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Wild Holland

2017

Wild Holland

2017
A unique wetland area of Europe is captured in an important moment of change: a time when new life is flooding back into the delta. Sweeping scenes capturing the beauty of these waterways contrast with intimate, eye-opening portraits of resident animals. Explore the delta through the eyes of the white-tailed sea eagle, the beaver, the hare, the stickleback, and the large blue butterfly.
Love Your Home and Garden

2017

Love Your Home and Garden

2017
Alan Titchmarsh takes the garden makeover show to the next level in this spin-off series, as he and his team transform not just the outside but the interiors of a deserving person's home.
Stalkers Who Kill

2016

Stalkers Who Kill

2016
3
When relationships go bad and one partner becomes obsessive, the gruesome fact is that, sometimes, the victim can pay the ultimate price.
Secrets of Christianity

2010

Secrets of Christianity

2010
Three time Emmy–award winning journalist Simcha Jacobovici solves ancient mysteries and finds that what really happened is often not what we have been led to believe.
Jonnie's Blade Camp

2021

Jonnie's Blade Camp

2021
On the eve of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Jonnie Peacock is on a mission to help five young amputees realise their sporting potential. Over the course of a year-long training camp, Jonnie uses state of the art technology, inspirational guests and his own experiences to get the kids to achieve things they never thought possible in this epic in scope but intimate documentary two-part series.
Riddle of the Skies

1999

Riddle of the Skies

1999
8.5
Since rumours of alien spacecraft emerged from Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, UFOs have increasingly been the subject matter of grainy, hand-held, out-of-focus 'proof'. Riddle of the Skies however presents the eyewitness accounts of distinguished scientists and astronauts.
Inside Maximum Security

2022

Inside Maximum Security

2022
This documentary series follows five hardened criminals and their experience in the concrete purgatory of Singapore’s Changi Prison.
England and the Road to Modernity

2015

England and the Road to Modernity

2015
The Magna Carta is widely regarded as a foundational text of the British legal system and of the United States Constitution. As an essential guarantor of basic freedoms, the Magna Carta has inspired imitators across ages and across continents.
Hugh's Wild West

2018

Hugh's Wild West

2018
Lifelong nature lover Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall pursues his fascination with the wildlife of the West Country as he teams up with the region's most dedicated nature lovers.
Emergency: First Time Medics

2023

Emergency: First Time Medics

2023
4
Based at The Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Emergency: First Time Medics will focus on newly qualified doctors, known as Senior House Officers (SHOs), as they are thrown into the deep end at the start of their year-long placement on the NHS frontline.
The World's Strangest UFO Stories

2006

The World's Strangest UFO Stories

2006
8
The incredible stories of aliens and UFOs from around the world, viewers will meet the experts, skeptics, and the extraterrestrial-obsessed who have dedicated their lives to uncovering the truth.
Birds of Paradise: The Ultimate Quest

2017

Birds of Paradise: The Ultimate Quest

2017
8
Frank Gardner and Benedict Allen journey through Papua New Guinea. Gardner is pursuing a lifelong dream to see birds of paradise, while Allen is returning to the tribe he abandoned 30 years ago.
The World's Most Remote Hotels

2024

The World's Most Remote Hotels

2024
Ross Kemp: Back on the Frontline

2011

Ross Kemp: Back on the Frontline

2011
7
Ross Kemp: Back on the Frontline is a documentary series shown on Sky1. The show is hosted by actor Ross Kemp, best known for his role of Grant Mitchell in the show EastEnders.
Adapt to Survive

2020

Adapt to Survive

2020
Explores the surprising ways animals have adapted to the pressures on earth to work together, fight each other, and ensure the survival of their offspring
Afghanistan: The Lion's Last Roar?

2014

Afghanistan: The Lion's Last Roar?

2014
This two-part series tells the story of the conflict in Afghanistan and asks what has been achieved and whether the British have the will to fight in distant lands again.
Super Sleuths

2006

Super Sleuths

2006
This six part documentary series looks at the making of some of our favourite detective dramas, from Inspector Morse to Poirot and Midsomer Murders to Wycliffe. Featuring interviews with cast and crew the series looks at how the characters were created in literary form before moving onto the small screen.
Becoming Ian Brady

2023

Becoming Ian Brady

2023
The Moors Murders shocked Britain in the 1960s. Five children tortured and murdered at the hands of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady. Countless documentaries have focused on Hindley, the antithesis of everything society believes a woman to be, but this series turns the lens on Brady to take a unique look at what made Ian Brady into arguably the UK's worst ever serial killer.
Prototype This!

2008

Prototype This!

2008
5
Look into the viability of gadgets and technology seen in science-fiction movies. In a warehouse on an island in San Francisco Bay, a team of engineers and PhD's are inventing the future one prototype at a time.
Donal MacIntyre: Killer Evidence

2023

Donal MacIntyre: Killer Evidence

2023
From serial killers to murder in the family and vicious gang killings, Donal MacIntyre investigates ten shocking crimes in the United Kingdom and the United States that are solved using forensics.