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Bbc Children In Need
2020: Life In Lockdown
Emma Willis narrates a special film for BBC Children in Need, a powerful, uplifting and touching portrait of how resilient children and young people can be in the face of a glob ...
17-11-2020
BBC 1
Inside Cinema
Black History Month: 1. Jordan Peele
Documentary that explores the work of Jordan Peele, an era-defining horror auteur, incisive social critic and influential media mogul. Peele, who started out as a comedian with ...
12-10-2020
BBC 4
My Life
Series 9: 7. Locked-in Boy
This informative, moving film is authored by Jonathan, an extraordinary, smart, funny, ten-year-old, who for the first eight years of his life was 'locked' in his body - unable ...
09-08-2020
CBBC
Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women
Episode 03-05-2020
Angela Carter's surreal imagination produced some of the most dazzling fiction of the last century. Pioneering her own distinctive brand of 'magic realism,' works like The Magic ...
03-05-2020
BBC 2
Dwarfs In Art: A New Perspective
Episode 22-04-2020
This documentary explores the lives of dwarfs through centuries of representations in art and culture, revealing society's shifting attitudes towards people with dwarfism.\n\nPr ...
22-04-2020
BBC 4
Johnny Kingdom's Year With The Birds
Episode 2
Johnny Kingdom, gravedigger-turned-amateur film-maker spends a year recording the bird life in and around his home on his beloved Exmoor.\n\nJohnny has spent three years creatin ...
04-09-2019
BBC 4
Japan's Secret Shame
Episode 19-08-2019
This film tells the moving story of 29-year-old Japanese journalist Shiori Ito, who in May 2017 shocked Japan when she went public with allegations that she was raped by a well- ...
19-08-2019
BBC 2
Horizon
2018: 1. My Amazing Brain: Richard's War
Horizon follows the story of Richard Gray and his remarkable recovery from a life-changing catastrophic stroke. The film shows the rarely seen journey back to recovery. Recorded ...
08-04-2019
BBC 2
What Do Artists Do All Day?
Anoushka Shankar
As part of the Big British Asian Summer season, What Do Artists Do All Day? celebrates prominent Asian artists and performers.\n\nIn 2017, internationally renowned sitar player ...
26-02-2019
BBC 4
The Joy Of Logic
Episode 10-01-2019
A sharp, witty, mind-expanding and exuberant foray into the world of logic with computer scientist Professor Dave Cliff. Following in the footsteps of the award-winning The Joy ...
10-01-2019
BBC 4
Horizon
2018: 12. Diagnosis On Demand? The Computer Will See You Now
Could a machine replace your doctor? Dr Hannah Fry explores the incredible ways AI is revolutionising healthcare - and what this means for all of us. This film chronicles the in ...
29-11-2018
BBC 2
Saying Goodbye
Episode 01-12-2017
Every day in the UK over a hundred children face the death of their mum or dad. Behind this statistic are many untold and heart-rending stories. Saying Goodbye, a special film f ...
01-12-2017
BBC 1
Hey Duggee
Series 4: 30. The Cinema Badge
The Squirrels are excited to attend the cinema together for the first time with Duggee, who teaches them that you should adhere to three rules in order for everyone to enjoy the ...
02-05-2026
CBeebies
Great British Menu
Series 21: 22. South West England: Starter And Fish
Four chefs compete for south west England with blockbuster canapes, starters and fish dishes celebrating the British film industry.\n\nThe dishes are judged by this week's veter ...
15-04-2026
BBC 2
The Trials Of Pa Salieu
Episode 07-04-2026
Documentary following British–Gambian musician Pa Salieu at a pivotal moment as he attempts to rebuild his life and career after prison. Released in 2024 but still on prob ...
07-04-2026
BBC 1
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale Of Two Cities
Episode 13-03-2026
Film telling the story of how rock music helped to change Ireland. The 40-year-old story of Irish rock and pop music is grounded in the very different musical traditions of the ...
13-03-2026
BBC 4
Storyville
Mistress Dispeller
An intimate and candid film that follows the course of an extramarital affair in modern China from the perspectives of the couple, the mistress and the woman hired to save the m ...
10-03-2026
BBC 4
Storyville
Red Light To Limelight
In a red-light district of Kolkata, a group of women reclaim their voices through the power of storytelling.\n\nGiven unprecedented access, this film follows Rabin, Bilkis, Afsa ...
03-03-2026
BBC 4
Great British Menu
Series 21: 2. North West England: Main And Dessert
The three talented chefs from north west England are halfway through their heat, and the pressure is mounting. Once again, they each serve a unique take on the brief celebrating ...
01-03-2026
BBC 2
The Eternal Daughter
Episode 23-01-2026
A middle-aged film-maker and her elderly mother return to the old home of a relative, now an isolated hotel in the North Wales countryside, where the mother spent much of her li ...
23-01-2026
BBC 2
Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles
Series 1: 3. Autumn
Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin spends the autumn travelling across the UK to track down and film some of the most hidden wildlife spectacles that the British Isles have to offe ...
19-12-2025
BBC 1
In My Own Words
Series 2: Yinka Shonibare
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare is a multidisciplinary visual artist, working across fabrics, painting, drawing, sculptures and film. He was nominated for the prestigiou ...
10-12-2025
BBC 1
Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles
Series 1: 1. Spring
Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin spends the spring travelling across the UK to track down and film some of the most-hidden wildlife spectacles the British Isles have to offer.\n\ ...
02-12-2025
BBC 1
This Cultural Life
Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson’s breakthrough television role in the sci-fi series The X-Files made her a global star in 1993, and she played cool-headed Agent Dana Scully for nearly a ...
02-10-2025
BBC 4
Storyville
Holding Liat
On 7 October 2023, Liat Beinin Atzili and her husband, Aviv, are kidnapped from their kibbutz as part of the Hamas-led attack on Israel. This film begins by following her parent ...
30-09-2025
BBC 4
Close
Episode 28-09-2025
The intense friendship between two 13-year-old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Leo approaches Sophie, Remi's mother. Close ...
28-09-2025
BBC 4
Life Of A Mountain
A Year On Helvellyn
This spectacular film features a year in the life of the Lake District National Park’s most popular peak, Helvellyn. Three years in the making, award-winning film-maker Te ...
21-09-2025
BBC 4
Miriam Margolyes Discovers New Zealand
Series 1: 1. North Island
Acclaimed actor and self-proclaimed nosy parker Miriam Margolyes is on her first road trip adventure around New Zealand’s North Island – in preparation for her first ...
28-08-2025
BBC 2
Storyville
Jailed In America
For director Roger Ross Williams, prison was not a distant possibility when he was growing up, but a daily threat. 'As a young black man in a chaotic environment, I always felt ...
22-07-2025
BBC 4
Storyville
The Srebrenica Tape
A young woman returns to Srebrenica, the town of her birth, to find out more about her father, who was one of the 8,000 Bosnian Muslims massacred there during the Bosnian War.\n ...
01-07-2025
BBC 4
Blitz Spirit With Lucy Worsley
Episode 30-06-2025
Lucy Worsley explores the lives of six real people who lived, worked and volunteered during the Blitz. Using the same style as Lucy's film about the Suffragettes, the film shows ...
30-06-2025
BBC 1
Storyville
The Wolves Always Come At Night
A beautiful film, shot in Mongolia, telling the moving story of a young couple left devastated by a sandstorm which kills their entire flock of sheep. They are forced to move to ...
24-06-2025
BBC 4
Storyville
Beyond Utopia: Escape From North Korea
A suspenseful, immersive look at the lengths to which people will go to gain freedom. The film follows various individuals as they attempt to flee North Korea, one of the most o ...
20-05-2025
BBC 4
Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction
Episode 07-05-2025
Musician, actor and dad of three Matt Willis may seem to have it all. He’s part of the hugely successful noughties pop band, Busted, has a flourishing acting career and is ...
07-05-2025
BBC 1
Do You Know?
Series 4: 1. Starlight And Stop-frame Animation
In this episode, it’s night-time! Maddie visits a planetarium to learn how stars work. She discovers that stars are made in space by dust and gas, and when they press toge ...
07-04-2025
CBeebies
Mark Kermode's Secrets Of Cinema
Series 1: 5. Horror
Mark Kermode continues his fresh and very personal look at the art of cinema by examining the techniques and conventions behind classic film genres, uncovering the ingredients t ...
01-04-2025
BBC 4
Dreaming Whilst Black
Series 1: 6. The Premiere
Kwabena and Amy have finally made their film. Kwabena is now focused on getting agents to come to the screening, with the hope of being signed.\n\nKwabena is riding high after f ...
24-03-2025
BBC 3
Tangled Up With Dylan: The Ballad Of Aj Weberman
Episode 08-03-2025
Documentary chronicling the life, times and crimes of notorious Bob Dylan obsessive and garbology inventor AJ Weberman. It's an irreverent and witty exploration into one man's o ...
08-03-2025
BBC 2
The Cult Next Door
Episode 05-02-2025
This documentary by acclaimed director Vanessa Engle tells the extraordinary story of a strange cult, which came to light in 2013 when a sensational news story broke about three ...
05-02-2025
BBC 2
This Cultural Life
Thelma Schoonmaker
John Wilson talks to three-time Oscar-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker, who, for over five decades, has been Martin Scorsese’s cutting room collaborator. \n\nHaving ...
28-11-2024
BBC 4
Storyville
Hollywoodgate
With unprecedented access to one of the most secretive cabals in the world, the Taliban, this extraordinary film begins on the day after the last US soldier left Afghanistan in ...
05-11-2024
BBC 4
A Life On Screen
Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant tells the story behind his success, after being honoured with the Best Actor award at the Baftas for his performance in Four Weddings and a Funeral.\n\nWith an outsta ...
03-11-2024
BBC 2
Yolanda's Band Jam
Series 2: 2. Jam #22: Amazing Vocals
YolanDa Brown and her house band, the Band Jaminals, entertain an audience of children - the Band Jammers - with live music and special guests.\n\nYolanDa gets everyone moving w ...
20-10-2024
CBeebies
One Day In Gaza
Episode 17-10-2024
Film marking one of the deadliest days of violence in the Gaza Strip for a generation. Made by award-winning documentary maker Olly Lambert, One Day in Gaza examines, moment by ...
17-10-2024
BBC 4
The Repair Shop
Series 13: Episode 9
First in the barn are mother and daughter Halina and Lesley with a treasure from World War II in desperate need of jeweller Richard Talman’s expertise. The broken, silver ...
02-09-2024
BBC 2
Drama Out Of A Crisis: A Celebration Of Play For Today
Episode 02-06-2024
Play for Today was a series of single dramas broadcast by the BBC between 1970 and 1984. These were years of crisis, a time when the consensus politics of Britain’s postwa ...
02-06-2024
BBC 4
Natural World
2009-2010: 8. Birds Of Paradise
Living in the depths of the New Guinea rainforest are the spectacular birds of paradise - creatures so beautiful that the first Europeans believed they must have fallen from hea ...
04-05-2024
BBC 4
Victorian Sensations
Series 1: 3. Seeing And Believing
In the final episode of this series, psychotherapist Philippa Perry time-travels back to the 1890s to explore how the late Victorian passion for science co-existed with a deeply ...
28-04-2024
BBC 4
The Arts Interviews
Christopher Nolan
The BBC's Culture editor Katie Razzall talks to Christopher Nolan, one of the world's most renowned film directors and the man behind films such as Memento, Inception and Dunkir ...
11-03-2024
BBC 4
Christmas At St Paul's
Episode 25-12-2023
This film goes behind the scenes at St Paul's Cathedral for their most magical time of year - Christmas. What is it like for the people who make the magic happen, and how do the ...
25-12-2023
BBC 2