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Documentaries

(576 programmes in total)

  1. ... and Many Children Came
  2. 10 Things You Need to Know About Losing Weight
  3. 10 Things You Need to Know About Sleep
  4. 100 Years of Wildlife Films
  5. 18/02/2007
  6. 18/05/2007
  7. 18/05/2007
  8. 18/05/2007
  9. 18/05/2007
  10. 18/05/2007
  11. 18/05/2007
  12. A Breed Apart
  13. A Dander with Drennan
  14. A History of Scotland Available on BBC iPlayer
  15. A Month of Sun Days
  16. A Necessary Evil?
  17. A Prince for Wales?
  18. A Queer Try
  19. A Tale of Two Cities
  20. A Tribute to Ned Sherrin: Comedy Connections: That Was the Week that Was
  21. A World of Pain: Meera Syal on Self-Harm
  22. A Year in Sex City
  23. Across The Andes: Beyond Boundaries
  24. Addicted to Cheap Shopping?
  25. Africa's Walk of Hope
  26. After Rome: Holy War and Conquest
  27. Alan Whicker's Journey of a Lifetime
  28. Alesha: Look but Don't Touch
  29. Alexander Armstrong's Very British Holiday Available on BBC iPlayer
  30. Alexei Sayle's Liverpool
  31. Aliyah - The Journey Home
  32. Amazon with Bruce Parry
  33. Anderson in...
  34. Anderson in... Music
  35. Anderson in... Old Motors
  36. Anderson in... Rhinestones
  37. Anderson in... Weddings
  38. Animal Rescue - Live
  39. Arena
  40. Around Ireland in 80 Days
  41. Around the World in 20 Years
  42. Around the World in 80 Faiths
  43. Baddiel and the Missing Nazi Millions
  44. Bateman on Bangor: Light of the World
  45. Battlefield Britain
  46. Behind Closed Doors
  47. Belfast Zoo
  48. Best: His Mother's Son
  49. Beyond Boundaries: Where Are They Now?
  50. Big Bike Ride
  51. Big Cat Diary
  52. Bill Oddie's Wild Side
  53. Black Widow Granny? Available on BBC iPlayer
  54. Blackadder Rides Again
  55. Blitz: The Bombing of Coventry
  56. Blue Suede Jew
  57. Bob Humphrys: A Tribute
  58. Bobby Robson - A Geordie Gentleman
  59. Bobby Robson - Legend of Ipswich Town
  60. Bobsleigh Challenge
  61. Body Image
  62. Born Survivors
  63. Born to be Wild
  64. Boys Behind Bars
  65. Boys from the Brown Stuff
  66. Breakout
  67. Britain from Above
  68. Britain Under Water
  69. Britain's Most Wanted Paedophiles
  70. British Isles - A Natural History
  71. British Style Genius
  72. Bruce Goes Dancing
  73. Bruce on Vegas
  74. Building Britain
  75. Building the Olympic Dream
  76. Burnley Are Back!
  77. Bust
  78. Caitlin and Dylan: Welsh Greats
  79. Calendar Girls: 10 Years On
  80. Calum Best: Brought Up by Booze - A Children in Need Special
  81. Calum's Cabin
  82. Calzaghe Clan
  83. Can You Bank on Me?
  84. Car Wars
  85. Catching Britain's Biggest Thieves
  86. Celebrity Lives - Sharia Style
  87. Charles at 60: the Passionate Prince
  88. Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life Available on BBC iPlayer
  89. Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas
  90. Charley Boorman: Ireland to Sydney by Any Means
  91. Child of Our Time
  92. Children Fighting Cancer
  93. China's Capitalist Revolution
  94. China's Terracotta Army
  95. Christmas on the Frontline
  96. Clash of the Worlds
  97. Class of '62
  98. Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer
  99. Cliff Morgan: A Lifetime of Achievement
  100. Clowns
  101. Coast Available on BBC iPlayer
  102. Comedy Connections
  103. Comic Relief: The Fools' Guide
  104. Coming Home Available on BBC iPlayer
  105. Conflict Revolution
  106. Cooking in the Danger Zone
  107. Count Your Blessings
  108. Cracking Up
  109. Crash: One Fatal Day on the Roads
  110. Credit Crash Britain
  111. Crime Scene Conman
  112. Crimewatch on the Streets
  113. Crimewatch Solved
  114. Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture
  115. Dancehall Sweethearts
  116. Dangerous Love: A Comic Relief Special
  117. Darwin's Dangerous Idea
  118. Dave Kidney: Superstar
  119. David Hammond: A Time to Dream
  120. David Lean in Close-Up With Jonathan Ross
  121. Dear Bill - A Tribute to Lord Deedes
  122. Demolition
  123. Desperately Hungry Housewives
  124. Disco Babes
  125. Dive to Shark City
  126. Diwali: A Sikh's Journey Home
  127. Diwali: Hindu Health Check
  128. Doctor Who Confidential Available on BBC iPlayer
  129. Dom's on the Case
  130. Dom's on the Case
  131. Don't Leave Me This Way
  132. Double Jeopardy
  133. Dusty Bluebells
  134. Dying for a Drink
  135. Earth: The Climate Wars Available on BBC iPlayer
  136. Edwardians In Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn
  137. Empire of Cricket
  138. English Heritage
  139. Escape the Elephants
  140. Eurovision: Jade's Story
  141. Everest ER
  142. Evicted
  143. Evicted Update
  144. Ex-Forces and Homeless
  145. Explore
  146. Extreme Pilgrim
  147. Faith in the Family
  148. Fighting Passions
  149. Fix My Fat Head
  150. Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
  151. Flight of the Earls
  152. Found
  153. Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage
  154. From Belfast to Dachau
  155. Frontline Afghanistan
  156. Frontline: Afghanistan
  157. Frozen North
  158. Full Ponty Highlights
  159. Gandhi
  160. Ganges
  161. George Melly's Last Stand
  162. Georgia's Story: 33 Stone at 15
  163. Get Well Northern Ireland
  164. Girls Behind Bars
  165. Gordon Brown - Made in Scotland
  166. Gordon Smith: From Player to Power
  167. Graham Catney - Made in Belfast
  168. Grandad's Back in Business
  169. Great British Journeys
  170. Great Welsh Sporting Moments
  171. Green Wales: How Green Was My Quarry? Available on BBC iPlayer
  172. Green Wales: What's the Point? Available on BBC iPlayer
  173. Hair Wars
  174. Hard Christmas
  175. Hardcore Profits
  176. Healy!
  177. Healy!
  178. Hear My Prayer
  179. Heart of Saturday Night
  180. Heroes and Villains
  181. Heroes of Helmand
  182. Hillsborough Revisited
  183. Hollywood Greats
  184. Holyrood and the Search for Scotland's Soul
  185. Home is Where the Hurt Is
  186. Home Truths
  187. Honour Kills
  188. Horizon Available on BBC iPlayer
  189. Hospital 24/7
  190. Hospital Check-Up
  191. Hospital Heroes
  192. Hot Planet Available on BBC iPlayer
  193. Hotel Stephanie
  194. Hottest Place on Earth Available on BBC iPlayer
  195. House Traders
  196. How the Celts Saved Britain
  197. How We Built Britain
  198. How We Built Britain
  199. How Woolies Became Wellies: One Woman's Fight for the High Street
  200. Human Instinct
  201. I'm a Child Anorexic
  202. I'm a Santa, Get Me Out of Here
  203. Ian Fleming: Where Bond Began
  204. Ian Hislop's Scouting for Boys
  205. Identity Fraud: Outnumbered
  206. Imagine Available on BBC iPlayer
  207. In Cold Blood
  208. In Living Memory
  209. In Search of England's Green and Pleasant Land
  210. In the Footsteps of Blair Mayne
  211. Incredible Animal Journeys
  212. Inside Out
  213. Inside Out
  214. Inside Out
  215. Inside Out
  216. Inside Out
  217. Inside Out
  218. Inside Out
  219. Inside Out
  220. Inside Out
  221. Inside Out
  222. Inside Out
  223. Inside Out
  224. Iran and the West
  225. It's a Queer Life for the Straight Guy
  226. Jack: A Soldier's Story
  227. Jackie Magazine: A Girl's Best Friend
  228. James Ellis - An Actor's Life
  229. James May at the Edge of Space
  230. James May on the Moon
  231. James May's Big Ideas
  232. James May's Top Toys
  233. Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time
  234. Jess: My New Face
  235. Jimeoin Down Under
  236. Jimmy and the Wild Honey Hunters
  237. Jimmy Doherty in Darwin's Garden
  238. Jimmy Doherty's Farming Heroes
  239. Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
  240. John Smeaton: Everyday Superhero
  241. Johnny Goes to Scotland
  242. Jonathan Ross Salutes Dad's Army
  243. Joseph: The Winner's Story
  244. Karma Babies
  245. Kate Adie Returns to Tiananmen Square
  246. Katherine Jenkins: A Girl From Neath
  247. Keane on Longley
  248. Kick Out the Kids
  249. Kilimanjaro: The Big Red Nose Climb
  250. Lads to Dads
  251. Land of Our Mothers
  252. Last Chance to See Available on BBC iPlayer
  253. Last Days of Tower
  254. Last Man Hanging
  255. Lenny's Britain
  256. Lewis Hamilton: Billion Dollar Man
  257. Life Available on BBC iPlayer
  258. Life in a Hearing World
  259. Life in Cold Blood Available on BBC iPlayer
  260. Life Inside
  261. Lifegivers
  262. Lit by Love and Sunshine
  263. Living Planet Available on BBC iPlayer
  264. Living With Monkeys: Tales From the Treetops Available on BBC iPlayer
  265. Looking for Dad
  266. Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones On Anger
  267. Losing Our Religion
  268. Losing the Plot
  269. Lost City of Craigavon
  270. Lost in the Moment
  271. Lost Land of the Jaguar
  272. Lost Land of the Volcano Available on BBC iPlayer
  273. Lost World of the Raj
  274. Louis Theroux
  275. Louis Theroux - The City Addicted to Crystal Meth
  276. Louis Theroux's African Hunting Holiday
  277. Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles
  278. Made in England by Courtney Pine
  279. Made in England by Harry Cory Wright
  280. Made in England by Ian McMillan
  281. Made in England by Michael J Browne
  282. Made in England by Pollyanna Pickering
  283. Made in England by Rolf Harris
  284. Made in England by Seth Lakeman
  285. Make Me an MP
  286. Make Me...
  287. Man Utd: Beyond the Promised Land
  288. Manet: the Man Who Invented Modern Art
  289. Mary Queen of Shops
  290. Medic One - Life and Death in London
  291. Michael Wood: The Story of India
  292. Million Dollar Pigeon
  293. Mischief Available on BBC iPlayer
  294. Missionary Position
  295. Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work
  296. Money Programme
  297. Montezuma
  298. Motorway Cops
  299. Movie Connections
  300. Mr and Mrs Bin Laden
  301. Mumbai Uncovered
  302. Music Makers
  303. My Brother Ben: Brooke Kinsella's Story
  304. My Family at War
  305. My Heart Belongs to Dad
  306. My Life As A Child
  307. NASA: Triumph and Tragedy
  308. Nation on Film
  309. Natural World Available on BBC iPlayer
  310. Nature's Great Events Available on BBC iPlayer
  311. Neighbourhood Watched
  312. New Nation
  313. NI's Greatest Haunts
  314. No Plan, No Peace
  315. Nureyev: From Russia with Love
  316. Obama: His Story
  317. Oceans
  318. Officer and Commander
  319. Olympic Dreams
  320. Omagh - The Legacy
  321. On the Ball: The Story of Sports Commentary
  322. On the Brink
  323. Only Yesterday: The Carpenters' Story
  324. Our World Available on BBC iPlayer
  325. Over Here
  326. Pacific Abyss
  327. Paradiso
  328. Paris
  329. Patrick Kielty and A Night in November
  330. Pedigree Dogs Exposed
  331. Personal Visions
  332. Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields
  333. Pilgrims
  334. Playing for Time: The Ulster Orchestra
  335. Playing the Part
  336. Power to the People
  337. Prescott: The Class System And Me
  338. Price of Life
  339. Prince Harry in Afghanistan
  340. Private Life of a Masterpiece
  341. Private Life of Plants Available on BBC iPlayer
  342. Professor Regan's...
  343. Queens of British Pop Available on BBC iPlayer
  344. Rain in My Heart
  345. Raising Steam
  346. Rape... Crisis
  347. Ray Gravell: A Wonderful Life
  348. Ray Mears Goes Walkabout
  349. Ray Mears Northern Wilderness Available on BBC iPlayer
  350. Real Men
  351. Reported Scotland: 50 Years of BBC TV News
  352. Repossessed
  353. Return of the Raptors
  354. Reunited
  355. Rhodri Morgan: Portrait of a First Minister
  356. Richard Wilson: Two Feet in the Grave
  357. Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapes
  358. River Cops
  359. River Police
  360. Rivers of Blood
  361. Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones
  362. Road Rage
  363. Rob Brydon's Identity Crisis
  364. Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
  365. Rocket Science
  366. Russia: A Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby Available on BBC iPlayer
  367. Sasha: Beauty Queen at 11
  368. Savile Row
  369. Saving Britain's Past
  370. Saving Planet Earth
  371. Science of Superstorms
  372. Scotland on Film
  373. Scotland on Film
  374. Scotland on Film
  375. Scotland on Film
  376. Scotland on Film
  377. Scotland on Film
  378. Scotland on Film
  379. Scotland's Brand New Bank
  380. Scotland's Road to War
  381. Seamus Heaney: A Life in Pictures
  382. Seaside Rescue
  383. Second Chance School
  384. Secret Gardens
  385. Secret Peacemaker
  386. Series 1
  387. Series 1 Fillers
  388. Seven Ages of Rock
  389. Shark Encounters
  390. Ships that Changed the World
  391. Show Me the Mummy
  392. Shroud of Turin
  393. Silverville
  394. Sir Bobby Robson - A Tribute
  395. Skint
  396. Sky Cops
  397. Sky High
  398. So Hard to Beat
  399. Somebody's Child
  400. Sons of Ulster
  401. SOS: The History of the RNLI in Scotland
  402. South Pacific Available on BBC iPlayer
  403. Spice Girls - Giving You Everything
  404. Sporting Traditions
  405. Sporting Traditions
  406. Springwatch Available on BBC iPlayer
  407. Stabbed: The Truth About Knife Crime
  408. Stabbed: The Truth About Knife Crime
  409. State of Minds - The Children
  410. Stephen Fry in America
  411. Storyline
  412. Storyville Available on BBC iPlayer
  413. Stress and Disorder
  414. Super Vets
  415. Superdocs Available on BBC iPlayer
  416. Surviving Suicide
  417. Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions Available on BBC iPlayer
  418. Sweet Child of Mine, The Children of Fleming Fulton
  419. Tailwind
  420. Tales of the Fatlad
  421. Teen Mum High
  422. Teen Mum High
  423. Terry Pratchett - Living with Alzheimer's
  424. Thames Shipwrecks: A Race Against Time
  425. That Was the Team That Was
  426. That Was the Team That Was
  427. That Was the Team That Was
  428. The Age of Terror
  429. The Alastair Campbell Diaries
  430. The American Future: A History, by Simon Schama
  431. The Archbishop
  432. The Art on Your Wall with Sue Perkins Available on BBC iPlayer
  433. The Autistic Me
  434. The Barristers
  435. The Belonging Story
  436. The Best Job in the World
  437. The Blair Years
  438. The Bullseye Belles
  439. The Chief
  440. The Chiefs
  441. The Choir Revisited
  442. The City Uncovered with Evan Davis
  443. The Conspiracy Files
  444. The Crown Jewel
  445. The Dark Side of Teenage Sex
  446. The Day the Troubles Began
  447. The Department Store
  448. The Drifters
  449. The Evacuees
  450. The Fallen
  451. The Frankincense Trail
  452. The Funny Thing About Ramadan
  453. The Genius of Photography
  454. The Great British Wedding
  455. The Great Girona Gold Hunt
  456. The Great War in Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn
  457. The Hairy Bakers
  458. The Hairy Bakers' Christmas Special
  459. The Heart of Thomas Hardy
  460. The Holy Show
  461. The Honeymooners
  462. The Human Face
  463. The Incredible Human Journey Available on BBC iPlayer
  464. The John Akii-Bua Story: An African Tragedy
  465. The Kindertransport Story
  466. The Last Tommy
  467. The Lion, the Keeper and the Dealer
  468. The Lions' Roar
  469. The Lost World of Communism
  470. The Man Who Could Fly
  471. The Man with 20 Kids
  472. The Marchioness: A Survivor's Story
  473. The Marriage - 25 Years On
  474. The Muslim Tommies
  475. The Narnia Code
  476. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: East
  477. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: East Midlands
  478. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: London
  479. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: North
  480. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: North East
  481. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: North West
  482. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: Northern Ireland
  483. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: Scotland
  484. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: South
  485. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: South East
  486. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: South West
  487. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: Wales
  488. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: West
  489. The Nature of Britain Where You Live: West Midlands
  490. The NHS: A Difficult Beginning
  491. The People's Hospital
  492. The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
  493. The Poles Are Coming!
  494. The Poppy Day Bomb
  495. The Primary
  496. The Rat Pack
  497. The Real Cherie
  498. The Rugby Club
  499. The Satanic Verses Affair
  500. The School Report
  501. The Secret Diary of the Holocaust
  502. The Secret Life of Elephants Available on BBC iPlayer
  503. The Secret Life of Twins
  504. The Story of Dibley
  505. The Story of Give My Head Peace
  506. The Supreme Sacrifice
  507. The Thatcher Generation
  508. The Tower
  509. The Trouble With 40
  510. The Trouble With Girls
  511. The Trouble with Working Women
  512. The Truth About Crime
  513. The Ulster Generals: The Spirit of the Warrior
  514. The Ulster Generals: Triumph and Disaster
  515. The Undercover Diplomat
  516. The Undercover Soldier
  517. The Van
  518. The Victorians
  519. The Violent Highway
  520. The Week We Went to War
  521. The Widow's Tale
  522. The Year I Turned 13: a Jewish Coming of Age in Belfast
  523. Thinking Big
  524. Tiger Spy in the Jungle
  525. Timewatch
  526. Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
  527. Trials of Life Available on BBC iPlayer
  528. Tribal Wives
  529. Tribe
  530. Tropic of Capricorn
  531. Trouble in Amish Paradise
  532. Troubled Waters: An Inside Out Special
  533. Ultimate Rock Climb
  534. Ultimate Wild Water
  535. Uncovered
  536. Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
  537. Undercover Princes
  538. Up to the Port
  539. Vet Safari
  540. Victoria's Empire
  541. Victorian Farm Available on BBC iPlayer
  542. Video Nation
  543. Virgin Memories
  544. Wainwright: The Man Who Loved the Lakes
  545. Wales - The Prince and the Plotter
  546. Wales Yesterday
  547. Wanted: Farmers
  548. Wanted: Farmers: Revisited
  549. Wasted Nation
  550. Weatherman Walking
  551. Week In Week Out
  552. Week In Week Out: Special
  553. Welsh Greats
  554. Welsh Way of Life
  555. Wendy Richard - A Tribute
  556. Wendy Richard: To Tell You the Truth
  557. What Britain Earns
  558. What Is Beauty? Available on BBC iPlayer
  559. What's Really in Our Food? Available on BBC iPlayer
  560. When a Mother's Love Is Not Enough
  561. When the Pope Came to Ireland
  562. When Wales Shook the World
  563. Where Angels Fear to Tread
  564. Whistleblower
  565. Who Do You Think You Are?
  566. Who's Watching You? Available on BBC iPlayer
  567. Why Poetry Matters
  568. Wild Available on BBC iPlayer
  569. Wild China Available on BBC iPlayer
  570. Wild Welsh Zoo
  571. Windscale: Britain's Biggest Nuclear Disaster
  572. Women In Black
  573. Wonderland Available on BBC iPlayer
  574. Wounded
  575. Yellowstone Available on BBC iPlayer
  576. Young John Paul II - Witness to Evil

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