Sociology

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?

I'm In Here For A Reason | Kids Behind Bars

Series set in Vinney Green secure unit for children follows three of the youngest boys, who started getting into trouble when the...

My Scientology Movie (2015)

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

Reggie Yates: Teen Gangs

TV presenter and Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates explores the culture of fear, anger and violence which drives the dangerous world of teenage gangs.

Mods and Rockers Rebooted

We take a fresh look at the bank holiday clashes of 1964 to separate fact from fiction as we bring the mods and rockers of the time back to those s...

Aylesbury Prison: Episode 1 | The Choir

Gareth Malone faces a challenge which will test him like no other - to form a choir in one of the toughest prisons for young offender...

Episode 1 | Prejudice And Pride: The People's History Of LGBTQ Britain

Ordinary people share the objects that have helped define their lives since homosexuality was decrimin...

Episode 1 | Street Gangs

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

Feral Children | Mindshock

The film examines the phenomenon of feral children, brought up by animals, and isolated from all human contact. What are they like in adulthood an...

S14E06: Spicing Up Britain: How Eating Out Went Exotic | Timeshift

How postwar Britain went from a place where eating out was more of a chore than a pleasure to a nation of ...

The TikTok Effect

What connects amateur sleuths turning up at crime scenes, antisocial behaviour in UK schools and French riots? This film finds evidence they are all exampl...

The Consequences of Poor Socialisation | Kids Behind Bars

Children and young people living in a secure residential unit. Explores issues such as poor socialisation, formal a...

Sexuality And Stereotypes | Mobeen Azhar

How true is my sexuality to the stereotype?

Baptism | Life and Death the Pentecostal Way

Hannah and Jordan are baptised in the Pentecostal Church.

S16E04: Booze, Beans and Bhajis: The Story of the Corner Shop | Timeshift

Babita Sharma explores the growing and shifting fortunes of the British corner shop to discover why...

17/11/2005 | Race

Two programmes looking at racism and immigration. Changing Attitudes looks at the racisms that are at the forefront of race today, including Islamophobia, ...

Preparing for Baptism | Life and Death the Pentecostal Way

Hannah and Jordan discuss their choices to be Baptised into the Pentecostal Church.

Episode 2 | Street Gangs

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

Fast Track Brits

Documentary exploring what it means to be British. Britishness is put under the microscope in this unique social experiment testing the best method to integ...

Education Reform Act 1944 | Middle Classes...Their Rise And Sprawl

1944 Education Act secondary education for all, selective tripartite system. Cultural capital. Cultural bi...

My Scientology Movie (2015)

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

Christian Marriage And Christian Cohabitation | All Things Considered

Church marriages are in decline. So why does anybody still get married in church? Roy Jenkins looks at ...

The Secrets Of Scientology | Panorama

A Panorama special about the Church of Scientology. Reporter John Sweeney returns to his investigation, listening to the claims of a wh...

S02E02: Hamar | Tribe

Documentary series with explorer Bruce Parry. He continues his three-month expedition through a remote African valley, staying with a tribe whose young...

Divorce | All Things Considered

As divorce centres open across the UK designed to simplify the ending of marriages, Roy Jenkins looks at how divorce is understood by those f...

The Cult Next Door

The extraordinary story of a strange cult, which came to light in 2013 when news broke about three women emerging from a small flat in south London after ...

Baptism | Life and Death the Pentecostal Way

Hannah and Jordan are baptised in the Pentecostal Church.

A Very British Cult

Catrin Nye investigates a life-coaching company that takes over your life. As the story hots up, the group fights back, and there’s a surreal final showd...

17/11/2005 | Race

Two programmes looking at racism and immigration. Changing Attitudes looks at the racisms that are at the forefront of race today, including Islamophobia, ...

Preparing for Baptism | Life and Death the Pentecostal Way

Hannah and Jordan discuss their choices to be Baptised into the Pentecostal Church.

Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle: 1 | Storyville

Why did Jim Jones, a charismatic American preacher and leader of the People's Temple, compel his members in 1978 to perform '...

Moonlight (2016)

A coming-of-age drama that presents the childhood, adolescence and early adult life of Chiron, born to a drug-addicted single mother in Miami and facing dif...

Secrets Of An Isis Smartphone

With extraordinary access to a smartphone used by three British men who went to fight in Syria, Mobeen Azhar uncovers what made them join ISIS ...

Episode 1 | How Facebook Changed the World: The Arab Spring

The story of how the Arab world erupted in revolution. Mishal Husain charts events in Tunisia and Egypt, meets le...

Globalisation and Religion | Soul of Britain

The transformation of the modern world and how it has affected our religious beliefs.

Russia: 1: Far Right & Proud | Reggie Yates' Extreme

In the first of three programmes revealing the extreme side of Russia, Reggie Yates visits Moscow to get up close and pe...

03: The Assassin and the Algorithm | AI Confidential with Hannah Fry

Investigating the hidden link between murder suspect Luigi Mangione and the controversial use of AI algo...

My Brother the Terrorist

Film-maker Robb Leech attempts to understand his stepbrother's journey from middle-class white boy to a Muslim man convicted of preparing terrorism ...

EDL Girls: Don't Call Me Racist

Documentary exploring the lives of three women within the English Defence League's ranks - a committed 'EDL Angel' as female members are know...

02: Life After God | Soul of Britain

Michael Buerk asks if science has reduced religious belief to outdated superstition. Featuring Richard Dawkins, Jonathan Sacks, and Clai...

Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

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

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

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

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...

I'm In Here For A Reason | Kids Behind Bars

Series set in Vinney Green secure unit for children follows three of the youngest boys, who started getting into trouble when the...

S02E01: Execution | Life and Death Row

The story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. Daniel Lopez is resisting all app...

01: The Loss of Joy | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The first episode focuses on the run-up to Steph...

Locked up with the Lifers | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley investigates one of the most radical women's prisons in America. She follows eight murderers who are coming to terms ...

Reggie Yates: Teen Gangs

TV presenter and Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates explores the culture of fear, anger and violence which drives the dangerous world of teenage gangs.

Can Criminals Say Sorry?

Former EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella explores the use of restorative justice in Britain today and finds out what happens when offenders and their ...

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 ...

S02E03: Truth | Life and Death Row

Two teenagers give different accounts of the murder with which they are charged.

S04E04: My Child the Rioter | Wonderland

Documentary going to the heart of families at the frontline of Britain's recent riots. In August 2011 parents across the country wok...

Aylesbury Prison: Episode 1 | The Choir

Gareth Malone faces a challenge which will test him like no other - to form a choir in one of the toughest prisons for young offender...

Manchester Bomb: Our Story

Documentary about the 2017 Manchester terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert, following three girls in the months since the attack, and hear...

The Stephen Lawrence Story

The story of the Stephen Lawrence trial from the perspective of his family.

01: Justice | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In

Darren McGarvey sets out to explore the UK's justice system through the eyes of the people who live and work in it.

S02E04: Forgiveness | Life and Death Row

T.T. Trottie is preparing himself to lose another parent. His father killed his mother 21 years ago and will be executed a week from...

01: DNA | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

The story of the hunt to find the killer of two teenage girls in 1980s Leicestershire which led to an extrao...

The Drug Wars That Killed Olivia | Panorama

Reporter Bronagh Munro investigates how Liverpool came to dominate the UK drug market and how organised crime brought death to Ol...

02: The System | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Doreen and Neville Lawrence launch a private murder p...

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

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

Super Rich: The Greed Game

As the credit crunch bites and a global economic crisis threatens, Robert Peston reveals how the super-rich have made their fortunes, and the rest...

The Rise of the Super Rich | Super Rich: The Greed Game

The making of the super rich in the early 2000s through private equity firms and hedge funds.

The Global Financial Crisis | Super Rich: The Greed Game

The world's economy brought into crisis as a result of loans to 'sub-prime borrowers'.

05: I'm On The Pavement Thinking About The Government | Almost Grown

This episode looks at the teenager as a force for political change, including black consciousness, femin...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for School

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

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

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

Episode 1 | Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

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

Episode 2 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the interwar years. They learn bizarre new languages, test th...

Episode 6 | Back in Time for School

The class embrace the new world of the 1980s. With robots, early computers and synths, the kids get to grips with Britain's new high-tech...

Episode 3 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the 40s and 50s - deportment, debate and even dancing are on ...

Episode 1 | No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim takes over a year 3 class to see if, after a term of gender-neutral treatment, he can e...

Episode 4 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. In the swinging 60s, the class experience bricklaying, typing, cooking and eve...

04: Children | The British Family

Kirsty Young looks at how children have come to dominate family life in the last decade and reveals just how far we have come from the 'see...

Episode 1 | Tough Young Teachers

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 1 | Don't Exclude Me

With school exclusions at their highest in a decade, behavioural expert Marie Gentles visits Milton Hall Primary School in Southend to help the ...

Episode 1 | School

Documentary series following pupils, teachers, parents and school leaders across an academic year. Budget cuts and student anxiety are amongst the challen...

Happy Families? | Are We Having Fun Yet?

Series looking at changing Britain examines how childhood and families have transformed over the last decade. But from the scramble ...

Episode 2 | Tough Young Teachers

The honeymoon period is over and the teachers quickly have to work out a way to keep the kids engaged so their behaviour doesn't go downhill.

Episode 2 | Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

Following a student who finds it hard to focus and an extremely bright student who clashes with the school authorities.

Living with the Brainy Bunch

Two struggling GCSE students move in with two of the highest achievers in their year. Can this change in home environment and parental influence...

Episode 3 | Tough Young Teachers

After two months, the end of their first term approaches and it is becoming clear that some are progressing more quickly than others.

Episode 5 | Back in Time for School

The class enters the experimental 1970s. They rewrite the rule book and learn weird and wonderful lessons as the free spirit of the era c...

Unequal Opportunities With John Humphrys

John Humphrys examines the reasons behind the stark educational attainment gap between advantaged and disadvantaged pupils, which ha...

The Primary

The Primary captures a term in the life of Welford Primary School, a thriving school with pupils from 17 different ethnic backgrounds. The film follows headmaste...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for School

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

Marcus Rashford: Feeding Britain's Children

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

I'm In Here For A Reason | Kids Behind Bars

Series set in Vinney Green secure unit for children follows three of the youngest boys, who started getting into trouble when the...

01: Marriage | The British Family

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...

Trad Wife | Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

Stacey investigates the growing community of 'tradwives' - women who have rejected career ambitions in favour of becoming the archetypa...

Poor Kids

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...

01: The 50s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up their 21st-century technology and travels back in time. As they enter the 50s, it's goodbye to the flat-screen T...

Episode 2 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the interwar years. They learn bizarre new languages, test th...

Feral Children | Mindshock

The film examines the phenomenon of feral children, brought up by animals, and isolated from all human contact. What are they like in adulthood an...

Episode 6 | Back in Time for School

The class embrace the new world of the 1980s. With robots, early computers and synths, the kids get to grips with Britain's new high-tech...

Episode 3 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the 40s and 50s - deportment, debate and even dancing are on ...

Episode 4 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. In the swinging 60s, the class experience bricklaying, typing, cooking and eve...

Christian Marriage And Christian Cohabitation | All Things Considered

Church marriages are in decline. So why does anybody still get married in church? Roy Jenkins looks at ...

04: Children | The British Family

Kirsty Young looks at how children have come to dominate family life in the last decade and reveals just how far we have come from the 'see...

S01E01: Identity Crisis | Darren McGarvey's Class Wars

As Darren examines how social class shapes our identities and destinies, he meets people moving between the classes on...

04: The 80s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up its 21st-century technology and travels back in time. The family embrace the 80s, where TV and shopping dominate...

02: The 60s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up their 21st-century technology and travels back in time. As they enter the 60s, there's more fun to be had - a tr...

Happy Families? | Are We Having Fun Yet?

Series looking at changing Britain examines how childhood and families have transformed over the last decade. But from the scramble ...

The Consequences of Poor Socialisation | Kids Behind Bars

Children and young people living in a secure residential unit. Explores issues such as poor socialisation, formal a...

03: Health | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In

Darren uncovers the heroic efforts of an NHS workforce battling rising patient numbers and an ageing population.

South Africa: 1: The White Slums | Reggie Yates' Extreme

In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week in South Africa's largest white squatter camp, Coronation Park. Are young white So...

Educating North Korea | Panorama

Reporter Chris Rogers travels to North Korea, where a university paid for by the west is attempting to open the minds of the secretive state...

Julian Assange: Risk

The story of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, as the legal jeopardy he faces threatens to undermine the organisation he leads and fracture the ...

Extinction Rebellion: Last Chance to Save the World?

A huge new global protest movement is changing public attitudes to climate change. Reporter Ben Zand gains access to the...

Episode 1 | My Year with the Tribe

Writer Will Millard visits the treehouse-dwelling Korowai tribe in Papua, Indonesia, to try and understand the pressures they face as they...

S01E04: Ugandan Asians | A Very British History

Food writer Meera Sodha tells the story of the 1972 refugee crisis when thousands of Asian people arrived in Britain after be...

S01E01: Romany Gypsies | A Very British History

Writer Damian Le Bas explores how Gypsy people in the 1960s were forced to abandon their nomadic way of life for a more settl...

Communism | A-Z of Belief

Six young people in a warehouse in Belfast pose many questions about communism to Mary Browning. Simon Booth also shares his ideas on the subject.

S01E04: Head for the Hills | Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

In Idaho, Louis meets right-wing patriots and militia enthusiasts who are preparing for what they believe is inev...

Battle For Islam

Writer Ziauddin Sardar takes an epic journey to discover how Muslims in five different countries are trying to win back the soul of Islam from extremists.

Episode 2 | My Year with the Tribe

Will Millard returns to the treehouse-dwelling Korowai to spend time with two old men living in the forest, but is shocked by what he sees...

Episode 3 | My Year with the Tribe

Will returns to Korowai to try and find August and his family, but relations break down and he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous ...

Poisoned City: Bhopal | Real Lives

A look at the aftermath of the gas leak at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal which resulted in the death of 2,500 people.

Community Networks: Connecting the unconnected | Digital Planet

The digital divide in tribal lands in north America, digital deras connecting farmers in rural Pakistan and o...

Moshin Hamid | HARDtalk

Globalisation is a trend based on movement - of money, goods, ideas and people - across continents and national borders. In a world of glaring inequa...

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer

Film following the life of an extraordinary woman, a trailblazer who revolutionised modern nursing and reformed healthcare at home and ...

03: Health | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In

Darren uncovers the heroic efforts of an NHS workforce battling rising patient numbers and an ageing population.

David Harewood: Psychosis and Me

David Harewood had a psychotic breakdown and was sectioned in his 20s. David traces his steps, meeting young people living with psychosis an...

Sexuality And Stereotypes | Mobeen Azhar

How true is my sexuality to the stereotype?

01: Dundee - Drug Death Capital | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In 2018 Dundee was the drug death capital of Europe - Darren McGarvey goes behind the headlines to find out why....

Gay to Straight | Stacey Dooley

19-year-old TJ's aim is to marry the girl of his dreams - the only snag is that he's gay. So TJ has turned to 'gay conversion therapy' to try...

Migration and schizophrenia | Horizon

Explanation of the theory that migration is the main cause of the observed racial bias in the diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Racial bias of diagnosing schizophrenia | Black Britain

Explanation of potential factors that lead to the racial differences seen in the diagnosis of schizophrenia

Charlotte Church: Inside My Brain

Charlotte Church embarks on a journey to explore the cutting edge of mental health research and learn more about the relationship between o...

01: Anxiety | Bedlam

The first programme, Anxiety, follow patients through the 18-bed Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit at Bethlem Royal Hospital. This national unit treats...

S01E05: The Morning After | 24 Hours in Police Custody

A private carer is arrested for assaulting the elderly man he is paid a carer's allowance to look after, in his house,...

UK: 3: Dying for a Six Pack | Reggie Yates' Extreme

Reggie investigates the extreme ways in which male body culture is impacting on young British guys - from extreme exercis...

Conspiracy Files: Vaccine Wars

As vaccine-sceptics are blamed by many for surging measles, what do they really believe? Is their fight even about science? And who is spreadi...

02: Crisis | Bedlam

Cameras are allowed in Lambeth Hospital Triage ward for the first time. This is the Accident and Emergency of mental health—where patients are at their m...

05: Borders - Rural Poverty and Mental Health | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren discovers that levels of ill mental health in the Scottish Borders are above the national a...

01: Green Space | Operation People Power with Dave Myers

Dave tasks his team with turning a run-down space in Bristol into a magnificent community garden. Using an army of l...

Tax the Fat | Panorama

With Britain now the fattest nation in Europe, reporter Shelley Jofre investigates the idea of a tax on junk food, travelling to Denmark where it has ...

Living without a Memory

Debbie, Sally and George are three people who didn't lose their memories gradually, theirs were stolen by illness, almost overnight. This one-off doc...

Are You Having A Laugh? TV And Disability

A humorous and irreverent look at the way disability has been portrayed on TV over the last 50 years, narrated by David Walliams an...

Alesha: Look But Don't Touch

Documentary in which Alesha Dixon, concerned about the increasing pressure on women to conform to an ideal body type, investigates airbrushing a...

Episode 1 | Prejudice And Pride: The People's History Of LGBTQ Britain

Ordinary people share the objects that have helped define their lives since homosexuality was decrimin...

The TikTok Effect

What connects amateur sleuths turning up at crime scenes, antisocial behaviour in UK schools and French riots? This film finds evidence they are all exampl...

Beyond Human: Artificial Intelligence and Us | Panorama

Reporter Lara Lewington speaks to some of the so-called 'godfathers' of AI about their hopes and fears, and she meets...

Sexuality And Stereotypes | Mobeen Azhar

How true is my sexuality to the stereotype?

Episode 2 | Prejudice And Pride: The People's History Of LGBTQ Britain

Ordinary people share the objects that have helped define their lives since homosexuality was decrimin...

I Am Andrew Tate

The explosive story of one of the world's most infamous and controversial internet stars' rise, arrest and fall.

Episode 1, 19/02/1985 | Eastenders

In the first visit to Albert Square, the fate of missing resident Reg Cox is revealed to Den, Arthur and Ali when they break into his flat...

Kitty Clive

A comedy about the celebrated 18th century comedienne, Kitty Clive.

The Riots That Shocked the Country | Panorama

Darragh MacIntyre reports from some of the towns and cities most affected by the recent riots in the UK and asks what can be do...

Does class still exist, and is social mobility possible? | Prescott: The Class System And Me

Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott explores whether class still exists a...

UK: 3: Dying for a Six Pack | Reggie Yates' Extreme

Reggie investigates the extreme ways in which male body culture is impacting on young British guys - from extreme exercis...

Mods And Rockers | Witness History

How clashes between youth gangs at the English resort of Brighton sparked moral panic in 1964.

03: Morality | Soul of Britain

Michael Buerk examines where we look for our moral standards and the consequences of an "anything goes" society.

The Hip Hop Generation | Imagine...

Hip-hop has become a global youth culture. But why does the voice of young black America resonate equally with British teenagers from cit...

Internet Influencers And Generation Gaps | Start The Week

Olivia Yallop, Sarah Ogilvie and Bobby Duffy discuss generational divides and the power of the internet influencers...

You're Not Going Out Like That | Ready To Wear

Documentary series which explores the history of Britain through changes and developments in fashion. This programme looks at ...

Scandalous: Phone Hacking On Trial

Candid and exclusive testimony from Sienna Miller, Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan, Heather Mills and others on claims of unlawful information ga...

Peter York's Hipster Handbook

Social commentator Peter York speaks to crafts people and expert commentators as he seeks to understand what he sees as the modern obsession wi...

Meet You at the Hippos

Mark Bonnar returns to the Scottish new towns in which he grew up to explore the street sculpture made by artists such as his dad.

Hair Power: Me and My Afro

A taboo-busting look at how Afro-textured hair shapes Black experience in modern Britain, as writer Emma Dabiri talks to men and women about their...

S08E02: How to Be a Good President | Timeshift

Helped by contributors including Shirley Williams, Douglas Hurd and Simon Hoggart, journalist Jonathan Freedland attempts to d...

Is Westminster dominated by a privileged elite? | Posh And Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain

Exploration of issues of social class and education. Whether a public s...

Are Grammar Schools the Right Approach? | Posh And Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain

This clip explores grammar schools and whether they help level the playing fiel...

Private Vs Comprehensive | Posh And Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain

Since the decline of grammar schools a comparison is made of how comprehensive schools and pri...

The Art of Habit | Archive On 4

Author and journalist Lynsey Hanley tells the story of the rise of sociology, which explored the hidden patterns of our everyday lives and of...

Posh And Posher: Why Public School Boys Run Britain

In this provocative documentary, Andrew Neil seeks to find out why politicians from all parties appear to be drawn from a...

Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

Parle Patel, a young British Hindu and popular YouTuber, explores the influence of caste on Hindu communities in the UK.

The End of God?: A Horizon Guide to Science and Religion

Thomas Dixon delves into the BBC's archive to explore the troubled relationship between religion and science, from t...

The Shamima Begum Story

At 15, Shamima Begum left London to join the terror group Islamic State. For the first time, her account of what happened is investigated to find the...

Antisemitism: Why British Jews Are Afraid | Panorama

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

The Caste System | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

Parle Patel explores whether the caste system is still important to Hindus in Britain today.

Part 2 - The Future of Christianity in Britain | The Battle for Christianity

How Christianity is responding to changing social attitudes in society, particularly in relation...

Part 1 - The Future of Christianity in Britain | The Battle for Christianity

Immigration and the impact on Christian churches.

Social Christianity | The Battle for Christianity

In Bolton, Christian organisations help their local community by running a food bank.

02: Life After God | Soul of Britain

Michael Buerk asks if science has reduced religious belief to outdated superstition. Featuring Richard Dawkins, Jonathan Sacks, and Clai...

Garba | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

Parle Patel learns about how Garba dancers are trying to break down caste barriers.

Daltis | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

Parle Patel meets a young British Hindu who faced discrimination as a result of his caste.

Secrets of Britain's Sharia Councils | Panorama

Panorama reporter Jane Corbin goes undercover to investigate what is really happening in Britain's Sharia Councils - Islamic ...

Caste Discrimination | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

Parle Patel meets campaigners trying to outlaw caste-based discrimination in the UK.

Marriage | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

Parle Patel discovers how the caste system affects dating and marriage for Hindus around the world.

Jemima Khan And The Part-Time Wife

Jemima Khan investigates the practice of polygamy in the UK today. Why are some Muslim women opting to become part-time wives, and is it a...

America: Faith on the Front Line

On the eve of the midterm elections, Barbara Plett Usher explores the impact of a new battle for the soul of America, driven by conservative...

S01E04: Ugandan Asians | A Very British History

Food writer Meera Sodha tells the story of the 1972 refugee crisis when thousands of Asian people arrived in Britain after be...

S01E03: The Jews of Leeds | A Very British History

Film-maker Simon Glass explores his family history and tells the story of the Yorkshire Jews in the early 20th century.

South Africa: 3: The Millionaire Preacher | Reggie Yates' Extreme

In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week with Prophet Mboro, a controversial self-styled prophet, who is adored by...

S02E03: Are We Getting More Racist? | Free Speech

Live from Sunderland, a panel of politicians and local activists discuss racism and Islamophobia in Britain in the light of...

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

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

Marcus Rashford: Feeding Britain's Children

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

Green Book (2018)

New York, 1962: Italian-American nightclub bouncer Tony Lip gets taken on as a driver for acclaimed African American pianist Donald Shirley on a tour of th...

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

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

The Black American Fight for Freedom

Fifty years on from the promise of equality and the Civil Rights Act, this documentary reveals the moments where America had the chance ...

S01E01: Identity Crisis | Darren McGarvey's Class Wars

As Darren examines how social class shapes our identities and destinies, he meets people moving between the classes on...

How to Break into the Elite

Amol Rajan investigates how much class still matters in Britain's elite professions. What does it take for bright working-class youngsters to bre...

Episode 1 | Don't Exclude Me

With school exclusions at their highest in a decade, behavioural expert Marie Gentles visits Milton Hall Primary School in Southend to help the ...

George Floyd: A Killing That Shook the World | Panorama

Thousands of people have joined marches against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Clive Myrie ...

South Africa: 1: The White Slums | Reggie Yates' Extreme

In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week in South Africa's largest white squatter camp, Coronation Park. Are young white So...

Happy Families? | Are We Having Fun Yet?

Series looking at changing Britain examines how childhood and families have transformed over the last decade. But from the scramble ...

02: Edinburgh - Crime | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

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

03: Health | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In

Darren uncovers the heroic efforts of an NHS workforce battling rising patient numbers and an ageing population.

Trainspotting (1996)

Smart, funny, sickly, and sometimes just plain unconscious, Mark Renton is a hero of our times. Set in an underbelly of Edinburgh the city fathers never...

The Cult Next Door

The extraordinary story of a strange cult, which came to light in 2013 when news broke about three women emerging from a small flat in south London after ...

Episode 2 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

Amol Rajan looks at solutions to Britain's class inequality problem. How can employers and policy makers ensure a level playing fi...

Episode 1 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

How can working class students break through the barriers to landing Britain's elite jobs? Amol Rajan investigates the tips and tr...

17/11/2005 | Race

Two programmes looking at racism and immigration. Changing Attitudes looks at the racisms that are at the forefront of race today, including Islamophobia, ...

Moonlight (2016)

A coming-of-age drama that presents the childhood, adolescence and early adult life of Chiron, born to a drug-addicted single mother in Miami and facing dif...

Episode 1 | The Super-Rich and Us

Jacques Peretti investigates how the super-rich are transforming Britain. He looks at why the wealthy were drawn to Britain and meets the s...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for School

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

Marcus Rashford: Feeding Britain's Children

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

I'm In Here For A Reason | Kids Behind Bars

Series set in Vinney Green secure unit for children follows three of the youngest boys, who started getting into trouble when the...

Trad Wife | Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

Stacey investigates the growing community of 'tradwives' - women who have rejected career ambitions in favour of becoming the archetypa...

Poor Kids

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...

01: The 50s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up their 21st-century technology and travels back in time. As they enter the 50s, it's goodbye to the flat-screen T...

Episode 2 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the interwar years. They learn bizarre new languages, test th...

Episode 6 | Back in Time for School

The class embrace the new world of the 1980s. With robots, early computers and synths, the kids get to grips with Britain's new high-tech...

Episode 3 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the 40s and 50s - deportment, debate and even dancing are on ...

S08E01: The Divide of the Sexes | Child of Our Time

Now eight, the kids are struggling to make sense of gender roles. In the home they see their parents striving for equalit...

Episode 1 | No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim takes over a year 3 class to see if, after a term of gender-neutral treatment, he can e...

Episode 4 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. In the swinging 60s, the class experience bricklaying, typing, cooking and eve...

S01E01: Identity Crisis | Darren McGarvey's Class Wars

As Darren examines how social class shapes our identities and destinies, he meets people moving between the classes on...

How to Break into the Elite

Amol Rajan investigates how much class still matters in Britain's elite professions. What does it take for bright working-class youngsters to bre...

How Scotland Cut Violent Crime | Panorama

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

Episode 1 | Don't Exclude Me

With school exclusions at their highest in a decade, behavioural expert Marie Gentles visits Milton Hall Primary School in Southend to help the ...

04: The 80s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up its 21st-century technology and travels back in time. The family embrace the 80s, where TV and shopping dominate...

02: The 60s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up their 21st-century technology and travels back in time. As they enter the 60s, there's more fun to be had - a tr...

South Africa: 1: The White Slums | Reggie Yates' Extreme

In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week in South Africa's largest white squatter camp, Coronation Park. Are young white So...

Happy Families? | Are We Having Fun Yet?

Series looking at changing Britain examines how childhood and families have transformed over the last decade. But from the scramble ...

Russia: 1: Far Right & Proud | Reggie Yates' Extreme

In the first of three programmes revealing the extreme side of Russia, Reggie Yates visits Moscow to get up close and pe...

Episode 1 | Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution

Two young MPs, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, are determined to modernise the Labour party against a backdrop of economic ...

02: From the Date to the Debates | Yes/No: Inside the Indyref

Exploring the Indyref campaign from the announcement of the date to the key battles over currency, NHS funding,...

01: Lyndon Johnson's War | Wheeler on America

A look back at the classic series Wheeler on America from 1996. Charles Wheeler traces changes in US society since the liberal ...

America: Faith on the Front Line

On the eve of the midterm elections, Barbara Plett Usher explores the impact of a new battle for the soul of America, driven by conservative...

Freedom To Hate? | Heart of the Matter

Joan Bakewell reports on the power of the BNP in Britain and asks if the right to democracy also includes the right to be racist. Foll...

Episode 5 | Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution

After New Labour’s third victory, tensions between No 10 and No 11 are at breaking point. Brown finally becomes Prime Mi...

Episode 4 | Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution

After the tragedy of 9/11, Tony Blair stands beside America in the war against terror. The fallout of his decisions mark...

Episode 2 | Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution

After New Labour’s landslide victory, Blair and Brown enjoy early successes at home and overseas - but cracks start to a...

Episode 3 | Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution

A rocky midterm period highlights ideological differences within the New Labour leadership. After a second election win,...

03: Down to the Wire | Yes/No: Inside the Indyref

How two polls, one public and one secret, suggested Scotland would vote for independence and the panic that changed the fin...

01: The Fight for a Question | Yes/No: Inside the Indyref

The inside story of the early days of the 2014 Scottish referendum campaign from the SNP's victory in 2007 to the f...

04: Only Connect | The Other Side

When researching the UK labour movement at the turn of the twentieth century, Graham discovers the pioneering socialist and gay rights camp...

S01E04: Head for the Hills | Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

In Idaho, Louis meets right-wing patriots and militia enthusiasts who are preparing for what they believe is inev...

02: A Great Society? | Wheeler on America

Charles Wheeler charts origins & decline of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programme, looking at how it changed the lives of poor p...

Moshin Hamid | HARDtalk

Globalisation is a trend based on movement - of money, goods, ideas and people - across continents and national borders. In a world of glaring inequa...

Made in Dagenham (2010)

Comedy drama charting the fight of female factory workers at the Ford Dagenham plant for equal pay. In 1968, one determined factory worker leads her ...

Trad Wife | Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

Stacey investigates the growing community of 'tradwives' - women who have rejected career ambitions in favour of becoming the archetypa...

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer

Film following the life of an extraordinary woman, a trailblazer who revolutionised modern nursing and reformed healthcare at home and ...

01: Libbers | Women

A documentary series about feminism and its impact on women's lives. This first episode charts the rise of the women's liberation movement in the 1970s.

The Women's Liberation Movement - Part 1 | Women

How the rise of the women's liberation movement involved consciousness raising, where women came to share their experiences ...

The Transgender Debate | Womanhood

A discussion about what it means to be transgender and the debate over women only spaces.

EDL Girls: Don't Call Me Racist

Documentary exploring the lives of three women within the English Defence League's ranks - a committed 'EDL Angel' as female members are know...

The Women's Liberation Movement - Part 2 | Women

The organisation of society along sexist lines. Anne Oakley's research into socialisation and definitions of sex and gender.

Kitty Clive

A comedy about the celebrated 18th century comedienne, Kitty Clive.

Why Can't a Woman Earn As Much As a Man? | The Trouble with Working Women

Sophie Raworth and Justin Rowlatt ask why, several decades after the Equal Pay Act, there is still ...

Cosmetic Surgery and Body Image | Womanhood

An exploration of the objectification of women and how women view their appearance and how this has changed over time.

British Family Life in the 1980s - Part 2 | The British Family

Describes the increase in single parent families.

British Family Life in the 1980s - Part 1 | The British Family

Describes the impact of money and wealth on women's place in the family. Working women and a rise in single pa...

03: Activists | Women

Vanessa Engle's film looks at a small group of passionate and committed young activists, who believe that the need for feminist politics is now more ur...

02: Mothers | Women

Vanessa Engle looks at the consequences of feminism for mothers and whether it has had an impact on gender roles in the family and the division of labour...

Nature vs nurture | Bang Goes The Theory

Liz Bonnin takes on the nature versus nurture debate with a troop of monkeys.

Communism | A-Z of Belief

Six young people in a warehouse in Belfast pose many questions about communism to Mary Browning. Simon Booth also shares his ideas on the subject.

S01E04: Head for the Hills | Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

In Idaho, Louis meets right-wing patriots and militia enthusiasts who are preparing for what they believe is inev...

Womanhood

Six female celebrities spanning different age ranges, backgrounds and experiences come together in Leeds to tackle some of the most hotly contested issues facing w...

The Trouble With Women with Anne Robinson

Anne Robinson meets women from across the UK to find out what is still preventing them from achieving equality and what they are do...

Marcus Rashford: Feeding Britain's Children

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

Made in Dagenham (2010)

Comedy drama charting the fight of female factory workers at the Ford Dagenham plant for equal pay. In 1968, one determined factory worker leads her ...

Poor Kids

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...

01: Justice | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In

Darren McGarvey sets out to explore the UK's justice system through the eyes of the people who live and work in it.

S01E01: Identity Crisis | Darren McGarvey's Class Wars

As Darren examines how social class shapes our identities and destinies, he meets people moving between the classes on...

How to Break into the Elite

Amol Rajan investigates how much class still matters in Britain's elite professions. What does it take for bright working-class youngsters to bre...

02: Edinburgh - Crime | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

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

Episode 2 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

Amol Rajan looks at solutions to Britain's class inequality problem. How can employers and policy makers ensure a level playing fi...

Cathy Come Home | The Wednesday Play

Landmark 1960s TV play about a young couple and their children who are cruelly overtaken by events which lead them into an unrelenting t...

Episode 1 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

How can working class students break through the barriers to landing Britain's elite jobs? Amol Rajan investigates the tips and tr...

01: Dundee - Drug Death Capital | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In 2018 Dundee was the drug death capital of Europe - Darren McGarvey goes behind the headlines to find out why....

02: Suffer the Little Children | Ian Hislop's Age of the Do-Gooders

Ian Hislop celebrates the dynamic and eccentric Victorian reformers who brought about the most remarkable...

01: Britain's Moral Makeover | Ian Hislop's Age of the Do-Gooders

Ian Hislop salutes the unsung heroes of Victorian Britain who improved cities, housing and working conditio...

The Town That Thread Built

Documentary telling the story of J & P Coats, initially a cotton mill opened in Paisley in 1826 that went on to become one of the world's three bi...

Episode 1 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

20 volunteers test their skills against some of the jobs in Britain's low-wage sector. In this episode, th...

Episode 1 | How the Other Half Live

The show features a wealthy family providing 'sponsorship' for a family living in poverty in the UK.

No Place to Call Home | Newsround Specials

With record numbers of families living in temporary accommodation, Newsround reporter Shanequa Paris investigates how children are...

The Old Oak (2023)

A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community in County Durham struggles to hold on to his pub and keep it as the one remaining public space pe...

Britain's Lowest Paid Jobs - Part 3 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

20 volunteers take part in an experiment to test their skills against some of th...

Super Rich: The Greed Game

As the credit crunch bites and a global economic crisis threatens, Robert Peston reveals how the super-rich have made their fortunes, and the rest...

My Scientology Movie (2015)

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

Christian Marriage And Christian Cohabitation | All Things Considered

Church marriages are in decline. So why does anybody still get married in church? Roy Jenkins looks at ...

S02E02: Hamar | Tribe

Documentary series with explorer Bruce Parry. He continues his three-month expedition through a remote African valley, staying with a tribe whose young...

Divorce | All Things Considered

As divorce centres open across the UK designed to simplify the ending of marriages, Roy Jenkins looks at how divorce is understood by those f...

Baptism | Life and Death the Pentecostal Way

Hannah and Jordan are baptised in the Pentecostal Church.

Preparing for Baptism | Life and Death the Pentecostal Way

Hannah and Jordan discuss their choices to be Baptised into the Pentecostal Church.

Secrets Of An Isis Smartphone

With extraordinary access to a smartphone used by three British men who went to fight in Syria, Mobeen Azhar uncovers what made them join ISIS ...

Episode 1 | How Facebook Changed the World: The Arab Spring

The story of how the Arab world erupted in revolution. Mishal Husain charts events in Tunisia and Egypt, meets le...

My Brother the Terrorist

Film-maker Robb Leech attempts to understand his stepbrother's journey from middle-class white boy to a Muslim man convicted of preparing terrorism ...

S02E02: British Bangladeshis | A Very British History

Dr Aminul Hoque tells the story of the thousands of Bangladeshi families who settled in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s.

Can Ethics Survive The Death Of Religion? | Moral Maze

Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.

The Morality Of Multiculturalism | Moral Maze

The morality of multiculturalism. Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.

Think Of England | First Sight

Billy Bragg presents program which examines the multicultural evolution of London society since the end of the Second World War, and looks at ...

S01E02: The First Black Brummies | A Very British History

Poet Sue Brown looks at what life was like in the postwar years for Birmingham's Caribbean community as they asked ...

America: Faith on the Front Line

On the eve of the midterm elections, Barbara Plett Usher explores the impact of a new battle for the soul of America, driven by conservative...

Episode 2 | How Facebook Changed the World: The Arab Spring

Mishal Husain meets those who spread the revolt to Libya and Bahrain, and those who are still fighting the Syrian...

Episode 1 | Black Is The New Black

Episode one explores both arriving and growing up in Britain through intimate interviews with prominent black Britons.

Episode 2 | Black Is The New Black

Our cast of extraordinary black Britons talk about school days, 'playing the game' and negotiating the working world.

S01E04: Ugandan Asians | A Very British History

Food writer Meera Sodha tells the story of the 1972 refugee crisis when thousands of Asian people arrived in Britain after be...

S01E03: The Jews of Leeds | A Very British History

Film-maker Simon Glass explores his family history and tells the story of the Yorkshire Jews in the early 20th century.

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

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

Episode 1 | Back in Time for School

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

01: The Loss of Joy | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The first episode focuses on the run-up to Steph...

Reggie Yates: Teen Gangs

TV presenter and Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates explores the culture of fear, anger and violence which drives the dangerous world of teenage gangs.

01: The 50s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up their 21st-century technology and travels back in time. As they enter the 50s, it's goodbye to the flat-screen T...

Aylesbury Prison: Episode 1 | The Choir

Gareth Malone faces a challenge which will test him like no other - to form a choir in one of the toughest prisons for young offender...

Episode 2 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the interwar years. They learn bizarre new languages, test th...

Episode 1 | Prejudice And Pride: The People's History Of LGBTQ Britain

Ordinary people share the objects that have helped define their lives since homosexuality was decrimin...

Episode 1 | Street Gangs

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

Episode 6 | Back in Time for School

The class embrace the new world of the 1980s. With robots, early computers and synths, the kids get to grips with Britain's new high-tech...

Episode 3 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the 40s and 50s - deportment, debate and even dancing are on ...

How to Break into the Elite

Amol Rajan investigates how much class still matters in Britain's elite professions. What does it take for bright working-class youngsters to bre...

Episode 4 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. In the swinging 60s, the class experience bricklaying, typing, cooking and eve...

02: The System | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Doreen and Neville Lawrence launch a private murder p...

Episode 1 | Don't Exclude Me

With school exclusions at their highest in a decade, behavioural expert Marie Gentles visits Milton Hall Primary School in Southend to help the ...

04: The 80s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up its 21st-century technology and travels back in time. The family embrace the 80s, where TV and shopping dominate...

02: The 60s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up their 21st-century technology and travels back in time. As they enter the 60s, there's more fun to be had - a tr...

The TikTok Effect

What connects amateur sleuths turning up at crime scenes, antisocial behaviour in UK schools and French riots? This film finds evidence they are all exampl...

05: The 90s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up its 21st-century technology and travels back in time. The family enter the 90s, where new technology arrives at ...

Episode 2 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

Amol Rajan looks at solutions to Britain's class inequality problem. How can employers and policy makers ensure a level playing fi...