Swamp Cats

Swamp Cats 2004

1

Film about a family of lions living in the swamps of the Okavango delta, seen through the eyes of a cub born just before the annual flood

2004

Irresistible: Why We Can't Stop Eating

Irresistible: Why We Can't Stop Eating 2024

10.00

Chris van Tulleken takes a personal view at why ultra-processed foods are so irresistible and how they have come to dominate food culture.

2024

Boybands Forever

Boybands Forever 2024

10.00

Behind the singing, smiles and double denim was blood, sweat and tears. Heartthrobs from Take That to Westlife and 911 share tales of success, adoration and the flipside of fame.

2024

My Brother David

My Brother David 1989

1

David Scarboro, who played Mark Fowler in EastEnders (1985), fell to his death at Beachy Head in 1988. Simon, his younger brother, presents this tribute, featuring David's achievements as a young actor as well as his problems.

1989

Spice Girls at the BBC

Spice Girls at the BBC 2021

7.60

To mark 25 years since Geri, Emma, Victoria and the Mels first exploded onto the world stage, we take a trip into the music archives to uncover the performances that every Spice Girls devotee really, really wants to see again. These are the Fab Five’s finest appearances on a range of BBC shows from over the years and includes all the favourites, from their breakout number one Wannabe through to their final release as a girl band, Headlines. Our playlist also contains a selection of the hits the girls enjoyed when they’d said ‘Goodbye’ and launched themselves as solo stars

2021

Dara Ó Briain: So Where Were We?

Dara Ó Briain: So Where Were We? 2023

7.30

Dara O Briain’s award-winning show filmed at Dublin’s Vicar Street in 2022. Dara deals with missing body parts, a TV show he’ll never do and an astonishing family revelation.

2023

It Ain’t Half Racist, Mum

It Ain’t Half Racist, Mum 1979

8.00

Academic and activist Stuart Hall and actor and activist Maggie Steed present a rigorous deconstruction of the racism - both explicit and more insidious in its subtlety - of the British media from within.

1979

Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me

Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me 2024

7.00

Following Sir Brian May over a decade-long journey to understand the crisis caused by bovine tuberculosis and his opposition to the controversial badger cull, implemented to curb the spread of the disease in cattle. It’s a story surrounded by controversy, but one little known to many - a tale of tragedy for both humans and animals.

2024

The Story of China

The Story of China 2016

1

Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive character and genius over four thousand years.

2016

Miners' Strike: A Frontline Story

Miners' Strike: A Frontline Story 2024

10.00

Featuring compelling testimony, this is the story of 15 men and women and one life-changing year on the frontline of the most divisive conflict of a generation: the 1984 miners' strike

2024

D-Day 80: We Were There

D-Day 80: We Were There 2024

8.00

Eighty years on, the BBC has been gathering first-hand accounts from the UK's D-Day veterans – some now more than 100 years of age. Rachel Burden traces their stories in Normandy and hears memories of the massive beach invasion and the battles that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War in Europe.

2024

Helmand: Tour of Duty

Helmand: Tour of Duty 2024

1

Ten soldiers from the Welsh Guards share their untold stories from the front line of the war in Afghanistan during the bloodiest summer for the British armed forces in half a century.

2024

Loaded: Lads, Mags & Mayhem

Loaded: Lads, Mags & Mayhem 2024

1

Launched 30 years ago, Loaded magazine epitomised the 90s in its irreverence and appetite for hedonism. But how did it stand up to pressure to put more 'sexy babes' on the cover?

2024

The Ruins of Empires

The Ruins of Empires 2018

1

The Ruins Of Empires is an innovative performance piece by Hip Hop Artist and writer Akala. It is an abridged version of his epic poem of the same name and is a personal interpretation of history as told through the 'knowledge seeker' performed by Akala himself. He follows the course of mans evolution, via astral travel and multiple reincarnations, in an attempt to discover the cause of the rise and fall of Empires. It is driven by a musical score by Mala and Paul Gladstone-Reid and combines innovative animation techniques and emerging technology with some of the most ground breaking creative talents in the industry, under the creative guidance of Andy Serkis and The Imaginarium.

2018

Free Your Mind: The Matrix Now

Free Your Mind: The Matrix Now 2023

1

Experience the classic sci-fi film The Matrix like never before in this spectacular live show brought to life through mind-expanding dance and the latest immersive design.

2023

Mrs Dickens' Family Christmas

Mrs Dickens' Family Christmas 2011

2.00

Looking at the marriage of Charles Dickens through the eyes of his wife Catherine, Sue Perkins exposes the lesser-known reality of the Dickens family Christmas.

2011

When ABBA Came to Britain

When ABBA Came to Britain 2024

8.00

With previously unheard interviews with the band and new interviews with those who met them, this is the story of ABBA’s love affair with the UK since their Eurovision triumph.

2024

The Battle to Beat Malaria

The Battle to Beat Malaria 2024

1

In medical science, there’s been no longer harder fight than against malaria. This is the inside story of a historic new vaccine - from the Oxford lab behind the COVID jab.

2024

The Secret Leopards

The Secret Leopards 2010

5.20

Jonathan Scott narrates the extraordinary story of the leopard - the one big cat that still survives across half the world while tigers, cheetahs and lions are all struggling. By following the lives of leopard mothers and their cubs in East Africa the film investigates what it is about the natural history of these cats that makes them born survivors. Perhaps the most extraordinary revelation is that leopards are living undercover on farms and even in cities across Africa and Asia.

2010

The Evacuees

The Evacuees 1975

6.70

The experiences of two young Jewish boys evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool during the Blitz.

1975