Documentaries 193 available programmes
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Brushing up on...British Factories
Danny Baker ponders the British factory - the products, the people and the bosses.
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The Genius of Marie Curie - The Woman Who Lit up the World
Revealing Marie Curie's personal life and the challenges she faced and overcame.
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The Truth about Depression
Stephen Nolan examines the science behind depression and meets those battling the illness.
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The Many Faces of...
Series 2 - Stanley Baxter
Celebrating the extraordinary career of entertainer Stanley Baxter.
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The Prisoners
Episode 3
This episode features a cross-prison relationship between Chloe and co-defendant Michael.
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Hebrides: Islands on the Edge
Episode 2
Wildlife face the biggest storm in living memory. And the basking sharks arrive.
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Frost on Sketch Shows
Sir David Frost traces the development of the TV sketch show over the last fifty years.
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Unsafe Sex in the City
Episode 4
Gary finds out the hard way that it's not just STIs condoms are designed to prevent.
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Helicopter Rescue
Series 2 - Episode 4
The crews undertake rescues at Caernarfon Castle and on the slopes of Crib Goch.
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The Flying Archaeologist
Hadrian's Wall: Life on the Frontier
Ben Robinson flies over Hadrian's Wall to reveal a once richly populated landscape.
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The Entrepreneurs
One is the Loneliest Number
Ex-cop Jim Duffy and a group of Scots try to defy the economic downturn.
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Great British Railway Journeys
Series 1 - Coventry to Watford
Michael Portillo meets the last pure-breed Aylesbury duck farmer in Buckinghamshire.
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Show Me What You're Made Of
Series 1 - Toys
The kids are put to the test in one of Indonesia's biggest toy factories.
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Life in the Undergrowth
Supersocieties
Revealing how small insects can accomplish great things by working in amazing partnerships
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Great British Railway Journeys
Series 4 - Lynton and Lynmouth to Exeter
Michael Portillo visits a garden used as a viewing platform for public hangings.
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Coast
Series 8 - Invaders of the Isles
Coast reveals surprising stories of invasions around the British Isles.
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Britain on Film
This Sceptred Isle
A look at the short films that documented unusual British customs, rituals and traditions.
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Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Documentary celebrating some of the greatest female jazz singers of the 20th century.
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Love Me Do: The Beatles '62
Stuart Maconie celebrates the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles' Love Me Do.
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Wings over the World
Film of Wings' tour of 1975/1976, as the band visited England, Australia and America.