Sociology

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 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...

My Scientology Movie (2015)

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

Episode 3 | Street Gangs

Graeme explores the Wyndford Scheme in Maryhill and travels to Glencoe to meet a man who, like himself, managed to turn his life around and leave ga...

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...

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, ...

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...

Inside The Secret World Of Incels

A never-before-seen look at the incel community, an online subculture to which multiple mass murders and hate crimes against women have bee...

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

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

Gang Culture in Scotland - Part 2 | Street Gangs

An exploration of further reasons young people join gangs, attachment, sense of belonging, relative deprivation, social medi...

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...

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?

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.

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...

The Story Of Skinheads With Don Letts

Don Letts explores how the skinhead subculture has become associated with street fighting and racism, but had its origins in a moment o...

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...

Gang Culture in Scotland - Part 3 | Street Gangs

Community outreach programmes trying to support young people from gang life and crime. Challenges of life after prison.

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...

Baptism | Life and Death the Pentecostal Way

Hannah and Jordan are baptised in the Pentecostal Church.

Second Life | Wonderland

A short clip to show how people can now live in virtual worlds as well as the real world.

My Scientology Movie (2015)

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

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, ...

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 ...

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 '...

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...

Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle: 2 | Storyville

The Jonestown project quickly begins to implode. Jones’s excessive drug use, irrational behaviour and the isolation of his fo...

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...

01: The Birth of Modern Scotland | Scotland: The Promised Land

Documentary series examining the social and political changes that gave birth to modern-day Scotland.

Practices and Controversy | Panorama

A short clip highlighting some of the practices and controversy surrounding the Church of Scientology, with their followers including Ho...

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...

01: The Boy Who Tried to Kill the Queen | AI Confidential with Hannah Fry

Revealing the story of the British teenager whose AI girlfriend encouraged him to try to kill Queen...

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 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...

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 ...

Evangelism | Life and Death the Pentecostal Way

Members of the Evangelism team discuss their work.

01: Stupid but Saveable | Billy and Us

Billy Connolly opens up on his ideas about childhood and discusses some of his early, groundbreaking stand-up material.

02: Death by Driverless Car | AI Confidential with Hannah Fry

Examining two pivotal cases from the driverless car revolution, including the first death of a pedestrian. Who ...

Untold: The Secret World of Incels

Filmmaker Ben Zand investigates the dark world of incels. He uncovers shockingly violent content being shared online and meets a British m...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

04: Glasgow - Dying Young | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In Scotland's largest city, one in four men die younger than anywhere else in the UK - it is called the Glasgow effect...

Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

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

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...

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...

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...

The Riots 2011: One Week In August

This revelatory film hears from the people who experienced the riots up close and personal, reliving events ten years on.

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.

The Vanishing Woman: Part 2 | Murder Trial

Second part of the documentary about the trial that gripped a nation, As the trial continues, witnesses give dramatic testimony as...

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...

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...

Antisemitism: Why British Jews Are Afraid | Panorama

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

01: Safe Place | Jailed: Women in Prison

Wintergreen Hall at HMP & YOI Stirling houses women with complex mental health problems. Linda and April are two prisoners strugglin...

The Vanishing Woman: Part 1 | Murder Trial

Two-part documentary about the investigation and trial of two carers accused of murdering 35-year-old Margaret Fleming and claimin...

Inside The Secret World Of Incels

A never-before-seen look at the incel community, an online subculture to which multiple mass murders and hate crimes against women have bee...

S02E01: County Lines: Operation Hazel | Drugsland

The police have discovered that a large, drug-dealing network from London has taken over the local drugs market in Weston S...

Meet the Burglars | Panorama

Victims of burglary being offered opportunity to meet their burglars in a controversial scheme aimed at empowering victims and potentially cut l...

02: The Police | The Riots: In Their Own Words

The story of the riots of 2011, told through first-hand accounts from both the police on the frontline and in the control room...

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 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.

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...

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 Global Financial Crisis | Super Rich: The Greed Game

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

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 | 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 ...

Episode 4 | Tough Young Teachers

It is the start of a new year and a fresh term, but for Chloe's Year 11 class it is also the results of their mock exams and the news is bad.

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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 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 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...

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

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

01: The Choice | The Big School Lottery

A look at the often fraught process of selecting a child's secondary school. The series follows Birmingham Education Authority as it ...

The Impact of Educational Policy | Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

Debate about whether to expand grammar schools.

Unequal Opportunities With John Humphrys

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

Inside The School Cuts Crisis | Panorama

As schools reopen their doors this week, Panorama asks if we have reached a crisis point in education funding.

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 ...

S01E02: Home Sweet Home | Darren McGarvey's Class Wars

Darren examines how social class and where we live impacts our lives in ways that few realise, from our addictions to ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Inside The Secret World Of Incels

A never-before-seen look at the incel community, an online subculture to which multiple mass murders and hate crimes against women have bee...

06: Aberdeen - Poverty at Home | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren travels to oil-rich Aberdeen, where he discovers a city in flux. With the nation's highest number of food ...

03: The 70s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up its 21st-century technology and travels back in time. Rob and Steph share more time together, playing darts with...

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.

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 ...

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...

Trip Trap | Screen One

The Armstrong family - Ian, Kate and their two children - live in a comfortable country house. But the house conceals a terrible secret.

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 ...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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....

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer

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

06: Aberdeen - Poverty at Home | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren travels to oil-rich Aberdeen, where he discovers a city in flux. With the nation's highest number of food ...

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...

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.

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...

03: Psychosis | Bedlam

The third programme, Psychosis, films a community mental health team. South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides support for more than 35...

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...

Episode 1 | Dementia & Us

The first in a groundbreaking two-part series following four people with dementia and their families over the course of two whole years.

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,...

Racial bias of diagnosing schizophrenia | Black Britain

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

2019: Episode 29 | Gardeners' World

This special programme takes a close look at the role that plants and gardening play in mental and physical wellbeing, exploring the idea...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Mods And Rockers | Witness History

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

Beauty Myths and Airbrushing | Alesha: Look But Don't Touch

Why magazines airbrush women in their magazines to remove so-called flaws.

Moral Panic | Behind The Buzzwords

David Cannadine tells the story behind the buzzword Moral Panic. Where does it come from and where is it going?

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...

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...

03: Morality | Soul of Britain

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

04: Doowutchyalike | Almost Grown

With Bowie Freaks, Punks and New Romantic's, styles became more weird and changed frequently. This program looks at how cults form styles a...

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...

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...

Moral Panics - The Agony And The Ecstasy | The Learning Zone

This programme shows examples of how the media has responded to youth sub-cultures in the past and how, despite ...

Hacking: Power, Corruption and Lies | Panorama

Panorama Special in which Robert Peston investigates the questions behind the phone hacking trial which saw David Cameron's fo...

07: New Age | Soul of Britain

This episode examines whether the rise of New Age thinking has led to increased superstition and gullibility.

The Erosion of Diversity in the Fashion Industry | Your Body: Your Image

Explores whether the fashion and beauty industry is actually eroding cultural diversity as it is foc...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Antisemitism: Why British Jews Are Afraid | Panorama

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

Social Christianity | The Battle for Christianity

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

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

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

Christianity in the courts | The Battle for Christianity

Different views on the Ashers cake row where a bakery was taken to court for refusing to make a cake supporting gay ...

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.

Mega Churches | Reggie Yates' Extreme

The church of incredible happenings in Johannesburg in South Africa.

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...

Christianity and politics | The Battle for Christianity

Marksteen Adamson, a Christian photographer, uses his faith to inspire his political art, including a project on refu...

The Lord's Prayer advert ban | The Battle for Christianity

Professor Robert Beckford talks to the Archbishop of Canterbury about an ad showing the Lord's Prayer being banned...

Daltis | Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

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

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...

Believing In Belief | A Point Of View

John Gray argues that the scientific and rationalist attack on religion is misguided and atheist critics do not realise that religion i...

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 ...

Religion and LGBTQ education | The People's News

Different Scots consider the impasse of religion on education and the phenomenon of religious parents taking their children ...

Church planting | The Battle for Christianity

Could a new style of worship be the key to reversing the decline of the church in Britain?

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...

Black Messiah

A took at how African and African-Caribbean congregations are thriving while church attendance in Britain as a whole is in decline.

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 ...

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...

04: Glasgow - Dying Young | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In Scotland's largest city, one in four men die younger than anywhere else in the UK - it is called the Glasgow effect...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

Breadline Kids

Sobering documentary following families in Dumfries, Glenrothes, Glasgow and Aberdeen who are struggling to make ends meet.

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 ...

02: The Police | The Riots: In Their Own Words

The story of the riots of 2011, told through first-hand accounts from both the police on the frontline and in the control room...

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...

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 ...

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.

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...

S01E03: Power to the People | Darren McGarvey's Class Wars

As Darren examines the power imbalance which lies at the heart of social class, he begins to question whether the ...

Unequal Opportunities With John Humphrys

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

S01E01 | Skint

Documentary series that shows how people survive without work. Dean used to work at Scunthorpe's steelworks, but now he, his wife and their seven children exi...

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...

S01E02: Home Sweet Home | Darren McGarvey's Class Wars

Darren examines how social class and where we live impacts our lives in ways that few realise, from our addictions to ...

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...

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 ...

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...

04: Glasgow - Dying Young | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In Scotland's largest city, one in four men die younger than anywhere else in the UK - it is called the Glasgow effect...

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...

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...

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....

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, ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

06: Aberdeen - Poverty at Home | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren travels to oil-rich Aberdeen, where he discovers a city in flux. With the nation's highest number of food ...

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...

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

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

03: The 70s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up its 21st-century technology and travels back in time. Rob and Steph share more time together, playing darts with...

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.

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 ...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Nature vs nurture | Bang Goes The Theory

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

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...

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...

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.

03: West Dunbartonshire - Worst Place to Be a Woman | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

West Dunbartonshire is the worst place in Scotland to be a woman, yet the bordering council ...

03: Money | The British Family

Kirsty Young explores the impact of money on British families. She charts the 1980s and 1990s when our pursuit of cash and career had a deep e...

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...

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 ...

Grenfell

Documentary filmed throughout the year following the Grenfell Tower fire, hearing from those directly affected by the most devastating tower block fire in British h...

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...

04: Revolution | The Ascent of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman explores the role of women in society. In the final episode, Amanda looks at women in revolutions that have transforme...

03: Power | The Ascent of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman explores the role of women in early civilisations. Amanda looks at the stories of women behind some of the most powerful em...

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.

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

Describes the increase in single parent families.

UK: 2: Men at War | Reggie Yates' Extreme

Reggie meets the angry young British men who think feminism has gone too far - and some of the women who have felt their wrath on a...

Why Can't a Woman Succeed Like a Man? | The Trouble with Working Women

Sophie Raworth and Justin Rowlatt investigate what we think of women at work. Why do men still hold th...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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.

06: Aberdeen - Poverty at Home | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren travels to oil-rich Aberdeen, where he discovers a city in flux. With the nation's highest number of food ...

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...

Growing Up Skint | Born Survivors

Documentary about child poverty. In Glasgow, Mansfield and London, children show the courage and determination to rise above their circumst...

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...

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...

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...

On Call to a Nation

Casting real doctors instead of actors, this film uses scripted scenarios and interviews to see the National Health Service through their eyes. The docum...

S01E03 | Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole

This episode focuses on the inhabitants of one of the poorest places to live in the UK, Jaywick in Essex, with over half of the c...

S01E02 | Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole

A woman claims she shouldn't have to pay the bedroom tax as a poltergeist inhabits her spare room.

Episode 1 | How the Other Half Live

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

All Work and Low Pay | Panorama

Panorama goes undercover to reveal how some employers exploit loopholes or get round the rules so that their workers are paid below the Natio...

03: Money | The British Family

Kirsty Young explores the impact of money on British families. She charts the 1980s and 1990s when our pursuit of cash and career had a deep e...

No Place to Call Home | Newsround Specials

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

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...

My Scientology Movie (2015)

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

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 ...

Baptism | Life and Death the Pentecostal Way

Hannah and Jordan are baptised in the Pentecostal Church.

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...

Global Village | Horizon

Prog narrated by Paul Vaughan looks at concept of global village. Examines the implications of the information revolution on third world countries.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Mega Churches | Reggie Yates' Extreme

The church of incredible happenings in Johannesburg in South Africa.

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...

Saving The Awa Tribe With Justin Rowlatt | Our World

The Awa are believed to be one of the most endangered tribes on the planet as their traditional lifestyle is under threa...

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.

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...

Evangelism | Life and Death the Pentecostal Way

Members of the Evangelism team discuss their work.

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...

S02E04: Whatever Happened to the Boat People? | A Very British History

Therapist Rachel Nguyen tells the story of the Vietnamese Boat People who came to Britain in the 70s a...

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...

Rituals of the Hamar Tribe | Tribe

A longer clip that describes the cattle jumping and whipping rituals of the Hamar tribe in Ethiopia. It also explores how some members are...

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 ...

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 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...

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 ...

04: Glasgow - Dying Young | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In Scotland's largest city, one in four men die younger than anywhere else in the UK - it is called the Glasgow effect...

Episode 3 | Street Gangs

Graeme explores the Wyndford Scheme in Maryhill and travels to Glencoe to meet a man who, like himself, managed to turn his life around and leave ga...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Inside The Secret World Of Incels

A never-before-seen look at the incel community, an online subculture to which multiple mass murders and hate crimes against women have bee...

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...

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...

03: The 70s | Back in Time for the Weekend

A family gives up its 21st-century technology and travels back in time. Rob and Steph share more time together, playing darts with...

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...

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.

Gang Culture in Scotland - Part 2 | Street Gangs

An exploration of further reasons young people join gangs, attachment, sense of belonging, relative deprivation, social medi...

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 ...

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 ...