English Literature
An Inspector Calls (2015)
An Inspector Calls (2015)
The mysterious 'Inspector Goole' interrupts a wealthy family's family party to tell them a young woman died of suicide that night.
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
A pair of 'star-crossed lovers' from rival families in a violence-riven city must hide their blossoming romance. Baz Luhrmann's explosive update of the...
Macbeth (2010)
Macbeth (2010)
This film of Macbeth is based on Chichester Festival's 2007 production of the play starring Patrick Stewart in the title role. It was filmed at Welbeck Abbey ...
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Macbeth
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Macbeth
Shakespeare’s darkest psychological thriller. Returning home from battle, the victorious Macbeth meets three witches on the heat...
PSHE | Stone Cold
PSHE | Stone Cold
Drama illustrating the stark realities of homelessness.
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Romeo and Juliet
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Romeo and Juliet
What if your first true love was someone you’d been told to hate? Ripped apart by the bitter divisions of their parents...
Romeo & Juliet (2013)
Romeo & Juliet (2013)
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play about two young, tragic lovers torn apart by the feuding rivalry between their respective families in Medieval Verona.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016)
Russell T Davies' adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, from 2016. In the tyrannical court of Athens, dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hi...
The Tempest (2010)
The Tempest (2010)
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play: Prospera is banished from Milan by her brother and finds herself stranded on an island with her daughter, where she wait...
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | The Tempest
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | The Tempest
With a spirit of the supernatural, The Tempest is a story of forgiveness, generosity and enlightenments set on a remote and ...
An Inspector Calls (1984)
An Inspector Calls (1984)
This program is a compilation of the three-part play originally transmitted in 1981. With Bernard Hepton, Nigel Davenport and Margaret Tyzack.
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Othello
Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Othello
Othello is the greatest general of his age but he is also an outsider whose victories have created enemies of his own. As they p...
The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Yaël Farber directs James McArdle as Macbeth and Saoirse Ronan as Lady Macbeth in the Almeida's Olivier Award-nominated production about a couple's sp...
A Christmas Carol (2009)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Animation based on Charles Dickens's classic novel. Cold-hearted, penny-pinching Ebeneezer Scrooge is taken on an eye-opening journey by three ghost...
Animal Farm (1955)
Animal Farm (1955)
An animated version of George Orwell's classic allegorical novel about the totalitarian aftermath of a barnyard revolution.
ShakespeaRe-told | Macbeth
ShakespeaRe-told | Macbeth
Retelling of Shakespeare plays: when three binmen tell Joe Macbeth he's to become the owner of the restaurant where they work, the head chef, spur...
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, tracing Robert Louis Stevenson's story back to event...
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
An adaptation of Shakespeare's play about a Jewish moneylender who seeks to forfeit a literal pound of flesh from his Christian nemesis. Starri...
Hamlet (2009)
Hamlet (2009)
Drama with David Tennant in the title role of the RSC's production of Shakespeare's tragedy. Claudius has killed Prince Hamlet's father and usurped the throne,...
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
The tale of an unlikely friendship between Bruno (Asa Butterfield), the son of a Nazi commandant, and Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish b...
English Language
Speeches that Shook the World
Speeches that Shook the World
Documentary in which poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech by examining famous speeches that provoked radical change, surpri...
The Three Principles of Rhetoric | Speeches That Shook the World
The Three Principles of Rhetoric | Speeches That Shook the World
Actor & Communications Consultant Vincent Franklin describes Aristotle's three principles of rhetoric.
The Key Elements of Making a Good Speech | Speeches That Shook the World
The Key Elements of Making a Good Speech | Speeches That Shook the World
Simon Armitage takes tips from Shakespearean actor Charles Dance on how to deliever a speech that wi...
Speeches - Martin Luther King's ''I have a dream'' speech | Speeches that Shook the World
Speeches - Martin Luther King's ''I have a dream'' speech | Speeches that Shook the World
Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech by examining famous speeches th...
Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51
Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51
Jay Blades, presenter of The Repair Shop, struggles to read. Now he has decided it is finally time to learn.
Episode 8 | The Speaker
Episode 8 | The Speaker
It's the final and the three remaining teenagers get to go on the trip of a lifetime as they travel with Unicef to research children's rights in Mala...
01: An English-speaking World | The Story of English
01: An English-speaking World | The Story of English
Robert Macneil on how English is being adopted by the world as the most important language to learn, he traces the use o...
Churchill's Wartime Speeches | Speeches That Shook the World
Churchill's Wartime Speeches | Speeches That Shook the World
Simon Armitage examines the speeches of one of Britain's best known orators.
Sir Gareth Southgate | The Richard Dimbleby Lecture
Sir Gareth Southgate | The Richard Dimbleby Lecture
Former England football manager Sir Gareth Southgate reflects on his personal journey as a leader and the importance of b...
Rebel Tongue
Rebel Tongue
Alistair Heather sets out on a mission to reclaim the Scots language. For years, Scotland’s ancient tongue was ignored or mocked. Now, one and a half million pe...
Kae Tempest: Spoken Word Performer | Rhymes, Rock and Revolution
Kae Tempest: Spoken Word Performer | Rhymes, Rock and Revolution
Kae Tempest is an award-winning spoken word performer who made their debut at 16 years old.
For the Sake of Argument | Writer's Block
For the Sake of Argument | Writer's Block
Compilation secondary schools programme consisting of a new unit focusing on key literacy skills and illustrating how the skills of...
Episode 1 | Blethering Scots
Episode 1 | Blethering Scots
Ten well-known personalities share their favourite Scots word and celebrate the warmth, wit and grit of the Scots language. Written by Sanjeev K...
Episode 2 | The Speaker
Episode 2 | The Speaker
The search to find Britain's best young speaker continues in Manchester and Cardiff. The judges hear youngsters speak out about topics including teen...
The Write Way: Part 2 | The Learning Zone
The Write Way: Part 2 | The Learning Zone
This programme concentrates on improving non fiction writing skills.
Episode 1 | The Speaker
Episode 1 | The Speaker
The search is on to find the UK's best young speaker in this eight-part series, starting with the first regional auditions from Glasgow and London.
03: A Muse of Fire | The Story of English
03: A Muse of Fire | The Story of English
This programme centres on the English of Shakespeare and the King James Bible and its spread into the New World via Elizabethan exp...
The Write Way: Part 1 | The Learning Zone
The Write Way: Part 1 | The Learning Zone
This programme deals with teaching writing skills to 9-11 year olds.
Away with Words | Writer's Block
Away with Words | Writer's Block
Compilation secondary schools programme consisting of a new unit focusing on key literacy skills and illustrating how the skills of reading ...
The Role of the Play | Writer's Block
The Role of the Play | Writer's Block
Compilation secondary schools programme consisting of a new unit focusing on key literacy skills and illustrating how the skills of rea...
Geography
Fashion's Dirty Secrets | Stacey Dooley
Fashion's Dirty Secrets | Stacey Dooley
Stacey Dooley uncovers the shocking environmental impact caused by an insatiable appetite for cheap clothing.
Untold: Inside the Shein Machine
Untold: Inside the Shein Machine
Reporter Iman Amrani explores how Shein has mastered social media marketing to become a global fast fashion phenomenon. With rumours spreadi...
Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting | Horizon
Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting | Horizon
Naturalist Chris Packham investigates the impact a growing human population is having on the planet, asking whether ...
01: Peace | Welcome to Rio
01: Peace | Welcome to Rio
Documentary series exploring Rio's shanty-towns, the favelas. In Cantagalo, delivery man Rocky carries goods up the steep staircases overlooking C...
01: Living in the City | Andrew Marr's Mega Cities
01: Living in the City | Andrew Marr's Mega Cities
Documentary in which Andrew Marr looks at how people live in five of the world's biggest megacities: London, Dhaka, Tokyo,...
Famous, Rich and in the Slums: Part 1 | Comic Relief
Famous, Rich and in the Slums: Part 1 | Comic Relief
Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they spend a week living...
Episode 1 | Expedition Volcano
Episode 1 | Expedition Volcano
Chris Jackson, Xand van Tulleken and Aldo Kane take part in an expedition to Nyiragongo - one of the world's most dangerous and spectacular vo...
Farm falling into the sea | Bitesize Secondary
Farm falling into the sea | Bitesize Secondary
Yvonne and Shawn Mars discuss the perils of owning a farm that is falling into the sea due to coastal erosion.
Episode 1 | Kevin McCloud: Slumming It
Episode 1 | Kevin McCloud: Slumming It
A two-part documentary detailing a two-week stay in Mumbai's Dharavi slum.
01: Volcano | Earth: The Power of the Planet
01: Volcano | Earth: The Power of the Planet
Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of planet Earth. Although they appear to be destructive, volcanoes have been crucial to the deve...
Climate Change: The Facts
Climate Change: The Facts
After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.
03: Ice | Earth: The Power of the Planet
03: Ice | Earth: The Power of the Planet
Documentary series in which Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of the earth's development. Ice isn't just something to put in a gin and...
2020 | Britain's Wildest Weather
2020 | Britain's Wildest Weather
Footage of the most extreme weather conditions in the UK over the past year, from the worst floods in a decade and a freak landslide in Fife...
Episode 1 | Welcome to Lagos
Episode 1 | Welcome to Lagos
A look at life in the Olusosun rubbish dump, where around 1,000 people live on top of the rubbish in houses built from scrap.
How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? | Horizon
How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? | Horizon
Naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world faces a population crisis and if it is the duty of indiv...
01: The Solomon Islands and Australia | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline
01: The Solomon Islands and Australia | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline
Ade Adepitan sees the damage that climate change is causing, and finds out how we can fight it -...
Don't Panic - The Truth About Population | This World
Don't Panic - The Truth About Population | This World
Statistician Professor Hans Rosling presents a spectacular portrait of our rapidly changing world, showing how the prob...
03: Food, Fire and Water | Supersized Earth
03: Food, Fire and Water | Supersized Earth
Dallas Campbell examines what it takes to keep seven billion humans alive with food, energy and water.
River Landscapes: Part 1 | Physical Environments
River Landscapes: Part 1 | Physical Environments
Rivers shape the landscapes around them, created by the power of water. Derek Mackay explains how rivers change from source ...
Drowning in Plastic
Drowning in Plastic
Wildlife biologist Liz Bonnin works with some of the world's leading marine biologists and campaigners to discover the true dangers of plastic in our oce...
History
01: Medieval London | Filthy Cities
01: Medieval London | Filthy Cities
Dan Snow gets down and dirty in medieval grime to discover how the London of today was forged in the filth of the 14th century.
S01E02: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Days That Shook the World
S01E02: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Days That Shook the World
How the duke's death led to the start of the First World War.
04: The Battle Against the Spanish Armada | Battlefield Britain
04: The Battle Against the Spanish Armada | Battlefield Britain
Peter and Dan Snow take a look at the battles that shaped our nation. Drake's unlikely sea victory against th...
S01E04: Hiroshima | Days That Shook the World
S01E04: Hiroshima | Days That Shook the World
Documentary recalling 6 August 1945, when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, with testimony from American colonel Paul Tib...
08: Their Finest Hour | Battlefield Britain
08: Their Finest Hour | Battlefield Britain
Peter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the battles that shaped our nation. The Battle of Britain was the pivotal air battle ...
Dunkirk (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
Hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops find themselves in an impossible situation. Christopher Nolan's epic wartime action thriller.
Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette
Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette
In 1913 Suffragette Emily Davison stepped into the path of the King's horse at the Derby. Clare Balding examines the story of Emily,...
S01E06: Kristallnacht | Days That Shook the World
S01E06: Kristallnacht | Days That Shook the World
Two days defined the fortunes of 20th-century Jews: Kristallnacht on September 9, 1938, a turning point in Nazi persecution...
Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley
Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley
Documentary, presented by Lucy Worsley, which uses dramatised testimony to tell the story of a group of working-class women conducting a dange...
S01E01: Black Death | Lucy Worsley Investigates
S01E01: Black Death | Lucy Worsley Investigates
How did the Black Death change Britain? Lucy Worsley examines the latest science and explores how the huge death toll affecte...
Hiroshima
Hiroshima
Dramatic reconstruction of the devastating impact of the first atomic bomb to be used against people on the citizens of Hiroshima.
The Children Who Built Victorian Britain
The Children Who Built Victorian Britain
Using animation and actual recorded testimony, historian Jane Humphries tells the story of the child workers whose exploitation was ...
03: Paradise Lost | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
03: Paradise Lost | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
As the 1960s progress, Harold Wilson takes centre stage in a rapidly changing Britain as the country looks to a f...
Nazi Germany: 02: Life in Hitler's Germany | History File
Nazi Germany: 02: Life in Hitler's Germany | History File
Using evidence from five people who lived through the rise of National Socialism, this takes a look at why Germany ...
04: Revolution | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
04: Revolution | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
Andrew Marr revisits the Britain of Margaret Thatcher and comes to some surprising conclusions about the British nat...
The Children of the Holocaust
The Children of the Holocaust
Powerful animated films, in which elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors tell their stories of Nazi persecution in their childhood and how they esc...
05: Sewer King | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
05: Sewer King | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
As 19th century London's sewage problem reached crisis point and cholera was rife, Joseph Bazalgette proposed a scheme...
Black Peoples of the Americas: 02: Everyday Life on a Plantation Island | History File
Black Peoples of the Americas: 02: Everyday Life on a Plantation Island | History File
The schools history series reconstructs the day-to-day experience of slavery for Betty...
The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
Drama-documentary which offers a new perspective on the most infamous battle of World War I, revealing how it was on the Somme that the Bri...
05: New Britannia | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
05: New Britannia | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
In the final part of Andrew Marr's national saga, Britain enters the post-Thatcher era. Many have done well durin...
Religious Education
The Miracle Maker
The Miracle Maker
Ralph Fiennes heads an all-star cast of an animated portrayal of the life of Jesus, told through the eyes of a child.
Jewish | Being...
Jewish | Being...
British Jews across the faith celebrate life's big milestones, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.
Hindu | Being...
Hindu | Being...
British Hindus across the faith celebrate life's big milestones, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Animated biblical epic telling the story of Moses and the exodus to the Promised Land, with voiceovers by an all-star cast including Val Kilmer, R...
Muslim | Being...
Muslim | Being...
British Muslims from across the faith mark some of life's biggest moments from birth and coming of age to marriage and end of life.
Episode 3 | The Passion
Episode 3 | The Passion
Atmospheric re-telling of Jesus's final days. As Jesus shares his Last Supper with the disciples, Judas slips away to fetch the Temple guards.
Episode 1 | Muslims Like Us
Episode 1 | Muslims Like Us
Ten British Muslims with contrasting world views move in together. They begin to explore how their faith impacts their lives.
The Children of the Holocaust
The Children of the Holocaust
Powerful animated films, in which elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors tell their stories of Nazi persecution in their childhood and how they esc...
Christian | Being...
Christian | Being...
How British Christians from across the faith celebrate life's big milestones, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.
A Very British Ramadan
A Very British Ramadan
Documentary series reflecting what life is like for Britain's Muslim population who observe the Ramadan religious festival. Here, Rashid Khan - former...
01: Islam | My Life, My Religion
01: Islam | My Life, My Religion
What does it mean to be a Muslim? 11-year-old Sara prepares for one of the biggest changes in her young life, as she further devotes herself...
Big Zuu Goes to Mecca
Big Zuu Goes to Mecca
Chef and rapper Big Zuu makes a pilgrimage to Mecca on a personal spiritual journey to try and understand more about his faith and what it means to be ...
02: Creationism | Conspiracy Road Trip
02: Creationism | Conspiracy Road Trip
Comedian Andrew Maxwell takes five British creationists to the west coast of America to try to convince them that evolution rather tha...
Sikh | Being...
Sikh | Being...
British Sikhs celebrate some of life's biggest moments, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.
02: Christianity | My Life, My Religion
02: Christianity | My Life, My Religion
What does it mean to be a Christian? Ten-year-old Nathan celebrates Christmas and Easter, and Kiera and Santos prepare for their firs...
Episode 2 | Muslims Like Us
Episode 2 | Muslims Like Us
Ten British Muslims with contrasting world views move in together. They discuss the results of a survey exploring British opinion about the Musli...
Episode 1 | The Passion
Episode 1 | The Passion
Atmospheric drama re-telling the story of Jesus's final days. It's Passover in Jerusalem, and the arrival of a preacher from Galilee called Jesus ca...
04: Judaism | My Life, My Religion
04: Judaism | My Life, My Religion
What does it mean to be Jewish? 11-year-old Charlie explains his religion of Judaism, it's bat mitzvah year for 13-year-old Me-Me and 10-y...
Episode 3 | Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve
Episode 3 | Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve follows in the footsteps of pilgrims to Jerusalem. Starting in Istanbul, he travels across the Holy Land and reflects on ...
Converting to Judaism and marriage | Being...
Converting to Judaism and marriage | Being...
Jolanda and Jack discuss the adaptations they made to their wedding ceremonies and Jolanda's conversion to Judaism.
Philosophy and Ethics
Abortion On Trial
Abortion On Trial
Fifty years after the Abortion Act was passed, Anne Robinson brings together a group of people with conflicting views on abortion to ask if the law is fit ...
Kids with Guns | Stacey Dooley Investigates
Kids with Guns | Stacey Dooley Investigates
Stacey Dooley explores the issue of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's civil war, where an estimated 30,000 chi...
Should assisted suicide be legalised? | Matters of Life and Death
Should assisted suicide be legalised? | Matters of Life and Death
This film looks at the viewpoints of Charlotte and Paul whose life experiences have left them on opposing s...
Are You Good or Evil? | Horizon
Are You Good or Evil? | Horizon
Horizon meets researchers studying psychopathic killers to try to determine what makes people good or evil. One such scientist believes he ha...
How to Kill a Human Being | Horizon
How to Kill a Human Being | Horizon
Michael Portillo pushes his body to the brink of death in an investigation into the science of execution.
Malala: Shot for Going to School | Panorama
Malala: Shot for Going to School | Panorama
One year ago, Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban on her school bus. In this Panorama special, she talks exclusively to Mish...
06: Should We Close Our Zoos? | Horizon
06: Should We Close Our Zoos? | Horizon
Liz Bonnin investigates how and why zoos keep animals and looks at whether they need to change to keep up with modern science.
What are the rights and wrongs of the death penalty? | Matters of Life and Death
What are the rights and wrongs of the death penalty? | Matters of Life and Death
The film features representatives of different faiths and religions explaining their perspec...
What are the rights and wrongs of abortion? | Matters of Life and Death
What are the rights and wrongs of abortion? | Matters of Life and Death
This film explores some of the ethical and moral questions around the issue of abortion, and focuses ...
Better Off Dead?
Better Off Dead?
A documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr.
Faith Behind Bars
Faith Behind Bars
With access to HMP Edinburgh, this film follows the prison chaplains as they give spiritual guidance and religious support to offenders - including those c...
What's the Point of Forgiveness?
What's the Point of Forgiveness?
Inspired by Jesus's words on the cross, Bettany Hughes traces the history of this challenging virtue. What does it really ask of us? And how...
Shot for Going to School
Shot for Going to School
Schoolgirl Malala Yousafi was just 14 when she was shot for campaigning for girls' education in Pakistan. Nel Hedayat travels to the areas where the...
Young, British and Anti-Abortion
Young, British and Anti-Abortion
Film-maker Poppy Jay meets the Gen Zers leading anti-abortion campaigns. Online, on campuses and on the streets, she finds a movement growin...
Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die
Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die
Author Sir Terry Pratchett - an Alzheimer's sufferer - travels to the Dignitas Clinic in Switzerland and witnesses first-hand the procedures...
A World Without Down's Syndrome?
A World Without Down's Syndrome?
Documentary about Down's syndrome and the ethics of pregnancy screening, exploring the thinking around the proposed new screening test and i...
Humza: Forgiving the Unforgivable
Humza: Forgiving the Unforgivable
What happens when your instincts tell you to seek revenge, but your faith demands that you forgive? YouTuber and comedian Humza Arshad expl...
Did Darwin Kill God?
Did Darwin Kill God?
Conor Cunningham is a Christian and a firm believer in Darwin's theory of evolution. He attempts to overturn the view that Darwin's ideas have weakened ...
02: Ice Babies | A Child Against All Odds
02: Ice Babies | A Child Against All Odds
Freezing embryos offers hope to people faced with being unable to have children of their own.
Is it ever right to experiment on animals? | Matters of Life and Death
Is it ever right to experiment on animals? | Matters of Life and Death
The film features representatives of different faiths and religions explaining their perspectives on a...
Psychology
Are You Good or Evil? | Horizon
Are You Good or Evil? | Horizon
Horizon meets researchers studying psychopathic killers to try to determine what makes people good or evil. One such scientist believes he ha...
How Mad Are You? Part 1 | Horizon
How Mad Are You? Part 1 | Horizon
Ten volunteers have come together for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the other five have been officially diagnosed as mentall...
Episode 1 | Extreme OCD Camp
Episode 1 | Extreme OCD Camp
Six young British people with OCD journey to the American wilderness for treatment. After bonding over their experiences, the group arrives in t...
Improving Your Mental Health | The Truth About...
Improving Your Mental Health | The Truth About...
Professor Tanya Byron and Alex Scott uncover the latest science on how to improve your mental health and wellbeing - and re...
The Forgotten Children
The Forgotten Children
Ten years ago after thousands of babies were discovered living in appalling conditions in Romanian orphanages, many British couples rushed to adopt th...
Sleep | The Truth About...
Sleep | The Truth About...
We are one of the most sleep-deprived countries in the world. In The Truth About Sleep, insomniac Michael Mosley finds out what happens if we don'...
Sleepless Britain | Panorama
Sleepless Britain | Panorama
Jenny Kleeman investigates the problems caused by widespread sleep deprivation in children, which is playing havoc on their health and education.
Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?
Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?
Chris Daw and Ayesha Nayyar look at what role our prisons should play in the fight against crime.
Milgram's obedience study | Horizon
Milgram's obedience study | Horizon
Watch a modern replication of Milgram's famous obedience study and see how the participants react to the situation.
03: Broken Brains | The Brain: A Secret History
03: Broken Brains | The Brain: A Secret History
Michael Mosley ends his look at the history of experimental psychology by exploring how experiments on abnormal brains can re...
How Mad Are You? Part 2 | Horizon
How Mad Are You? Part 2 | Horizon
With five 'normal' volunteers and five who have been officially diagnosed as mentally ill, Horizon asks if you can tell who is who.
Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency
Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency
Roman Kemp explores the mental health and suicide crisis affecting young men. When Roman lost his best friend, he had no idea he was struggl...
Episode 1 | Eyewitness
Episode 1 | Eyewitness
In an experiment with the Greater Manchester Police, the problem of eyewitness recollection is dramatically brought into focus.
Social media and wellbeing | The Truth About...
Social media and wellbeing | The Truth About...
The positive and negative impact of social media use on mental health and wellbeing.
01: Mind Control | The Brain: A Secret History
01: Mind Control | The Brain: A Secret History
Michael Mosley traces the sinister ways science has been used to try to control our minds, finding that its pursuit has led to...
Addicted to Gambling | Panorama
Addicted to Gambling | Panorama
The amount we lose to the betting companies has almost doubled in a decade, but are the bookies doing enough to protect problem gamblers?
Maternal deprivation | Disowned and Disabled
Maternal deprivation | Disowned and Disabled
Bowlby's explanation of attachment theory and the impact of maternal deprivation.
Sleep Deprivation | The Twinstitute
Sleep Deprivation | The Twinstitute
Identical twins put health theories to the test. Twins test the best way to beat fatigue and discover the effect of smartphones on IQ.
Dopamine and schizophrenia | Horizon
Dopamine and schizophrenia | Horizon
Research suggests that high levels of dopamine can lead to psychosis in schizophrenia.
Episode 2 | Extreme OCD Camp
Episode 2 | Extreme OCD Camp
Six young British people with OCD travel to the American wilderness for treatment. The group have to camp out and cope without any of the amenit...
Sociology
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis
Idris Elba confronts the reality of knife crime, speaking to those most affected - from the streets to the system - in a quest to uncover ...
01: Marriage | The British Family
01: Marriage | The British Family
Kirsty Young begins a history of how British families have changed since the Second World War by looking at marriage, and how it has become...
Lessons In Class | Middle Classes...Their Rise And Sprawl
Lessons In Class | Middle Classes...Their Rise And Sprawl
This program compares the country's oldest school, Winchester College, with a local comprehensive to illustrate the...
Episode 2 | Street Gangs
Episode 2 | Street Gangs
Graeme focuses on what happens when gang life begins to go wrong. Sharing deeply personal stories, Graeme engages with police and reformed gang memb...
Episode 1 | Street Gangs
Episode 1 | Street Gangs
Ex-gang member Graeme Armstrong tries to understand why young people are seduced by the perceived glamour and excitement of gang.
02: Education | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In
02: Education | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In
Darren McGarvey sets out to understand why the privately educated dominate Britain's top jobs and uncovers the amazing st...
Episode 1 | Back in Time for School
Episode 1 | Back in Time for School
Fifteen pupils and three teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure to discover how much life at school has changed. The class start ...
Leah Betts: The Girl Next Door | Children Of Drugs
Leah Betts: The Girl Next Door | Children Of Drugs
First of a three part series offering an insight into the world of drug use among young people. This prog examines the cas...
02: Edinburgh - Crime | Darren McGarvey's Scotland
02: Edinburgh - Crime | Darren McGarvey's Scotland
In Edinburgh, Darren examines the link between poverty and crime: how does it impact kids and their future? But soon Darre...
Episode 1 | School
Episode 1 | School
Documentary series following pupils, teachers, parents and school leaders across an academic year. Budget cuts and student anxiety are amongst the challen...
Faith Behind Bars
Faith Behind Bars
With access to HMP Edinburgh, this film follows the prison chaplains as they give spiritual guidance and religious support to offenders - including those c...
How Scotland Cut Violent Crime | Panorama
How Scotland Cut Violent Crime | Panorama
Scotland has dramatically cut violent crime in the past 15 years, but how was it done? Kate Silverton films with Police Scotland's ...
The Drug Trial That Went Wrong | Dispatches
The Drug Trial That Went Wrong | Dispatches
Award-winning journalist Brian Deer investigates the circumstances surrounding the infamous drug trial conducted at a private uni...
S02E01: County Lines: Operation Hazel | Drugsland
S02E01: County Lines: Operation Hazel | Drugsland
The police have discovered that a large, drug-dealing network from London has taken over the local drugs market in Weston S...
Locked up with the Lifers | Stacey Dooley
Locked up with the Lifers | Stacey Dooley
Stacey Dooley investigates one of the most radical women's prisons in America. She follows eight murderers who are coming to terms ...
Episode 1 | No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?
Episode 1 | No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?
Dr Javid Abdelmoneim takes over a year 3 class to see if, after a term of gender-neutral treatment, he can e...
Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?
Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?
Chris Daw and Ayesha Nayyar look at what role our prisons should play in the fight against crime.
Reggie Yates: Teen Gangs
Reggie Yates: Teen Gangs
TV presenter and Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates explores the culture of fear, anger and violence which drives the dangerous world of teenage gangs.
Episode 1 | Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?
Episode 1 | Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?
Documentary series examining how the 11-plus selection test impacts on education. The first episode follows children from Uplan...
Episode 5 | Back in Time for School
Episode 5 | Back in Time for School
The class enters the experimental 1970s. They rewrite the rule book and learn weird and wonderful lessons as the free spirit of the era c...
Business and Management
Cadbury Exposed | Dispatches
Cadbury Exposed | Dispatches
Undercover in Ghana, Antony Barnett investigates Britain's best-loved chocolate brand and reveals for the first time child labour in its supply ...
Blackfish - The Whale that Killed | Storyville
Blackfish - The Whale that Killed | Storyville
Documentary which unravels the story of notorious performing whale Tilikum, who - unlike any orca in the wild - has taken the ...
Fast fashion | Stacey Dooley Investigates
Fast fashion | Stacey Dooley Investigates
How the fashion industry keeps us buying more.
Fruit and Veg | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day
Fruit and Veg | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day
Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey delve into the hectic world of Britain's imports and exports. Ed is at London G...
The Secrets of Cadbury's | Dispatches
The Secrets of Cadbury's | Dispatches
As Easter approaches, Dispatches investigates the story behind the takeover of Britain's most famous chocolate brand.
02: Marketing Mess-ups | Business Nightmares with Evan Davis
02: Marketing Mess-ups | Business Nightmares with Evan Davis
With British business leaders, Evan Davis reveals how marketing and publicity plans can turn from clever ideas i...
Episode 1 | Inside the Bank of England
Episode 1 | Inside the Bank of England
Filmed with unprecedented access, this episode goes inside the Bank to show how it prints our cash, ensures our money holds its value ...
Slavery on the High Street
Slavery on the High Street
For seven years, vulnerable victims of trafficking were forced to make food for major high street chains. How did their exploitation go undetected...
Million Pound Selfie Sell Off | Panorama
Million Pound Selfie Sell Off | Panorama
Catrin Nye investigates the use of digital influencers in the advertising industry and the impact this new form of advertising is ha...
Episode 3 | Flatpack Empire
Episode 3 | Flatpack Empire
In episode three, we follow the company's biggest challenge in a generation - pushing into India with an aggressive expansion plan.
Starbucks evolution | Business Boomers
Starbucks evolution | Business Boomers
How Starbucks won the world over with their business concept of a coffee shop as a "third place" after home and work.
Trump Fights Back on Tariffs | Newsnight
Trump Fights Back on Tariffs | Newsnight
The US president hits back as the appeal court presses pause on the judges' decision to halt his tariff plan. With Paddy O'Connell.
01: Heinz | Inside the Superbrands
01: Heinz | Inside the Superbrands
Helen goes behind the beans to see how Heinz make their bestsellers and how they're developing new products for the next generation, befor...
Bottled water: Coca-Cola vs Pepsi | The Foods that Make Billions
Bottled water: Coca-Cola vs Pepsi | The Foods that Make Billions
The two big soft drink brands looked on at the success of bottled water and wanted to get in on the action, ...
South China Sea Trade | World's Busiest Cities
South China Sea Trade | World's Busiest Cities
Hong Kong's busy port is a vital gateway to trade in the South China Sea.
Costa vs Starbucks | Business Boomers
Costa vs Starbucks | Business Boomers
Battling for the top spot, Costa took open digs at Starbucks by advertising that their coffee was generally preferred.
S19E01 | Dragons' Den
S19E01 | Dragons' Den
A Scottish entrepreneur presents a pint-sized gadget that he hopes will be big business, and a robotic invention sends the Dragons into a virtual world.
Elon Musks 1trn pay deal | BBC News
Elon Musks 1trn pay deal | BBC News
Tesla boss Elon Musk has had a record-breaking pay package that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn) approved by shareholders. The unprece...
09/05/25 - Trump and tarrifs | Talking Business
09/05/25 - Trump and tarrifs | Talking Business
What does President Trump's trade war mean for Europe? At nearly $1tn it's one of the biggest trade relationships in the worl...
Global food prices and tariffs | Talking Business
Global food prices and tariffs | Talking Business
With global food prices continuing to creep up what impact will President Trump's trade war have on the prices we pay?
Economics
Cadbury Exposed | Dispatches
Cadbury Exposed | Dispatches
Undercover in Ghana, Antony Barnett investigates Britain's best-loved chocolate brand and reveals for the first time child labour in its supply ...
Episode 2 | Streets of Gold: Mumbai
Episode 2 | Streets of Gold: Mumbai
The hustle is on across the city from the beach parties on the seafront to Asia's biggest slum to the Taj Mahal Hotel as wedding fever ta...
Fruit and Veg | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day
Fruit and Veg | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day
Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey delve into the hectic world of Britain's imports and exports. Ed is at London G...
Killed by My Debt
Killed by My Debt
Docudrama about 19-year-old Jerome Rogers, who found himself under a crushing debt and who eventually took his own life as a consequence.
Episode 1 | Made in Britain
Episode 1 | Made in Britain
Evan Davis busts the myths that Britain was wrong to let manufacturing go abroad, and that it has become a nation of shopkeepers.
Rewiring Britain: The Race to Go Green | Panorama
Rewiring Britain: The Race to Go Green | Panorama
With huge clean energy projects stirring anger across Britain, Justin Rowlatt meets the people taking sides in the battle o...
Episode 2 | Made in Britain
Episode 2 | Made in Britain
Evan Davis looks at how Britain's focus on the knowledge economy contributes greatly to the nation's bank balance.
The Highest Court in the Land: Justice Makers
The Highest Court in the Land: Justice Makers
In a film offering a glimpse of the human characters behind the judgments, four Justices of the Supreme Court talk about the na...
Episode 1 | Streets of Gold: Mumbai
Episode 1 | Streets of Gold: Mumbai
India's one-percenters throw open their doors on a life of unparalleled luxury and decadence in the boom town of Mumbai, with vertical pa...
Episode 1 | Inside the Bank of England
Episode 1 | Inside the Bank of England
Filmed with unprecedented access, this episode goes inside the Bank to show how it prints our cash, ensures our money holds its value ...
Surviving the Cost of Living Crisis | Panorama
Surviving the Cost of Living Crisis | Panorama
Panorama follows three families, as they try to cope with what is predicted to be the biggest fall in living standards since t...
The Debate | Election 2024
The Debate | Election 2024
Leading figures from the seven biggest political parties in Great Britain face questions on the issues that matter most to voters.
Congo: The Real Mobile Phone War | Unreported World
Congo: The Real Mobile Phone War | Unreported World
Juliana Ruhfus finds that the lucrative mining of the ore coltan from which tantalum is extracted, and used in the produc...
Cabinet Confidential
Cabinet Confidential
One-off documentary providing an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime ministers have run their cabinets. Featuring interviews, archive footage...
Beyond Utopia: Escape from North Korea
Beyond Utopia: Escape from North Korea
A documentary that takes a suspenseful, immersive look at the lengths to which people will go to gain freedom, following various indiv...
A Very Singular Man: A Film Portrait of Edward Heath
A Very Singular Man: A Film Portrait of Edward Heath
Edward Heath was one of the most controversial prime ministers of the 20th century. He took Britain into Europe, but was...
Episode 4 | The Americas with Simon Reeve
Episode 4 | The Americas with Simon Reeve
Simon Reeve travels through Texas and Mexico. In Texas, Simon joins the US Border Patrol, who pick up migrants who have illegally c...
Trump Fights Back on Tariffs | Newsnight
Trump Fights Back on Tariffs | Newsnight
The US president hits back as the appeal court presses pause on the judges' decision to halt his tariff plan. With Paddy O'Connell.
01: Keynes | Masters of Money
01: Keynes | Masters of Money
Stephanie Flanders looks at the life and work of economist John Maynard Keynes, and how his ideas have never been more relevant or controversia...
03: Breakthroughs and Backlash | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland
03: Breakthroughs and Backlash | The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland
Kirsty Wark navigates the devolution era and reveals what happens when women take the lead, from the s...
Politics
KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy
KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy
Documentary investigating the Ku Klux Klan. Film-maker Dan Murdoch witnesses first-hand their secretive rituals and hears why their member...
Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
Documentary charting the story of two prime ministers who dominated a decade when Britain changed forever - the 1970s. Featuring interviews...
Is Greenland for Sale?
Is Greenland for Sale?
US president Donald Trump says he wants the US to take over Greenland. Many people think it will never happen. But could it? If so, how?
North Korea Undercover | Panorama
North Korea Undercover | Panorama
Panorama reporter John Sweeney spends eight days undercover inside North Korea, the most rigidly-controlled nation on Earth.
An Idiot's Guide to Politics
An Idiot's Guide to Politics
Comedian Jolyon Rubinstein is on a mission. He wants to find out why young people are so disengaged from politics. Is this apathy and ignorance,...
01: Lifting the Lid | Inside the Commons
01: Lifting the Lid | Inside the Commons
Presented by Michael Cockerell, this series takes an unprecedented look at the heart of British democracy.
Winston Churchill | Icons
Winston Churchill | Icons
From the battlefields of the Boer war, to the blitzed streets of wartime London, Trevor examines the qualities that made Churchill such a towering ...
03: Unstoppable | Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil
03: Unstoppable | Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil
Europe's leaders and their top advisers reveal how the arrival of hundreds of thousands of migrants on Europe’s shores ...
Exploring the House of Commons
Exploring the House of Commons
Michael Cockerell presents a programme of educational short films, taking us behind the scenes in the House of Commons. A unique way of learni...
01: Making Margaret | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution
01: Making Margaret | Thatcher: A Very British Revolution
Margaret Thatcher's inner circle reveals how she managed to overcome her outsider status to become a prominent poli...
Episode 1 | Clash of the Superpowers: America vs China
Episode 1 | Clash of the Superpowers: America vs China
Donald Trump comes to office in 2017 and upends America’s relationship with Beijing. He promises to ‘make China pay’, ...
Cabinet Confidential
Cabinet Confidential
One-off documentary providing an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime ministers have run their cabinets. Featuring interviews, archive footage...
A Very Singular Man: A Film Portrait of Edward Heath
A Very Singular Man: A Film Portrait of Edward Heath
Edward Heath was one of the most controversial prime ministers of the 20th century. He took Britain into Europe, but was...
13: How the Campaign Was Won | Referendum Documentaries
13: How the Campaign Was Won | Referendum Documentaries
Following Scotland's historic vote on independence, this programme looks at what went on behind the scenes of both ca...
Trump's First 100 Days | Panorama
Trump's First 100 Days | Panorama
A Panorama special looking at the first 100 days of President Trump. Jeremy Paxman crosses the US for a wry and searching examination of th...
01: Brexit | Generation Activism
01: Brexit | Generation Activism
A pro-Brexit and an anti-Brexit campaigner film their lives. Both are dedicated and passionate, but what does it take to fight their corner?
S01E01: Identity Crisis | Darren McGarvey's Class Wars
S01E01: Identity Crisis | Darren McGarvey's Class Wars
As Darren examines how social class shapes our identities and destinies, he meets people moving between the classes on...
02: Upstairs, Downstairs | Inside the Commons
02: Upstairs, Downstairs | Inside the Commons
Michael Cockerell examines what goes on backstage at the state opening, when the Queen comes to open the parliamentary year.
04: Towards a Classless Society? | Class Rule
04: Towards a Classless Society? | Class Rule
Michael Cockerell looks at the years from Margaret Thatcher to John Major. Mrs Thatcher succeeded in winning more working-class...
Educating North Korea | Panorama
Educating North Korea | Panorama
Reporter Chris Rogers travels to North Korea, where a university paid for by the west is attempting to open the minds of the secretive state...
Biology
02: Pus | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
02: Pus | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
Dr Michael Mosley explores our earliest attempts to tackle infection and how scientists, chemists and doctors...
Can Scientists Save the World? | Panorama
Can Scientists Save the World? | Panorama
Richard Bilton meets the scientists trying to save the world from the consequences of climate change and investigates whether they...
Healthy Eating | The Truth About...
Healthy Eating | The Truth About...
Documentary in which Fiona Phillips teams up with leading scientists to investigate how people can eat and drink themselves to good health.
01: Coasts | Planet Earth III
01: Coasts | Planet Earth III
Sir David Attenborough explores the dangerous frontiers created by the world's coasts, where animals fight for survival amidst constant change.
03: Jungles | Planet Earth II
03: Jungles | Planet Earth II
Jungles provide the richest habitats on the planet - mysterious worlds of high drama where extraordinary animals attempt to survive in the most...
01: From Pole to Pole | Planet Earth
01: From Pole to Pole | Planet Earth
The documentary series which celebrates our planet in its natural glory reveals how the sun's seasonal journey affects the lives of all ...
05: Deserts | Planet Earth
05: Deserts | Planet Earth
David Attenborough looks at deserts around the world from Namibia to Chile, unravelling the secrets behind desert survival and revealing their eph...
A World Without Down's Syndrome?
A World Without Down's Syndrome?
Documentary about Down's syndrome and the ethics of pregnancy screening, exploring the thinking around the proposed new screening test and i...
HIV | The Truth About...
HIV | The Truth About...
Dr Chris van Tulleken explores the latest science around HIV, meeting health professionals, scientists, and individuals affected by it in the UK and...
01: Creation | Inside the Human Body
01: Creation | Inside the Human Body
Using state-of-the-art graphics, Michael Mosley shows the sequence of biological events that lead to human birth.
Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
From colossal farms in America to the destruction of the Amazon, Liz Bonnin investigates how our hunger for meat is killing our planet.
The Wonderful World of Blood - with Michael Mosley
The Wonderful World of Blood - with Michael Mosley
Michael Mosley gives up a fifth of his own blood to perform six bold experiments. From starving it of oxygen to injecting ...
02: Savannah | Africa
02: Savannah | Africa
David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through Africa, looking at the constantly changing landscape of east Africa and creatures found nowhere...
Extinction: The Facts
Extinction: The Facts
With a million species at risk of extinction, David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, including puttin...
02: Photosynthesis | Botany: A Blooming History
02: Photosynthesis | Botany: A Blooming History
The air we breathe, and all the food we eat, is created from water, sunlight, carbon dioxide and a few minerals. That's it, n...
What Makes a Human? | Horizon
What Makes a Human? | Horizon
Professor Alice Roberts investigates what exactly makes human beings different from the animal kingdom. What is it that truly makes us human?
Cotton production and the Aral Sea crisis | Stacey Dooley Investigates
Cotton production and the Aral Sea crisis | Stacey Dooley Investigates
Stacey Dooley visits the Aral Sea Basin in Kazakhstan, which has almost entirely dried up due to cotto...
Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?
Liz Bonnin witnesses the devastation of the Amazon rainforest from the sky.
Alcohol | The Truth About...
Alcohol | The Truth About...
A&E doctor Javid Abdelmoneim is on a mission to find out the truth about alcohol, including why the government cut the recommended weekly limit ...
04: Desert Worlds | The Green Planet
04: Desert Worlds | The Green Planet
Desert plants spend decades in suspended animation waiting for rain, or they travel to find it. They survive using weapons, camouflage a...
Physics
How hurricanes are formed by Earth's rotation | Learning Zone
How hurricanes are formed by Earth's rotation | Learning Zone
Physicist Helen Czerski explains that hurricanes happen because the earth is rotating. She shows how, because t...
02: Out of Sight | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds
02: Out of Sight | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds
Richard Hammond uses groundbreaking imaging technology to take the viewer on a journey of discovery beyond the visible ...
How Rutherford Discovered the Nucleus | Atom
How Rutherford Discovered the Nucleus | Atom
Spec references J248: C1.2a J250: C1.2a. Detailed desciption of how Rutherford's alpha particle scattering experiment was develo...
Biomass power station | Powering Britain
Biomass power station | Powering Britain
The internal workings of a biomass power station, from delivery of biomass pellets to sending energy to the national grid.
Energy | Bang Goes The Theory
Energy | Bang Goes The Theory
Jem Stansfield, Liz Bonnin and Maggie Philbin investigate how close Britain might get to running out of electricity.
01: Spark | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
01: Spark | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
Jim Al-Khalili tells how the first 'natural philosophers' began to unlock electricity's mysteries, studying its curious l...
Episode 1 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey
Episode 1 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey
Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, travelling first from July...
Inside a wind turbine | Powering Britain
Inside a wind turbine | Powering Britain
What a wind turbine looks like inside.
Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility
Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility
Michael Mosley investigates Porton Down, Britain's most secretive and controversial military research base. He...
Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield
Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield
Jim Al-Khalili uncovers the story of Sellafield. He encounters some of the most dangerous substances on earth, reveals the natur...
S01E02:...about the Universe | James May's Things You Need to Know
S01E02:...about the Universe | James May's Things You Need to Know
James May takes a journey of discovery across the universe, asking where it all began, how stars work, and...
01: Deep Earth | How Earth Made Us
01: Deep Earth | How Earth Made Us
Series telling the story of how the development of civilisation was influenced by planetary forces. Professor Iain Stewart explores the ro...
Electricity and the National Grid | Powering Britain
Electricity and the National Grid | Powering Britain
How the National Grid is able to regulate electricity throughout Britain.
04: Messengers | Wonders of the Universe
04: Messengers | Wonders of the Universe
Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. He shows how light holds the key to our understanding of the whole universe, ...
S03E07: Potteries | Local Heroes
S03E07: Potteries | Local Heroes
Adam Hart-Davis searches for unsung heroes of science on a trip to the Potteries, Staffordshire. Using a few pipes, a ribbon and an air pump...
S03E05: South | Local Heroes
S03E05: South | Local Heroes
Adam Hart-Davis continues his search for unsung heroes of science when he cycles around the south of England. On a stop-off in Surrey, he uses a...
03/12/2009 | Bang Goes the Theory
03/12/2009 | Bang Goes the Theory
A Bang Goes the Theory special event showing how much electricity we use without even thinking about it. The gang attempts to power a house...
08: Newton | Great Britons (2002)
08: Newton | Great Britons (2002)
Historian Tristram Hunt presents the case for Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientific intellects of all time.
02: Stardust | Wonders of the Universe
02: Stardust | Wonders of the Universe
Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. In this episode, he seeks to answer the biggest questions of all - what are we ...
Pressure and water depth | Short Circuit
Pressure and water depth | Short Circuit
Spec references J249: P1.3c, P1.3d, P1.3f. Effect of water depth on an enclosed volume of air - scuba diver.
Chemistry
02: The Order of the Elements | Chemistry: A Volatile History
02: The Order of the Elements | Chemistry: A Volatile History
Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at how the early scientists' bid to decode the order of the elements was driven ...
Episode 1 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World
Episode 1 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World
From the moment we first drilled for oil, we opened a Pandora's box that changed the world forever. It transfor...
01: Discovering the Elements | Chemistry: A Volatile History
01: Discovering the Elements | Chemistry: A Volatile History
The story of how the elements were discovered and mapped begins with the alchemists who questioned that the worl...
Sustainable cities | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World
Sustainable cities | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World
Professor Iain Stewart visits Masdar in Abu Dhabi, a city that relies on renewable energy.
Materials: How They Work
Materials: How They Work
Materials scientist Mark Miodownik takes a look into the inner world of metals, ceramics and plastics and the microscopic structure that allows them...
Acids, Bases and Salts | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Acids, Bases and Salts | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Spec references J248: C3.3d, C3.3e, C3.3f, C3.3h, C4.2a J250: C3.3d, C3.3e, C3.3f, C3.3h, C3.1g. This video introduces acids ...
03: The Power of the Elements | Chemistry: A Volatile History
03: The Power of the Elements | Chemistry: A Volatile History
Jim Al-Khalili reveals the breakthroughs which harnessed elements' ability to release vast power, showing how s...
How is oil formed? | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World
How is oil formed? | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World
Professor Iain Stewart explains the natural process in which over millions of years oil is formed.
Episode 2 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World
Episode 2 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World
Professor Iain Stewart looks back at the 1950s, a time when the oil and gas fields of the Middle East became a ...
Fracking | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World
Fracking | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World
Professor Iain Stewart explains the process of fracking.
The Thermite Reaction | Short Circuit
The Thermite Reaction | Short Circuit
Spec references J248: C4.1f J250: C4.1e. A demonstration of the thermite displacement reaction is provided, including the reaction's hi...
01: Metal | How It Works
01: Metal | How It Works
Mark Miodownik traces the history of our love affair with metal. He investigates metals at the atomic level and sees how metal crystals can be grown...
S02E06:...about Chemistry | James May's Things You Need to Know
S02E06:...about Chemistry | James May's Things You Need to Know
James May distills the essence of all you need to know about chemistry, including how pheromones work, if lea...
Electrolysis 2 | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Electrolysis 2 | GCSE Bitesize Revision
Spec references J248: C3.4a, C3.4b, C3.4c, C3.4d, C3.4e J250: C3.4a, C3.4b, C3.4c, C3.4d, C3.4e. Explanation of how ionic substances ...
The Secret Science of Sewage | Horizon
The Secret Science of Sewage | Horizon
George McGavin and Zoe Laughlin investigate the revolutionary science finding vital renewable resources and undiscovered life in sewage.
Metals and Alloys | Science Fix
Metals and Alloys | Science Fix
Mark Loughlin looks at the science of forensics while in the studio we make a motor and Alison Chappell takes apart a selection of drills.
Carbon capture and storage | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World
Carbon capture and storage | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World
Professor Iain Stewart investigates CCS, a process that is attempting to reduce carbon dioxide...
Electrolysis - Discovery of Potassium | Curriculum Bites
Electrolysis - Discovery of Potassium | Curriculum Bites
Spec references J248: C3.4b J250: C3.4b. Professor Jim Al-Khalili recreates the electrolysis experiment that lead to...
02: Plastic | How It Works
02: Plastic | How It Works
Mark Miodownik shows how plastics have brought luxury to the masses and reveals how the next generation will take its inspiration from nature and ...
Catalysis | Science Topics
Catalysis | Science Topics
Prog looking at catalysts and how they speed up chemical reactions, and how this knowledge is used in industry, farming and modern pollution devic...
Maths
01: Numbers as God | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths
01: Numbers as God | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths
Documentary series in which Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. Is it invented like a lan...
03: Weirder and Weirder | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths
03: Weirder and Weirder | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths
Dr Hannah Fry explores a paradox at the heart of modern maths, and what maths reveals about t...
The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms
The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms
Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms, revealing where these 2,000-year-old problem-solvers came from, ho...
Alan Turing | Icons
Alan Turing | Icons
A genius of mathematics, Turing developed machines which were the forerunners of modern computers. Called upon to help crack Nazi codes, his work at Blet...
Behind the beehive | The Code
Behind the beehive | The Code
Marcus du Sautoy explains why bees choose to use a hexagon to build their honeycomb structure rather than the triangle or the square.
01: Numbers | The Code
01: Numbers | The Code
Marcus du Sautoy reveals a hidden numerical code that underpins all nature. He reveals how significant numbers appear throughout the natural world and...
Episode 1 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
Episode 1 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
Chris Hadfield, Dr Kevin Fong and Dr Iya Whiteley put 12 candidates through a series of physical and psychological tests t...
How Can We All Win? | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
How Can We All Win? | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Dr Hannah Fry tests the limits of our control, from gravity-defying stunts to human-sized drones, and delves into ...
How to Get Lucky | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
How to Get Lucky | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Dr Hannah Fry, through a host of live experiments, uncovers the secrets of luck to discover what really controls our ...
03: Prediction | The Code
03: Prediction | The Code
Marcus du Sautoy contines exploring the numerical code that underpins nature. He discovers what the code can say about the future, starting with th...
02: Shapes | The Code
02: Shapes | The Code
Marcus du Sautoy reveals a hidden numerical code that underpins all nature. He uncovers the patterns that explain the shape of the world around us.
Episode 6 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
Episode 6 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
The finalists head to the Shuttle Landing Facility on Florida's Space Coast for a tough test in weightlessness, and back i...
Episode 5 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
Episode 5 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
The astronaut candidates fight for their place in the final. Their leadership skills are assessed in a survival test and t...
Episode 4 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
Episode 4 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
The competition becomes more intense as the remaining candidates are deprived of oxygen to see if they can recognise the s...
Episode 3 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
Episode 3 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
Old fears surface when the remaining candidates face some space agency swim tests. Their teamwork and mental agility are s...
Episode 2 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
Episode 2 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?
The remaining astronaut candidates are put through more demanding tests. They have to escape from an underwater capsule an...
Flag measurements | The Apprentice
Flag measurements | The Apprentice
One team asks for the wrong measurements for their flag when trying to convert feet into centimetres.
How to Bend the Rules | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
How to Bend the Rules | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Dr Hannah Fry reveals how data-gobbling algorithms have taken over our lives and now control almost everything w...
02: Expanded Horizons | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths
02: Expanded Horizons | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths
Dr Hannah Fry travels down the fastest zip wire in the world to learn more about Newton's ideas...
Newton's Equation Of Gravity | Beautiful Equations
Newton's Equation Of Gravity | Beautiful Equations
An explanation of Newton's equation of gravity.
Engineering and Manufacturing
S07E04: Diggers | Inside the Factory
S07E04: Diggers | Inside the Factory
Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey get special access to a factory that makes as many as a hundred iconic yellow diggers every single day.
S03E07: Potteries | Local Heroes
S03E07: Potteries | Local Heroes
Adam Hart-Davis searches for unsung heroes of science on a trip to the Potteries, Staffordshire. Using a few pipes, a ribbon and an air pump...
S03E05: South | Local Heroes
S03E05: South | Local Heroes
Adam Hart-Davis continues his search for unsung heroes of science when he cycles around the south of England. On a stop-off in Surrey, he uses a...
Why Ships Crash | Why...?
Why Ships Crash | Why...?
When the Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal, it triggered a global crisis. Featuring eyewitnesses speaking for the first time, this documentary aims...
Making a chair (Part 1) | Inside the Factory
Making a chair (Part 1) | Inside the Factory
Gregg visits different parts of the factory to find out how the parts for his Windsor chair get made. First up cutting the diffe...
Electromagnets in a factory | Inside the Factory
Electromagnets in a factory | Inside the Factory
Gregg Wallace investigates how large quantities of iron and steel are transported around the factory using electromagnets.
S02E04: Bicycles | Inside the Factory
S02E04: Bicycles | Inside the Factory
Gregg Wallace visits Britain's largest bicycle factory, which produces 150 folding bikes every day, and joins a production line to make...
S04E04: London | Local Heroes
S04E04: London | Local Heroes
Adam Hart-Davis heads to London to discover how Isambard Kingdom Brunel tunnelled under the Thames and to find out more about the inventor of t...
S05E03: Yorkshire | Local Heroes
S05E03: Yorkshire | Local Heroes
Adam Hart-Davis stops off in Yorkshire as he continues his celebration of unsung scientists. In Whitby, he lauds whaling scientist William S...
S05E06: East Midlands | Local Heroes
S05E06: East Midlands | Local Heroes
In the final programme, viewers show off their ideas for hovercraft, ice lenses, scientific musical instruments and bar-snack separators...
S05E05: Italy | Local Heroes
S05E05: Italy | Local Heroes
Adam Hart-Davis sets his sights further afield with a trip to Italy, where he ascends the Leaning Tower of Pisa in a bid to reproduce Galileo's ...
Episode 1 | The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer
Episode 1 | The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer
Following workers across London as they race to build an enormous supersewer. The first episode follows the creation of the fi...
Electrolysis of aluminium | Inside the Factory
Electrolysis of aluminium | Inside the Factory
Cherry travels to Scotland to visit the UK's last remaining factory that produces aluminium via smelting and electrolysis.
Recycling a car | Inside the Factory
Recycling a car | Inside the Factory
Cherry Healey investigates the process of recycling a car.
S05E02: Wax Jackets | Inside the Factory
S05E02: Wax Jackets | Inside the Factory
Gregg Wallace is in South Shields at a clothing factory where they produce 650 waxed jackets a day.
S07E02: Buses | Inside the Factory
S07E02: Buses | Inside the Factory
Gregg Wallace gets exclusive access to a factory that builds red London buses, while Cherry Healey visits a bus windscreen factory and Rut...
Sourcing and processing timber | Inside the Factory
Sourcing and processing timber | Inside the Factory
Cherry investigates the source of wood used for making Windsor chairs, and the process it undergoes to make it ready for ...
S04E05: North | Local Heroes
S04E05: North | Local Heroes
Adam Hart-Davis celebrates more pioneers of science, this week in Yorkshire and Lancashire, where he uncovers the steelmaking process that put S...
S04E06: Royal Institute Special | Local Heroes
S04E06: Royal Institute Special | Local Heroes
In the last programme of the series, Adam Hart-Davis celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Royal Institution - made famous b...
Special: Saviour of the Skies | Local Heroes
Special: Saviour of the Skies | Local Heroes
This profile of Spitfire designer Reginald J Mitchell reveals how a shy, self-effacing man from Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire ...
Computing and IT
03: The Assassin and the Algorithm | AI Confidential with Hannah Fry
03: The Assassin and the Algorithm | AI Confidential with Hannah Fry
Investigating the hidden link between murder suspect Luigi Mangione and the controversial use of AI algo...
02: Death by Driverless Car | AI Confidential with Hannah Fry
02: Death by Driverless Car | AI Confidential with Hannah Fry
Examining two pivotal cases from the driverless car revolution, including the first death of a pedestrian. Who ...
The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms
The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms
Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms, revealing where these 2,000-year-old problem-solvers came from, ho...
Artificial Intelligence | The Horizon Guide to AI
Artificial Intelligence | The Horizon Guide to AI
Documentary looking at the perception of AI from 1964 to the present day. Can we be optimistic about all that AI can delive...
S03E02: London | Local Heroes
S03E02: London | Local Heroes
This week he visits London, where he builds his own submarine to illustrate the achievements of Cornelus Drebbel, who rowed underwater from Wes...
01: The Boy Who Tried to Kill the Queen | AI Confidential with Hannah Fry
01: The Boy Who Tried to Kill the Queen | AI Confidential with Hannah Fry
Revealing the story of the British teenager whose AI girlfriend encouraged him to try to kill Queen...
S03E03: Rollercoaster | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
S03E03: Rollercoaster | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Hannah uncovers the wild origins of the modern-day rollercoaster and gets the inside story on the UK's newest, talle...
AI Decoded (25/04/2024) | The Context
AI Decoded (25/04/2024) | The Context
How do we combat fake news in the age of AI? The Context finds out more.
Disinformation | Click
Disinformation | Click
Jacqui Wakefield investigates how AI videos are targeting children with disinformation.
Packet switching | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Packet switching | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Hannah Fry explains packet switching, the breaking down of files over the internet rather than sending as one big file.
S03E05: Motorway | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
S03E05: Motorway | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Hannah takes a drive to the National Highways control centre for the UK's busiest motorway to meet the team that keep the...
S03E04: Doorbell | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
S03E04: Doorbell | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
The rise of the smart doorbell is one of the great tech success stories of the 21st century. Hannah heads to Los Angeles ...
S03E02: Fridge | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
S03E02: Fridge | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Hannah hits the production line with appliance giants Bosch to find the lifeblood at the heart of every fridge and gets a l...
S03E01E1: Air Fryer | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
S03E01E1: Air Fryer | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Hannah takes a look at the air fryer - a device that is rapidly taking over people's kitchens, cooking up everything f...
How BBC Verify is transparent in its fact checking | Over to You
How BBC Verify is transparent in its fact checking | Over to You
BBC Verify and how fact-checking and investigative work is shared with the audience. We ask the BBC's direct...
Fake videos in Middle East | Newswatch
Fake videos in Middle East | Newswatch
The challenge of fake videos in the Middle East's propaganda war.
Disinformation | Thinking Allowed
Disinformation | Thinking Allowed
Laurie Taylor talks to Annie Kelly, a researcher of the Digital Far Right, about the QAnon conspiracy theory and why it has attracted a str...
The Global Village | Today And Tomorrow
The Global Village | Today And Tomorrow
The science programme for schools looks at the latest technology concerning telecommunications, including Prestel, a word processor a...
S02E06: Lift | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
S02E06: Lift | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Hannah goes behind the scenes to look at the technology behind the lift, entering a 246m high lift shaft to test everything f...
S02E05: Headphones | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
S02E05: Headphones | The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Headphones: these marvels of miniaturisation are worn by 30 million people in the UK. Hannah Fry visits Bose to find ou...
Design and Technology
S07E04: Diggers | Inside the Factory
S07E04: Diggers | Inside the Factory
Gregg Wallace and Cherry Healey get special access to a factory that makes as many as a hundred iconic yellow diggers every single day.
A Celestial Projector Is Brought Back to Life | The Repair Shop on the Road
A Celestial Projector Is Brought Back to Life | The Repair Shop on the Road
The team help a charity get their bus on the road, Julyan Wallis brings a banjolele back to life,...
Making a chair (Part 1) | Inside the Factory
Making a chair (Part 1) | Inside the Factory
Gregg visits different parts of the factory to find out how the parts for his Windsor chair get made. First up cutting the diffe...
S02E04: Bicycles | Inside the Factory
S02E04: Bicycles | Inside the Factory
Gregg Wallace visits Britain's largest bicycle factory, which produces 150 folding bikes every day, and joins a production line to make...
04: Better Living Through Chemistry | The Genius of Design
04: Better Living Through Chemistry | The Genius of Design
In the 1950s and 60s, plastic, combined with the miracles of electronic miniaturisation, allowed designers to offe...
01: Ghosts in the Machine | The Genius of Design
01: Ghosts in the Machine | The Genius of Design
The story of the birth of industrial design, from celebrated names to the work of anonymous designers responsible for prosai...
The Designed World | The Learning Zone
The Designed World | The Learning Zone
An insight into the world of design through 12 stories, shot across a range of countries, ranging from product design to world class f...
S05E02: Wax Jackets | Inside the Factory
S05E02: Wax Jackets | Inside the Factory
Gregg Wallace is in South Shields at a clothing factory where they produce 650 waxed jackets a day.
S07E02: Buses | Inside the Factory
S07E02: Buses | Inside the Factory
Gregg Wallace gets exclusive access to a factory that builds red London buses, while Cherry Healey visits a bus windscreen factory and Rut...
Sourcing and processing timber | Inside the Factory
Sourcing and processing timber | Inside the Factory
Cherry investigates the source of wood used for making Windsor chairs, and the process it undergoes to make it ready for ...
Photographing moving targets | Great British Photography Challenge
Photographing moving targets | Great British Photography Challenge
The contestants need to find the correct settings and techniques to take good action photos.
Photos with symbolism | Great British Photography Challenge
Photos with symbolism | Great British Photography Challenge
The contestants are using flowers to create different symbolism within their photos.
01: Home | Everyday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners
01: Home | Everyday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners
Mark Miodownik shows that some of the everyday objects that are often taken for granted are in fact...
02: Away | Everyday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners
02: Away | Everyday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners
Mark Miodownik looks at how materials have enabled us to indulge our curiosity about the world arou...
Marek Reichman meets Peter Saville | Only Artists
Marek Reichman meets Peter Saville | Only Artists
The industrial designer Marek Reichman meets the graphic artist and designer Peter Saville.
Jonathan Ive | Blue Peter
Jonathan Ive | Blue Peter
Barney meets Jonathan Ive, the British designer of the famous Apple products.
05: Objects of Desire | The Genius of Design
05: Objects of Desire | The Genius of Design
After the drab days of the late 70s, an explosion of wild creativity defined the 'designer decades' of the 80s and early 90s.
03: Blueprints for War | The Genius of Design
03: Blueprints for War | The Genius of Design
A look at the rival war machines designed and built during World War II, and how definitions of good design shift dramatically ...
02: Designs for Living | The Genius of Design
02: Designs for Living | The Genius of Design
In the 1920s and 30s, with the world at the tipping point between two global wars, design suggested dramatically different idea...
Philippe Starck | Profiles
Philippe Starck | Profiles
Documentary profiling Philippe Starck. Design journalist Marcus Fairs talks to critics and collaborators in an attempt to discover what makes him ...
Art and Design
Charles is Executed | Charles I's Treasure Reunited
Charles is Executed | Charles I's Treasure Reunited
Brenda Emmanus discusses the execution of Charles I.
01: Liberty, Diversity, Depravity | The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour
01: Liberty, Diversity, Depravity | The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour
In 18th century England, out of the Age of Enlightenment came a Gothic obsession with monsters...
Episode 3 | Great British Photography Challenge
Episode 3 | Great British Photography Challenge
The search for an exciting new name in British photography continues. This week sees the six photographers challenged to capt...
03: Blood for Sale: Gothic Goes Global | The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour
03: Blood for Sale: Gothic Goes Global | The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour
The language of Gothic came to encapsulate the 20th century's horrors, from Marx's analys...
Benin Bronzes | Civilisations
Benin Bronzes | Civilisations
David Olusoga visits the Benin Bronzes at the British Museum.
03: Smashing the Mould | The Art of Russia
03: Smashing the Mould | The Art of Russia
Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of Russian art. He examines political revolution and how art was at the forefront of throwing ...
S01E04: West Africa | Lost Kingdoms of Africa
S01E04: West Africa | Lost Kingdoms of Africa
Gus Casely-Hayford travels to Nigeria and Mali to explore the story behind a series of magnificent 16th-century bronzes made in...
The Industrial Revolution | Civilisations
The Industrial Revolution | Civilisations
David Olusoga the social, cultural and scientific changes of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, as depicted in art.
Early anatomy theatre | The Beauty of Anatomy
Early anatomy theatre | The Beauty of Anatomy
Adam Rutherford visits one of the very few surviving original anatomy theatres in the world.
Episode 4 | Great British Photography Challenge
Episode 4 | Great British Photography Challenge
The photographers embrace Glencoe for their landscape challenge and click with two up-and-coming bands. It's time to wow Rank...
02: Andreas Vesalius | The Beauty of Anatomy
02: Andreas Vesalius | The Beauty of Anatomy
Adam Rutherford tells the story of 16th-century anatomist Andreas Vesalius, who produced the first complete account of the human...
02: The City and the Soul | The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour
02: The City and the Soul | The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour
As the Industrial Revolution promised more inexplicable wonders of the modern world, Gothic art and li...
The Muscle Men | The Beauty of Anatomy
The Muscle Men | The Beauty of Anatomy
Adam Rutherford investigates Vesalius' muscle men.
De humani corporis fabrica | The Beauty of Anatomy
De humani corporis fabrica | The Beauty of Anatomy
Adam Rutherford views an original copy of Vesalius' groundbreaking book on anatomy 'De humani corporis fabrica'.
Henry and the Church | Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer
Henry and the Church | Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer
Jonathan Foyle explains how Henry VIII validated his new Church through a painting by Hans Holbein that connected him ...
04: The Prince of Peace | Seeing Salvation
04: The Prince of Peace | Seeing Salvation
A look at how Botticelli's Mystic Nativity heralded a new beginning.
03: A Child Born to Die | Seeing Salvation
03: A Child Born to Die | Seeing Salvation
Neil MacGregor considers how pieces of nativity art such as Bruegel's Adoration of the Kings can be seen to foreshadow Christ's fate.
02: Saviour of the World | Seeing Salvation
02: Saviour of the World | Seeing Salvation
Reubens's Adoration of the Magi shows how nativity paintings could be used as imperial tools.
01: The Coming of the Kings | Seeing Salvation
01: The Coming of the Kings | Seeing Salvation
This four-part study looks at how images of Christ reflect human concerns. Neil MacGregor traces the changes that saw the Magi...
03: In the Shadow of Hitler | Art of Germany
03: In the Shadow of Hitler | Art of Germany
Andrew Graham-Dixon concludes his exploration of German art by investigating the dark times of the 20th century, dominated by fa...
Film Studies
Selma (2014)
Selma (2014)
Biopic chronicling the three-month period in 1965 which saw Dr Martin Luther King Jr lead a turbulent march from Selma to Montgomery in a bid to secure equal vo...
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Bookish young Ofelia, stuck in her sadistic new stepfather’s army outpost, where her ailing mother is to give birth, gets drawn to a fantastical alter...
La La Land (2016)
La La Land (2016)
An aspiring actress and a dedicated jazz musician fall in love in modern-day Los Angeles. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.
Black Panther (2019)
Black Panther (2019)
Prince T'Challa, the Black Panther, hopes to lead his people to a brighter future but faces many threats, including a challenge to his throne from a rut...
The Others (2001)
The Others (2001)
Supernatural thriller set at the end of WWII about a devoutly religious mother who moves to a Jersey mansion with her ailing children to await the return o...
Propaganda films | Age of the Image
Propaganda films | Age of the Image
James Fox explains the method in which propaganda was created to advertise Nazism.
Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story (1995)
When Andy receives a toy Buzz Lightyear for his birthday, his old favourite toy, cowboy Woody, feels left out and jealous.
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Top silent screen couple Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont face disaster when their latest movie is made into a talkie, as both the technology and Lina...
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rick's Cafe is a centre for criminals, refugees, resistance fighters and Nazis. Its cynical owner takes risks for no-one - until the arrival of Ilsa.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
A countess resorts to subterfuge to have her reluctant daughter's portrait painted so that she can be appraised by a prospective suitor.
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced...
Trainspotting (1996)
Trainspotting (1996)
Smart, funny, sickly, and sometimes just plain unconscious, Mark Renton is a hero of our times. Set in an underbelly of Edinburgh the city fathers never...
DownfallDer Untergang (2004)
DownfallDer Untergang (2004)
As defeat looms, the increasingly unhinged Adolf Hitler readies himself for the end and makes his final declarations to a dwindling crowd of loy...
Memento (2000)
Memento (2000)
Complex thriller about a man whose search for his wife's brutal killer is hindered by his loss of short-term memory.
Back to Black (2024)
Back to Black (2024)
The life and music of Amy Winehouse, following the development of her unique talent and passion as she became a singular and iconic musician.
The Book of Life (2014)
The Book of Life (2014)
A museum tour guide explains the Mexican tradition of the Book of Life to a group of bored schoolchildren. They become entranced by the story of Mano...
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
An orphan from the slums of Mumbai makes it all the way to the final question of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The police think he must be cheati...
BalloonBallon (2018)
BalloonBallon (2018)
The Strelzyk family attempt to escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon. In German with English subtitles.
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
With their owner Andy leaving home for university, the toys fear for their future. Escaping being thrown away as rubbish, they arrive at a childcare centre.
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
When Woody is kidnapped, Buzz Lightyear and the other toys set out in hot pursuit. However, when they find him they discover him in a new life, with new f...
Media Studies
S03E01E1 | The Bridge
S03E01E1 | The Bridge
When a Danish gender campaigner is found murdered in Malmo, Swedish detective Saga Noren is assigned a new Danish colleague to help investigate.
S02E04: Max Clifford | When Louis Met...
S02E04: Max Clifford | When Louis Met...
Louis Theroux teams up with Max Clifford as the PR guru gives Pop Idol's Simon Cowell a media makeover. The relationship becomes str...
S01E01: An Unearthly Child: An Unearthly Child | Doctor Who (1963-1996)
S01E01: An Unearthly Child: An Unearthly Child | Doctor Who (1963-1996)
After discussing their pupil Susan, two teachers follow her to a junkyard. They meet her grandfather,...
S01E02 | Stevens & McCarthy
S01E02 | Stevens & McCarthy
Awkward husbands make for an awkward chat, and a man-spreader learns a lesson.
S01E01 | Peaky Blinders
S01E01 | Peaky Blinders
Birmingham, 1919: Thomas Shelby controls the Peaky Blinders, one of the city's most feared criminal organisations, but his ambitions go beyond runnin...
S01E01 | The Karen Dunbar Show
S01E01 | The Karen Dunbar Show
Sketch show with an array of comic characters and situations.
S01E04 | Stevens & McCarthy
S01E04 | Stevens & McCarthy
Doorbell cameras come in handy for an opinion, the jail buddies chat about life, and the girls worry about Coco Loco.
S02E01 | The Word
S02E01 | The Word
Featuring: Bo Derek (Actress), Happy Mondays, Marky Mark (aka Mark Wahlberg), Salt 'n' Pepa (Singers), Don Johnson (Actor,Miami Vice).
S01E03 | Stevens & McCarthy
S01E03 | Stevens & McCarthy
The girls in the roll van continue to tease Davie, a nightclub toilet encounter brings a surprise, and a karaoke night with a difference.
S01E05 | The Karen Dunbar Show
S01E05 | The Karen Dunbar Show
Sketch show with an array of comic characters and situations.
S01E04 | The Karen Dunbar Show
S01E04 | The Karen Dunbar Show
Sketch show with an array of comic characters and situations.
S01E03 | The Karen Dunbar Show
S01E03 | The Karen Dunbar Show
Journey again to the wonderful comedy world of Karen Dunbar, a place populated by dummy mummies, evil chip shop owners, enthusiastic police an...
S01E02 | The Karen Dunbar Show
S01E02 | The Karen Dunbar Show
This episode features advice on body manipulation, sword swinging, scuba diving and how not to retrieve loose change from a deep-fat fryer.
S01E01 | Stevens & McCarthy
S01E01 | Stevens & McCarthy
Stevens & McCarthy are back with their collection of comic characters, spoofs and musical comedy. At the roll van, Davie is not happy with the ch...
Doctor Who: Regeneration
Doctor Who: Regeneration
Radio 2 celebrates the phenomenon of BBC TV's sci-fi adventure series Doctor Who, which transformed Saturday-evening viewing when it returned in Mar...
S01E01 | Trapped
S01E01 | Trapped
A dismembered body is found in the river at the same time a ferry arrives at a small fishing port, as a bad snowstorm is threatening to cut off the town. In...
03/04/1993 | Going Live!
03/04/1993 | Going Live!
Magazine programme for children, presented by Sarah Greene and Phillip Schofield, with guests Eric Idle (Python comedian), Helen Worth (Coronation S...
S01E12 | Fully Booked
S01E12 | Fully Booked
New magazine programme for children presented by Zoe Ball and Grant Stott. Set in a fictitious hotel in Scotland, Fully Booked features celebrities and...
S01E06 | Live and Kicking
S01E06 | Live and Kicking
Magazine programme for children, presented by Andi Peters, Emma Forbes, John Barrowman, Trev Neal and Simon Hickson. Guests include David Hasselhof...
S01E01 | Going Live!
S01E01 | Going Live!
Sarah Greene and Phillip Schofield present programme with "Living in a Box", cat expert Grace McHattie, phone-in to actor Peter Howitt from "Bread".
Drama and Theatre
La La Land (2016)
La La Land (2016)
An aspiring actress and a dedicated jazz musician fall in love in modern-day Los Angeles. Starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Top silent screen couple Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont face disaster when their latest movie is made into a talkie, as both the technology and Lina...
S01E02 | Stevens & McCarthy
S01E02 | Stevens & McCarthy
Awkward husbands make for an awkward chat, and a man-spreader learns a lesson.
10: Whigfield and Beyonce | Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes
10: Whigfield and Beyonce | Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes
Whigfield reveals why she does not join in the Saturday Night dance. Plus an interview with Beyonce's Single Ladies c...
Matthew Bourne: Swan Lake
Matthew Bourne: Swan Lake
Director and choreographer Matthew Bourne's radical reworking of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. The score remains the same, but the famous corps de balle...
Dance Passion Liverpool: Find the Feeling
Dance Passion Liverpool: Find the Feeling
From beautiful ballet to high-energy vogueing, dancers take us on a day in the life of Liverpool through exhilarating dance.
S01E01 | The Karen Dunbar Show
S01E01 | The Karen Dunbar Show
Sketch show with an array of comic characters and situations.
S01E04 | Stevens & McCarthy
S01E04 | Stevens & McCarthy
Doorbell cameras come in handy for an opinion, the jail buddies chat about life, and the girls worry about Coco Loco.
06: Putting It Together | Broadway: The American Musical
06: Putting It Together | Broadway: The American Musical
How Les Misérables and Miss Saigon traveled the world, the success of Disney's The Lion King, the 2003 hit Wicked, a...
Acting Around Words
Acting Around Words
Frantic Assembly and Cardboard Citizens are among the theatre companies revealing how actors and directors transform performances with movement, gesture,...
Performing Arts | Bitesize Secondary
Performing Arts | Bitesize Secondary
In this programme, the performing arts are explored through behind the scene looks at Phantom of the Opera, Strictly Come Dancing, and a...
S01E03 | Stevens & McCarthy
S01E03 | Stevens & McCarthy
The girls in the roll van continue to tease Davie, a nightclub toilet encounter brings a surprise, and a karaoke night with a difference.
Dance - Choreography | Bitesize Secondary
Dance - Choreography | Bitesize Secondary
Clips taken from the BBC archive, showcasing the dances of a variety of choreographers, who are interviewed about their style of da...
The Dark Side of Ballet Schools | Panorama
The Dark Side of Ballet Schools | Panorama
Panorama investigates claims of bullying and body shaming at two of the UK's top ballet schools, The Royal Ballet School in London...
The National Theatre: Part One - The Dream | Arena
The National Theatre: Part One - The Dream | Arena
First of two documentaries celebrating the National Theatre's 50th anniversary, with contributions from artistic directors...
Performing Arts 1 | The Learning Zone
Performing Arts 1 | The Learning Zone
This programme explores ways of working, how to get into performing arts and how to get: a range of opportunities, jobs and roles, gett...
S01E05 | The Karen Dunbar Show
S01E05 | The Karen Dunbar Show
Sketch show with an array of comic characters and situations.
S01E04 | The Karen Dunbar Show
S01E04 | The Karen Dunbar Show
Sketch show with an array of comic characters and situations.
S01E03 | The Karen Dunbar Show
S01E03 | The Karen Dunbar Show
Journey again to the wonderful comedy world of Karen Dunbar, a place populated by dummy mummies, evil chip shop owners, enthusiastic police an...
S01E02 | The Karen Dunbar Show
S01E02 | The Karen Dunbar Show
This episode features advice on body manipulation, sword swinging, scuba diving and how not to retrieve loose change from a deep-fat fryer.
Music
The Beatles: Made on Merseyside
The Beatles: Made on Merseyside
They defined music and popular culture like no other band ever will. But how did The Beatles make the journey from Merseyside teenagers to in...
10: Whigfield and Beyonce | Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes
10: Whigfield and Beyonce | Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes
Whigfield reveals why she does not join in the Saturday Night dance. Plus an interview with Beyonce's Single Ladies c...
Back to Black (2024)
Back to Black (2024)
The life and music of Amy Winehouse, following the development of her unique talent and passion as she became a singular and iconic musician.
How Pop Songs Work
How Pop Songs Work
Conductor Charles Hazlewood hosts a celebration of the magic of pop music and explores the skill and musical dexterity that goes into writing, performing ...
Stormzy and Church | Louis Theroux Interviews...
Stormzy and Church | Louis Theroux Interviews...
Stormzy takes Louis to church to speak about its inspiration and the effect it had on him growing up.
Dancing through the Blitz: Blackpool's Big Band Story
Dancing through the Blitz: Blackpool's Big Band Story
Documentary film celebrating the big band sound and uncovering the social history behind the music that kept the nation...
The Beatles and the BBC
The Beatles and the BBC
A look back at some key moments that saw the BBC document The Beatles' journey, including such songs as She Loves You and All You Need Is Love.
01: Jesus Walks, by Kanye West | Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
01: Jesus Walks, by Kanye West | Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
In an era of excess, a Christian rap song challenges the Church and changes ideals about religion and ...
S02E01: Richard Wagner: The Ring Cycle | Art That Shook The World
S02E01: Richard Wagner: The Ring Cycle | Art That Shook The World
Michael Portillo explores his passion for Richard Wagner's Ring cycle, a monumental : and controversial : o...
Why Did Sailors Sing Sea Shanties_ | Shanties and Sea Songs with Gareth Malone
Why Did Sailors Sing Sea Shanties_ | Shanties and Sea Songs with Gareth Malone
Sailors sang sea shanties to aid with the many physical taks faced on board a sailing ship.
David Bowie | Icons
David Bowie | Icons
David Bowie landed on the London music scene and, with the help of Ziggy Stardust, transformed it at once giving rise to an army of young, previously dis...
The Hacienda - The Club That Shook Britain
The Hacienda - The Club That Shook Britain
The story of Manchester’s Hacienda nightclub, including interviews with famous regulars, including Noel Gallagher. This is the sto...
Elvis (2022)
Elvis (2022)
Elvis Presley's story seen through the lens of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
S04E02: 1982 | The Rock 'n' Roll Years
S04E02: 1982 | The Rock 'n' Roll Years
2nd in series which takes a chronological look at the news, music and events of the eighties. This week the year is 1982.
S01E01: 1956 | The Rock 'n' Roll Years
S01E01: 1956 | The Rock 'n' Roll Years
First prog in new series connecting the year's events with its music via news- reels; headlines; movies; broadcasts & rock performance...
Doctor Who: Regeneration
Doctor Who: Regeneration
Radio 2 celebrates the phenomenon of BBC TV's sci-fi adventure series Doctor Who, which transformed Saturday-evening viewing when it returned in Mar...
Respect (2021)
Respect (2021)
A biographical drama about the life and rise to fame of American soul singer Aretha Franklin.
The Beatles: 1: Rock n' Roll | Eras
The Beatles: 1: Rock n' Roll | Eras
Martin Freeman celebrates history's biggest band ahead of their final single - Now & Then. In Part 1, the Fab Four come to the brink of g...
02: The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour | Arena
02: The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour | Arena
Fully restored and with a remixed soundtrack, 'The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour comes out of the shadows and onto the screen.
01: Magical Mystery Tour Revisited | Arena
01: Magical Mystery Tour Revisited | Arena
The making of The Beatles' controversial 1967 film, featuring previously unseen archive footage.
Health and Social Care
The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
The Drug Trial: Emergency at the Hospital
Documentary telling the story of one of the most infamous medical emergencies in recent British history, when six healthy men took ...
The Drug Trial That Went Wrong | Dispatches
The Drug Trial That Went Wrong | Dispatches
Award-winning journalist Brian Deer investigates the circumstances surrounding the infamous drug trial conducted at a private uni...
02: Ice Babies | A Child Against All Odds
02: Ice Babies | A Child Against All Odds
Freezing embryos offers hope to people faced with being unable to have children of their own.
Joe Swash: Teens in Care
Joe Swash: Teens in Care
Documentary that follows Joe Swash as he explores the stories of teens in care over the age of 16, the largest-growing cohort in both child protecti...
Episode 1 | The Big Hospital Experiment
Episode 1 | The Big Hospital Experiment
Fourteen young people start their first week volunteering for a radical social experiment at the Royal Derby Hospital to deliver pati...
Katie Price: Harvey and Me
Katie Price: Harvey and Me
A deeply personal film following Katie Price and her disabled son Harvey in a crucial year of his life, as he turns 18 and becomes an adult.
03: Food on the Brain | The Secrets of Your Food
03: Food on the Brain | The Secrets of Your Food
Michael Mosley and James Wong explore the effect that our food has on our most important and, in terms of energy consumption...
Alcohol and the brain | The Secrets of Your Food
Alcohol and the brain | The Secrets of Your Food
Michael explains what happens to the brain when we drink alcohol.
Making Sense of Cancer with Hannah Fry
Making Sense of Cancer with Hannah Fry
In an award-winning documentary, Hannah Fry takes a personal look at the issues surrounding how we screen for and treat cancer, asking...
Edward Jenner's First Vaccination | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
Edward Jenner's First Vaccination | Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer
The story of Edward Jenner's discovery that deliberately infecting someone with cowpox could...
Carrel-Dakin Method | The Crimson Field
Carrel-Dakin Method | The Crimson Field
A dramatic clip to show the Carrel-Dakin method; a WWI-era wound treatment developed by surgeon Alexis Carrel and chemist Henry Dakin...
01: Anxiety | Bedlam
01: Anxiety | Bedlam
The first programme, Anxiety, follow patients through the 18-bed Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit at Bethlem Royal Hospital. This national unit treats...
Caring for an elderly resident | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience
Caring for an elderly resident | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience
Rhod helps wash and clothe 90-year-old Merv as a carer for the day and finds it to be a rewarding experience.
Diabetes: The Hidden Killer | Panorama
Diabetes: The Hidden Killer | Panorama
An investigation into the health epidemic that afflicts almost one in ten people in Birmingham and can lead to heart failure, blindnes...
02: Crisis | Bedlam
02: Crisis | Bedlam
Cameras are allowed in Lambeth Hospital Triage ward for the first time. This is the Accident and Emergency of mental health—where patients are at their m...
03: Psychosis | Bedlam
03: Psychosis | Bedlam
The third programme, Psychosis, films a community mental health team. South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides support for more than 35...
Episode 2 | The Big Hospital Experiment
Episode 2 | The Big Hospital Experiment
14 young people begin their second week volunteering at The Royal Derby Hospital and are challenged by the realities of life and death.
Crisis in Care: Follow the Money | Panorama
Crisis in Care: Follow the Money | Panorama
Tens of thousands of elderly people live in care homes owned by international investors. Panorama asks how much money is being ta...
Crisis in Care - Part 1: Who Cares? | Panorama
Crisis in Care - Part 1: Who Cares? | Panorama
Panorama reveals the failings of our social care system, as our population gets older and more of us need help with day-to-day...
Louis meets Earl, who lives with the long-term effects of a brain injury | Louis Theroux
Louis meets Earl, who lives with the long-term effects of a brain injury | Louis Theroux
Louis talks to Earl about how his personality has changed since having a serious bra...
Nursing and Midwifery
Episode 1 | The Surrogates
Episode 1 | The Surrogates
Caitlin and Emma try to help other people start a family. David looks for a surrogate.
Episode 2 | The Surrogates
Episode 2 | The Surrogates
Caitlin and Maddie try to have babies for other people. David looks for a new surrogate.
Stillborn risks are outlayed to doubtful mum | The Midwives
Stillborn risks are outlayed to doubtful mum | The Midwives
A woman who discharged herself is given her options and the varying levels of risk especially if she doesn't stay...
Pregnant woman discharges herself | The Midwives
Pregnant woman discharges herself | The Midwives
A woman who is recommended to stay in the ward to be monitored disagrees with the midwives and discharges herself.
Beven and the tumultuous start to the NHS | Matron, Medicine and Me
Beven and the tumultuous start to the NHS | Matron, Medicine and Me
The start of the National Health Service wasn't a new idea and also wasn't greeted with pleasure by all, ...
Nurse has an issue with a patient in ICU | We Are England
Nurse has an issue with a patient in ICU | We Are England
Neelam deals with a patient with spiralling vitals. She also talks about the importance of reassurance.
Episode 3 | The Surrogates
Episode 3 | The Surrogates
Maddie, Alex, and Rich agree to give themselves six months to try to get pregnant, and single man David has his embryo transferred into his new su...
Cleaning a hospital ward | Matron, Medicine and Me
Cleaning a hospital ward | Matron, Medicine and Me
Fern gets taught how to clean a hospital ward and the techniques to trap infection.
First prosection for parent guilty of FGM | BBC News
First prosection for parent guilty of FGM | BBC News
A mother is the first person in the UK to be successfully prosecuted for enacting FGM on her daughter.
Midwife catches up 16-year-old mum | The Midwives
Midwife catches up 16-year-old mum | The Midwives
A midwife specialising in teen pregnancies visits a 16-year-old who has decided to go back to school.
Caring for sick children before the NHS | Matron, Medicine and Me
Caring for sick children before the NHS | Matron, Medicine and Me
Lucy speaks to Historian Tanya Macintosh about how children were treated before the NHS.
First days nursing on an A&E Ward | Saving Our Nurses
First days nursing on an A&E Ward | Saving Our Nurses
Newly qualified Nurse Lauren is observed working in A&E.
Doctors on Trial | Panorama
Doctors on Trial | Panorama
Panorama investigates the case which has sparked outrage among doctors - a junior doctor convicted of manslaughter and then struck off for her ro...
Episode 2 | Nursing a Dream
Episode 2 | Nursing a Dream
Series following student nurses on the Island of Lewis, as they work hard to pass exams as well as dealing with the emotional rollercoaster of li...
Episode 1 | Nursing a Dream
Episode 1 | Nursing a Dream
Series following student nurses on the Island of Lewis, as they work hard to pass exams as well as dealing with the emotional rollercoaster of li...
S01: Night Nurses - Birmingham | We Are England
S01: Night Nurses - Birmingham | We Are England
When the rest of the world is sound asleep, the nurses battle to keep their patients alive. We follow them on a night shift a...
A Doctor | Confessions of...
A Doctor | Confessions of...
GPs were once seen as gods, with the authority to make decisions on behalf of their patients. Whether they were controlling women's access to co...
S01E06 | 24 Hours in A&E
S01E06 | 24 Hours in A&E
This episode includes 35-year-old Colin, who was stabbed after being woken at gunpoint, 86-year-old Nancy, who has fallen over at home and former la...
S01E05 | 24 Hours in A&E
S01E05 | 24 Hours in A&E
This episode reveals what can happen when something goes wrong with the brain. Including 65-year-old Charlie, who has not been the same since crashi...
S01E04 | 24 Hours in A&E
S01E04 | 24 Hours in A&E
This episode focuses on the consequences of alcohol on A&E departments. It includes a 39-year-old who has fallen and broken his neck after a few dri...
Education and Childcare
02: Ice Babies | A Child Against All Odds
02: Ice Babies | A Child Against All Odds
Freezing embryos offers hope to people faced with being unable to have children of their own.
Episode 6 | School
Episode 6 | School
As GCSEs approach, Mangotsfield School targets disadvantaged, underachieving boys. An impending Ofsted inspection will scrutinise progress.
Episode 3 | School
Episode 3 | School
The pressure on Marlwood School increases when Ofsted announces an inspection in two days.
Episode 2 | School
Episode 2 | School
The head teacher of Marlwood School in Gloucestershire faces a perfect storm.
01: One of the Family | Protecting Our Foster Kids
01: One of the Family | Protecting Our Foster Kids
A candid look at the workings of a foster carer's home over the course of a year, which explores the complex nature of fos...
Episode 5 | School
Episode 5 | School
Bad behaviour is undermining learning in the Castle School Education Trust. Will Roberts introduces a strict behaviour management system.
Episode 4 | School
Episode 4 | School
This episode follows students with special needs as the future level of funding to support them in a mainstream school is debated.
Episode 1 | Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School
Episode 1 | Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School
Five teachers from China take over the education of 50 teenagers in a Hampshire school. Day one of the experiment prove...
Episode 1 | Too Tough to Teach
Episode 1 | Too Tough to Teach
Brand new two-part documentary series about a school for boys with severe behavioural problems. In this episode, an alienated 12-year-old is m...
The Diversity of the contemporary family | The British Family
The Diversity of the contemporary family | The British Family
Jaqueline Wilson and Kirsty Young discuss how the classic nuclear family has changed in contemporary culture.
Episode 2 | Tough Young Teachers
Episode 2 | Tough Young Teachers
The honeymoon period is over and the teachers quickly have to work out a way to keep the kids engaged so their behaviour doesn't go downhill.
Good and bad | Babies: Their Wonderful World
Good and bad | Babies: Their Wonderful World
The researchers wonder whether babies are making decisions about good and bad before they are even taught these concepts.
Changes in the status of children in the family and society | The British Family
Changes in the status of children in the family and society | The British Family
A look at how the ways in which children are viewed have changed over time.
02: Jesse's Home | Protecting Our Foster Kids
02: Jesse's Home | Protecting Our Foster Kids
This episode follows four-month-old Jesse, from when he first comes into foster care to a meeting where his long-term future is...
S08E01: The Divide of the Sexes | Child of Our Time
S08E01: The Divide of the Sexes | Child of Our Time
Now eight, the kids are struggling to make sense of gender roles. In the home they see their parents striving for equalit...
Episode 2 | Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School
Episode 2 | Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School
As the project continues, the kids rebel against the harsh regime of long days and strict discipline. Behaviour in the ...
Episode 1 | Britain's Biggest Primary School
Episode 1 | Britain's Biggest Primary School
Brand new observational series about Gascoigne primary school which has more than 1,100 pupils. The school must try and settle a...
Britain's Child Health Crisis | Panorama
Britain's Child Health Crisis | Panorama
Rahil Sheikh tries to discover what's causing Britain's child health crisis and what can be done to fix it. Keir Starmer has promise...
Episode 6 | Tough Young Teachers
Episode 6 | Tough Young Teachers
The trainees are approaching the end of the academic year and, for some, the momentous decision of whether to stay in teaching.
Episode 4 | Tough Young Teachers
Episode 4 | Tough Young Teachers
It is the start of a new year and a fresh term, but for Chloe's Year 11 class it is also the results of their mock exams and the news is bad.
Hospitality and Catering
S07E04: Jaffa Cakes | Inside the Factory
S07E04: Jaffa Cakes | Inside the Factory
Gregg Wallace visits a factory that churns out 1.4 billion Jaffa Cakes a year, while Cherry Healey is in the city responsible for gr...
S08E04: Stuffed Pasta | Inside the Factory
S08E04: Stuffed Pasta | Inside the Factory
Gregg Wallace visits a food factory in Hertfordshire that produces 500 million parcels of stuffed pasta every year.
The Supersizers Eat...4: The French Revolution | The Supersizers
The Supersizers Eat...4: The French Revolution | The Supersizers
Giles Coren and Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. They don wigs and corsets to go ba...
The Supersizers Eat...2: Medieval | The Supersizers
The Supersizers Eat...2: Medieval | The Supersizers
Giles Coren and Sue Perkins experience the food culture of years gone by. This time, they go back to medieval England to ...
Episode 1 | Teen Canteen
Episode 1 | Teen Canteen
Documentary series following the 6th years of Linlithgow Academy, who have the opportunity to use their school kitchen to set up a takeaway food bus...
The Supersizers Go...1: Wartime | The Supersizers
The Supersizers Go...1: Wartime | The Supersizers
Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and comedian Sue Perkins grab their ration books for one week and chomp their way ...
Ordering problems | Michel Roux's Service
Ordering problems | Michel Roux's Service
One of the trainees has brought the wrong-sized beer and another table has been waiting 20 minutes for their drinks.
Fine Dining Essentials | Michel Roux's Service
Fine Dining Essentials | Michel Roux's Service
Fred gives the trainees a fine dining experience and highlights behaviours of the waiting staff that are key to good service.
01: 7 Bone | The Restaurant Man
01: 7 Bone | The Restaurant Man
Restaurateur Russell Norman helps newcomers to the trade. Rich and Matt start up an edgy burger restaurant in Southampton. London restaurateu...
The Supersizers Go...2: Restoration | The Supersizers
The Supersizers Go...2: Restoration | The Supersizers
Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and performer Sue Perkins try the food of Restoration Britain in the 1660s, a ...
Difficult customers | Michel Roux's Service
Difficult customers | Michel Roux's Service
The trainees get a test when they have to deal with some specific requests.
Serving at a wedding | Michel Roux's Service
Serving at a wedding | Michel Roux's Service
The trainees are in chucked into the deep end as they experience waiting at a 75-person wedding.
Greeting guests | Michel Roux's Service
Greeting guests | Michel Roux's Service
Fred explains the importance of greeting guests, with a tale from his childhood.
Speaking to customers poorly | Michel Roux's Service
Speaking to customers poorly | Michel Roux's Service
A trainee's attitude is getting in the way of serving customers politely.
The Supersizers Eat...5: The Twenties | The Supersizers
The Supersizers Eat...5: The Twenties | The Supersizers
Giles Coren and Sue Perkins discover the culinary delights of the bright young things in the 1920s, with social engag...
Using numbers in hospitality | Learning Zone
Using numbers in hospitality | Learning Zone
A example of cooking for large groups at Leicester City FC, details how important maths skills are in this industry.
Teamwork in a kitchen | Learning Zone
Teamwork in a kitchen | Learning Zone
The different roles in the kitchen describe what they do to ensure each part of the meal is ready for the customer.
Hotels and Social Media | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
Hotels and Social Media | Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
The unique infinity pool at the top of the Marina Bay Sands provides free marketing in the age of the "selfie".
Michelen-Two-Star service | Michel Roux's Service
Michelen-Two-Star service | Michel Roux's Service
The trainees attempt to deliver Michelin Two-star service in Paris, learning the importance of the kitchen term "mains-away".
Shadowing waiters in Zizzi's | Michel Roux's Service
Shadowing waiters in Zizzi's | Michel Roux's Service
The trainees get a chance to soak up waiting tricks and tips as they shadow waiters at a chain of Zizzi's.
Travel and Tourism
Dubai Sustainability | The Travel Show
Dubai Sustainability | The Travel Show
The team are in Dubai to find out how they are working hard to make holidays more sustainable. They meet the turtles who have become t...
Tourism and the Truth: Thailand | Stacey Dooley
Tourism and the Truth: Thailand | Stacey Dooley
Stacey Dooley explores the darker side of tourism in Thailand, working as a chambermaid and discovering the sacrifices some h...
Costa Rica: Guarding the Green Revolution | The Travel Show
Costa Rica: Guarding the Green Revolution | The Travel Show
Qasa Alom explores Costa Rica, considered the birthplace of eco-tourism. How does the country maintain the balanc...
Honeypot tourism | The One Show
Honeypot tourism | The One Show
Glenfinnan is overun with tourism for its stunning viaduct that features in Harry Potter.
Full Moon Party | Stacey Dooley Investigates
Full Moon Party | Stacey Dooley Investigates
Stacey Dooley looks into the negative effects of tourism in Thailand and the effect on the local population.
Take Me To Titanic: Part 1 | The Travel Show
Take Me To Titanic: Part 1 | The Travel Show
In a ground-breaking expedition, a group of paying adventurers travel to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, with the aim of explo...
S01E03: Iceland | Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
S01E03: Iceland | Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Richard takes actor Jessica Hynes on a whirlwind weekend away to the stunning scenery of Iceland, for waterfalls, glaciers, geys...
Building development in Dubai | The Travel Show
Building development in Dubai | The Travel Show
Rajan Datar explores the newest buildings and how they are being developed.
The Great British Staycation? | Panorama
The Great British Staycation? | Panorama
As the hospitality industry tries to make up for the financial losses of the last 18 months, Mobeen Azhar explores the truth about o...
04: West Coast Mainline | The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track
04: West Coast Mainline | The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track
Series going behind the scenes of the rail network. The West Coast Mainline is the busiest route in Europe, l...
Chambermaid's at a Thai Hotel | Stacey Dooley Investigates
Chambermaid's at a Thai Hotel | Stacey Dooley Investigates
Stacey Dooley experiences a day in the life of a Thai hotel chambermaid.
02: The Bell Inn | The Restaurant Man
02: The Bell Inn | The Restaurant Man
Successful restaurateur Russell Norman offers advice to newcomers to the trade. Dave and Debbie are sinking all their savings into a vi...
01: 7 Bone | The Restaurant Man
01: 7 Bone | The Restaurant Man
Restaurateur Russell Norman helps newcomers to the trade. Rich and Matt start up an edgy burger restaurant in Southampton. London restaurateu...
Episode 1 | A Very British Airline
Episode 1 | A Very British Airline
Series going behind the scenes at British Airways. Featuring a look behind the airline's 'millionaire's door' at Heathrow, and the tough t...
01: On a Cruise | Paul Merton's Adventures
01: On a Cruise | Paul Merton's Adventures
Paul jumps aboard the biggest cruise ship in the world for a tour of the Caribbean, where he hitches a ride with the Jamaican dogs...
Take Me To Titanic: Part 2 | The Travel Show
Take Me To Titanic: Part 2 | The Travel Show
In a ground-breaking expedition, a group of paying adventurers travel to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, with the aim of explo...
Tourism in Amsterdam | Getaways
Tourism in Amsterdam | Getaways
Vogue and Joe check out Amsterdam taking in the sights of the city from a canal ride as well as finding out how important cycling is.
The Sinking of the Costa Concordia
The Sinking of the Costa Concordia
The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized after striking an underwater rock on January 13, 2012. This is a first-hand account, incl...
06: The Nook on the Square | The Restaurant Man
06: The Nook on the Square | The Restaurant Man
Restaurateur Russell Norman helps newcomers to the trade. Russell helps two sisters from Rugby who can't cook and have no pro...
04: Il Padrino | The Restaurant Man
04: Il Padrino | The Restaurant Man
Restaurateur Russell Norman helps newcomers to the trade. Tony in Gravesend wants to launch a pizzeria with his family, but his children ...
Building and Construction
Sewage and water treatment | Inside the Factory
Sewage and water treatment | Inside the Factory
Cherry Healey visits a sewage system in Brighton, and explores how our waste is processed and purified.
Episode 1 | The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer
Episode 1 | The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer
Following workers across London as they race to build an enormous supersewer. The first episode follows the creation of the fi...
Shopping malls | Bitesize Secondary
Shopping malls | Bitesize Secondary
Development of out of town shopping centres is now common in the UK, with 27 million people visiting Bluewater every year.
The Secret Story of Stuff: Materials of the Modern Age
The Secret Story of Stuff: Materials of the Modern Age
Designer and engineer Zoe Laughlin explores the world of material science, uncovering the innovations in manufacturing...
Gas Fitter | Further Education
Gas Fitter | Further Education
A TeachersTV production showing how a plumber would fit a boiler.
Electricity | How It Works
Electricity | How It Works
Mark Miodownik explores the role that ceramics plays in electricity and superconductors.
Reinforced concrete | How It Works
Reinforced concrete | How It Works
Mark Miodownik investigates how concrete has been developed to avoid cracking.
The Last Concorde
The Last Concorde
For the workers at Filton it's the end of the Concorde era. Two of these plane workers, Alan Radford and Wally Williams, tell what it's been like working o...
Concorde: A Supersonic Story
Concorde: A Supersonic Story
The life of the most glamorous plane ever built, as told by the people whose lives she touched. Narrated by Sophie Okonedo.
Episode 3 | The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer
Episode 3 | The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer
Following workers across London over three years as they race to build an enormous supersewer on time and on budget. In this e...
Episode 2 | The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer
Episode 2 | The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer
Following workers across London as they race to build an enormous supersewer. The first episode follows the creation of the fi...
20: Process of Engineering Production | Engineering Craft Studies
20: Process of Engineering Production | Engineering Craft Studies
This week's programme looks at the process of engineering production.
17: Joining: Fastening | Engineering Craft Studies
17: Joining: Fastening | Engineering Craft Studies
This week looks at Joining and fastening.
15: Keeping In Place | Engineering Craft Studies
15: Keeping In Place | Engineering Craft Studies
Engineering series for schools and colleges narrated by Paul Barnes.
05: Properties And Grain Structures | Engineering Craft Studies
05: Properties And Grain Structures | Engineering Craft Studies
This week's programme looks at the properties inherent in the grain structure of metals.
06: Heat Production And Measurement | Engineering Craft Studies
06: Heat Production And Measurement | Engineering Craft Studies
Engineering series for schools and colleges narrated by Paul Barnes.
07: Forces And Moments | Engineering Craft Studies
07: Forces And Moments | Engineering Craft Studies
The engineering series for schools and colleges continues with a look at forces and momentum.
12: Using Electricity | Engineering Craft Studies
12: Using Electricity | Engineering Craft Studies
A look at how electricity is used in engineering.
18: Joining: Adhesives | Engineering Craft Studies
18: Joining: Adhesives | Engineering Craft Studies
Adhesives now have a wide application in industry. How do they work and where are they used?
16: Joining: Welding and Soldering | Engineering Craft Studies
16: Joining: Welding and Soldering | Engineering Craft Studies
Thermal methods of joining materials together.
Sport and Leisure
03: Laying the Foundations | Building the Olympic Dream
03: Laying the Foundations | Building the Olympic Dream
With nine billion pounds to spend on creating an Olympic Park, London 2012's bosses face some big challenges.
Chess club | The One Show
Chess club | The One Show
A feature on the 3Cs Chess Club in Oldham where the benefits of chess are explored and the game is booming among school children.
Muhammad Ali | Icons
Muhammad Ali | Icons
Muhammad Ali's talent and charisma secured the love of his fans, but his attitudes towards race, religion and America's role in the Vietnam War all chal...
02: The Last Stand at Stratford | Building the Olympic Dream
02: The Last Stand at Stratford | Building the Olympic Dream
The ambition and scale of the project is huge. Resistance to the plans comes from unexpected quarters.
Billie Jean King | Icons
Billie Jean King | Icons
Billie Jean King is tennis' greatest talents, and also a tireless campaigner for equality. She fought for prize-money parity, was instrumental in th...
01: London Calling | Building the Olympic Dream
01: London Calling | Building the Olympic Dream
This first film follows the exploits of the Ceremonies Team as they prepare to mount the eight-minute show to mark the offici...
S01E03 | Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams
S01E03 | Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams
Freddie's team take on a private school, and it's a race against time to get their new club open. But has he fulfilled his wish t...
S01E02 | Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams
S01E02 | Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams
Freddie is on the hunt for a cricket club for his unlikely team to call home, and a surprising new addition to the side gives the...
S01E01 | Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams
S01E01 | Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams
Freddie Flintoff is determined to prove that anyone can play cricket, whatever their background. He starts training a group of li...
Catch Me If You Can | Panorama
Catch Me If You Can | Panorama
Mark Daly investigates serious allegations of doping in athletics, involving some of the biggest stars in the sport.
Qatari migrant worker deaths | The Travel Show
Qatari migrant worker deaths | The Travel Show
As Qatar gears up to host the first ever World Cup to be staged in the Middle East, Rajan Datar questions the thousands of mig...
13/07/1993 | Run the Risk
13/07/1993 | Run the Risk
Fast moving, very messy children's game show, with big prizes for the winners. First shown during ''Going Live'' on 10/10/92.
06/07/1993 | Run the Risk
06/07/1993 | Run the Risk
Game show first transmitted on ''Going Live''. Presented by Peter Simon and Shane Richie.
29/06/1993 | Run the Risk
29/06/1993 | Run the Risk
First in a series of the game show first transmitted on ''Going Live''. Presented by Peter Simon and Shane Richie.
S10E06: Board Game | The Apprentice
S10E06: Board Game | The Apprentice
Lord Sugar asks the candidates to design a brand new board game, then sell it to shops across London. With the pressure on, one candidate...
Tanni Grey-Thompson | Icons
Tanni Grey-Thompson | Icons
Tanni Grey-Thompson was born at a time when the physical and political landscape for disabled people was far from enlightened, she became one of ...
Pele | Icons
Pele | Icons
Pele was far more than just the greatest footballer of all time, he showed the world that anyone, from any background, could become the world's most renowned sp...
Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire
Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire
In 1985, a fire ripped through the wooden stands at Bradford City's Stadium. These are the personal stories of those who lived through th...
Geraint Thomas: The Road Will Decide
Geraint Thomas: The Road Will Decide
A world first documentary film boasting unparalleled access to defending champion Welshman Geraint Thomas as he competes at the planet's...
Climbing Blind
Climbing Blind
Documentary about Jesse Dufton and his attempt to take on the challenge of becoming the first blind person to lead a climb of the Old Man of Hoy, in Orkney, S...
Primary English
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E03: Macbeth
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E03: Macbeth
Soviet animation of the famous tragedy, with the voices of Alec McCowen, Brian Cox, Zoe Wanamaker, Clive Merrison, Patrick ...
Private Peaceful (2012)
Private Peaceful (2012)
Wartime drama adapted from the Michael Morpurgo novel. Brothers Charlie and Tommo Peaceful grow up in poverty without their father in a quiet Devon v...
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E04: Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E04: Romeo and Juliet
An animated version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
War Horse (2011)
War Horse (2011)
It is 1914, and struggling Devon farmer Ted Narracott buys a remarkable but unsuitable horse at auction. His son Albert names him Joey and, under pressure f...
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E02: The Tempest
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E02: The Tempest
The Tempest presented in puppet animation with text abridged by Leon Garfield; with the voices of Martin Jarvis, Timoth...
CBeebies Presents | A Midsummer Night's Dream
CBeebies Presents | A Midsummer Night's Dream
Children's drama: Cook and Line from Swashbuckle help William Shakespeare put on a magical production of A Midsummer Night's Dr...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Four young war evacuees are transported to the magical land of Narnia, where they join the noble lion A...
Pig Heart Boy
Pig Heart Boy
Adaptation of the novel by Malorie Blackman, about the life of a teenage boy with a viral heart transplant.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2021)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2021)
We meet our storyteller Puck, and learn about the impending marriage of Duke Theseus and Queen Hippolyta.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E01: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E01: A Midsummer Night's Dream
A night of madness in a haunted wood - four young victims of unrequited love stumble about while six work...
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S02E06: Othello
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S02E06: Othello
Animated Shakespeare tale of Othello. In the last in the series the most dramatic study of jealousy and its tragic effects ...
i.am.will Shakespeare
i.am.will Shakespeare
Education programme: Ricky Boleto and Leah Gooding go in search of William Shakespeare. They find out about Shakespeare's early life in Stratford-upon-...
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S02E04: Julius Caesar
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S02E04: Julius Caesar
This animated version of 'Julius Caesar' unfolds a compelling story of personal power versus the good of the state. J...
CBeebies Presents | The Tempest
CBeebies Presents | The Tempest
A magic island, a stormy shipwreck and a royal mystery in CBeebies The Tempest!
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E05: Hamlet
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E05: Hamlet
Animated version of the Bard's much-quoted tragedy about the indecisive Prince of Denmark. With the voices of Nicholas Farre...
Holes (2003)
Holes (2003)
Family adventure with Sigourney Weaver. A boy is sent to Camp Green Lake after being accused of stealing. Once there, he must dig holes in the desert for a myst...
Pig Heart Boy | 02: Trudy
Pig Heart Boy | 02: Trudy
Adaptation of the novel by Malorie Blackman, about the life of a teenage boy with a viral heart transplant.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S02E01: Richard III
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S02E01: Richard III
The return of the award-winning team who produced 'Hamlet'. Antony Sher provides the voice of Shakespeare's darkest vil...
S02E01: Bouncy Bluey | Old Jack's Boat
S02E01: Bouncy Bluey | Old Jack's Boat
Join Old Jack by the rockpools for more wondrous stories of childhood adventures.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
William Kamkwamba is a 13-year-old living with his family in rural Malawi. After a famine forces him to leave school, William sets his excepti...
Primary History
S07E15: Terrible Tudor Special | Horrible Histories
S07E15: Terrible Tudor Special | Horrible Histories
Chop, chop, it's the Horrible Histories' Terrible Tudors Special, with everything you need to know about history's most f...
Henry VIII - A Little More Reformation (Song) | Horrible Histories
Henry VIII - A Little More Reformation (Song) | Horrible Histories
Comedy superstar Rowan Atkinson stars as Henry VIII with an Elvis twist.
05: The Spanish Armada | Landmarks
05: The Spanish Armada | Landmarks
In October 1588, a lone Spanish ship was wrecked off south Devon. In today's programme children from three Devon schools use their own map...
Plague! | The History Trail
Plague! | The History Trail
London, 1665: during the long, hot summer, tens of thousands died of a dreadful disease. The Barnwell family are one of many to suffer.
S01E01: The Secrets of Vesuvius: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries
S01E01: The Secrets of Vesuvius: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries
Flavia and her friends convince Admiral Pliny of the danger of Mount Vesuvius, but can he and his fleet can do anyt...
S01E01: The Secrets of Vesuvius: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries
S01E01: The Secrets of Vesuvius: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries
Flavia and her friends convince Admiral Pliny of the danger of Mount Vesuvius, but can he and his fleet do anything...
Rosa Parks - I Sat on a Bus (Song) | Horrible Histories
Rosa Parks - I Sat on a Bus (Song) | Horrible Histories
Rosa Parks shares about how she helped spark the Civil Rights Movement, all by sitting on a bus!
The end of the British Slave Trade | Angellica: Time Traveller
The end of the British Slave Trade | Angellica: Time Traveller
In the final part of this journey Angellica Bell meets one of the descendants of William Wilberforce who helpe...
The Truth About Richard III (Song) | Horrible Histories
The Truth About Richard III (Song) | Horrible Histories
History has been unkind to Richard III and he's written a song to set the record straight: he's a nice guy really!
Fawkes' 13 | Horrible Histories
Fawkes' 13 | Horrible Histories
This Bonfire Night, watch as Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators embark on a devilish plot to blow up Parliament.
Fire! | The History Trail
Fire! | The History Trail
London, 2 September 1666 - the start of a terrible fire recorded in detail by the diarist Samuel Pepys. Within four days the city was in smoking ru...
Y is for Your Country Needs You | WWI A-Z
Y is for Your Country Needs You | WWI A-Z
A selection of British newspaper headlines from World War One suggest the impact propaganda had on the Home Front.
S01E02: Pirates of Pompeii: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries
S01E02: Pirates of Pompeii: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius has left a trail of destruction. In the chaos of the refugee camp, Flavia is shocked to d...
Dick Turpin (Song) | Horrible Histories
Dick Turpin (Song) | Horrible Histories
The highwayman, Dick Turpin, is famous for his saying 'Stand and Deliver!' Oh and all of the robbery's he committed.
Martin Luther King - They Were the Heroes (Song) | Horrible Histories
Martin Luther King - They Were the Heroes (Song) | Horrible Histories
Martin Luther King on the struggle to earn racial equality in America and the many famous faces that he...
Bristol's role in the slave trade | Angellica: Time Traveller
Bristol's role in the slave trade | Angellica: Time Traveller
Angellica Bell introduces the slave trade and the importance of Bristol in its history.
02: Black Britons 2 | Primary History
02: Black Britons 2 | Primary History
The history of black people in Britain, from the abolition of the slave trade to the end of World War II. Education for seven- to 11-ye...
01: Black Britons 1 | Primary History
01: Black Britons 1 | Primary History
An introduction to the history of black people in Britain, from the Romans to the slave trade. Schools programme for seven- to 11-year-...
Christopher Columbus | Horrible Histories
Christopher Columbus | Horrible Histories
Christopher Columbus insists to a sceptical crewman that he's discovered India - also, mermaids.
Victorian living conditions | Britain's Biggest Dig
Victorian living conditions | Britain's Biggest Dig
Dr Yasmin Khan discovers the awful living conditions the workers during the Industrial Revolution had put up with.
Primary Geography
25: Antarctica | Deadly Pole to Pole
25: Antarctica | Deadly Pole to Pole
Steve's journey finally comes to an end at the land of extremes - the least inhabited, remotest, highest, driest, coldest and windiest c...
S01E05: Earthquakes | Fierce Earth
S01E05: Earthquakes | Fierce Earth
The team explores the phenomenon of the earthquake. Clare and Mike train with one of the top international rescue teams. Leo takes on a da...
S01E01: Hurricanes | Fierce Earth
S01E01: Hurricanes | Fierce Earth
The team encounters the most feared event in weather - the hurricane. Florida-based stormchaser Mike takes us on a wild ride into the eye o...
S01E07: Volcanoes | Fierce Earth
S01E07: Volcanoes | Fierce Earth
The team take on one of the most feared forces on the planet - the volcano. Dougal explores the secret lava tubes of Etna and climbs Strombo...
S01E10: Flooding | Fierce Earth
S01E10: Flooding | Fierce Earth
The team investigates what happens when water becomes our enemy. Mike heads to Southampton to learn all about the most important flood rescue...
Flashflood experience | Fierce Earth
Flashflood experience | Fierce Earth
Zoe meets a woman who survived a flash flood in Boscastle, Cornwall.
S01E04: The Plants We Eat | Maddie, the Plants and You
S01E04: The Plants We Eat | Maddie, the Plants and You
Join Maddie as she finds out how many plants give us food we can eat and how we can help to look after them and our pl...
S01E04: Tsunami | Fierce Earth
S01E04: Tsunami | Fierce Earth
The team investigate the terrifying giant waves of the tsunami. Zoe and Dougal travel to Japan to meet child survivors of the 2011 disaster an...
S01E02: Wildfires | Fierce Earth
S01E02: Wildfires | Fierce Earth
The team investigates wildfires and discovers how they rage all over the world leaving a trail of devastation and destruction. We travel to ...
Earthquake-proof building | Fierce Earth
Earthquake-proof building | Fierce Earth
Zoe and Dougal look at Japan's tallest building which took influence from an earthquake-proof pagoda built 400-years ago.
What is an earthquake? | Fierce Earth
What is an earthquake? | Fierce Earth
The team explain what an earthquake is and how they occur.
S02E01: Deserts | Fierce Earth
S02E01: Deserts | Fierce Earth
In the first of a new series, the Fierce Earth team travel to Morocco, North Africa and to the Sahara Desert - the biggest hot desert in the w...
Preparing for an earthquake | Fierce Earth
Preparing for an earthquake | Fierce Earth
Zoe and Dougal are in Japan to find out to survive if your in an earthquake zone.
How caves, arches and stacks are formed at the coastline | Primary Geography
How caves, arches and stacks are formed at the coastline | Primary Geography
A detailed look at how caves, arches and stacks are formed at the coastline. Within a cliff face...
Bangladesh: Life in Bangladesh | Primary Geography
Bangladesh: Life in Bangladesh | Primary Geography
Educational programme for 7- to 11-year-olds, providing an introduction to life in Bangladesh. Presenter Eils Hewitt takes...
S02E03: Ice | Fierce Earth
S02E03: Ice | Fierce Earth
Clare, Dougal, Leo and Mike discover the secrets of ice. On a bobsleigh track in the Swiss Alps, Leo learns about the slippery properties of this ...
Tsunami survival story | Fierce Earth
Tsunami survival story | Fierce Earth
A young girl on holiday who learnt about Tsunamis before she went, and managed to save her family and many other lives.
What is a Tsunami? | Fierce Earth
What is a Tsunami? | Fierce Earth
Tsunami's are caused when an earthquake in the ocean causes a sizeable displacement of water to form a massive wave.
Coastal Landscapes | Primary Geography
Coastal Landscapes | Primary Geography
A programme exploring the landscape of the Pembrokeshire coast, looking at how coastal caves and arches are formed.
Kenya - An Introduction to Kenya | Primary Geography
Kenya - An Introduction to Kenya | Primary Geography
Educational programme for 9-11 year olds looking at where Kenya is in relation to the rest of the world. It goes on to l...
Primary Science
01: The Living Forest | Landmarks
01: The Living Forest | Landmarks
The Living Forest looks at all the animals & plants that live in the forest on the ground to the forest canopy, & shows how they live in ba...
Darwin's Natural Selection (Song) | Horrible Histories
Darwin's Natural Selection (Song) | Horrible Histories
Charles Darwin explains his theory of evolution via song, oh, and there's a dancing gorilla!
14: Working Scientifically Special | Horrible Science
14: Working Scientifically Special | Horrible Science
A special guide to working scientifically, whether that involves drinking black vomit, measuring people's farts, or fir...
13: Earth and Space Special | Horrible Science
13: Earth and Space Special | Horrible Science
Rapping science teacher Matt Green becomes the first human being ever to visit Quark when he joins Pipette on her home planet ...
04: Manky Materials and Shifty States Special | Horrible Science
04: Manky Materials and Shifty States Special | Horrible Science
Guy Mowbray narrates Elemental Gladiators, Judge Rinder has a science beef, and someone tries to steal the e...
07: Fartenheimer, the Water Cycle and 206 Bones | Horrible Science
07: Fartenheimer, the Water Cycle and 206 Bones | Horrible Science
Science goes too far in Fartenheimer, music goes too far in Heads, Shoulders, Knees, Toes and All the othe...
S01E25: You Could Switch Off the Sun? | Hey You, What If?
S01E25: You Could Switch Off the Sun? | Hey You, What If?
See what would happen if you really could switch off the sun.
S01E07: Clouds Were Made Out of Cotton Wool? | Hey You, What If?
S01E07: Clouds Were Made Out of Cotton Wool? | Hey You, What If?
Clouds might look like cotton wool, but if they really were, things would get very messy.
S02E01: Jumping | Brain Freeze
S02E01: Jumping | Brain Freeze
Knowles and McCork ask 'Which animal can jump the farthest?'
S01E24: Echoes | Nina and the Neurons
S01E24: Echoes | Nina and the Neurons
Emma wants to know why some places have echoes.
11: Dragon's Blood, Rude Flowers and Wibbly Wobbly Gravity | Horrible Science
11: Dragon's Blood, Rude Flowers and Wibbly Wobbly Gravity | Horrible Science
Big Brain has a chemical catastrophe, Sir Isaac Newton rides a coaster again, with shocking res...
12: Sizzling Monks, Algorithms and Weather Frogs | Horrible Science
12: Sizzling Monks, Algorithms and Weather Frogs | Horrible Science
Dr Big Brain has an electrical short circuit, Marie Curie is wowed by a rocket man, some of the great wom...
10: Real Mutants, Volcanoes and Drinking Vomit | Horrible Science
10: Real Mutants, Volcanoes and Drinking Vomit | Horrible Science
The Real Mutants assemble, people are drinking vomit and electrocuting themselves for science, and the eart...
09: Space Vomit, Pet Mushrooms and Death by Chicken | Horrible Science
09: Space Vomit, Pet Mushrooms and Death by Chicken | Horrible Science
Revolting space travel, evolving cows, pet mushrooms, and Einstein watches a car on a trampoline.
08: A Meteor for the Dinosaurs, Binary Bangers and Perilous Plants | Horrible Science
08: A Meteor for the Dinosaurs, Binary Bangers and Perilous Plants | Horrible Science
Fred Sirieix stars in Scientific First Dates, Marie Curie reacts to space, and the dino...
05: The Force Force, Lever Man and the Goldilocks Zone | Horrible Science
05: The Force Force, Lever Man and the Goldilocks Zone | Horrible Science
Meet superheroes the Force Force, and some of the 17th century’s greatest minds star in Friends par...
06: Dinosaur Traitors, a Grumpy Moon and a Big Bang | Horrible Science
06: Dinosaur Traitors, a Grumpy Moon and a Big Bang | Horrible Science
An episode featuring everything from the creation of the number zero to the beginnings of the whole un...
03: Mary Ploppins, Magnets and Sorting Your Bits Out | Horrible Science
03: Mary Ploppins, Magnets and Sorting Your Bits Out | Horrible Science
Mary Ploppins soothes those digestive ills, Dr Big Brain tries banana power, and Einstein reacts to T...
01: Gravity the Musical, a T-rex and Vampires on Holiday | Horrible Science
01: Gravity the Musical, a T-rex and Vampires on Holiday | Horrible Science
A totally wicked song about gravity, a T-rex going to see a doctor, vampires on holiday, and Sir ...
Seasons | Get Set Galactic
Seasons | Get Set Galactic
Learn about the seasons with a helpful graphic of the earths tilt and its orbit and hemispheres.
Primary Maths
Angles | Who Needs Maths?
Angles | Who Needs Maths?
Angles feature in our lives in ways which we normally don't notice, even our movements. Sanjeev Kohli takes us on a trip to the hairdresser's where...
Fractions and Percentages | The Maths Channel
Fractions and Percentages | The Maths Channel
The comprehensive series that addresses tricky topics that pupils have trouble learning and teachers have trouble explaining.
Money | The Maths Channel
Money | The Maths Channel
Cashing-up at the cafe and coin capers with Mr Numbervator.
Multiplication | The Maths Channel
Multiplication | The Maths Channel
Features the Chuckle Brothers in table trouble, and shows how model-makers multiply at Legoland.
Year 6: Decimals | The Maths Channel
Year 6: Decimals | The Maths Channel
The spoof news programme explores decimals, with guest star athlete Kelly Holmes.
Year 6: Decimals | Maths Challenge
Year 6: Decimals | Maths Challenge
Today Dr Strangeglove sets questions on decimals.
Year 5: Decimals | Maths Challenge
Year 5: Decimals | Maths Challenge
Today Dr Strangeglove sets questions on decimals.
'Teen'' numbers | Numberjacks
'Teen'' numbers | Numberjacks
The Numbertaker has added ten more of things.
4 sides | Numberjacks
4 sides | Numberjacks
3 is out on her own, trying to do battle with the Shape Japer, who does not like things in threes.
Year 4: Decimals | The Maths Channel
Year 4: Decimals | The Maths Channel
Dancing decimals at the Number School.
Ratio and Fractions | Who Needs Maths?
Ratio and Fractions | Who Needs Maths?
Sanjeev Kohli is having a party. The recipe is for four people and he needs to scale this up for twenty. A professional cook, Emili Fu...
Volume | Who Needs Maths?
Volume | Who Needs Maths?
Sanjeev Kohli needs to put items into storage and so needs to calculate the volume. Together with a removal expert, Gavin Deanville, he measures se...
Subtraction | The Maths Channel
Subtraction | The Maths Channel
This programme demonstrates that you can subtract one or more from another number at a time.
Year 6: Fractions | The Maths Channel
Year 6: Fractions | The Maths Channel
Featuring spoof investigative item Kenneth Confronts, which exposes a dishonest pizza seller, and street maths with Kjartan Poskitt, wh...
Capacity and measure | Let's Do Maths!
Capacity and measure | Let's Do Maths!
Which container will fill the bucket the fastest?
Year 6: 2D shape facts | Maths Challenge
Year 6: 2D shape facts | Maths Challenge
Today Dr Strangeglove sets questions on 2D shapes.
Year 5: Rounding | Maths Challenge
Year 5: Rounding | Maths Challenge
Today Dr Strangeglove sets questions on large rounding.
Checking | Numberjacks
Checking | Numberjacks
5 sorts out the Puzzler's problems on her own and learns the importance of questioning and checking information.
Symmetry | Numberjacks
Symmetry | Numberjacks
The Shape Japer makes trouble with symmetry – 4 goes out there to sort things out.
Adding to 5 | Numberjacks
Adding to 5 | Numberjacks
The Puzzler sets the problem and 5 is the right Numberjack to sort it out.

BBC Literary Archive
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Adaptations in the Classroom Guides and Resources
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