Muhammad Ali | Icons

BBC Two | 2019 | 12'54''

Muhammad Ali's talent and charisma secured the love of his fans, but his attitudes towards race, religion and America's role in the Vietnam War all chal...

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BBC Four | 2020 | 56'31''

Documentary about Jesse Dufton and his attempt to take on the challenge of becoming the first blind person to lead a climb of the Old Man of Hoy, in Orkney, S...

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BBC One | 2022 | 58'16''

Freddie Flintoff is determined to prove that anyone can play cricket, whatever their background. He starts training a group of li...

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BBC Two | 2019 | 59'03''

Clare will be assessing the legacies of Pele, Muhammad Ali, Billie Jean King and Tanni Grey Thompson. Each of them transcended their sport, and had an imp...

Catch Me If You Can | Panorama

BBC News | 2015 | 59'29''

Mark Daly investigates serious allegations of doping in athletics, involving some of the biggest stars in the sport.

Blood, Sweat and Cheer

BBC Three | 2023 | 44'29''

Can Team Wales win against cheerleading superstars Team USA? After months of training, this squad of disabled and non-disabled athletes have one chanc...

13/07/1993 | Run the Risk

BBC One | 1993 | 24'28''

Fast moving, very messy children's game show, with big prizes for the winners. First shown during ''Going Live'' on 10/10/92.

S01E02 | Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams

BBC One | 2022 | 58'14''

Freddie is on the hunt for a cricket club for his unlikely team to call home, and a surprising new addition to the side gives the...

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BBC News | 2022 | 5'14''

As Qatar gears up to host the first ever World Cup to be staged in the Middle East, Rajan Datar questions the thousands of mig...

One Night in 2012 | imagine...

BBC One | 2016 | 1'38'37''

Alan Yentob tells the story of London's Olympic Opening Ceremony as seen through the eyes of its artistic director Danny Boyle and his creativ...

Chess club | The One Show

BBC One | 2023 | 3'35''

A feature on the 3Cs Chess Club in Oldham where the benefits of chess are explored and the game is booming among school children.

06/07/1993 | Run the Risk

BBC One | 1993 | 24'09''

Game show first transmitted on ''Going Live''. Presented by Peter Simon and Shane Richie.

29/06/1993 | Run the Risk

BBC One | 1993 | 24'28''

First in a series of the game show first transmitted on ''Going Live''. Presented by Peter Simon and Shane Richie.

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BBC One | 2014 | 58'32''

Lord Sugar asks the candidates to design a brand new board game, then sell it to shops across London. With the pressure on, one candidate...

Tanni Grey-Thompson | Icons

BBC Two | 2019 | 12'39''

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Billie Jean King | Icons

BBC Two | 2019 | 12'19''

Billie Jean King is tennis' greatest talents, and also a tireless campaigner for equality. She fought for prize-money parity, was instrumental in th...

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BBC Two | 2019 | 12'38''

Pele was far more than just the greatest footballer of all time, he showed the world that anyone, from any background, could become the world's most renowned sp...

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War Horse (2011)

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It is 1914, and struggling Devon farmer Ted Narracott buys a remarkable but unsuitable horse at auction. His son Albert names him Joey and, under pressure f...

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Soviet animation of the famous tragedy, with the voices of Alec McCowen, Brian Cox, Zoe Wanamaker, Clive Merrison, Patrick ...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E04: Romeo and Juliet

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Private Peaceful (2012)

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Wartime drama adapted from the Michael Morpurgo novel. Brothers Charlie and Tommo Peaceful grow up in poverty without their father in a quiet Devon v...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E02: The Tempest

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The Tempest presented in puppet animation with text abridged by Leon Garfield; with the voices of Martin Jarvis, Timoth...

Holes (2003)

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Family adventure with Sigourney Weaver. A boy is sent to Camp Green Lake after being accused of stealing. Once there, he must dig holes in the desert for a myst...

CBeebies Presents | The Tempest

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A magic island, a stormy shipwreck and a royal mystery in CBeebies The Tempest!

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S02E04: Julius Caesar

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This animated version of 'Julius Caesar' unfolds a compelling story of personal power versus the good of the state. J...

CBeebies Presents | A Midsummer Night's Dream

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (2021)

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

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Four young war evacuees are transported to the magical land of Narnia, where they join the noble lion A...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E06: Twelfth Night

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Duke Orsino falls in love with the Countess Olivia, who is in mourning for a dead brother and has vowed to shut herse...

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Education programme: Ricky Boleto and Leah Gooding go in search of William Shakespeare. They find out about Shakespeare's early life in Stratford-upon-...

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Look and Read | Spywatch

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Mary, Queen of Scots' legal troubles were really something to sing and shout about!

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London, 1665: during the long, hot summer, tens of thousands died of a dreadful disease. The Barnwell family are one of many to suffer.

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Flashflood experience | Fierce Earth

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Zoe meets a woman who survived a flash flood in Boscastle, Cornwall.

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The team explain what a hurricane is and why most of the start in the Atlantic ocean.

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Leo dispenses some tips to follow in case your caught in a Tsunami.

Tsunami survival story | Fierce Earth

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Mike learns how the Netherlands deals with the constant threat of flooding due to most of the country being below sea level.

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Zoe explains how too much rainfall can lead to flooding.

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CBeebies | 2007 | 14'19''

When Emma from the Yorkshire Dales asks Nina to find out where stars go during the day, she needs help from Luke, the sight neuron, to f...

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CBeebies | 2007 | 14'12''

Claire from Glasgow asks Nina to help her find out how many different colours there are. Painting a rainbow is a good way to start.

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CBeebies | 2007 | 14'18''

Nina helps a family who can't hear their alarm and so keep oversleeping.

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A grey parrot was able to recite the correct address where its owner lived.

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Bethan wants to open her birthday presents but isn't allowed to yet.

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CBeebies | 2007 | 14'02''

John from Paisley can't believe how much salt his Uncle Bobby puts in his soup.

S05E03: Charles Dickens - Miserable (Song) | Horrible Histories

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Charles Dickens on life, novels and inspiration from his experiences in the Victorian Era.

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Charles Darwin explains his theory of evolution via song, oh, and there's a dancing gorilla!

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CBBC | 2017 | 4'15''

Knowles and McCork ask the impossible question 'How many plants are there in the world?'

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CBBC | 2014 | 4'30''

Knowles and McCork ask, what is the deepest part of the ocean?

S01E24: Echoes | Nina and the Neurons

CBeebies | 2007 | 14'24''

Emma wants to know why some places have echoes.

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CBeebies | 2007 | 14'26''

Nina helps Harry find out which sense tells us most about the food we eat.

S01E21: Staying Cool | Nina and the Neurons

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S01E19: Making Music | Nina and the Neurons

CBeebies | 2007 | 14'09''

Joel wants to make music, so Nina helps him find household objects that he can use as instruments.

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CBeebies | 2007 | 14'15''

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The agents are reporting that certain objects that should be "in" things are actually "out".

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