Ethical Issues

Abortion On Trial

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 ...

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

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

Young, British and Anti-Abortion

Film-maker Poppy Jay meets the Gen Zers leading anti-abortion campaigns. Online, on campuses and on the streets, she finds a movement growin...

Anti-Abortion Camp | Brainwashing Stacey

Stacey Dooley travels to California to meet Survivors, one of America's most extreme anti-abortion groups, to learn about their acti...

24 week limit | Abortion On Trial

A discussion of the UK's 24 week limit on having an abortion.

Abortion: The Choice

Five women talk candidly about their own experience in this landmark documentary. An uncompromising, timely and honest look at modern abortion.

Different perspectives on abortion | Matters of Life and Death

Representatives from different religions discuss their opinions about abortion.

Should men have a say? | Abortion On Trial

A discussion about if men should have any legal say about whether a woman can have an abortion or not.

The Abortion Act | Abortion On Trial

Anne Robinson talks to a woman who fought for the legalisation of abortion in the sixties.

Episode 1 | Three Families

Under the strict abortion law in force in Northern Ireland in 2013, a mother faces prison for helping her teenage daughter.

The Fight For Women's Bodies

Investigative journalist Ellie Flynn follows the story of Ireland's landmark vote to legalise abortion.

A Woman's Fight To Choose

The story of thirty years of abortion (1967-97), through the experiences of three generations of one family.

The Edelin Affair | Horizon

A dramatized reconstruction of the trial of Dr. Kenneth Edelin, who was arrested in 1973 after performing an abortion and charged with manslaught...

Episode 2 | Three Families

Determined to change the law, Hannah throws herself into campaigning. Theresa challenges her prosecution, and a third family faces a terrible choice.

Arguments in favour of abortion | Matters of Life and Death

Arguments In favour of abortion.

Disability and abortion | Abortion On Trial

A discussion about disability and abortion.

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

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

06: Should We Close Our Zoos? | Horizon

Liz Bonnin investigates how and why zoos keep animals and looks at whether they need to change to keep up with modern science.

What Makes a Human? | Horizon

Professor Alice Roberts investigates what exactly makes human beings different from the animal kingdom. What is it that truly makes us human?

Selective breeding | Countryfile

For thousands of years we have been selectively breeding farm animals to make them more and more productive. But in recent years there has b...

Animal Rights | A-Z of Belief

Chrissie Hynde, Kevin Godley, and Linda Davidson share why they have joined the campaign for animal rights. Jane Harris, a member of the Animal...

Chimps Are People Too | Horizon

Danny Wallace presents a documentary which makes the case that chimpanzees, who share 99 per cent of our DNA, should be given the same rights...

Arguments for animal testing | Matters of Life and Death

A man with Cystic Fibrosis explains why animal testing is crucial to his life.

Arguments against animal testing | Matters of Life and Death

Arguments against animal testing.

Different perspectives on animal testing | Matters of Life and Death

Representatives from different religions discuss their opinions on animal testing.

S01E01: Execution | Life and Death Row

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...

How to Kill a Human Being | Horizon

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

Arguments for capital punishment | Matters of Life and Death

Arguments in favour of the use of capital punishment for murder.

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

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

Arguments against capital punishment | Matters of Life and Death

A man who was wrongly convicted of murder provides arguments against the use of the death penalty.

Different perspectives on capital punishment | Matters of Life and Death

Representatives from different religions discuss their opinions on capital punishment.

S04E02: Cop Killer | Life and Death Row

The sentencing trial of former marine Patrick McDowell for the murder of deputy sheriff Joshua Moyers and the impact on those in the ...

S04E01: True Conviction | Life and Death Row

Charting the final days approaching the scheduled execution of Ivan Cantu. Convicted in 2001 for a double murder in Dallas, he h...

The Mass Execution: 01 | Life and Death Row

On death row, one man maintains his innocence, his family hoping he will be spared. In another case, a victim's daughter fights t...

Special: In Cold Blood | Life and Death Row

A former US Marine, seven days from execution, meets the son he fathered on the run, giving him a will to live. His murder victim...

S01E03: Crisis Stage | Life and Death Row

Film following students from the Death Penalty Clinic at the University of Houston as they fight last-ditch appeals for two of the ...

S04E03: Murder on the Ranch | Life and Death Row

After 20 years on death row, convicted murderer Ramiro Gonzales is scheduled for execution in June 2024. While one family ho...

The Mass Execution: 04 | Life and Death Row

A student murdered by a teen gang is a focus at the last execution day. And there is an extraordinary act of compassion from one ...

The Mass Execution: 03 | Life and Death Row

Two men both admitting to brutal attacks on women, with victims including an 11-year-old girl, are the next in line to be execute...

The Mass Execution: 02 | Life and Death Row

DNA evidence might prove the innocence of one man. State prosecutors are determined to ensure justice for victims of a man they s...

S01E02: Judgement | Life and Death Row

Following the trial of Guy Heinze Jr, with access to jury members charged with reaching a verdict on allegations that he beat his fath...

Rosie Jones: Am I a R*tard?

In this unflinching and highly personal documentary, comedian Rosie Jones explores how prevalent disability trolling is in the UK, and why it's o...

Targeted: The Truth about Disability Hate Crime

A film about the routine aggression and abuse faced by disabled people in today's Britain, from verbal name-calling to violen...

Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson | Fern Britton Meets...

Britain's most decorated Paralympian, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, looks back on a golden sporting career, discusses her cu...

Campaigning for disability rights | Fern Britton Meets...

Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson talks about her campaigning on disability rights in the House of Lords.

Public attitudes to disability | Fern Britton Meets...

Tanni Grey-Thompson discusses how the 2012 Paralympics changed public attitudes to disability and the progress that st...

Downs Syndrome | Matters of Life and Death

Arguments against abortion, in relation to disability.

A World Without Down's Syndrome?

Documentary about Down's syndrome and the ethics of pregnancy screening, exploring the thinking around the proposed new screening test and i...

03: The Secret of Sex | How to Build a Human

The precise mechanics of human sexual reproduction are revealed,using new technology to produce previously unseen images.

01: Creation | How to Build a Human

Scientists are now at the pivotal moment of being able to unlock the instructions hidden in the cells of humans.

The Gene Revolution: Changing Human Nature | Storyville

The biggest tech revolution of the 21st century isn't digital, it's biological. What will CRISPR mean for human evolu...

02: Ice Babies | A Child Against All Odds

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

Playing God | Horizon

Adam Rutherford meets the spider-goat, created by scientists and the product of a new field of research - synthetic biology.

04: Living Forever | How to Build a Human

The solution to ageing may be in sight with the discovery that a vital gas is the chief culprit, while a drug claims to double life...

02: Predictor | How to Build a Human

A look at the veracity of scientists' claims that they are on the verge of being able to predict our futures by analysing our genes and ...

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

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

Different perspectives on Euthanasia | Matters of Life and Death

Representatives from different religions discuss their opinions about euthanasia.

Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die

Author Sir Terry Pratchett - an Alzheimer's sufferer - travels to the Dignitas Clinic in Switzerland and witnesses first-hand the procedures...

Arguments against Euthanasia | Matters of Life and Death

A nurse explains why she is against euthanasia.

Arguments for Euthanasia | Matters of Life and Death

A man explains his reasons for wanting access to euthanasia.

A Short Stay in Switzerland

One-off drama inspired by the true story of Dr Anne Turner, who in 2006 took her own life in a Zurich clinic having developed an incurable degene...

Let Our Dad Die | Dispatches

Seven years ago Tony Nicklinson had a catastrophic stroke, which left him utterly paralysed. He can only communicate via a computer controlled b...

How to Die: Simon's Choice

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...

Better Off Dead?

A documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr.

Episode 1 | Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

Miriam Margolyes is on a mission to confront her fear of aging and death. Miriam checks into a dementia care home, to see what getti...

My Right to Die

As Canada debates whether it's ready to allow the mentally ill to apply for assisted dying, the BBC follows one man fighting for his right to die.

Euthanasia | Worlds of Belief

Schools religious education program for 14-18 year olds. Today's theme is Euthanasia which includes a dramatic reconstruction of real events, i...

02: Choosing Death | Louis Theroux: Altered States

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

Episode 2 | Miriam's Dead Good Adventure

In the concluding episode of this compelling documentary series, inimitable actress Miriam wants to know if we can ever be ready to ...

Assisted Dying: The Final Choice

A look at the patients in Canada and California legally choosing assisted dying, including both those undergoing the procedure and those who...

Loss of dignity | Better Off Dead?

Liz and her disabled activist friends discuss how the idea of assisted dying reflects on them as people in society.

Palliative care doctor | Better Off Dead?

A palliative care doctor talks about her worries of making assisted dying legal.

Do not resuscitate (DNR) | Better Off Dead?

Liz speaks to Baroness Jane Campbell, who had a 'Do Not Resuscitate' order placed on her for a routine illness without consent.

Lord Falconer on assisted dying law | Better Off Dead?

Liz meets a Lord who has consistently campaigned for assisted dying, and makes his case for helping people with termin...

My body, my choice | Better Off Dead?

Sunday Times columnist Melanie Reid, a disabled ex-horse-jumper, campaigns for the opposite of Liz and is adamant that its her human ri...

The Most Hated Family in America | Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux struggles to come to terms with the infamous Phelps family from Topeka, Kansas, who picket countrywide as a pr...

America's Most Hated Family in Crisis | Louis Theroux

Following up on his 2007 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a ...

Surviving America's Most Hated Family | Louis Theroux

Louis Theroux returns to visit the controversial Westboro Baptist Church, investigating what effect the death of its fo...

Germany's New Nazis | Panorama

Panorama has spent six months in Freital, a small town in Germany, to explore increased levels of far-right extremism in the country.

America's Hate Preachers

Hannah Livingston spends six months tracking two of America's most radical Christian hate groups - a pastor from Arizona and a network of preachers ...

Transplant

Documentary which reveals the extraordinary reality of organ donation, from the very beginning of the transplant surgeries through to the recovery of the recipien...

Is it OK to have a child to save another? | Matters of Life and Death

When Ami's young son Jivan was diagnosed with Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, a rare immune deficiency diseas...

Different perspectives on saviour siblings | Matters of Life and Death

Representatives from different religions discuss their opinions on saviour siblings.

Arguments against saviour siblings | Matters of Life and Death

Personal arguments against saviour siblings.

My New Heart | My Life

The story of a 12-year-old boy waiting for a heart donor.

Arguments for saviour siblings | Matters of Life and Death

A family discuss their choice to have a saviour sibling to save the life of their son.

David Harewood on Blackface

David Harewood goes on a mission to understand the roots of the strange and intensely problematic cultural form of minstrelsy.

Anthony

From writer Jimmy McGovern, the story of Anthony Walker, a black teenager murdered in a racist attack in Merseyside in 2005, and how his life could have been.

Monumental: Bristol after Colston

Will the toppling of the statue of a slave trader in Bristol change the lives of black people in the city? Musician, activist and Bristolia...

03: Music | Do Black Lives Still Matter?

The music industry pledged millions in support of people of colour. But will the money help to fix its own problems with diversity? ...

Statue Wars: One Summer in Bristol

Follows Bristol’s mayor, Marvin Rees, as he and the city respond to the extraordinary events which followed the toppling of the Colston St...

Will Britain Ever Have a Black Prime Minister?

British TV and movie star David Harewood investigates the obstacles facing black Britons in rising to positions of power and i...

Dom a Lloyd: Cymru Heddiw | Hansh

Musicians Dom and Lloyd explore the reality of being a black Welshman in 2023.

02: Football | Do Black Lives Still Matter?

George Floyd's death drew attention to problems with diversity in football. Grime artist Saskilla meets people from across the ga...

01: Brands | Do Black Lives Still Matter?

Following the death of George Floyd, major brands pledged to address racial inequalities across their businesses. Grime artist Sask...

Gee Walker | Woman's Hour

It is five years since the murder of black teenager, Anthony Walker. At the time of his death, people were in awe of his mother, Gee Walker, who, i...

Test of Time: Forgiveness | Belief File

Joe Seremane, a black South African MP imprisoned on Robben Island, talks about apartheid and the need for forgiveness.

Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate | Panorama

With days to go before the kick-off of the Euro 2012 championships, Panorama reveals evidence of racist violence and anti-semitism at ...

Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

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

Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

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

Vegan | Hayley Goes...

Hayley looks at the rise in veganism. As she attempts to adopt a plant-based lifestyle for two weeks, she'll explore what it takes to get her beloved ...

Animal feed production | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin explores the impact that animal feed production is having on insect biodiversity.

Pig farming and water pollution | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin investigates the polluting impact of pig manure from factory farms.

Cattle feedyard | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin visits a cattle feedyard, a mass factory farm, that contains about 50,000 cows.

Vegetarianism | Belief File

Schools religious education program for 14-18 year olds. Hindu vegetarian Dhiren Shah loves his girlfriend Maya, but her meat eating habits are c...

Sustainable meat production | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin discusses the importance of understanding the process behind the meat we eat (warning: this clip conta...

Kids with Guns | Stacey Dooley Investigates

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

When is it right to go to war? | Matters of Life and Death

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

Stacey on the Frontline: Girls, Guns and Isis | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley embeds herself on the frontline with the extraordinary all-female Yazidi battalion, who are fuell...

Face to Face with Isis | Stacey Dooley

One year on from her first visit, Stacey Dooley returns to Iraq to seek justice for the young women whose lives have been changed fore...

Is it right to go to war? | VE Day 80

Ruth Klauber, a mechanic fro aeroplanes during the war, discusses; is it right to go to war? Part of the curriculum on War and Conflict...