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Antisemitism: Why British Jews Are Afraid | Panorama

Judith Moritz examines how abuse, intimidation and violence aimed at Jewish communities has become more widespread, leav...

Desertification | Newsnight

Featuring the wall of green land preventing desertification in sub-Saharan Africa.

OCD: A Monster in my Mind | Horizon

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

Coolies - How Britain Re-invented Slavery

A documentary revealing a form of slavery - Indian indentured labour - that continued well into the 20th century with the support o...

The Era of the Second World War: 05: Making Peace | History File

Looking at the drift from wartime alliance to Cold War hostility between the USSR and the Western powers. Ev...

Elton John and AI | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Sir Elton John described the government as ''absolute losers'' and said he feels ''incredibly betrayed'' over plans to exemp...

Home (2016)

Bafta Award-winning short film telling the story of millions of modern-day refugees - in reverse. A British family leave their home for what at first appears to ...

Darkest Hour (2017)

As the Nazis advance against Britain's European allies, newly elected prime minister Winston Churchill must decide whether to leave neighbouring countrie...

Oran na Mara (Song of the Sea) (2014)

Ben and Saoirse undertake an epic adventure. Trying to return home, they encounter many challenges and surprises. Ben and Saoirse set o...

01: Cutty Sark | Clydebuilt: The Ships That Made the Commonwealth

David Hayman travels to Australia to uncover the links Cutty Sark forged with this Commonwealth country, an...

Experience of living with Jim Crow | Rick Stein Tastes the Blues

Rick heres how some of his Blues heroes grew up under the Jim Crow laws and how they defined the genre itself.

01: How to Make a Million from Slavery | The Slavery Business

A wordy drama based on the life of British slave trader Henry Lascelles begins a season of programmes about sla...

The First Black Britons | Learning Zone

An exploration of the development of the black community in Britain. From the abolition of the slave trade to the West Indian regimen...

Tibetan sky burials | Human Planet

In the Himalayan state of Nepal we witness a rarely seen ceremony - a sky burial. In a land where there is little wood to burn for cremati...

Bangladesh: Flooding in Bangladesh | Primary Geography

Eils Hewitt explores how the inhabitants of Bangladesh have adapted their lives and homes to cope with the effects of ...

01: What Makes Tony Tick | Blair's Thousand Days

Michael Cockerell draws on extensive interviews with the PM and behind-the-scenes footage to analyse what drives Blair, and ...

Borrowdale Rainforest | Countryfile

Sean Fletcher explores the new 721-hectare Borrowdale Rainforest National Nature Reserve, meeting the team tasked with protecting this an...

S08E12: Roanoke | Horrible Histories

Queen Elizabeth I loses a colony.

The Story of John Snow | Moments of Genius

Clinical geneticist Professor John Burn follows in the footsteps of one of his great scientific heroes - Dr John Snow.

01: The Language of Science | Science and Islam

Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th...

01: Regime Change | The Iraq War

This episode investigates how the US and Britain became convinced that Saddam possessed WMDs.

Tidal power | Countryfile

Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury head for Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland to examine why strong tidal currents make it the perfect location for a...

My Alopecia and Me | And Me

The hair-loss condition alopecia areata affects more than 100,000 people in the UK. A new drug is now available to treat the condition on the NHS...

02: HMS Warrior | National Treasures

Dan Snow and Sian Williams celebrate the best in British history from the HMS Warrior in Portsmouth. They experience what life was like ...

Sir Gareth Southgate | The Richard Dimbleby Lecture

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

Flint (2020)

Documentary filmed over five years exploring the untold story of the man-made disaster that continues to haunt America. Narrated by Alec Baldwin.

01: Four Born Every Second | Why Poverty?

Documentary exploring the effects of contemporary poverty on children and infant mortality rates around the world, from the UK to A...

Too Much, Too Young: Children of the Middle Ages

Dr Stephen Baxter takes a fresh look at the Middle Ages through the eyes of children, and discovers how they played a vital ...

S01E01: Enter Gorbachev | The Second Russian Revolution

The story of how Mikhail Gorbachev became president of the Soviet Union. Victor Grishin talks about how Gorbachev bea...

Typhoon Haiyan: a year on | BBC News at One

Twelve months ago Typhoon Haiyan tore across the Philippines with its brutal winds and storm surges leaving more than 7,000 peopl...

Surviving The Typhoon | Newsround Specials

Newsround's Leah Gooding travels to the Philippines to see how children are coping following Typhoon Haiyan. Speaking to kids who ...

Patrick Kielty: One Hundred Years of Union

In its centenary year, Patrick Kielty discovers how the trauma of the past is shaping the future of Northern Ireland, and why some...

01: One of the Family | Protecting Our Foster Kids

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...

BP - In Deep Water | Panorama

Hilary Andersson examines the full consequences of the explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, asking what went wron...

God on Trial (2008)

In a block house in Auschwitz, a group of prisoners demand to know the nature of a God who can allow so much suffering. They attempt to settle their disp...

The Cuban Missile Crisis: 01: Defying Uncle Same | Timewatch

A two-part Timewatch Special that recalls the time, 30 years ago, when the world went to the brink of nuclear wa...