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Britain's Biggest Dig
Series 1: Episode 2
Anthropologist Professor Alice Roberts and historian Dr Yasmin Khan explore the tale of two of Britain’s greatest cities - how one became the capital of a global empire an ...
10-04-2024
BBC 2
The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain
8. Home Counties
From drinking medieval ale in the ancient town of St Albans to morris dancing in the oldest free-house in Britain, Si and Dave embark on a historic pub crawl to discover how Bri ...
03-04-2024
BBC 2
Britain’s Housing Crisis: What Went Wrong?
Series 1: Episode 1
Britain’s housing market is broken – but it didn’t have to be like this. For decades, politicians sold the dream of home ownership. But for millions of people, ...
23-10-2023
BBC 2
Rip Off Britain
2023: Episode 2
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville are back in Rip Off Britain HQ to investigate more of the problems you send in every day. In this edition, there's trouble a ...
31-05-2023
BBC 1
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-up Star
Series 3: Episode 8
It’s the final of Glow Up, and three MUAs still have the chance to be crowned Britain’s Next Make-Up Star. After seven weeks of industry assignments, the judges have ...
15-03-2023
BBC 1
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-up Star
Series 2: Episode 8
It is the final of Glow Up, and three MUAs still have the chance to be crowned Britain’s next make-up star. But first, they have to overcome their biggest professional ass ...
27-02-2023
BBC 1
Britain's Lost Masterpieces
Series 3: 2. Manchester
At the Manchester Art Gallery, Dr Bendor Grosvenor discovers a painting of a country gentleman from the 1770s which he believes has been misattributed to Nathaniel Dance. He fee ...
11-01-2023
BBC 4
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-up Star
Series 1: Episode 8
It’s the final of Glow Up and three MUAs still have the chance to be crowned Britain’s next make-up star. But first they’ll have to overcome their biggest prof ...
28-07-2022
BBC 1
Rip Off Britain
Series 14: Episode 10
Tackling the scammers whose techniques just keep on evolving to try and trap innocent victims. Including the new 'money flip' con that’s hitting social media with devastat ...
13-05-2022
BBC 1
A Tale Of Five Temples - The Story Of Hinduism In Britain
Episode 13-03-2022
Documentary exploring the history of five Hindu temples across Britain, tracing their stories and the spread of Hinduism in the UK. Featuring the elaborate rituals and the movin ...
13-03-2022
BBC 1
Miniature Britain
Episode 25-05-2021
Biologist George McGavin goes on a journey around the British Isles to show us the extraordinary little things that are vital to our land. With a revolutionary new microscope ca ...
25-05-2021
BBC 4
Saving Britain’s Pubs With Tom Kerridge
Series 1: Episode 2
It is early 2020, and Tom Kerridge is adding a fourth pub to the list of businesses he wants to support.\n\nThe Black Bull in Stirlingshire has been serving the villagers of Gar ...
16-12-2020
BBC 2
Powering Britain
Series 1: Nuclear
Keeley Donovan meets the people working at Britain’s biggest operational nuclear site at Heysham on the Lancashire coast. Heysham 1 and Heysham 2 power stations make enoug ...
09-12-2020
BBC 2
The Bank That Almost Broke Britain
Episode 10-02-2020
Ten years on from the global financial crash, this documentary tells the extraordinary story of how a small Scottish bank briefly grew to become the biggest in the world before ...
10-02-2020
BBC 2
Awesome Beauty: The Art Of Industrial Britain
Episode 06-02-2020
Lachlan Goudie explores Britain's spectacular industrial landscapes and the artists and artworks inspired by them in a passionate and thought-provoking journey that challenges o ...
06-02-2020
BBC 4
How We Built Britain
1. The East: A New Dawn
David Dimbleby journeys through Britain, and through 1,000 years of our history, to discover the buildings that have made us who we are. \n\nHis journey begins in the east of En ...
30-01-2020
BBC 4
Britain's Most Historic Towns
Stewart Stirling
Alice explores the story of Stewart Britain by visiting Stirling, the home of the Scottish royal dynasty who eventually took the English throne and created Great Britain
22-06-2019
Channel 4
Built In Britain
Episode 1
Evan Davis gains access to bits of Britain you never see, to look at the scale of the engineering challenge Britain faces, and how we can tackle it. He visits the vast Crossrail ...
31-01-2019
BBC 2
Britain's Wildest Weather
Britain's Wildest Weather 2017
Britain's Wildest Weather examines the extreme weather that hit the country in 2017, hears the amazing experiences of the people caught up in it, and finds out why such erratic ...
15-12-2018
Channel 4
The Year Britain Froze
The Year Britain Froze
The end of 2010 saw the coldest December in Britain since records began. This documentary tells the story of the extreme weather of 2010 and explores the science of why Britain ...
01-12-2018
Channel 4
Britain's Best Junior Doctors
Series 1: Episode 2
BBC Two brings viewers the first medical-themed quiz show. Two teams of junior doctors from teaching hospitals around Britain go head to head as they tackle an array of rigorous ...
26-06-2018
BBC 2
Britain's Best Home Cook
Series 1: 7. The Semi-final
Claudia Winkleman presents the series looking for Britain's best home cook. It's the semi-final and Mary Berry, Dan Doherty and Chris Bavin continue to test the last four home c ...
26-06-2018
BBC 1
Britain's Best Home Cook
Series 1: Episode 6
Claudia Winkleman presents the series looking for Britain's best home cook. It is week six, and Mary Berry, Dan Doherty and Chris Bavin test the remaining five home cooks on the ...
19-06-2018
BBC 1
Britain's Best Home Cook
Series 1: Episode 5
Claudia Winkleman presents the series looking for Britain's best home cook. It is week five, and Mary Berry, Dan Doherty and Chris Bavin test the remaining six home cooks on the ...
12-06-2018
BBC 1
Britain's Cycling Superheroes: The Price Of Success?
Episode 28-01-2018
Sir Dave Brailsford and other insiders tell the story of the extraordinary triumphs and recent controversies that have rocked Britain's cycling medal factory. Sir Dave Brailsfor ...
28-01-2018
BBC 2
Fake Britain
Series 5 (30 Minute Reversions): Episode 18
Matt reveals the fake alcohol blighting Britain's pubs and the fake architects who could leave your renovation in ruins. And what's in your takeaway? Fake Britain lifts the lid ...
13-12-2017
BBC 1
Permission Impossible: Britain's Planners
Episode 1
In this episode of Permission Impossible: Britain's Planners, one of Britain's biggest house builders is proposing to build 1,500 homes near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire. While ma ...
07-11-2017
BBC 2
Fake Britain
Series 5: Episode 18
Matt reveals the fake alcohol blighting Britain's pubs and the fake architects who could leave your renovation in ruins. And what's in your takeaway? Fake Britain lifts the lid ...
10-12-2014
BBC 1
Fake Britain
Series 3 - Episode 14
Consumer series. Fake Britain looks at the hidden, underground cigarette factory in China churning out millions of fake cigarettes that are being sold on the streets of Britain.
28-05-2014
BBC 1
Inside The Factory
Series 5: 7. Beer
Gregg Wallace is in Burton upon Trent at Britain’s biggest brewery, where they produce 3 million pints of beer a day. He follows the production of Britain’s best-sel ...
09-04-2019
BBC 2
A Wild Year
Shorts: The Fens: Horses
Hidden away in the most easterly part of the British Isles are the Fens of East Anglia; a landscape of big skies and distant horizons, of wild wetlands and fertile farmland. \n ...
29-05-2025
BBC 2
The Sky At Night
Space Britannia
The Sky at Night investigates Britain's attempt to become a major player in the modern space race. From Scotland's wild northern shore, where Britain's first spaceport is planne ...
18-10-2018
BBC 4
Fred Dibnah's Building Of Britain
The Art Of Castle Building
Fred Dibnah explores the skills that went into building Britain. He examines the construction of the great chain of castles on the coast of North Wales.
03-09-2026
BBC 2
Rip Off Britain
Series 18: 18. My Roadside Rescue Turned Into A Highway Robbery
Louise Minchin, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville investigate the roadside rescue that ended up in a robbery. Also on the programme, how a mix-up at a breakdown company left ...
02-09-2026
BBC 1
Fred Dibnah's Building Of Britain
Mighty Cathedrals
Series revealing the skills that went into the building of Britain over the centuries. Fred looks at the 11th-century building programme of the Normans.
02-09-2026
BBC 2
Digging For Britain
Series 11: 6. Forgotten Fortresses And Lost Villages
Digs in the west of Britain reveal a forgotten fortress teetering on the edge of a cliff, evidence of the oldest house in Cardiff and a discovery at a Roman mosaic that shocks t ...
19-08-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 11: 3. A Norman Panic Room And A Mesolithic Fish Trap
In the west of Britain, there's a rare medieval cemetery, a disappearing Mesolithic landscape, a mysterious Iron Age burial and the ruins of a Gothic masterpiece.
06-08-2026
BBC 4
Turner: The Man Who Painted Britain
Episode 03-08-2026
While Joseph Mallord William Turner is considered by many to be Britain's greatest landscape painter, his private life reveals a man of extremes and contradictions. This docudra ...
03-08-2026
BBC 4
Digging For Britain
Series 11: 1. The Roman Emperor’s Bathhouse
Digs in northern Britain reveal a Roman emperor’s lost bathhouse, the sunken treasures of medieval pilgrims and a formidable fortress perched on top of a Scottish mountain.
23-07-2026
BBC 4
Battle Of Britain
Episode 20-06-2026
1940. Britain fears an impending German invasion. Goering is confident his Luftwaffe will pave the way for that. It falls to brave squadrons of fighter pilots to fend off the at ...
20-06-2026
BBC 2
When Tina Turner Came To Britain
Episode 12-06-2026
Using previously unheard interviews and told in her own words, When Tina Turner Came to Britain is the story of Tina Turner’s 50-year relationship with the UK, also featur ...
12-06-2026
BBC 2
Reel History Of Britain
6. Britain's Home Guard
Melvyn Bragg, accompanied by a vintage mobile cinema, travels across the country, to show incredible footage preserved by the British Film Institute and other national and regio ...
07-06-2026
BBC 2
Digging For Britain
Series 6: 3. North
Professor Alice Roberts explores some of this year's most exciting archaeological finds from the north of Britain. Each discovery comes straight from the site, filmed by the arc ...
18-05-2026
BBC 4
Britain's Best Young Artist
Series 1: 13. The Final
It’s the final, and the three artists must create a piece of art that celebrates their home towns. But who will impress the judges and be crowned Britain’s Best Youn ...
06-05-2026
CBBC
Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility
Episode 06-05-2026
Dr Michael Mosley investigates Britain's most secretive and controversial military research base, Porton Down, on its 100th anniversary. He comes face to face with chemical and ...
06-05-2026
BBC 4
A History Of Britain By Simon Schama
Series 2 - Revolutions
Featuring the revolutionary period in Britain after the execution of Charles I, from Cromwell's iron rule to Charles II's attempts to restore the lustre of the monarchy.
05-05-2026
BBC 4
Britain's Biggest Warship
Goes To Sea: 3. Manhattan Ahoy!
HMS Queen Elizabeth is Britain's biggest ever warship. It took nine years to build her at a cost of £3.5 billion. Nearly 1,500 sailors, marines and aviators have left for ...
21-04-2026
BBC 2
Dan Cruickshank And The Family That Built Gothic Britain
Episode 16-04-2026
As good as any Dickens novel, this is the triumphant and tragic story of the greatest architectural dynasty of the 19th century. Dan Cruickshank charts the rise of Sir George Gi ...
16-04-2026
BBC 4
Britain's Biggest Warship
Goes To Sea: 2. Don't Feed The Birds
HMS Queen Elizabeth is Britain’s biggest ever warship. It took nine years to build her at a cost of £3.5 billion. Nearly 1,500 sailors, marines and aviators have lef ...
14-04-2026
BBC 2
Building Britain's Biggest Nuclear Power Station
Series 1: Episode 1
With unique behind-the-scenes access, this series follows the construction workers at Hinkley Point C, Britain’s biggest and newest nuclear power station, which is being b ...
09-04-2026
BBC 2