Louis Theroux: The Settlers

Louis Theroux: The Settlers 2025

9.00

14 years after his first visit, Louis Theroux meets some of the growing community of religious-nationalist Israelis who have settled in the occupied West Bank.

2025

The Evacuees

The Evacuees 1975

6.70

The experiences of two young Jewish boys evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool during the Blitz.

1975

The Story of China

The Story of China 2016

1

Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive character and genius over four thousand years.

2016

Boybands Forever

Boybands Forever 2024

8.00

Behind the singing, smiles and double denim was blood, sweat and tears. Heartthrobs from Take That to Westlife and 911 share tales of success, adoration and the flipside of fame.

2024

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly 2024

7.00

Salman Rushdie speaks to Alan Yentob about the devastating knife attack he was subjected to in 2022, losing his right eye and almost his ability to write.

2024

Irresistible: Why We Can't Stop Eating

Irresistible: Why We Can't Stop Eating 2024

8.30

Chris van Tulleken takes a personal view at why ultra-processed foods are so irresistible and how they have come to dominate food culture.

2024

Free Your Mind: The Matrix Now

Free Your Mind: The Matrix Now 2023

1

Experience the classic sci-fi film The Matrix like never before in this spectacular live show brought to life through mind-expanding dance and the latest immersive design.

2023

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness

Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness 2025

1

A star-studded documentary revealing the private man behind one of Britain’s greatest comic geniuses, using home movies and extracts from notebooks that he wanted to be burnt after his death.

2025

Africa's Fishing Leopards

Africa's Fishing Leopards 2015

1

David Attenborough narrates the intimate story of a leopard mother and her two cubs. This very special family must survive in the wilds of Botswana alongside some less-than-friendly neighbours: lions, wild dogs and hyenas. The competition for food is tough, and if they are going to make it they must learn a new skill - they must learn to fish. This is an epic family drama. With them every step of the way is local cameraman Brad Bestelink. Brad's 18-month journey following the lives of these secretive big cats offers a rare glimpse into an otherwise hidden world

2015

Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me

Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me 2024

7.00

Following Sir Brian May over a decade-long journey to understand the crisis caused by bovine tuberculosis and his opposition to the controversial badger cull, implemented to curb the spread of the disease in cattle. It’s a story surrounded by controversy, but one little known to many - a tale of tragedy for both humans and animals.

2024

Swamp Cats

Swamp Cats 2004

1

Film about a family of lions living in the swamps of the Okavango delta, seen through the eyes of a cub born just before the annual flood

2004

Miners' Strike: A Frontline Story

Miners' Strike: A Frontline Story 2024

10.00

Featuring compelling testimony, this is the story of 15 men and women and one life-changing year on the frontline of the most divisive conflict of a generation: the 1984 miners' strike

2024

The Ruins of Empires

The Ruins of Empires 2018

1

The Ruins Of Empires is an innovative performance piece by Hip Hop Artist and writer Akala. It is an abridged version of his epic poem of the same name and is a personal interpretation of history as told through the 'knowledge seeker' performed by Akala himself. He follows the course of mans evolution, via astral travel and multiple reincarnations, in an attempt to discover the cause of the rise and fall of Empires. It is driven by a musical score by Mala and Paul Gladstone-Reid and combines innovative animation techniques and emerging technology with some of the most ground breaking creative talents in the industry, under the creative guidance of Andy Serkis and The Imaginarium.

2018

Spice Girls at the BBC

Spice Girls at the BBC 2021

7.60

To mark 25 years since Geri, Emma, Victoria and the Mels first exploded onto the world stage, we take a trip into the music archives to uncover the performances that every Spice Girls devotee really, really wants to see again. These are the Fab Five’s finest appearances on a range of BBC shows from over the years and includes all the favourites, from their breakout number one Wannabe through to their final release as a girl band, Headlines. Our playlist also contains a selection of the hits the girls enjoyed when they’d said ‘Goodbye’ and launched themselves as solo stars

2021

Loaded: Lads, Mags & Mayhem

Loaded: Lads, Mags & Mayhem 2024

1

Launched 30 years ago, Loaded magazine epitomised the 90s in its irreverence and appetite for hedonism. But how did it stand up to pressure to put more 'sexy babes' on the cover?

2024

It Ain’t Half Racist, Mum

It Ain’t Half Racist, Mum 1979

8.00

Academic and activist Stuart Hall and actor and activist Maggie Steed present a rigorous deconstruction of the racism - both explicit and more insidious in its subtlety - of the British media from within.

1979

The Secret Leopards

The Secret Leopards 2010

5.20

Jonathan Scott narrates the extraordinary story of the leopard - the one big cat that still survives across half the world while tigers, cheetahs and lions are all struggling. By following the lives of leopard mothers and their cubs in East Africa the film investigates what it is about the natural history of these cats that makes them born survivors. Perhaps the most extraordinary revelation is that leopards are living undercover on farms and even in cities across Africa and Asia.

2010

Helmand: Tour of Duty

Helmand: Tour of Duty 2024

1

Ten soldiers from the Welsh Guards share their untold stories from the front line of the war in Afghanistan during the bloodiest summer for the British armed forces in half a century.

2024

Vivian Stanshall: The Early Years

Vivian Stanshall: The Early Years 1991

1

The great eccentric and raconteur Vivian Stanshall performs music pieces and talks to us about his early years leading up to his time in The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. Following Stanshall death, this program was repeated and repackaged as 'Diamond Geezer' with a tribute at the beginning from John Peel.

1991

Alan Bennett: 90 Years On

Alan Bennett: 90 Years On 2024

1

In May 2024, Alan Bennett turned 90. This film celebrates the life and long career of one of Britain's best-loved playwrights. Part frank reflection on the ageing process, part remembrance of the joys of youth, Alan is aided by the films he has written and the documentaries he has presented in his quest to understand the person he has become.

2024