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My Name Is Ottilie
Episode 10-03-2023
Soul singer Dana Masters traces the story of Ottilie Patterson, who for a dazzling few years in the late 1950s and early 1960s was a pioneer of British music.\n\nOne night in 19 ...
10-03-2023
BBC 4
Songs Of Praise
Women Of Faith
To mark International Women's Day, Claire McCollum visits Glasgow to uncover stories of women of faith throughout the ages, including Glasgow's very own St Enoch. Claire traces ...
05-03-2023
BBC 1
Couples Therapy
Series 3: Episode 3
The couples continue their weekly therapy with Dr Orna Guralnik. Molly admits to past betrayals that have pushed Josh away. Orna explores Yaya’s lack of response to Cyn&rs ...
24-02-2023
BBC 2
Sheila Hancock Brushes Up: The Art Of Watercolours
Episode 23-02-2023
Watercolours have always been the poor relation of oil painting. And yet the immediacy and freedom of painting in watercolours have made them the art of adventure and action - e ...
23-02-2023
BBC 4
Murder, Mystery And My Family
Case Closed? Series 4: 1. Maybrick
Leading criminal barristers Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC revisit their investigation of an infamous Victorian poisoning case, where a wife was convicted of the murder of her ...
20-02-2023
BBC 1
Couples Therapy
Series 3: Episode 2
Ping traces her problems with Will to a recent trip he took. Cyn opens up about a childhood trauma. India lashes out against feelings of judgment by Dale. Molly reveals the inci ...
17-02-2023
BBC 2
Inside The Factory
Series 6: 1. Cider
Gregg Wallace visits the biggest cider factory in the world, which produces more than 350 million litres each year. The scale of production blows his mind as at each turn he&rsq ...
07-02-2023
BBC 2
Changed Us">Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us
Changed UsSeries 1: 2. Double Jeopardy
Beginning in 1989, this episode tells the story of a murder in Billingham in Teesside that would lead to one mother challenging an 800-year-old law. \n\nIn November 1989, Julie ...
17-01-2023
BBC 4
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Series 7 (shortened Versions): Episode 8
Michael continues his railway journey from Sicily’s capital, Palermo, through the ancient town of Agrigento and the port of Siracusa to Europe’s largest volcano, Mou ...
02-01-2023
BBC 2
A Merry Tudor Christmas With Lucy Worsley
Episode 20-12-2022
Lucy Worsley recreates how Christmas was celebrated during the age of Henry VIII – eating, drinking, singing, dancing and partying like people did 500 years ago. She is ge ...
20-12-2022
BBC 2
Painting The Holy Land
Series 1: Episode 2
Lachlan Goudie traces the story of Mary through the gospels with a personal question - why is the life of the Mother of God barely described in the Bible, but so well-represente ...
19-12-2022
BBC 1
A Very British History
Series 2: The British Chinese
British-born Chinese vlogger Shu Lin explores the history of the Chinese community in the UK from the 1950s through to the present day. With film and TV archive, and first-hand ...
13-12-2022
BBC 4
Expert Witness
Series 1 (extended Versions): 4. Blood Under Paint And Gait - Fibres
Blood traces hidden under paint help an expert witness overturn a miscarriage of justice, an unusual gait identifies a killer and the science of fibre evidence is explored.\n
08-12-2022
BBC 1
Great American Railroad Journeys
Series 3: 17. Monterey To Santa Barbara
Steered by his late-19th-century Appleton's guidebook, Michael Portillo continues his railroad travels through southern California aboard the Coast Starlight service. In the his ...
05-12-2022
BBC 2
Great American Railroad Journeys
Series 3: 16. Santa Clara To Santa Cruz
Michael Portillo's thousand-mile rail journey through California continues south toward Santa Clara in the heart of Silicon Valley and ends in the surf of Santa Cruz. In a high- ...
01-12-2022
BBC 2
The Real Doctor Zhivago
Episode 28-11-2022
Dr Zhivago is one of the best-known love stories of the 20th century, but the setting of the book also made it famous. It is a tale of passion and fear, set against a backdrop o ...
28-11-2022
BBC 4
Great American Railroad Journeys
Series 3: 13. San Francisco To Sausalito, California
Armed with his trusty Appleton's Guide, Michael Portillo's rail journey through California takes him to the commercial metropolis of San Francisco. Riding through the vibrant st ...
28-11-2022
BBC 2
Great American Railroad Journeys
Series 3: 4. Providence, Rhode Island, To New London, Connecticut
Led by his 19th-century Appleton's guidebook, Michael Portillo's railway journey continues through New England. On the banks of the Providence River, he discovers a club that tr ...
10-11-2022
BBC 2
Songs Of Praise
Sean Fletcher's Faith Journey
Sean Fletcher embarks on a personal journey across London and south Wales, reflecting on the people, places and music that have shaped his Christian faith.\n\nHe meets up with o ...
30-10-2022
BBC 1
Ros Atkins On The Week
Series 1: 1. Resignation Of Liz Truss
Ros Atkins looks back at a momentous week in politics and traces the events that led to Liz Truss becoming the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history.
20-10-2022
BBC 1
Return To Ts Eliotland
Episode 16-10-2022
AN Wilson explores the life and work of TS Eliot. From the halls of Harvard University to a Somerset village, via a Margate promenade shelter, he follows the spiritual and psych ...
16-10-2022
BBC 4
Unfinished: The Making Of Massive Attack
Episode 14-10-2022
The story of how Bristol found its musical identity and tracing the creation of the city's most famous band. The documentary looks at the emergence of the 'Bristol Sound' in the ...
14-10-2022
BBC 4
London Kills
Series 1: 3. Blood Lines
Infidelity leads to a man being found dead in bed and a woman being menaced. Illicit help traces a suspect.
05-10-2022
BBC 1
Enslaved With Samuel L Jackson
Series 1: 1. A People Stolen
Samuel L Jackson traces his ancestry to Gabon, visiting the coastal area of Loango National Park to see from where his enslaved ancestors were shipped in their millions to the A ...
04-10-2022
BBC 2
Calculating Ada: The Countess Of Computing
Episode 26-09-2022
Ada Lovelace was a most unlikely computer pioneer. In this film, Dr Hannah Fry tells the story of Ada's remarkable life. Born in the early 19th century, Ada was a countess of th ...
26-09-2022
BBC 4
The Americas With Simon Reeve
Series 1: Episode 3
Simon Reeve continues his journey through the Americas. In this third leg of the journey Simon travels down the length of California. In northern California he explores the land ...
05-09-2022
BBC 2
Great Australian Railway Journeys
Series 1 (30-minute Versions): 1. Port Augusta To Darwin – Part 1
Michael Portillo ventures down under to ride one of the world’s greatest rail journeys aboard the legendary Ghan Railway. \n\nMichael's 1913 Bradshaw’s Guide tells ...
01-09-2022
BBC 2
Treasures Of Ancient Rome
1. Warts 'n' All
Alastair Sooke traces how the Romans during the Republic went from being art thieves and copycats to pioneering a new artistic style - warts 'n' all realism. Roman portraits rev ...
27-08-2022
BBC 4
Return To Larkinland
Episode 09-08-2022
Writer and critic AN Wilson revisits the life and work of one of the greatest English poets of the 20th century, Philip Larkin - a poet soon to be honoured with a place in Poets ...
09-08-2022
BBC 4
Our Food, Our Family With Michela Chiappa
Series 1: Episode 3
Michela Chiappa is in Abercynon for the fascinating and touching story of the Nevins family. 57-year-old food lover Kemi Nevins is mum to three grown-up children, and runs a suc ...
28-07-2022
BBC 1
Gambling: A Game Of Life And Death
Episode 24-07-2022
Online gambling has exploded in recent years, and with it, concerns about addiction, particularly among young men. Telling the stories of two young men harmed by their gambling ...
24-07-2022
BBC 3
Dark Matter: A History Of The Afrofuture
Episode 03-07-2022
The arc of black history shares an uncanny resemblance to the plot points of classic sci-fi including ‘alien’ abduction, enslavement and rebellion. It’s this u ...
03-07-2022
BBC 4
Charley Pride - I'm Just Me
Episode 26-06-2022
Music documentary that traces the improbable journey of Charley Pride, from his humble beginnings as a sharecropper’s son on a cotton farm in segregated Sledge, Mississipp ...
26-06-2022
BBC 4
The Joy Of Easy Listening
Episode 03-06-2022
In-depth documentary investigation into the story of a popular music genre that is often said to be made to be heard but not listened to. The film looks at easy listening's arch ...
03-06-2022
BBC 4
Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered The World
Episode 03-06-2022
An intriguing investigation into the extraordinary life of Gershwin's classic composition, Summertime. One of the most covered songs in the world, it has been recorded in almost ...
03-06-2022
BBC 4
Great British Railway Journeys
Series 13: 10. Park Royal To Westminster
Michael’s rail journey through the interwar capital follows Harry Beck’s radical map for the London Underground, embraced by Londoners since its launch in 1932. Mich ...
01-06-2022
BBC 2
The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story
Series 1: Episode 1
In April 1955 Ruth Ellis shot her lover David Blakely dead. It's a case that shocked the nation and it still fascinates today. It has its place in ushering in the defence of dim ...
16-05-2022
BBC 4
Your Mum And Dad: A Devastating Truth
Episode 10-05-2022
In this documentary, Dutch film director Klaartje Quirijns originally set out to document therapy. She was interested in the sessions of a friend, Michael Moskowitz, who was unr ...
10-05-2022
BBC 4
Dom Digs In
Series 1 (shortened Versions): 5. Water
Dom jumps in at the deep end as he goes to work with one of the country’s biggest water companies. He traces the flow of this precious resource from the reservoir to the s ...
29-04-2022
BBC 1
Split Up In Care: Life Without Siblings
Episode 26-04-2022
Ashley John-Baptiste is a BBC reporter who grew up in foster care and spent most of his life believing he was an only child. That is until his mid-20s, when he received a life-c ...
26-04-2022
BBC 3
Love And Hate Crime
Series 1: 1. Double Lives
A young man is led into court and sentenced to life for the savage murder of the woman he loved. The camera follows him into prison, where he starts to explain his story and how ...
12-04-2022
BBC 1
Silenced: The Hidden Story Of Disabled Britain
Episode 21-03-2022
For more than a century, one group of people in Britain has been shut out of society, denied basic human rights and treated with fear and prejudice.\n\nNow, in this shocking, mo ...
21-03-2022
BBC 2
The Sound Of Tv With Neil Brand
Series 1: Episode 1
In the opening episode, Neil Brand looks at the enduring power of the television theme tune and the way in which it has acted as the ‘nation’s jukebox’ for ove ...
20-03-2022
BBC 4
Horrible Histories
Series 8: 1. Queen Vic's Home Vids
Did you know that the Victorians invented films? Not only that, but one of the first stars of the moving image was Queen Victoria! Using real footage recently restored by the BF ...
18-03-2022
CBBC
Fred Dibnah's World Of Steam, Steel And Stone
Fred Dibnah's World Of Steam, Steel And Stone
Fred Dibnah traces the development of industrialisation in Britain. Here, we see Fred's interest in the work of the great engineers of the Victorian Age.
14-03-2022
BBC 2
Fred Dibnah's World Of Steam, Steel And Stone
The Machines That Changed The World
Fred Dibnah traces the development of industrialisation in Britain. Fred's passion for the machines of the past helped raise public awareness.
10-03-2022
BBC 2
The Romantics And Us With Simon Schama
Series 1: 2. The Chambers Of The Mind
With contributions from Tobias Menzies, Peter Doherty, Piotr Anderszewski and Sir David Attenborough, Simon tells the story of how the romantics - fuelled by the failures of the ...
21-02-2022
BBC 2
This Cultural Life
Series 1: 8. Evelyn Glennie
The world's leading classical solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie talks to John Wilson about her career and some of the key influences on her artistic path.\n\nFrom growing up in ...
13-02-2022
BBC 4
Who Do You Think You Are?
Series 16: 6. Paul Merton
Comedian Paul Merton was very close to his late mum, and he knows that her Irish parents died when she was very young. Her father was a shadowy figure said to have been lost at ...
09-02-2022
BBC 1
Antiques Roadshow
Series 42: What Happened Next
Fiona Bruce discovers what was really inside a 200-year-old bottle of wine that Andy McConnell foolishly tasted in 2016 and traces the history of a chocolate treat in the shape ...
06-02-2022
BBC 2