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Biathlon Nation – One Team. One Mission

2025

Biathlon Nation – One Team. One Mission

2025
Germany loves biathlon – and you’ve never been this close to the stars. The documentary series accompanies them through a dramatic year and shows tears, pressure, and emotional moments from the inner workings of the team. It tells of fierce competition and the struggle to return to the top of the world in 2024/25. The camera is there when there are arguments, laughter, and celebrations behind the scenes – as in the case of Franziska Preuß’s spectacular overall World Cup title.
3 Minute Wonder

2005

3 Minute Wonder

2005
6
3 Minute Wonder is a short Channel 4 television slot that broadcasts first time directors' three-minute TV programmes in the middle of the channel's weekday primetime schedule. It offers first-time directors and assistant producers the opportunity to air their work to a large audience, and in doing so, to take a first step into the competitive UK film industry. The 3 Minute Wonder strand is part of the Channel 4's 4Talent initiative to help new talent break into the very competitive UK television industry. Other projects in the scheme include FourDocs and the Channel 4 Sheffield Pitch documentary competition. Channel 4 offers new directors £4000 and their assistance in making their shorts which are then broadcast at 7.55pm every weekday. The films shown on the series are primarily documentaries that generally highlight a current issue that is not in the public eye, for instance synesthesia or domestic abuse. It has previously featured Karl Pilkington in a series of 4 and was mentioned on The Ricky Gervais
The Vallecas Files

2025

The Vallecas Files

2025
7.4
Three decades after the mysterious death of a 17-year-old girl, her family relives the traumatic events in Spain's highest-profile paranormal case.
Dirty Rotten Scandals

2026

Dirty Rotten Scandals

2026
8
Exposing the darker side of America's most beloved TV shows with untold stories from past participants and new original reporting.
Gordon's Great Escape

2010

Gordon's Great Escape

2010
7.8
Gordon's Great Escape is a television series presented by chef Gordon Ramsay. Series 1 follows Ramsay's first visit to India, where he explores the country's culinary traditions. Produced by One Potato Two Potato, in association with Optomen, the series aired on three consecutive nights between 18 to 20 January 2010 as part of Channel 4's 'Indian Winter' promotion. The second series aired in May 2011, where Ramsay explored the culinary traditions of Southeast Asia, visiting Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
Around the World in Eighty Days

1972

Around the World in Eighty Days

1972
7.3
Around the World in 80 Days is an animated television series that lasted one season of sixteen episodes, broadcast during the 1972-1973 season by NBC. It was the first Australian-produced cartoon to be shown on American network television. Leif Gram directed all sixteen episodes, and the stories were loosely adapted by Chester "Chet" Stover from the novel by Jules Verne.
Project Greenlight

2023

Project Greenlight

2023
1
In this revival of the groundbreaking series, Issa Rae, Kumail Nanjiani, and Gina Prince-Bythewood search for Hollywood’s next great director.
Slaves of Faith: Heralds of the Gospel

2026

Slaves of Faith: Heralds of the Gospel

2026
7
The series investigates allegations of abuse and psychological manipulation of former members of the Catholic group Heralds of the Gospel.
L'Apocalypse

2008

L'Apocalypse

2008
8
Alice Roberts: Our Hospital Through Time

2026

Alice Roberts: Our Hospital Through Time

2026
Unprecedented access to the renowned hospital's modern wards and private archive.
Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga

2022

Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga

2022
5.9
A community of amateur traders enacts a daring plan to get rich quick and wreak havoc on the stock market. But can they beat Wall Street at its own game?
The Nevermets

2024

The Nevermets

2024
Documentary meeting Brits who have all fallen madly in love online as they each make the potentially life-changing decision to cross international waters to meet their long-distance lovers for the very first time.
Veronica's Nachtwacht

2013

Veronica's Nachtwacht

2013
Dwars Door Amerika

2017

Dwars Door Amerika

2017
Cornwall: A Year by the Sea

2022

Cornwall: A Year by the Sea

2022
Exploring Cornwall as a thriving county all year round. There may be a bountiful tourism industry, but Cornwall's proud and hard-working locals still farm the land and fish the sea, coming together for traditional celebrations throughout the year.
Animal Babies

2016

Animal Babies

2016
8
Documentary following young animals as they take their first steps and face their earliest challenges.
Suç Dosyası

2019

Suç Dosyası

2019
8
Australian Epic

2023

Australian Epic

2023
A musical extravaganza that breathes new life into some of the country's most defining stories, by giving them the full musical treatment they've always deserved.
Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus, and Mayhem in the USA

2023

Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus, and Mayhem in the USA

2023
Ths true crime docuseries pulls back the curtain on America’s most infamous jewel thief, Jack Roland Murphy, who played a key role in the 1964 burglary of the jewel collection of New York’s American Museum of Natural History.
When Eagles Dare: Crystal Palace F.C.

2021

When Eagles Dare: Crystal Palace F.C.

2021
6
The ultimate underdog story. From the looming threat of liquidation, a points deduction and a relegation fight to avoid plummeting to English football's third division in 2010 – to the prospect of promotion to the biggest league in the world three years later, this is the extraordinary tale of a football club saved by its fans.