Magnus Uggla and his daughter Agnes embark on a journey together to meet themselves, each other and the world. He was born in the 50s and she in the 90s and some believe that these two generations are the ones that are the furthest apart. Was everything really better before or have some changes even been for the better? In six episodes, father and daughter explore everything from the nuclear family to spirituality, via aging and beauty to emigration, dating and popular culture.
"Family Massacre" is a gripping and powerful exploration of some of the most ruthless murders ever committed. This series follows the true and gruesome tales of the unthinkable: multiple members of the same family slain in cold blood. Each episode hears from friends and surviving relatives, those people closest to the family that were massacred, while also detailing the work of the dedicated investigators and prosecutors tasked with finding their killer and bringing them to justice. Through firsthand accounts, archival footage and cinematic recreations, the twists and turns of the investigation unfold and delve deeper into who could have committed such a shocking crime and just how they were caught and made to answer for it.
Paul Whitehouse travels around England and Wales looking at the pressures affecting our rivers and waterways from water companies, intensive agriculture and growing population. Paul explores what is going on beneath the surface, why our rivers and waterways are in decline and what needs to be done to protect them.
Explore true stories of the impossible in this supernatural series, where moments of divine intervention challenge logic, science, and skepticism. Each episode combines gripping firsthand accounts, cinematic reenactments, and expert analysis to uncover moments that defy explanation. The series delivers a powerful, immersive experience that leaves viewers asking: Do you believe?
For centuries in western culture, opera has been the greatest show on earth. Historian Lucy Worsley explores how history and opera go hand in hand. She visits the great European cities where some of the most famous operas were written, tells the stories of the colourful characters who composed them, and shows how they reflected the turbulent times they were composed in and the lives, hopes and fears of the people who lived in them. Whilst Lucy visits the cities and European opera houses, Antonio Pappano, music director of London's Royal Opera, helps us understand some of those operas' greatest musical moments.
Driving School is a docusoap that was broadcast on BBC One in the summer of 1997, which followed a group of learner drivers around Bristol and South Wales. Made on a reduced budget but shown in primetime, it created one of the first reality TV stars in Maureen Rees.
It was narrated by Quentin Willson, who would later present the similar Britain's Worst Driver.
A modern reinterpretation of the feature film magazine "WICK", produced since the early 60s of the USSR. Each issue includes three satirical fiction novels about the most relevant topics in Russia and in the world.
Over the 1980s and 1990s Dublin transformed from a recession-blighted backwater to one of the wealthiest cities in Europe. As its fortunes changed so did those of its criminals, who began selling heroin, ecstasy and cocaine. Dublin Narcos tells the story of the rise in addiction, violence and organised crime which persists to this day, with first hand testimony from the kingpins and cops to the ravers and users. We also hear from the fearless journalists whose attempts at exposing the drugs barons led to the death of one of their bravest, Veronica Guerin.
Unsolved: The Man With No Alibi. In the early hours of 12 July 2002 Jong Ok Shin, a 26 year old Korean student, was brutally stabbed to death, as she walked home, after a night out in Bournemouth. Omar Benguit, a heroin addict, was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Journalist Bronagh Munro investigates.
Hours before denouncing Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of negotiating impunity of Iranians possibly involved in the AMIA bombing in 1994, prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires.