Ade Adepitan, Paralympic Champion | Spark

Akram Khan, Dancer | Spark

Choreographer Akram Khan talks about his life and encourages confidence and aspiration, by sharing his journey from shy child to creative choreogr...

Alastair Humphreys, Adventurer | Spark

Alastair Humphreys explains how he was just an ordinary kid and like most boys, he loved to ride his bike. One day, inspiration struck...

Ayishat Akanbi, Fashion Stylist | Spark

Meet Aiyshat Akanbi. She's a determined, fashion-forward young stylist. As a child she would adjust the outfits of people she saw on ...

Charlotte Harbottle, Butcher | Spark

Keen writer Charlotte Harbottle had no idea a Saturday job would inspire her to become a butcher, but here she is raving about cuts of m...

Chris Berridge, Stonemason | Spark

Stonemason Chris Berridge discovered working with his hands also made his head feel good, while Ronnie Achero managed to turn his childhoo...

Ellen MacArthur, Yachtswoman | Spark

Record-breaking yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur was a landlocked child who saved years of dinner money to buy a boat.

Fraser Doherty, Entrepreneur | Spark

Entrepreneur Fraser Doherty adored making jam with his granny and selling it to neighbours so much as a child that he dedicated himself ...

Ho-Yin Ng, Architect | Spark

Architect Ho-Yin Ng talks about his life to inspire courage and commitment. He had always liked art but never really believed he was good at it....

Katrice Horsley, Storyteller | Spark

Professional storyteller Katrice Horsley was an elective mute until the age of five, when the words came tumbling out, wrapped in a fier...

Linda Pilkington, Perfumer | Spark

Perfumer Linda Pilkington talks about her life, in order to spark creativity and ambition. Linda explains that, as a child, she would keep...

Maggie Alderin-Pocock, Space Scientist | Spark

Space scientist Maggie Alderin-Pocock may have had her head in the clouds as a kid but with good reason - she was staring at t...

Puja Varsani, Robot Designer | Spark

Puja Varsani is a product designer with a fascinating passion for social robotics. These are robots that help people and in the future t...

Ronnie Ochero, Games Artist | Spark

Ronnie Ochero turned his childhood obsession of playing video games into a career, by making them! For Ronnie, it was a natural process t...

Ryan Neile, Animal Behaviourist | Spark

Animal Behaviourist Ryan Neile talks about his life in order to inspire confidence in our own strengths and abilities. As a child, he...

Spark

Spark is a collection of short films about ambition and work aimed at 9- to 14-year-olds that encourages them to think about what they might do and who they might become.

Vicky Jewson, Film Director | Spark

Vicky, a young feature-film maker, directs a skydiving stunt for her latest film. The skydiver is her friend Fran, who she met in seconda...

Restoring Our Rivers | Our Changing Planet

Liz Bonnin and Ade Adepitan investigate two ambitious river restoration projects: in the US, the largest dam removal in the world,...

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

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

Sustainable tourism in Dubai | The Travel Show

Ade Adepitan explores Sustainable City, an almost completely self-sufficient suburb that uses solar and grows its own food.

Britain's picky fruit and vegetables preferences | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ed finds out why Britons are so picky with their food and how this affects where out ...

Episode 1 | Africa with Ade Adepitan

Ade Adepitan embarks on the first leg of his journey around Africa. He travels from Cape Verde to Senegal and the Ivory Coast, before fi...

South China Sea Trade | World's Busiest Cities

Hong Kong's busy port is a vital gateway to trade in the South China Sea.

New York: America's Busiest City

Anita Rani, Ade Adepitan, Ant Anstead and Dan Snow try commuting New York-style, joining 5.5 million commuters on the iconic Staten Island f...

The Secret Life of Your Clothes | This World

Documentary in which Ade Adepitan explores the afterlife of some of the clothes we donate to charity shops. He follows the trail...