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Belonging: Born To Race
Ruben and Lewis have dreamt of having a place on the Formula 1 circuit since they were kids. Backed by their supportive fathers, they're\npreparing to take the next steps in rea ...
24-09-2023
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Family: Born To Race
Ruben and Lewis have dreamt of having a place on the Formula 1 circuit for as long as they can remember. They’ve been racing since the age of four and have won hundreds of ...
24-09-2023
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Belonging: England's Next Lionesses
England football legend Jill Scott inspires the next generation of Lionesses to success at her childhood club in the north east. Boldon CA Girls is the grassroots football club ...
07-08-2023
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Family: Athletes Of The Sky
Nine-year-old Harry isn’t like his friends at school. While they are playing computer games at home, he is down the allotment looking after his pigeons.\n\nHarry from Newc ...
30-06-2023
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What Happened Next: The Real Phoenix Nights
The Railway Club, a working men’s club in Clacton, Essex, is a local institution. The hub of a thriving community, it has been a lifeline for many working people in the ar ...
19-01-2023
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What Happened Next: Hanging Onto Home: What Happened Next
Along with his wife and two daughters, Yacob Woldehiwot lives in what he describes as his dream home - a fourth-floor flat in west London. It’s a spacious one-bedroom prop ...
16-01-2023
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Family: England's Greatest Showman
At 79, Nipper has led an incredible life. The head of East Anglia’s largest family of travelling showmen, he is fairground aristocracy. His stock-in-trade is the ghost tow ...
01-12-2022
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Series 1: Cold Swim?- Tynemouth
Retired north east cop Jacqui is just one of the millions of people across the UK who have taken up cold water swimming. After 30 years of service, she has had to deal with horr ...
21-11-2022
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Made In England: Northern Sole
Cumbria has a long-standing relationship with shoe manufacturing. Roy Bell started his career in the industry as soon as he left school in 1970 at Millers Shoe Factory in Cocker ...
17-11-2022
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Mental Health: Becoming Dad - Watford, Kent
One in ten men in the UK struggle with their mental health following the birth of a child. Yet, unlike mums, postnatal depression in dads often goes unacknowledged and undiagnos ...
14-11-2022
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Made In England: Our Big Beauty Business
Ever wondered how lipsticks or nail paints are made? Or what it takes to compete - and thrive - against the cosmetics multinationals? \n\nOur Big Beauty Business offers rare ac ...
11-11-2022
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Money And Me: A Home Without Bills?
Having hung up his boots for good, ex pro-footballer Scott Golbourne (Bristol City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Barnsley, Exeter City) was looking for a new challenge. For the past ...
10-11-2022
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Farming England: Farming On The Spectrum - Oxfordshire
As the farming industry is hit by changes to funding and subsidies, many farms are diversifying and changing their focus. One innovation that’s rapidly growing in populari ...
07-11-2022
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Money And Me: Our Money-saving Story
Financial advisor Emmanuel Asuquo is on a mission to help people survive the current cost of living crisis - the worst in a generation. According to the Office for National Stat ...
04-11-2022
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Serving England: A1 By Night: Against The Clock
Night workers adding an extra lane to the A1 battle machine breakdowns, tiredness, and danger traffic as they race to get the road open by 6am. \n\nThe A1 is Britain’s lon ...
03-11-2022
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Series 1: Make Mine A 99 - Crewe
In the 1960s there were tens of thousands of ice cream vans in England. Today there are just 5,000 and most of them are hand built at a factory in Crewe. The family-run business ...
31-10-2022
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Serving England: 4. A Night At The Market
On the banks of the River Thames, in the shadow of Battersea Power Station, sits New Covent Garden Market - the UK’s largest wholesale fresh food market. This sprawling wh ...
28-10-2022
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Farming England: Trouble At Sea
October 2021 saw the beginning of an environmental catastrophe on the north east coast, as thousands of crustaceans washed up dead along numerous beaches. Fishermen from Hartlep ...
27-10-2022
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Series 1: The Container King
Jake Slinn is a 22-year-old entrepreneur who set up his own disposal and recycling company at the age of 19. The average age of a UK business owner is 49, even though 53 per cen ...
26-10-2022
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Series 1: The 007 Shoe Factory - Northampton
Crockett and Jones is one of only five remaining family-owned and run shoemakers in England, still manufacturing its shoes entirely in England. It is an official partner with th ...
24-10-2022
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Farming England: Our Family Cucumber Farm
Lea Valley normally produces more than 80 million cucumbers annually, over 65 per cent of the UK's production, according to Lea Valley Growers Association. This year the associa ...
21-10-2022
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Education: The Classroom Revolution
Bristol poet Lawrence Hoo struggled at secondary school. He was thrown out of six and remembers looking in the pages of textbooks and thinking that out of everyone who achieved ...
20-10-2022
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Bossing It: The Beauty Boss
Ama Amo-Agyei, 25, went into the pandemic unemployed. Now, she’s running a successful wellness business from Reading, employing 18 members of staff and hoping to grow an e ...
19-10-2022
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Series 1: Our Northern Jacket Empire
Worn by everyone from fishermen to fashionistas, waxed jackets are an iconic fashion item part of the fabric of England. In a factory off the north east coast, a team of high-sk ...
17-10-2022
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Education: From Conflict To Classroom
Fleeing war, violence and persecution abroad, young refugees from Ukraine and other countries restart their educations in England, finding a new life through new schools. We mee ...
14-10-2022
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Mental Health: The Barbershop
In September 2021, Bedford barber Fabio Moliterno took his own life after years of struggling with his mental health. In this deeply personal and powerful story, Fabio’s f ...
13-10-2022
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Made In England: Inside The Jet Engine Factory - Derby
Rolls-Royce has been in Derby for over a century. They don’t make cars here though, they make jet engines. Dennis, the manager of the department that assembles the engines ...
10-10-2022
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Bossing It: Fighting For Fashion - Exeter
Being black and a woman means access to finance is nearly impossible. Yet Kalkidan Legesse is an entrepreneur with a track record of not accepting ‘no’ for an answer ...
09-10-2022
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Series 1: Coping In Construction
We pass construction sites every day, but most people don’t know that behind the flurry of activity and noise, the industry has the worst suicide rate of any job in the UK ...
07-10-2022
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Bossing It: Photo Me Famous
Professional photographer Conor McDonnell got his big break when, as a 16-year-old, he got himself a press pass to photograph a gig in Manchester. Since then, he has travelled t ...
04-10-2022
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Made In England: The Biggest Smallest Car Company
Everyone loves the Mini, but the iconic car company is not just a job for the thousands of people who work there, it’s a way of life. Made across two factories in Swindon ...
03-10-2022
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Bossing It: Steffi And The Chocolate Factory
Steffi started selling her handmade chocolate from her mum’s kitchen in 2014. She now works from a small unit based in the Tyne Tunnel industrial estate with 27 staff and ...
21-09-2022
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Made In England: A Very British Bike Factory - West London
With a unique product, legions of fans, and deep roots in the communities of west London, Brompton Bikes is the largest bike manufacturer in the UK. In this film, we see what li ...
05-09-2022
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Belonging: The Real Phoenix Nights - Clacton
The Railway Club, a working men’s club in Clacton, Essex, is a local institution. The hub of a thriving community, it has been a lifeline for many working people in the ar ...
22-08-2022
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The Night Shift: Down At The Docks - Bristol
Bristol Port Company brings in huge cargo ships from around the world carrying products ranging from food and wine, to cars and aeroplane fuel. It is in operation 365 days a yea ...
15-08-2022
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The Night Shift: Night Nurses - Birmingham
Birmingham Heartlands hospital has one of the busiest intensive care units in the region. The team look after the most critically ill patients across the Midlands, offering arou ...
09-08-2022
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My Hometown: Livvy Haydock: My Hometown
Livvy Haydock is known for documenting crime and interviewing violent criminals. In recent years she’s tracked down kidnappers, drug smugglers and moped gangs robbing peop ...
25-07-2022
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My Hometown: Graft: Uncovering My Roots
Growing up in Leeds shaped rapper Graft’s music, and after a rapid rise to fame, he was crowned the winner of BBC’s The Rap Game. Now he has embarked on a new journe ...
25-07-2022
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My Hometown: Jayde Adams: Coming Home
Observational comedian Jayde Adams has spent the last 20 years carving out a successful career in comedy for herself. Most of that has been in London, but now she is moving back ...
11-07-2022
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My Hometown: Kema Kay: My Hometown
Kema Kay, star of I Daniel Blake, moved to Newcastle from Zambia aged three for his father’s education. He calls the city home, but has always struggled with a sense of be ...
04-07-2022
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My Hometown: Bimini Bon Boulash: Homecoming Queen
Drag queen Bimini Bon Boulash rose to fame on series 2 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. They didn’t win the drag competition but they have since been walking the catwalk at ...
02-07-2022
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My Hometown: Jassa Ahluwalia: Am I English?
Actor, director, and writer Jassa Ahluwalia has mixed heritage. His father is Indian, his mother is Anglo-Saxon. Jassa has white skin and speaks fluent Punjabi. Jassa and his si ...
27-06-2022
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True Crime: Who Killed Dad?
On April 22, 1986, Peter Thurgood and Lindy Benstead were found dead near their car just off the A3 in Rake, Hampshire, near the Sussex border. They were shot at point-blank ran ...
28-03-2022
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Sporting Heroes: Fighting For Me
Professional women’s boxing is a fast-growing sport. According to the British Boxing Board of Control, in 2016 just two women got professional boxing licenses in the UK; i ...
14-03-2022
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A Place Called Home: Hanging On To Home
Along with his wife and two daughters, Yacob Woldehiwot lives in what he describes as his dream home - a fourth-floor flat in West London. It’s a spacious one-bedroom prop ...
07-03-2022
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Belonging: Our Skate Park Life - Hastings
Every year, Hastings hosts one of England’s top BMX competitions, the Battle of Hastings, attended by riders from across the world. Stu is a semi-pro BMX rider who coaches ...
23-02-2022
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The Night Shift: Life Blood
Supply and demand – it’s the crucial equation that the NHS Blood and Transplant Service (NHSBT) must balance as hospitals reopen after\npandemic lockdowns and the ne ...
02-02-2022
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