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After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun

2024

After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun

2024
8.6
Featuring never before seen home videos and intimate interviews with "Baywatch" stars, this docu-series profiles the most-watched series on the planet and reveals the roller coaster ride of fame for its most iconic stars.
Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry

2011

Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry

2011
Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry was a re-version of Horrible Histories. Broadcast from 19 June 2011 to 31 July 2011, the program featured a compilation of sketches from the first two seasons of the parent show with Stephen Fry replacing Rattus Rattus as host, presenting "added insight and historical nuggets". The spin-off consists of his "hand pick[ed] funniest moments" from the two then-aired series. Holy Moly describes the series as "a re-hash of all the best sketches and japes from the previous two series, presented by Stephen Fry, who pops up every few minutes to explain and elucidate historical facts." "Horrible Histories has been a hideously gruesome and gory success for CBBC and we are delighted to welcome it to BBC One", said Cassian Harrison, Commissioning Executive, History and Business, Science and Natural History. This version of the show came out just before the British Comedy Awards, when the show was still classified as strictly a children's show. After the awards show, when it had won the award
The Yard

2016

The Yard

2016
1.8
In the crowded ports of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest sit a handful of salty, machine-fueled, deadline-driven workplaces powered by a nautical breed of hard-working, fun-loving men and women. These boat-repairing operations range in size from small mom-and-pop outfits to massive enterprises blanketing entire coastlines, and they all have one goal in common: fix and build boats fast and make money doing it.
Recruits

2009

Recruits

2009
Recruits is an Australian factual television program that premiered on Channel Ten on 4 May 2009. A second season began on 29 July 2010.
The Bell System Science Series

1956

The Bell System Science Series

1956
The Bell System Science Series consists of nine television specials made for the AT&T Corporation that were originally broadcast in color between 1956 and 1964. Marcel LaFollette has described them as "specials that combined clever story lines, sophisticated animation, veteran character actors, films of natural phenomena, interviews with scientists, and precise explanation of scientific and technical concepts — all in the pursuit of better public understanding of science.
Pindrop

2021

Pindrop

2021
Join Derek Muller (Veritasium) as he looks into the weird, bizarre, and seemingly inexplicable images found on Google Earth to discover what on Earth they actually are. It’s a travel vlog, documentary, and science show wrapped into one. It’s Pindrop.
Gay Life

1980

Gay Life

1980
Gay Life was a groundbreaking documentary series on London Weekend Television, produced by its London Minorities Unit. Broadcast in 1980, it may have then been the first series devoted to LGBT people and issues on a major television network.
Victorian Bakers

2016

Victorian Bakers

2016
8.5
Four professional bakers leave their modern businesses behind to bake their way through the Victorian era. They set up shop in 1837, when their trade was vital to the survival of the nation.
Helen's Polar Challenge for Sport Relief

2012

Helen's Polar Challenge for Sport Relief

2012
Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton makes an epic 500-mile journey to the South Pole by kite, by ski and - in a world first - by bike, to raise awareness for Sport Relief.
Indivisible: Healing Hate

2022

Indivisible: Healing Hate

2022
1
Tracing the origins of anti-government extremism by examining a deadly series of historical events that galvanized far right radicals to take violent action.
100 Humans: Life's Questions. Answered.

2020

100 Humans: Life's Questions. Answered.

2020
6
One hundred hardy souls from diverse backgrounds participate in playful experiments exploring age, sex, happiness and other aspects of being human.
Creatures Fantastic

1997

Creatures Fantastic

1997
10
Embarks on an odyssey to uncover the origins of myths an mythical creatures the world over. What links do dragons, werewolves, vampires, mermaids and unicorns have to natural history? What is the relevance of myths in today's society?
Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death

2023

Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death

2023
Remarkable life-saving operations and extraordinary stories of surgical skill.
Wild Caribbean

2007

Wild Caribbean

2007
2
Nature programme exploring the rich variety of wildlife hidden in the diverse landscapes of the Caribbean islands.
America's Hidden Stories

2019

America's Hidden Stories

2019
4
Modern historians, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and newly discovered evidence, rewrite the nation's most iconic stories.
The Death Coast

2025

The Death Coast

2025
4.5
The Death Coast is an area of rough sea in the North Atlantic that's claimed more than six thousand vessels across centuries. Many sailors braved these waters – some for trade, some for war, and some for plunder. Gold and priceless objects from their wrecked ships now lie scattered across the ocean floor but salvaging has been banned here for the last decade. Now, after a long battle, shipwreck hunter Jeff Mackinnon has won exclusive rights to dive. He and his team have just 12 weeks to search the wrecks before the turbulent waters of the Death Coast make diving impossible.
Undercover in Nederland

2005

Undercover in Nederland

2005
7
功夫

2023

功夫

2023
Faking It

2025

Faking It

2025
7
Volunteers are given just four weeks to master a new skill and convince a panel of experts that they're the real deal, with the help of a handful of mentors.
UCO: Las horas clave

2026

UCO: Las horas clave

2026
4.5