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An Inspector Calls (2015)

2015 | 1'26'26''

Watch An Inspector Calls (2015). The mysterious 'Inspector Goole' interrupts a wealthy family's family party to tell them a young woman died of sui...

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

1'50'40''

Watch Romeo and Juliet (1996). Baz Luhrmann's explosive update of the Shakespeare tragedy starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. A pair of 'star-...

Macbeth (2010)

2'31'19''

This film of Macbeth is based on Chichester Festival's 2007 production of the play starring Patrick Stewart in the title role. It was filmed at Welbeck Abbey ...

Gnomeo and Juliet (2011)

1'15'02''

Animated film about two garden gnomes (voiced by James McAvoy and Emily Blunt) from rivalling families, who fall in love but must keep their romance...

The Hunger Games (2012)

2026 | 2'09'47''

As punishment for a failed rebellion, the 12 districts of Panem must offer up two tributes – a boy and a girl to fight to the death in the annual Hun...

An Inspector Calls (1984)

1981 | 1'19'21''

This program is a compilation of the three-part play originally transmitted in 1981. With Bernard Hepton, Nigel Davenport and Margaret Tyzack.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016)

1'29'49''

Russell T Davies' adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, from 2016. In the tyrannical court of Athens, dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hi...

The Woman in Black (2012)

2023 | 1'27'59''

A young solicitor travels to a remote village where he discovers that the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals. Starring Dan...

A Christmas Carol (2009)

2012 | 1'27'22''

Animation based on Charles Dickens's classic novel. Cold-hearted, penny-pinching Ebeneezer Scrooge is taken on an eye-opening journey by three ghost...

ShakespeaRe-told | Macbeth

1'26'55''

Retelling of Shakespeare plays: when three binmen tell Joe Macbeth he's to become the owner of the restaurant where they work, the head chef, spur...

Oliver Twist (2007)

2007 | 1'26'02''

Timothy Spall and Tom Hardy star in a 2007 adaptation of Charles Dickens's much-loved tale of a young orphan boy.

Animal Farm (1955)

2015 | 1'12'13''

An animated version of George Orwell's classic allegorical novel about the totalitarian aftermath of a barnyard revolution.

PSHE | Stone Cold

2007 | 1'20'36''

Drama illustrating the stark realities of homelessness.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)

2011 | 1'27'38''

The tale of an unlikely friendship between Bruno (Asa Butterfield), the son of a Nazi commandant, and Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish b...

Romeo & Juliet (2013)

1'47'07''

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play about two young, tragic lovers torn apart by the feuding rivalry between their respective families in Medieval Verona.

Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Macbeth

2'03'32''

Shakespeare’s darkest psychological thriller. Returning home from battle, the victorious Macbeth meets three witches on the heat...

Culture in Quarantine: Shakespeare | Romeo and Juliet

2'26'51''

What if your first true love was someone you’d been told to hate? Ripped apart by the bitter divisions of their parents...

Coraline (2009)

2022 | 1'32'52''

Dark children's animation about a bored and lonely 11-year-old who discovers a fantastical parallel world that seems to be perfect but soon takes a twisted t...

Noughts + Crosses (2020) | Series 1

2020 | 58'45''

London, Albion; Sephy, the Cross daughter of powerful Home Secretary Kamal Hadley, and Callum, the Nought son of their housekeeper Meggi...

The Tempest (2010)

1'42'35''

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play: Prospera is banished from Milan by her brother and finds herself stranded on an island with her daughter, where she wait...

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English Language

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Speeches that Shook the World

BBC Four | 2013 | 59'07''

Documentary in which poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech by examining famous speeches that provoked radical change, surpri...

Episode 1 | The Speaker

BBC Two | 2009 | 59'01''

The search is on to find the UK's best young speaker in this eight-part series, starting with the first regional auditions from Glasgow and London.

The Three Principles of Rhetoric | Speeches That Shook the World

BBC Four | 2013 | 1'21''

Actor & Communications Consultant Vincent Franklin describes Aristotle's three principles of rhetoric.

Sir Gareth Southgate | The Richard Dimbleby Lecture

BBC One | 2025 | 54'10''

Former England football manager Sir Gareth Southgate reflects on his personal journey as a leader and the importance of b...

The Key Elements of Making a Good Speech | Speeches That Shook the World

BBC Four | 2013 | 5'10''

Simon Armitage takes tips from Shakespearean actor Charles Dance on how to deliever a speech that wi...

Letter of complaint | Outnumbered

BBC One | 2014 | 1'06''

There are crossed lines, missed deadlines and communication nightmares as Mum and Dad try to find out where their children are.

Speeches - Martin Luther King's ''I have a dream'' speech | Speeches that Shook the World

BBC Four | 2013 | 2'56''

Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech by examining famous speeches th...

Episode 2 | The Speaker

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'44''

The search to find Britain's best young speaker continues in Manchester and Cardiff. The judges hear youngsters speak out about topics including teen...

Episode 8 | The Speaker

BBC Two | 2009 | 59'11''

It's the final and the three remaining teenagers get to go on the trip of a lifetime as they travel with Unicef to research children's rights in Mala...

Mind Your Slanguage

BBC Radio 4 | 2009 | 27'33''

Benjamin Zephaniah explores the moral panic surrounding language change and asks why Jamaican patois remains the slang of choice for British teenagers.

02: The Mother Tongue | The Story of English

BBC Two | 1986 | 54'10''

Robert Macneil presents the second programme in this series tracing the history of the English language from its roots to presen...

S06E01: Journalist | Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience

BBC One Wales | 2016 | 29'13''

Rhod learns the job of a journalist before making his own news segment for Wales Today.

Lawrence interview | The Apprentice

BBC One | 2026 | 1'29''

Spontaneous speech example; Lawrence tries to interrupt and uses a lot of backchanneling and interjections.

Karishma interview | The Apprentice

BBC One | 2026 | 1'33''

Spontaneous speech example; Karishma speaks to the interviewer where she allows him to talk and then answers.

Episode 6 | The Speaker

BBC Two | 2009 | 58'55''

The six remaining Speakers get political in their bid to become Britain's Best Young Speaker. Alastair Campbell mentors the youngsters in the power o...

The Write Way: Part 2 | The Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2000 | 28'56''

This programme concentrates on improving non fiction writing skills.

The Write Way: Part 1 | The Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2000 | 28'56''

This programme deals with teaching writing skills to 9-11 year olds.

Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51

BBC One | 2022 | 58'25''

Jay Blades, presenter of The Repair Shop, struggles to read. Now he has decided it is finally time to learn.

English Language and 'like' | The One Show

BBC One | 2019 | 2'45''

Kirsten O'Brien is in Birmingham testing the public on how many times they use the word 'like'.

01: Doing What Comes Naturally | Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry into Language

BBC Two | 1990 | 46'32''

A personal enquiry into language, with Jonathan Miller. From infancy, language growth is asto...

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Geography

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Fashion's Dirty Secrets | Stacey Dooley

BBC Three | 2018 | 57'57''

Stacey Dooley uncovers the shocking environmental impact caused by an insatiable appetite for cheap clothing.

The Impossible (2012)

BBC Two | 2024 | 1'40'59''

Thailand, Boxing Day 2004: A tsunami devastates the coast and separates members of a holidaying family of five. Their traumatic experiences give a glim...

01: Peace | Welcome to Rio

BBC Two | 2014 | 58'38''

Documentary series exploring Rio's shanty-towns, the favelas. In Cantagalo, delivery man Rocky carries goods up the steep staircases overlooking C...

Untold: Inside the Shein Machine

Channel 4 | 2022 | 47'11''

Reporter Iman Amrani explores how Shein has mastered social media marketing to become a global fast fashion phenomenon. With rumours spreadi...

01: Living in the City | Andrew Marr's Mega Cities

BBC One | 2011 | 57'44''

Documentary in which Andrew Marr looks at how people live in five of the world's biggest megacities: London, Dhaka, Tokyo,...

01: The Solomon Islands and Australia | Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline

BBC Two | 2021 | 58'53''

Ade Adepitan sees the damage that climate change is causing, and finds out how we can fight it -...

Climate Change: The Facts

BBC One | 2019 | 57'33''

After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.

Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting | Horizon

BBC One | 2020 | 59'01''

Naturalist Chris Packham investigates the impact a growing human population is having on the planet, asking whether ...

Episode 1 | Kevin McCloud: Slumming It

Channel 4 | 2010 | 48'05''

A two-part documentary detailing a two-week stay in Mumbai's Dharavi slum.

Captain Phillips (2013)

BBC One | 2023 | 2'04'29''

Film drama based on the true story of the hijacking by pirates of the MV Maersk Alabama off the coast of Somalia and the bravery of her crew in a des...

Episode 1 | Expedition Volcano

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'52''

Chris Jackson, Xand van Tulleken and Aldo Kane take part in an expedition to Nyiragongo - one of the world's most dangerous and spectacular vo...

Famous, Rich and in the Slums: Part 1 | Comic Relief

BBC One | 2011 | 59'10''

Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Reggie Yates and Angela Rippon experience unimaginable poverty as they spend a week living...

01: Volcano | Earth: The Power of the Planet

BBC Two | 2007 | 59'10''

Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of planet Earth. Although they appear to be destructive, volcanoes have been crucial to the deve...

03: Food, Fire and Water | Supersized Earth

BBC One | 2012 | 59'13''

Dallas Campbell examines what it takes to keep seven billion humans alive with food, energy and water.

S01E01: Amazon | Earth's Great Rivers

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'02''

Documentary revealing the animals, landscapes and people of the greatest river on earth. From transparent lagoons to pink dolphins, the...

Farm falling into the sea | Bitesize Secondary

BBC Two | 2009 | 5'19''

Yvonne and Shawn Mars discuss the perils of owning a farm that is falling into the sea due to coastal erosion.

03: Ice | Earth: The Power of the Planet

BBC Two | 2007 | 59'00''

Documentary series in which Dr Iain Stewart tells the story of the earth's development. Ice isn't just something to put in a gin and...

Episode 1 | Welcome to Lagos

BBC Two | 2010 | 59'07''

A look at life in the Olusosun rubbish dump, where around 1,000 people live on top of the rubbish in houses built from scrap.

07: Rivers - Friend and Foe | Human Planet

BBC One | 2011 | 58'32''

Rivers provide food and water, but they can also flood or freeze. Human Planet meets people for whom rivers can be both a risk to ...

02: War | Welcome to Rio

BBC Two | 2014 | 58'46''

A look at Rio's drug-trafficking favelas, being 'pacified' by the government's special forces ahead of the World Cup in increasingly violent incursi...

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History

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Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley

BBC One | 2018 | 1'28'57''

Documentary, presented by Lucy Worsley, which uses dramatised testimony to tell the story of a group of working-class women conducting a dange...

01: Medieval London | Filthy Cities

BBC Two | 2011 | 58'59''

Dan Snow gets down and dirty in medieval grime to discover how the London of today was forged in the filth of the 14th century.

Dunkirk (2017)

BBC One | 2020 | 1'37'04''

Hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops find themselves in an impossible situation. Christopher Nolan's epic wartime action thriller.

04: The Battle Against the Spanish Armada | Battlefield Britain

BBC Two | 2004 | 58'48''

Peter and Dan Snow take a look at the battles that shaped our nation. Drake's unlikely sea victory against th...

Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette

Channel 4 | 2013 | 46'51''

In 1913 Suffragette Emily Davison stepped into the path of the King's horse at the Derby. Clare Balding examines the story of Emily,...

1917 (2019)

BBC One | 2022 | 1'48'00''

During the First World War, two soldiers are ordered across no-man's-land and deep into enemy territory to deliver a message. If they fail, an entire battalion, ...

S01E02: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2004 | 28'56''

How the duke's death led to the start of the First World War.

S01E04: Hiroshima | Days That Shook the World

BBC Four | 2003 | 59'15''

Documentary recalling 6 August 1945, when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, with testimony from American colonel Paul Tib...

Selma (2014)

BBC Two | 2017 | 1'58'38''

Biopic chronicling the three-month period in 1965 which saw Dr Martin Luther King Jr lead a turbulent march from Selma to Montgomery in a bid to secure equal vo...

Horrible Histories: The Movie (2019)

CBBC | 2021 | 1'28'05''

When Roman lad Atti offends edgy Emperor Nero, he is drafted to fight in far-flung Britain, where local Celt lass Orla itches to join Bo...

Till (2022)

BBC Two | 2024 | 2'00'23''

After black 14-year-old Emmett Till is lynched in Mississippi for offending a white woman, his grieving mother goes public in her fight for justice. Activist org...

05: Sewer King | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

BBC Two | 2003 | 48'36''

As 19th century London's sewage problem reached crisis point and cholera was rife, Joseph Bazalgette proposed a scheme...

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

BBC One | 2002 | 27'58''

In a one-off precursor to his Historyonic's series, Nick Knowles gets a behind-the-scenes look at why a Yorkshire-born zealot called Guy Fa...

S01E10: The Assassination of JFK | Days That Shook the World

BBC Two | 2003 | 29'42''

The stories of a day that rocked the American presidency: the assassination of its youngest leader, John F. Kenn...

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

BBC Two | 2018 | 1'35'05''

Transforming archive footage more than a century old, Peter Jackson brings to life the people who can best tell the story of World War I: the ...

01: Elizabeth I | Queens that Changed the World

Channel 4 | 2023 | 46'43''

Elizabeth I pacified a divided nation, and foiled multiple plots against her. English culture flourished under her reign, and...

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory

BBC One | 2006 | 58'23''

Drama-documentary which offers a new perspective on the most infamous battle of World War I, revealing how it was on the Somme that the Bri...

The Children of the Holocaust

BBC Two | 2014 | 58'21''

Powerful animated films, in which elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors tell their stories of Nazi persecution in their childhood and how they esc...

Hiroshima

BBC Four | 2005 | 1'29'06''

Dramatic reconstruction of the devastating impact of the first atomic bomb to be used against people on the citizens of Hiroshima.

02: The Battle of Hastings | Battlefield Britain

BBC Two | 2004 | 58'14''

Peter and Dan Snow on the battles that shaped our nation, using state-of-the-art graphics. The story of the turbulent events...

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Religious Education

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The Prince of Egypt (1998)

BBC One | 2007 | 1'28'37''

Animated biblical epic telling the story of Moses and the exodus to the Promised Land, with voiceovers by an all-star cast including Val Kilmer, R...

Big Zuu Goes to Mecca

BBC Two | 2024 | 58'52''

Chef and rapper Big Zuu makes a pilgrimage to Mecca on a personal spiritual journey to try and understand more about his faith and what it means to be ...

Jewish | Being...

BBC One | 2021 | 38'52''

British Jews across the faith celebrate life's big milestones, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.

The Miracle Maker

BBC One | 2001 | 1'26'54''

Ralph Fiennes heads an all-star cast of an animated portrayal of the life of Jesus, told through the eyes of a child.

Hindu | Being...

BBC One | 2021 | 39'03''

British Hindus across the faith celebrate life's big milestones, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.

Growing Up Jewish

BBC One | 2024 | 49'56''

Four young people on the cusp of adulthood prepare for one of the biggest nights of their lives - their Bar and Bat Mitzvah - balancing culture, religion a...

Muslim | Being...

BBC One | 2021 | 40'05''

British Muslims from across the faith mark some of life's biggest moments from birth and coming of age to marriage and end of life.

Episode 1 | Muslims Like Us

BBC Two | 2016 | 59'04''

Ten British Muslims with contrasting world views move in together. They begin to explore how their faith impacts their lives.

Sikh | Being...

BBC One | 2021 | 39'58''

British Sikhs celebrate some of life's biggest moments, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.

01: Islam | My Life, My Religion

BBC Two | 2015 | 28'49''

What does it mean to be a Muslim? 11-year-old Sara prepares for one of the biggest changes in her young life, as she further devotes herself...

Episode 1 | Sacred Wonders

BBC One | 2019 | 58'06''

From the ancient temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia to the Shaolin Temple in China, discover what people do for faith in some of the most stunning ...

Christian | Being...

BBC One | 2021 | 39'49''

How British Christians from across the faith celebrate life's big milestones, from birth and coming of age to marriage and the end of life.

The Children of the Holocaust

BBC Two | 2014 | 58'21''

Powerful animated films, in which elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors tell their stories of Nazi persecution in their childhood and how they esc...

05: Hinduism | My Life, My Religion

BBC Two | 2015 | 29'00''

What does it mean to be a Hindu? 14-year-old Simran celebrates Diwali and Holi, and her 11-year-old brother Vraj tells us all about the c...

The Life of the Buddha | Everyman

BBC Two | 2003 | 59'27''

Filmed on location in India and Nepal, the documentary follows Siddhartha Gautama's spiritual journey to enlightenment, tracing how he came...

Harry Clark Goes to Rome

BBC One | 2026 | 58'08''

From altar boy to Britain’s most famous liar, Harry Clark explores what it means to be a ‘good Catholic’ as he embarks on a pilgrimage to Rome and a...

04: Judaism | My Life, My Religion

BBC Two | 2015 | 29'14''

What does it mean to be Jewish? 11-year-old Charlie explains his religion of Judaism, it's bat mitzvah year for 13-year-old Me-Me and 10-y...

Episode 2 | Muslims Like Us

BBC Two | 2016 | 58'51''

Ten British Muslims with contrasting world views move in together. They discuss the results of a survey exploring British opinion about the Musli...

Episode 2 | Sacred Wonders

BBC One | 2019 | 57'59''

In Mali, a young Muslim helps to renovate Djenne's Great Mosque, while a Shinto devotee undertakes a gruelling challenge at the sacred Nachi water...

Bruce Almighty (2003)

BBC One | 2006 | 1'32'14''

Comedy starring Jim Carrey as a TV reporter who is bestowed with God's divine powers. Turmoil ensues as he tries to answer everyone's prayers, and also...

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Philosophy and Ethics

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What Makes a Human? | Horizon

BBC Two | 2013 | 59'02''

Professor Alice Roberts investigates what exactly makes human beings different from the animal kingdom. What is it that truly makes us human?

Are You Good or Evil? | Horizon

BBC Two | 2011 | 58'45''

Horizon meets researchers studying psychopathic killers to try to determine what makes people good or evil. One such scientist believes he ha...

Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

BBC One | 2019 | 57'50''

From colossal farms in America to the destruction of the Amazon, Liz Bonnin investigates how our hunger for meat is killing our planet.

Abortion On Trial

BBC Two | 2017 | 59'10''

Fifty years after the Abortion Act was passed, Anne Robinson brings together a group of people with conflicting views on abortion to ask if the law is fit ...

S01E01: Execution | Life and Death Row

BBC Three | 2014 | 59'01''

Series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. It looks at two of...

Malala: Shot for Going to School | Panorama

BBC One | 2013 | 29'08''

One year ago, Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban on her school bus. In this Panorama special, she talks exclusively to Mish...

Kids with Guns | Stacey Dooley Investigates

BBC Three | 2010 | 57'10''

Stacey Dooley explores the issue of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's civil war, where an estimated 30,000 chi...

01: Buddha | Genius of the Ancient World

BBC Four | 2015 | 59'17''

Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy. To begin, she invest...

06: Should We Close Our Zoos? | Horizon

BBC Two | 2016 | 59'26''

Liz Bonnin investigates how and why zoos keep animals and looks at whether they need to change to keep up with modern science.

Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die

BBC Two | 2011 | 59'01''

Author Sir Terry Pratchett - an Alzheimer's sufferer - travels to the Dignitas Clinic in Switzerland and witnesses first-hand the procedures...

Child Labour: Kids for Sale | Stacey Dooley

BBC Three | 2009 | 57'30''

Stacey Dooley explores the issue of child labour in Nepal, after being exposed to it when working in the Indian fashion industry ...

A Short Stay in Switzerland

BBC One | 2009 | 1'29'43''

One-off drama inspired by the true story of Dr Anne Turner, who in 2006 took her own life in a Zurich clinic having developed an incurable degene...

Faith Behind Bars

BBC One | 2018 | 38'46''

With access to HMP Edinburgh, this film follows the prison chaplains as they give spiritual guidance and religious support to offenders - including those c...

Inside the Convent | Stacey Dooley

BBC One | 2022 | 58'20''

Stacey Dooley moves into a convent to explore the lives of nuns. Will she cope with the sisters' strict lifestyle, and what can she learn ...

Shot for Going to School

BBC Three | 2013 | 56'57''

Schoolgirl Malala Yousafi was just 14 when she was shot for campaigning for girls' education in Pakistan. Nel Hedayat travels to the areas where the...

Humza: Forgiving the Unforgivable

BBC One | 2023 | 58'12''

What happens when your instincts tell you to seek revenge, but your faith demands that you forgive? YouTuber and comedian Humza Arshad expl...

Better Off Dead?

BBC One | 2024 | 58'06''

A documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr.

S01E03: Crisis Stage | Life and Death Row

BBC Three | 2014 | 56'15''

Film following students from the Death Penalty Clinic at the University of Houston as they fight last-ditch appeals for two of the ...

Chimps Are People Too | Horizon

BBC Two | 2006 | 49'30''

Danny Wallace presents a documentary which makes the case that chimpanzees, who share 99 per cent of our DNA, should be given the same rights...

Palliative care doctor | Better Off Dead?

BBC One | 2024 | 4'10''

A palliative care doctor talks about her worries of making assisted dying legal.

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Psychology

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Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

BBC One | 2020 | 43'53''

Chris Daw and Ayesha Nayyar look at what role our prisons should play in the fight against crime.

03: Broken Brains | The Brain: A Secret History

BBC Four | 2011 | 57'47''

Michael Mosley ends his look at the history of experimental psychology by exploring how experiments on abnormal brains can re...

Are You Good or Evil? | Horizon

BBC Two | 2011 | 58'45''

Horizon meets researchers studying psychopathic killers to try to determine what makes people good or evil. One such scientist believes he ha...

Improving Your Mental Health | The Truth About...

BBC One | 2021 | 57'09''

Professor Tanya Byron and Alex Scott uncover the latest science on how to improve your mental health and wellbeing - and re...

Paul Merson: Football, Gambling and Me

BBC One | 2021 | 58'00''

Former footballer Paul Merson sets out to understand why his life has been so blighted by gambling and asks if enough is being done to...

How Mad Are You? Part 1 | Horizon

BBC Two | 2008 | 59'19''

Ten volunteers have come together for an extraordinary test. Five are 'normal' and the other five have been officially diagnosed as mentall...

Can Criminals Say Sorry?

BBC Three | 2014 | 57'00''

Former EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella explores the use of restorative justice in Britain today and finds out what happens when offenders and their ...

Mental: A History of the Madhouse

BBC Four | 2010 | 58'58''

Documentary telling the story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums and what it says about society's changing attitudes to mental illn...

Social media and wellbeing | The Truth About...

BBC One | 2021 | 7'48''

The positive and negative impact of social media use on mental health and wellbeing.

Split brain patients | The Brain: A Secret History

BBC Four | 2011 | 3'29''

These split brain patients showed Sperry that each hemisphere of the brain has a different role to play and a separate con...

02: Emotions | The Brain: A Secret History

BBC Four | 2011 | 58'55''

Dr Michael Mosley investigates how scientists have struggled to understand that most irrational and deeply complex part of our min...

The Forgotten Children

BBC One | 2000 | 49'02''

Ten years ago after thousands of babies were discovered living in appalling conditions in Romanian orphanages, many British couples rushed to adopt th...

03: Who Is in Control?

BBC Four | 2016 | 56'51''

David explores how almost every action we take, every decision we make, every belief that we hold is driven by parts of the brain we have no access to.

01: Mind Control | The Brain: A Secret History

BBC Four | 2011 | 57'56''

Michael Mosley traces the sinister ways science has been used to try to control our minds, finding that its pursuit has led to...

What Makes a Psychopath? | Horizon

BBC Two | 2017 | 59'13''

Presented by professor Uta Frith, this is an in-depth exploration of the psychopathic mind, including one of the most notorious psychopath...

The Heist

Channel 4 | 2006 | 48'48''

Derren Brown recruits participants to attend a ''motivational seminar'' where he manipulates them into robbing a security van in broad daylight. A reenactment of a...

Addicted to Gambling | Panorama

BBC One | 2019 | 29'07''

The amount we lose to the betting companies has almost doubled in a decade, but are the bookies doing enough to protect problem gamblers?

01: DNA | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'54''

The story of the hunt to find the killer of two teenage girls in 1980s Leicestershire which led to an extrao...

God on the Brain | Horizon

BBC Two | 2003 | 48'57''

Could it be, that the physical make-up of our brains programmes us to believe in God, just as the desire to eat or have sex?

The Hospital That Didn't Care

BBC One | 2013 | 26'26''

Joel Mapp presents a special BBC investigation looking at how hundreds of patients died after what an inquiry called appalling suffering at Sta...

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Sociology

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Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

BBC One | 2020 | 43'53''

Chris Daw and Ayesha Nayyar look at what role our prisons should play in the fight against crime.

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

BBC One | 2025 | 58'51''

Idris Elba confronts the reality of knife crime, speaking to those most affected - from the streets to the system - in a quest to uncover ...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for School

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'42''

Fifteen pupils and three teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure to discover how much life at school has changed. The class start ...

What Makes a Human? | Horizon

BBC Two | 2013 | 59'02''

Professor Alice Roberts investigates what exactly makes human beings different from the animal kingdom. What is it that truly makes us human?

S01E01: Execution | Life and Death Row

BBC Three | 2014 | 59'01''

Series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. It looks at two of...

Marcus Rashford: Feeding Britain's Children

BBC One | 2020 | 59'13''

How the England footballer won public and political support for a deeply personal cause. Inside Marcus Rashford's campaign for fr...

Made in Dagenham (2010)

BBC Two | 2013 | 1'45'25''

Comedy drama charting the fight of female factory workers at the Ford Dagenham plant for equal pay. In 1968, one determined factory worker leads her ...

Hindus: Do We Have a Caste Problem?

BBC One | 2019 | 39'59''

Parle Patel, a young British Hindu and popular YouTuber, explores the influence of caste on Hindu communities in the UK.

I'm In Here For A Reason | Kids Behind Bars

BBC Three | 2011 | 56'36''

Series set in Vinney Green secure unit for children follows three of the youngest boys, who started getting into trouble when the...

S02E01: Execution | Life and Death Row

BBC One | 2016 | 59'09''

The story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. Daniel Lopez is resisting all app...

My Scientology Movie (2015)

BBC Two | 2017 | 1'35'11''

Documentary investigating the Church of Scientology. To find out more about the mysterious organisation, Louis Theroux meets with former members ...

Faith Behind Bars

BBC One | 2018 | 38'46''

With access to HMP Edinburgh, this film follows the prison chaplains as they give spiritual guidance and religious support to offenders - including those c...

Green Book (2018)

BBC Two | 2021 | 1'59'41''

New York, 1962: Italian-American nightclub bouncer Tony Lip gets taken on as a driver for acclaimed African American pianist Donald Shirley on a tour of th...

01: The Loss of Joy | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

BBC One | 2018 | 58'27''

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The first episode focuses on the run-up to Steph...

Locked up with the Lifers | Stacey Dooley

BBC Two | 2020 | 58'53''

Stacey Dooley investigates one of the most radical women's prisons in America. She follows eight murderers who are coming to terms ...

Can Criminals Say Sorry?

BBC Three | 2014 | 57'00''

Former EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella explores the use of restorative justice in Britain today and finds out what happens when offenders and their ...

S01E03: Crisis Stage | Life and Death Row

BBC Three | 2014 | 56'15''

Film following students from the Death Penalty Clinic at the University of Houston as they fight last-ditch appeals for two of the ...

02: Education | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In

BBC Scotland | 2024 | 58'58''

Darren McGarvey sets out to understand why the privately educated dominate Britain's top jobs and uncovers the amazing st...

The Black American Fight for Freedom

BBC Two | 2021 | 58'47''

Fifty years on from the promise of equality and the Civil Rights Act, this documentary reveals the moments where America had the chance ...

Episode 2 | Back in Time for School

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'40''

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the interwar years. They learn bizarre new languages, test th...

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Blackfish - The Whale that Killed | Storyville

BBC Four | 2013 | 1'17'26''

Documentary which unravels the story of notorious performing whale Tilikum, who - unlike any orca in the wild - has taken the ...

Fast fashion | Stacey Dooley Investigates

BBC Three | 2018 | 1'20''

How the fashion industry keeps us buying more.

Fruit and Veg | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'03''

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey delve into the hectic world of Britain's imports and exports. Ed is at London G...

S15E06: Theme Park | The Apprentice

BBC One | 2019 | 58'59''

Lord Sugar challenges the candidates to create and market a new rollercoaster.

03: Food | Secrets of the Superbrands

BBC Three | 2011 | 57'09''

Alex Riley is on the trail of the global food and drink giants. What's so special about them? How have they penetrated our brains so we...

01: 7 Bone | The Restaurant Man

BBC Two | 2014 | 58'51''

Restaurateur Russell Norman helps newcomers to the trade. Rich and Matt start up an edgy burger restaurant in Southampton. London restaurateu...

Inside Rolls-Royce

Channel 4 | 2015 | 46'25''

A privileged peek into the exclusive world of British heritage car brand Rolls-Royce. The cameras follow the team at the Goodwood factory as they manufact...

Episode 1 | Peter Jones Meets...

BBC Two | 2013 | 58'59''

Britain's top entrepreneurs reveal how they made their millions. Peter talks to Mark and Mo Constantine, who run Lush, and Chris Dawson, the...

Cadbury Exposed | Dispatches

Channel 4 | 2022 | 26'06''

Undercover in Ghana, Antony Barnett investigates Britain's best-loved chocolate brand and reveals for the first time child labour in its supply ...

S19E01 | Dragons' Den

BBC One | 2022 | 59'19''

A Scottish entrepreneur presents a pint-sized gadget that he hopes will be big business, and a robotic invention sends the Dragons into a virtual world.

Episode 1 | Inside the Bank of England

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'00''

Filmed with unprecedented access, this episode goes inside the Bank to show how it prints our cash, ensures our money holds its value ...

Episode 2 | Building Cars: Secrets of the Assembly Line

BBC Two | 2015 | 1'28'30''

James May, Kate Humble and Ant Anstead are back at one of the biggest and busiest car factories in Britain. Think you...

Should We Still Be Working from Home? | Panorama

BBC One | 2025 | 28'31''

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the way we work has been transformed, with many more of us working from home. But is that good ...

Slavery on the High Street

BBC One | 2024 | 28'52''

For seven years, vulnerable victims of trafficking were forced to make food for major high street chains. How did their exploitation go undetected...

02: Fashion | Secrets of the Superbrands

BBC Three | 2011 | 57'39''

Fashion novice Alex Riley dives into the world of clothing superbrands to find out how these billion dollar global organisations hav...

S16E03: Non-Alcoholic Drinks | The Apprentice

BBC One | 2022 | 58'48''

The candidates' next task is creating and branding a new non-alcoholic drink and hosting a launch event where they will be pitc...

Sustainability and Style | The Conscious Closet

BBC Scotland | 2022 | 13'56''

What is greenwashing? What really happens to our old clothes? Is vegan leather worth the hype? And why is fast fashion so che...

Coffee options | Business Boomers

BBC World News | 2014 | 4'53''

With all the different options for coffee, raw materials and other spends increase only slightly but the profit margins triple.

Cars | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'58''

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey explore how much we really know about the logistics that enable Britain to buy and sell ...

Inside the High Street Cyber-Attacks

BBC News | 2025 | 26'28''

Who hacked Marks and Spencers and Co-op? We go inside the cyber-attacks that shook the British high street and ask how flaws in digital ...

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Killed by My Debt

BBC One | 2018 | 58'30''

Docudrama about 19-year-old Jerome Rogers, who found himself under a crushing debt and who eventually took his own life as a consequence.

Fruit and Veg | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'03''

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey delve into the hectic world of Britain's imports and exports. Ed is at London G...

The cost of HS2 | HS2: End Of The Line?

BBC News | 2023 | 48''

Detailing the rising cost to build HS2 - a major new high-speed railway network connecting London to the West Midlands.

The Debt Saviours

BBC Two | 2018 | 59'33''

Access-all-areas documentary following Christians Against Poverty, asking whether the charity's motivation is debt relief or bringing people to Jesus.

Cadbury Exposed | Dispatches

Channel 4 | 2022 | 26'06''

Undercover in Ghana, Antony Barnett investigates Britain's best-loved chocolate brand and reveals for the first time child labour in its supply ...

Episode 2 | Made in Britain

BBC HD | 2011 | 58'53''

Evan Davis looks at how Britain's focus on the knowledge economy contributes greatly to the nation's bank balance.

Episode 1 | Inside the Bank of England

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'00''

Filmed with unprecedented access, this episode goes inside the Bank to show how it prints our cash, ensures our money holds its value ...

Should We Still Be Working from Home? | Panorama

BBC One | 2025 | 28'31''

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the way we work has been transformed, with many more of us working from home. But is that good ...

Immigration: The Inconvenient Truth | Dispatches

Channel 4 | 2008 | 47'51''

Rageh Omaar investigates how immigration has affected Britain. Using Enoch Powell's explosive 'Rivers of Blood' speech as a ...

Episode 1 | Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler

BBC Two | 2026 | 58'31''

Katya visits Italy and Germany to explore how they're changing in the turbulent new world. She attends the Palio in Siena, jo...

Beyond Utopia: Escape from North Korea

BBC Four | 2024 | 1'44'23''

A documentary that takes a suspenseful, immersive look at the lengths to which people will go to gain freedom, following various indiv...

Episode 1 | The Super-Rich and Us

BBC Two | 2015 | 58'51''

Jacques Peretti investigates how the super-rich are transforming Britain. He looks at why the wealthy were drawn to Britain and meets the s...

Cars | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

BBC Two | 2019 | 58'58''

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey explore how much we really know about the logistics that enable Britain to buy and sell ...

China and the Pandemic | 54 Days

BBC Two | 2021 | 1'14'02''

54 Days tells the story of the events that led to the lockdown and the gulf between what Chinese officials and scientists knew and what they...

Infrastructure spending on HS2 | HS2: End Of The Line?

BBC News | 2023 | 4'53''

The need for significant government spending on an infrastructure project is due to a lack of investment over many yea...

Wealth inequality | Simon Reeve's South America

BBC Two | 2022 | 4'40''

Highlights how the use of local projects can combat wealth inequality within some of the poorest communities in South America.

01. The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism | The Age of Uncertainty

BBC Two | 1977 | 53'59''

John Kenneth Galbraith tells the story of the men who laid the foundations of economics, includ...

Regulatory Capture | Joe Lycett vs Sewage

Channel 4 | 2024 | 2'54''

Impact of regulatory capture on the water market

The importance of tourism | Colombia with Simon Reeve

BBC Two | 2017 | 2'07''

Explains the importance of tourism for a developing economy.

Black Wednesday

BBC One | 1997 | 49'31''

Five years ago Britain was in financial crisis. On a day when speculators made fortunes and the Bank of England lost billions propping up the pound, the prim...

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01: Lifting the Lid | Inside the Commons

BBC Two | 2015 | 59'19''

Presented by Michael Cockerell, this series takes an unprecedented look at the heart of British democracy.

Episode 1 | Clash of the Superpowers: America vs China

BBC Two | 2026 | 59'26''

Donald Trump comes to office in 2017 and upends America’s relationship with Beijing. He promises to ‘make China pay’, ...

JFK (1991)

BBC Three | 2007 | 2'56'53''

Oliver Stone's re-creation of the 1963 Kennedy assassination in Dallas and its aftermath, focusing on the investigations of New Orleans DA Jim Garrison (Kevin Cos...

KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy

BBC Three | 2015 | 57'30''

Documentary investigating the Ku Klux Klan. Film-maker Dan Murdoch witnesses first-hand their secretive rituals and hears why their member...

Darkest Hour (2017)

BBC One | 2020 | 1'56'50''

As the Nazis advance against Britain's European allies, newly elected prime minister Winston Churchill must decide whether to leave neighbouring countrie...

Margaret Thatcher | Icons

BBC Two | 2019 | 13'11''

Britain's first female prime minister, Thatcher was marked out not only by her gender, but for pushing through reforms so bold they have shaped the...

Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens and Bedlam

BBC Two | 2020 | 59'57''

The story of the 1970 Miss World contest, when protestors dramatically disrupted the event, kickstarting a feminist revolution in f...

North Korea Undercover | Panorama

BBC News | 2013 | 29'57''

Panorama reporter John Sweeney spends eight days undercover inside North Korea, the most rigidly-controlled nation on Earth.

Four Hours at the Capitol

BBC Two | 2021 | 1'27'50''

A journey into January's storming of the US Capitol, featuring exclusive footage and interviews with the people at the heart of the action, many of...

An Idiot's Guide to Politics

BBC Two | 2015 | 29'14''

Comedian Jolyon Rubinstein is on a mission. He wants to find out why young people are so disengaged from politics. Is this apathy and ignorance,...

The Left Behind

BBC One | 2019 | 58'57''

Support for the far right is growing in Britain's post-industrial towns and cities. This factual drama tells the story of a young man who gets drawn into a f...

Exploring the House of Commons

BBC Two | 2015 | 59'19''

Michael Cockerell presents a programme of educational short films, taking us behind the scenes in the House of Commons. A unique way of learni...

Five Days that Changed Britain

BBC Two | 2010 | 59'08''

Behind-the-scenes story of five days in May 2010 when the UK's political leaders haggled over the next government. David Cameron, Nick Clegg a...

01: 100 Days | Inside Obama's White House

BBC Two | 2016 | 59'32''

The story of how Barack Obama tried to reshape America. A month after his victory, Obama discovered America was on the verge of a g...

S01E01: Identity Crisis | Darren McGarvey's Class Wars

BBC Scotland | 2021 | 57'59''

As Darren examines how social class shapes our identities and destinies, he meets people moving between the classes on...

Episode 1 | Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler

BBC Two | 2026 | 58'31''

Katya visits Italy and Germany to explore how they're changing in the turbulent new world. She attends the Palio in Siena, jo...

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

BBC Two | 2010 | 1'52'13''

Film-makers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams tell the behind-the-scenes story of the passionate campaigners who helped a young African-Am...

S02E01: Traitor | Play for Today

BBC One | 1971 | 58'47''

Western journalists visit Moscow to interview Adrian Harris, a former controller in British intelligence who was also a double agent for the...

Is Greenland for Sale?

BBC News | 2025 | 26'40''

US president Donald Trump says he wants the US to take over Greenland. Many people think it will never happen. But could it? If so, how?

America's New Female Right

BBC Three | 2024 | 59'13''

Layla Wright travels to the USA to meet the influencer women posting antifeminist and other offensive content online.

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What Makes a Human? | Horizon

BBC Two | 2013 | 59'02''

Professor Alice Roberts investigates what exactly makes human beings different from the animal kingdom. What is it that truly makes us human?

03: Jungles | Planet Earth II

BBC One | 2016 | 58'00'''

Jungles provide the richest habitats on the planet - mysterious worlds of high drama where extraordinary animals attempt to survive in the most...

05: Deserts | Planet Earth

BBC One | 2006 | 57'51''

David Attenborough looks at deserts around the world from Namibia to Chile, unravelling the secrets behind desert survival and revealing their eph...

Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

BBC One | 2019 | 57'50''

From colossal farms in America to the destruction of the Amazon, Liz Bonnin investigates how our hunger for meat is killing our planet.

06: Coasts | Blue Planet II

BBC One | 2017 | 58'02''

The wildlife series narrated by David Attenborough explores the planet's coasts. They are the most changeable of the ocean worlds, but they offer...

04: Deserts | Planet Earth II

BBC One | 2016 | 58'09''

The world's deserts force animals to come up with ingenious ways of coping with hostile conditions, giving rise to the most incredible survival...

03: Coral Reefs | Blue Planet II

BBC One | 2017 | 58'12''

The wildlife documentary series narrated by David Attenborough reveals the ingenious ways life exists in the undersea cities of tropical reefs.

02: Pus | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

BBC Four | 2013 | 58'52''

Dr Michael Mosley explores our earliest attempts to tackle infection and how scientists, chemists and doctors...

Infested! Living with Parasites

BBC Four | 2014 | 59'04''

Dr Michael Mosley explores the bizarre and fascinating world of parasites by turning his body into a living laboratory and deliberately infes...

03: Food on the Brain | The Secrets of Your Food

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'23''

Michael Mosley and James Wong explore the effect that our food has on our most important and, in terms of energy consumption...

01: Creation | Inside the Human Body

BBC One | 2011 | 58'06''

Using state-of-the-art graphics, Michael Mosley shows the sequence of biological events that lead to human birth.

Extinction: The Facts

BBC One | 2020 | 58'01''

With a million species at risk of extinction, David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, including puttin...

Can Scientists Save the World? | Panorama

BBC One | 2024 | 58'39''

Richard Bilton meets the scientists trying to save the world from the consequences of climate change and investigates whether they...

02: Savannah | Africa

BBC One | 2013 | 58'39''

David Attenborough takes a breathtaking journey through Africa, looking at the constantly changing landscape of east Africa and creatures found nowhere...

01: Coasts | Planet Earth III

BBC One | 2023 | 58'59''

Sir David Attenborough explores the dangerous frontiers created by the world's coasts, where animals fight for survival amidst constant change.

05: Patagonia: The Ends of the Earth | Eden: Untamed Planet

BBC Two | 2022 | 48'07''

At the far tip of South America lies a magical realm that seems frozen in time: Patagonia, known as 'the end of t...

08: Heroes | Planet Earth III

BBC One | 2023 | 58'04''

Sir David Attenborough introduces conservation heroes fighting to save the world's wildlife, from exploring remote jungles to going undercover ...

01: Pain | Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

BBC Four | 2013 | 59'23''

Michael Mosley discovers what pain is and how we were able to control it with the discovery of morphine at t...

Secret Universe: The Hidden Life Of The Cell

BBC Four | 2020 | 57'12''

This film reveals the exquisite machinery of the human cell system from within the inner world of the cell itself - from the fre...

Diabetes: The Hidden Killer | Panorama

BBC One | 2016 | 57'58''

An investigation into the health epidemic that afflicts almost one in ten people in Birmingham and can lead to heart failure, blindnes...

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02: Out of Sight | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds

BBC HD | 2010 | 58'22''

Richard Hammond uses groundbreaking imaging technology to take the viewer on a journey of discovery beyond the visible ...

Episode 1 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'44''

Chris Hadfield, Dr Kevin Fong and Dr Iya Whiteley put 12 candidates through a series of physical and psychological tests t...

01: Speed Limits | Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds

BBC HD | 2010 | 58'56''

Using state-of-the-art technologies, Richard Hammond goes beyond the limits of the naked eye and explores the hidden se...

S02E04:...about Speed | James May's Things You Need to Know

BBC Two | 2013 | 28'57''

James May explains all you need to know about speed with a fast-moving mix of animation and motion graphics, incl...

Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe? | Horizon

BBC Two | 2011 | 57'29''

Six months after the explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to discover whether nu...

Energy | Bang Goes The Theory

BBC One | 2014 | 28'58''

Jem Stansfield, Liz Bonnin and Maggie Philbin investigate how close Britain might get to running out of electricity.

01: Space: How Far Can We Go? | Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time

BBC Two | 2021 | 59'06''

Brian Cox explores the latest science and takes a new look at his old films and asks: how far can we...

Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield

BBC Four | 2015 | 59'04''

Jim Al-Khalili uncovers the story of Sellafield. He encounters some of the most dangerous substances on earth, reveals the natur...

01: A Moment in the Sun - The Terrestrial Planets | The Planets

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'02''

The rocky planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars were born at the same time from the same material - yet hav...

15: Forces and Motion Special | Horrible Science

CBBC | 2025 | 25'20''

A weird and wonderful look at how gravity, magnetism and friction impact everything. With Fred Sirieix.

05: The Big Bang: Before the Dawn | Universe

BBC Two | 2021 | 59'01''

It's the ultimate question: why are we here? Brian Cox explores how cutting-edge space missions take us back 13.8 billion years ...

02: The Two Sisters - Earth and Mars | The Planets

BBC Two | 2019 | 59'16''

Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets.

The Clash of the Titans | Atom

BBC Four | 2007 | 58'56''

Nuclear physicist Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of the discovery that everything is made of atoms, and of the minds behind the scientific bre...

Episode 1 | Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey

BBC Two | 2012 | 58'23''

Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth's voyage around the sun for one complete orbit, travelling first from July...

History of the Atom: From Rutherfor to Bohr | Chemistry: A Volatile History

BBC Four | 2010 | 3'00''

Spec references J248: C1.2a J250: C1.2a. Professor Jim Al-Khalili explains the history of the ato...

Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility

BBC Four | 2016 | 59'00''

Michael Mosley investigates Porton Down, Britain's most secretive and controversial military research base. He...

S01E02:...about the Universe | James May's Things You Need to Know

BBC Two | 2011 | 28'58''

James May takes a journey of discovery across the universe, asking where it all began, how stars work, and...

02: The Age of Invention | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

BBC Four | 2011 | 59'23''

Jim Al-Khalili shows how harnessing the link between magnetism and electricity transformed the world, allo...

01: Spark | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

BBC Four | 2011 | 59'21''

Jim Al-Khalili tells how the first 'natural philosophers' began to unlock electricity's mysteries, studying its curious l...

02: What is the World Made Of? | The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion

BBC Two | 2010 | 58'35''

Michael Mosley explores how history shaped science. Here, he looks at how atomic theories and...

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01: Discovering the Elements | Chemistry: A Volatile History

BBC Four | 2010 | 58'46''

The story of how the elements were discovered and mapped begins with the alchemists who questioned that the worl...

02: The Order of the Elements | Chemistry: A Volatile History

BBC Four | 2010 | 58'55''

Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at how the early scientists' bid to decode the order of the elements was driven ...

Episode 1 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

BBC Four | 2017 | 59'16''

From the moment we first drilled for oil, we opened a Pandora's box that changed the world forever. It transfor...

Episode 2 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

BBC Two | 2015 | 59'02''

Professor Iain Stewart looks back at the 1950s, a time when the oil and gas fields of the Middle East became a ...

S02E06:...about Chemistry | James May's Things You Need to Know

BBC Two | 2013 | 29'01''

James May distills the essence of all you need to know about chemistry, including how pheromones work, if lea...

01: Metal | How It Works

BBC Four | 2012 | 58'37''

Mark Miodownik traces the history of our love affair with metal. He investigates metals at the atomic level and sees how metal crystals can be grown...

03: The Power of the Elements | Chemistry: A Volatile History

BBC Four | 2010 | 59'04''

Jim Al-Khalili reveals the breakthroughs which harnessed elements' ability to release vast power, showing how s...

Episode 2 | The Secrets of Everything

BBC Three | 2012 | 28'33''

Science daredevil Greg Foot finds out if you could survive in a falling lift if you jump as it hits the ground, what makes chillies hot...

Secrets of the Super Elements

BBC Four | 2017 | 59'34''

In the first BBC documentary to be filmed entirely on smartphones, Mark Miodownik reveals the weird materials that have built our high-tech world.

Dark Waters (2019)

2023 | 1'58'44''

Past ties drag corporate lawyer Rob into conflict with a company blamed for polluting a local stream. But as the case goes on, Rob discovers that the scop...

Materials: How They Work

BBC Two | 2012 | 58'57''

Materials scientist Mark Miodownik takes a look into the inner world of metals, ceramics and plastics and the microscopic structure that allows them...

Episode 4 | The Secrets of Everything

BBC Three | 2012 | 28'33''

Greg Foot finds out if you can escape when buried alive, what he needs to become the world's fastest man, why a boomerang comes back an...

Episode 3 | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered The World

BBC Two | 2015 | 58'56''

Professor Iain Stewart examines the situation in the 21st century, at which point the global consumption of oil...

Rates of reaction | Curriculum Bites

CBBC | 2003 | 3'44''

Spec references J248: C5.2c, C5.2d, C5.2e, C5.2f J250: C5.2c, C5.2d, C5.2e, C5.2f. Introduction to rate of chemical reactions and collis...

The Secret Science of Sewage | Horizon

BBC Two | 2021 | 58'57''

George McGavin and Zoe Laughlin investigate the revolutionary science finding vital renewable resources and undiscovered life in sewage.

Acids, Bases and Salts | GCSE Bitesize Revision

BBC Two | 2010 | 5'37''

Spec references J248: C3.3d, C3.3e, C3.3f, C3.3h, C4.2a J250: C3.3d, C3.3e, C3.3f, C3.3h, C3.1g. This video introduces acids ...

Sustainable cities | Planet Oil: The Treasure That Conquered the World

BBC Two | 2015 | 4'13''

Professor Iain Stewart visits Masdar in Abu Dhabi, a city that relies on renewable energy.

Mendelleev's Periodic Table | Chemistry: A Volatile History

BBC Four | 2010 | 3'31''

Spec references J248: C2.2i J250: C2.2i. An account of how Mendeleev arranged the elements by atomic mass to crea...

Acids, Bases and Salts 2 | GCSE Bitesize Revision

BBC Two | 2010 | 4'57''

Spec references J248: C3.3d, C3.3e, C3.3f, C3.3h, C4.2a J250: C3.3d, C3.3e, C3.3f, C3.3h, C3.1g. This video introduces acid...

04: Fire | How Earth Made Us

BBC Two | 2010 | 59'03''

Professor Iain Stewart explores man's relationship with fire. Along the way he dives in a mysterious lake in Oregon, climbs a glacier of salt an...

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01: Numbers as God | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths

BBC Four | 2018 | 58'45''

Documentary series in which Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. Is it invented like a lan...

Episode 1 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'44''

Chris Hadfield, Dr Kevin Fong and Dr Iya Whiteley put 12 candidates through a series of physical and psychological tests t...

01: Numbers | The Code

BBC HD | 2011 | 59'14''

Marcus du Sautoy reveals a hidden numerical code that underpins all nature. He reveals how significant numbers appear throughout the natural world and...

Alan Turing | Icons

BBC Two | 2019 | 12'50''

A genius of mathematics, Turing developed machines which were the forerunners of modern computers. Called upon to help crack Nazi codes, his work at Blet...

03: Weirder and Weirder | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths

BBC Four | 2018 | 59'03''

Dr Hannah Fry explores a paradox at the heart of modern maths, and what maths reveals about t...

Episode 3 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

BBC Two | 2017 | 59'00''

Old fears surface when the remaining candidates face some space agency swim tests. Their teamwork and mental agility are s...

03: Prediction | The Code

BBC HD | 2011 | 58'55''

Marcus du Sautoy contines exploring the numerical code that underpins nature. He discovers what the code can say about the future, starting with th...

Episode 2 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'47''

The remaining astronaut candidates are put through more demanding tests. They have to escape from an underwater capsule an...

How Can We All Win? | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

BBC Four | 2019 | 59'14''

Dr Hannah Fry tests the limits of our control, from gravity-defying stunts to human-sized drones, and delves into ...

How to Get Lucky | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

BBC Four | 2019 | 58'49''

Dr Hannah Fry, through a host of live experiments, uncovers the secrets of luck to discover what really controls our ...

02: Expanded Horizons | Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths

BBC Four | 2018 | 58'58''

Dr Hannah Fry travels down the fastest zip wire in the world to learn more about Newton's ideas...

Episode 6 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'13''

The finalists head to the Shuttle Landing Facility on Florida's Space Coast for a tough test in weightlessness, and back i...

Flag measurements | The Apprentice

BBC One | 2013 | 1'41''

One team asks for the wrong measurements for their flag when trying to convert feet into centimetres.

Episode 4 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'18''

The competition becomes more intense as the remaining candidates are deprived of oxygen to see if they can recognise the s...

How to Bend the Rules | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

BBC Four | 2019 | 59'02''

Dr Hannah Fry reveals how data-gobbling algorithms have taken over our lives and now control almost everything w...

Newton's Equation Of Gravity | Beautiful Equations

BBC Four | 2010 | 1'20''

An explanation of Newton's equation of gravity.

Behind the beehive | The Code

BBC HD | 2011 | 3'12''

Marcus du Sautoy explains why bees choose to use a hexagon to build their honeycomb structure rather than the triangle or the square.

02: Shapes | The Code

BBC HD | 2011 | 58'29''

Marcus du Sautoy reveals a hidden numerical code that underpins all nature. He uncovers the patterns that explain the shape of the world around us.

Episode 5 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'32''

The astronaut candidates fight for their place in the final. Their leadership skills are assessed in a survival test and t...

The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

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Episode 1 | Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?

BBC Two | 2017 | 58'44''

Chris Hadfield, Dr Kevin Fong and Dr Iya Whiteley put 12 candidates through a series of physical and psychological tests t...

S06E06: Chairs | Inside the Factory

BBC Two | 2022 | 59'09''

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Four young war evacuees are transported to the magical land of Narnia, where they join the noble lion A...

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

2021 | 1'45'18''

William Kamkwamba is a 13-year-old living with his family in rural Malawi. After a famine forces him to leave school, William sets his excepti...

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An animated version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S02E04: Julius Caesar

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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E02: The Tempest

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The Tempest presented in puppet animation with text abridged by Leon Garfield; with the voices of Martin Jarvis, Timoth...

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

2012 | 1'23'02''

The son of a Viking chief must capture a dragon in order to mark his passage into manhood and prove his worthiness.

Pig Heart Boy

1999 | 23'50''

Adaptation of the novel by Malorie Blackman, about the life of a teenage boy with a viral heart transplant.

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | S01E01: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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A night of madness in a haunted wood - four young victims of unrequited love stumble about while six work...

Pig Heart Boy | 02: Trudy

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Adaptation of the novel by Malorie Blackman, about the life of a teenage boy with a viral heart transplant.

Horrible Histories Specials | Sensational Shakespeare

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Children's historical comedy sketch programme: a special episode looking at the life and times of William Shakespeare, ...

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

2016 | 1'30'32''

When they discover a secret ice cave, home to hundreds of dragons, it is up to Hiccup and Toothless to protect the peace.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1991)

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Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are evacuated from London at the beginning of the Second World War, littl...

CBeebies Presents | The Tempest

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A magic island, a stormy shipwreck and a royal mystery in CBeebies The Tempest!

Peter Pan Goes Wrong

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CBBC | 2021 | 1'28'05''

When Roman lad Atti offends edgy Emperor Nero, he is drafted to fight in far-flung Britain, where local Celt lass Orla itches to join Bo...

S07E15: Terrible Tudor Special | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2018 | 26'38''

Chop, chop, it's the Horrible Histories' Terrible Tudors Special, with everything you need to know about history's most f...

S06E03: Wicked William the Conqueror | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2015 | 25'15''

Young William, Duke of Normandy, quarrels with Harold Godwinson about who should be king of England, before bashin...

03: Gandhi | Primary History

CBBC | 2005 | 9'17''

An introduction to the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. Schools programme for seven- to 11-year-olds.

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In October 1588, a lone Spanish ship was wrecked off south Devon. In today's programme children from three Devon schools use their own map...

S01E11: HHTV News: English Civil War | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2009 | 3'22''

The English Civil War breaks out.

S01E09: HHTV News: Plague | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2009 | 3'04''

Mike Peabody reports on efforts to cope with the Great Plague of London.

S01E02: Pirates of Pompeii: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

CBBC | 2007 | 27'51''

Flavia and friends find themselves too close to a kidnapping plot. The children must pull together or face life in slavery.

S01E02: Pirates of Pompeii: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

CBBC | 2007 | 27'41''

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius has left a trail of destruction. In the chaos of the refugee camp, Flavia is shocked to d...

S03E08: The Suffragettes' (Song) | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2011 | 2'41''

Emily Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett sing about their involvement in getting the right to vote for women.

S01E01: The Secrets of Vesuvius: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

CBBC | 2007 | 28'11''

Flavia and her friends convince Admiral Pliny of the danger of Mount Vesuvius, but can he and his fleet can do anyt...

S01E01: The Secrets of Vesuvius: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

CBBC | 2007 | 28'22''

Flavia and her friends convince Admiral Pliny of the danger of Mount Vesuvius, but can he and his fleet do anything...

S06E06: Henry VIII - A Little More Reformation (Song) | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2015 | 2'34''

Comedy superstar Rowan Atkinson stars as Henry VIII with an Elvis twist.

S01E02: The Wives of Henry VIII (Song) | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2009 | 1'56''

Henry VIII gives us a helpful rundown of his six sorry wives, some might say he ruined their lives.

S01E03: The Assassins of Rome: Part 1 | Roman Mysteries

CBBC | 2007 | 28'29''

Jonathan's birthday is marred by the arrival of uncle Simian. After upsetting his friends, Jonathan is tricked into g...

S09E03: Protesting with Pankhurst | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2021 | 17'32''

Protests about inequality or environmental damage are common today, but how have people protested in the past? Emmelin...

S08E12: Roanoke | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2020 | 2'35''

Queen Elizabeth I loses a colony.

S01E11: HHTV News: British Empire Report | Horrible Histories

CBBC | 2009 | 2'59''

Bob Hale gives a report on the British Empire.

S01E03: The Assassins of Rome: Part 2 | Roman Mysteries

CBBC | 2007 | 28'15''

Jonathan is utterly alone, plagued by dreams of a cyclops and confused by speculation that his mother was not killed ...

Britain and the Start of WW1 | Learning Zone

BBC Two | 2013 | 7'30''

Dan Snow recreates a map of Europe on the beach to explain how Britain became involved in World War I.

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BBC One | 2015 | 58'04''

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall wants to find out why the UK wastes so much food. He challenges supermarkets to drastically reduce the amount of ...

S01E05: Earthquakes | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2013 | 28'22''

The team explores the phenomenon of the earthquake. Clare and Mike train with one of the top international rescue teams. Leo takes on a da...

S01E08: Tornadoes | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2013 | 28'02''

Tornadoes are rare, but there's nothing more frantic or explosive in nature. The team investigates where that awesome power comes from and w...

Coastal Landscapes | Primary Geography

BBC Two | 2007 | 18'55''

A programme exploring the landscape of the Pembrokeshire coast, looking at how coastal caves and arches are formed.

S01E04: Tsunami | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2013 | 26'59''

The team investigate the terrifying giant waves of the tsunami. Zoe and Dougal travel to Japan to meet child survivors of the 2011 disaster an...

01: KS2 | Human Planet: Change and Sustainability

BBC Two | 2011 | 59'48''

Linked to the KS2 geography curriculum, this programme looks at how humans have learnt to live with extremes and covers fiv...

How caves, arches and stacks are formed at the coastline | Primary Geography

BBC Two | 2007 | 3'04''

A detailed look at how caves, arches and stacks are formed at the coastline. Within a cliff face...

Amazon deforestation | Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

BBC One | 2019 | 4'21''

Liz Bonnin witnesses the devastation of the Amazon rainforest from the sky.

Earthquake proof buildings and liquefaction | Journeys into the Ring of Fire

BBC Four | 2006 | 2'24''

Iain Stewart investigates how Japanese buildings have been designed to withstand earthquakes.

25: Antarctica | Deadly Pole to Pole

CBBC | 2014 | 28'28''

Steve's journey finally comes to an end at the land of extremes - the least inhabited, remotest, highest, driest, coldest and windiest c...

S01E10: Flooding | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2013 | 27'34''

The team investigates what happens when water becomes our enemy. Mike heads to Southampton to learn all about the most important flood rescue...

S01E01: Hurricanes | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2013 | 27'46''

The team encounters the most feared event in weather - the hurricane. Florida-based stormchaser Mike takes us on a wild ride into the eye o...

S01E07: Volcanoes | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2013 | 27'57''

The team take on one of the most feared forces on the planet - the volcano. Dougal explores the secret lava tubes of Etna and climbs Strombo...

Tar sands | How Earth Made Us

BBC Two | 2010 | 3'40''

Professor Iain Stewart discusses tar sands, one of the more complicated ways of extracting oil.

Flashflood experience | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2013 | 5'56''

Zoe meets a woman who survived a flash flood in Boscastle, Cornwall.

Tornado Alley | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2013 | 3'20''

Mike describes his experiences in Tornado Alley in middle America where up to 300 tornados can occur every year.

Kenya - An Introduction to Kenya | Primary Geography

BBC Two | 2007 | 9'01''

Educational programme for 9-11 year olds looking at where Kenya is in relation to the rest of the world. It goes on to l...

Episode 3: The Batttle Continues | Hugh's War on Waste

BBC One | 2016 | 58'57''

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tries to change Britain's wasteful ways. He takes on Amazon, for all their packaging, and ...

S02E09: Waves & Tides | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2014 | 28'03''

It's a very wet Fierce Earth team this episode, as they unlock the power and secrets behind king-sized waves and fast-rising tides. Leo ...

S02E05: World's Wettest Place | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2014 | 28'18''

Mike, Dougal and Leah are on an epic, rain-soaked, monsoon journey. The team travel the length of India tracking the monsoon - t...

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00: Goes Back in Time | Operation Ouch!

CBBC | 2014 | 28'31''

Dr Chris and Dr Xand turn back the clock and look at what medicine was like in the First World War. They meet a Paralympian runner wh...

15: Forces and Motion Special | Horrible Science

CBBC | 2025 | 25'20''

A weird and wonderful look at how gravity, magnetism and friction impact everything. With Fred Sirieix.

S01E04: The Plants We Eat | Maddie, the Plants and You

CBeebies | 2021 | 19'16''

Join Maddie as she finds out how many plants give us food we can eat and how we can help to look after them and our pl...

S01E01: The Flowers | Maddie, the Plants and You

CBeebies | 2021 | 19'08''

Join Maddie on an adventure around the world of flowers to see how we can help to look after them and our planet.

Don't Panic About Puberty | Operation Ouch!

CBBC | 2016 | 28'10''

In this special episode, Dr Chris and Dr Xand take a look at what happens to your body, and why, when you reach puberty.

S01E02: The Plants Around the World | Maddie, the Plants and You

CBeebies | 2021 | 19'12''

Join Maddie on a journey of discovery to find out about plants around the world. Find out how we can help to...

05: Astronaut Training! | Maddie, Space and You

CBeebies | 2021 | 19'10''

Join Maddie as she finds out about the exciting things people do to train to become an astronaut. Maddie tries on a real spac...

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CBeebies | 2021 | 19'09''

Maddie takes us on a journey into space to explore planets, astronauts and rockets.

Thorny Devil | Deadly Top 10

CBBC | 2012 | 2'14''

Steve documents a scorching desert dwelling devil and how it adapts to its dry and hot surroundings.

Stalactites and stalagmites | Planet Earth

BBC One | 2006 | 2'48''

How stalactites and stalagmites are formed in caves, from limestone dissolved in water droplets.

Penguin chicks | Penguins: Meet the Family

BBC One | 2021 | 3'33''

Penguin chicks are extraordinarily adapted to survive in harsh environments.

01: Rockets | Maddie, Space and You

CBeebies | 2021 | 19'07''

Join Maddie as she finds out how space rockets work and how they take astronauts into space. We discover how thrust and rocket fuel work ...

Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 57'46''

Gordon Buchanan meets the animals who live in nature's winter wonderlands, from the polar bear mother helping her cubs to the owl searching for food.

Adaptation of the Arctic Fox | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 3'27''

An exploration of how the artic fox's coat has adapted to survival in arctic winters.

Hibernation | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 1'56''

How mammals have adapted to hibernate during the winter in freezing climates.

Adaptation of Polar Bear | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 5'29''

An exploration of how polar bears have adapted to living in freezing conditions.

The Weddell seal's adaptations | Life

BBC Two | 2021 | 4'11''

The Weddell seal is perfectly adapted to survive in the environment it must endure.

13: Earth and Space Special | Horrible Science

CBBC | 2025 | 25'06''

Rapping science teacher Matt Green becomes the first human being ever to visit Quark when he joins Pipette on her home planet ...

S02E03: Ice | Fierce Earth

CBBC | 2014 | 28'17''

Clare, Dougal, Leo and Mike discover the secrets of ice. On a bobsleigh track in the Swiss Alps, Leo learns about the slippery properties of this ...

Hearing of an Arctic Fox | Life In The Snow

BBC One | 2016 | 2'07''

The Arctic Fox's sensitive hearing is crucial to the the process of tracking down prey.

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Missing colours | Numberjacks

CBeebies | 2007 | 10'48''

Certain coloured items are going missing.

4 sides | Numberjacks

CBeebies | 2007 | 11'12''

3 is out on her own, trying to do battle with the Shape Japer, who does not like things in threes.

Kick Sum Maths

BBC Two | 2015 | 58'06''

Educational maths programme using animation, puppetry, live action and visuals to deliver KS2 maths. Topics covered include prime numbers, finding factor pair...