Andrew Ridgeley's Favourite Christmas Songs

Andrew Ridgeley's Favourite Christmas Songs 2024

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Wham! icon Andrew Ridgeley counts down the very best Christmas songs from his festive ski lodge. Featuring seasonal singalongs from Mariah Carey, Slade, Band Aid and more.

2024

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple

Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple 2020

6.90

British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his debut. Later, in 1927, the first short story starring the gentle spinster Miss Jane Marple appeared. A fascinating journey through popular culture in search of the footprints of two of the most charismatic characters in crime and mystery literature.

2020

James Bulger: The New Revelations

James Bulger: The New Revelations 2018

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25 years after the verdict in the Jamie Bulger murder trial, we reveal what the jury, public and press never heard, and what his two killers, Thompson and Venables, said during their time in custody from arrest to release.

2018

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals 2023

4.70

Behind-the-scenes stories from the long-running sci-fi drama. There are tales of stunts that went dangerously wrong and secrets of how the crew brought monsters to life, as well as revelations about how some storylines proved to be so scary the BBC were forced to re-edit episodes.

2023

JFK: What The Doctors Saw

JFK: What The Doctors Saw 2023

7.50

Unsettling medical details on the JFK assassination are disclosed by seven doctors who were in the ER during a futile effort to save his life in 1963.

2023

Inside the Mind of Agatha Christie

Inside the Mind of Agatha Christie 2020

6.40

Surpassed only by the Bible and Shakespeare, Agatha Christie is the most successful writer of all time. We all know her characters and incredible plot twists, but what do we know about Agatha herself? Combining rare access to Agatha's family, her personal archive and speaking to those who know her work best, discover what made the world's most successful crime writer tick.

2020

Hospital!

Hospital! 1997

5.00

Comedy about a brilliant young brain surgeon set in an unorthodox hospital. A "Naked Gun" type comedy from Britain, this one-off special was made specifically for the launch of Channel 5 in 1997.

1997

Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy

Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy 2022

7.70

Biographical documentary about the life and career of the film star. What lies behind the extraordinary success of a man sometimes described as a nice guy who came first.

2022

The Canal Map of Britain

The Canal Map of Britain 2024

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A look at Britain's beloved canal network via a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of the Industrial Revolution. In the age before mechanisation, a frenzy of canal-building saw a new army of workers carve out the British landscape, digging out hundreds of miles of waterways using picks, shovels and muscle.

2024

Building the Channel Tunnel

Building the Channel Tunnel 2019

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The Channel Tunnel linking Britain with France is one of the seven wonders of the modern world but what did it take to build the longest undersea tunnel ever constructed? We hear from the men and women, who built this engineering marvel. Massive tunnel boring machines gnawed their way through rock and chalk, digging not one tunnel but three; two rail tunnels and a service tunnel. This was a project that would be privately financed; not a penny of public money would be spent on the tunnel. Business would have to put up all the money and take all the risks. This was also a project that was blighted by flood, fire, tragic loss of life and financial bust ups. Today, it stands as an engineering triumph and a testament to what can be achieved when two nations, Britain and France put aside their historic differences and work together.

2019

Perfect Day

Perfect Day 2005

6.00

Drama following the tensions and romantic crises among a group of friends over the course of a single wedding day.

2005

ABBA: In Their Own Words

ABBA: In Their Own Words 2020

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Original interviews, rare archive footage and a lot of music, retelling the story of one of the most successful pop groups of all time.

2020

Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen

Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen 2016

7.30

Cleopatra, the last Egyptian queen and one of the most legendary women in history. A beautiful seductress who used her sex appeal in order to manipulate the most powerful men in the Roman Empire. This film reveals the truth behind the legend.

2016

Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror

Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror 2017

8.70

A biopic drama-documentary about the 'King of Pop', that mixes real footage and new interviews with people around him (most notably his mother Katherine Jackson) with re-enactments of times of Michael's life until his untimely death on the 25th of June in 2009.

2017

Charles and Di: The Truth Behind Their Wedding

Charles and Di: The Truth Behind Their Wedding 2019

5.00

20 year-old Lady Diana Spencer laughed out loud when Prince Charles proposed to her having met her only 12 times. Five months later, she walked up the aisle - watched by three quarters of a billion people around the world - to marry what people believed was her Prince Charming. This is the true story of the seven days that led to the wedding of the decade - was it doomed before it even began?

2019

Pompeii: The New Revelations

Pompeii: The New Revelations 2020

9.00

Archaeologist Raksha Dave and historian Dan Snow return to Pompeii to gain special access to a variety of new excavations, including two never-before-seen discoveries.

2020

ABBA: The Missing 40 Years

ABBA: The Missing 40 Years 2021

7.50

We reveal the secrets of ABBA's missing 40 years and uncover the rollercoaster story of what happened to the band members after going their separate ways in 1982.

2021