Urban Environments

2: Cities on the Edge | Andrew Marr's Megacities

Andrew Marr takes a look at safety and security, two of the biggest challenges faced by each and every metropolis, visiting ...

1: Living in the City | Andrew Marr's Megacities

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

Pollution Problems | World's Busiest Cities

How Mexico City is tackling pollution.

Crime | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates how Mexico City's police work from the sky.

The Cable Car | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan views Mexico City from the cable car system.

Building upwards | World's Busiest Cities

Earthquake protection in Mexico City's building design.

Earthquake prediction | World's Busiest Cities

The vital importance of earthquake prediction in Mexico City.

Earthquake protection | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates the devastating impact that earthquakes are having on the city. He visits an organisation that save peop...

Water Shortage | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan investigates solutions to the Mexico City water crisis.

Waste Management | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates Mexico City's sewage systems.

Agriculture in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates the history of residents of Mexico City since the Aztecs.

Transport in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates the transport systems in ever growing Mexico City.

Urban sprawl | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan visits residents of Mexico City that have built their own housing.

Challenges and opportunities | Welcome to Lagos

How people are adapting to life in Lagos informal settlements, which includes sorting through and recycling everything in the...

Jakarta the Megacity | Equator from the Air

The impacts of the rapid growth of the megacity Jakarta.

Episode 2 | China on Four Wheels

Anita Rani and Justin Rowlatt continue their epic car journeys across China, heading for their final destination, the financial mega-city of...

3: Mumbai | Slum Survivors

Young Brits embark on a crash course in urban survival in the world's biggest slums. Three plumbers learn to plumb the local way in the open sewer...

2: Jakarta | Slum Survivors

Young Brits embark on a crash course in urban survival in the world's biggest slums. Three trainee chefs swap their clean UK kitchens for street ...

1: Lagos | Slum Survivors

In Lagos, Nigeria, three British mechanics are guided and challenged for ten days by extraordinary slum dwellers who use dedication, passion and gu...

Episode 2 | Kevin McCloud: Slumming It

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

Housing in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates post-war communal living during the Soviet Union.

The Kremlin | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow visits the heart of Russia politics, the Kremlin.

Traffic Solution | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates a system that is attempting to find solutions to Moscow's traffic problem.

Traffic Problem | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani experiences the worst rush hour traffic in Europe.

Soviet Russia | World's Busiest Cities

The social and political history of Moscow.

The Metro | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow and Anita Rani visit the Moscow Metro and discuss its history.

Pollution Problems | World's Busiest Cities

How Mexico City is tackling pollution.

Crime | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates how Mexico City's police work from the sky.

Water Shortage | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan investigates solutions to the Mexico City water crisis.

Waste Management | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates Mexico City's sewage systems.

Agriculture in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow investigates the history of residents of Mexico City since the Aztecs.

Transport in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani investigates the transport systems in ever growing Mexico City.

Urban sprawl | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan visits residents of Mexico City that have built their own housing.

Migrant Workers | World's Busiest Cities

The experience of live-in domestic workers in Hong Kong.

Globalisation and Immigration | World's Busiest Cities

Anita Rani visits Chungking Mansions, a culturally diverse location in Hong Kong, where people from over hundred count...

Free Trade | World's Busiest Cities

The history of HSBC and banking in Hong Kong.

Accommodation in the City | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan visits a type of shared accommodation in Hong Kong that many are forced to live in due to extortionate housin...

Overcrowding | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan investigates the extortionate real estate prices of central Hong Kong.

South China Sea Trade | World's Busiest Cities

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

Trade | World's Busiest Cities

Global trade in Hong Kong's busy harbour.

1: 24 Hour Britain | Britain from Above

Andrew Marr goes on a journey through a day in the life of Britain as seen from the skies.

Episode 4 | The Mighty Redcar

Billy is about to make a tough decision - does he start a career at 16 or go to college?

Episode 3 | The Mighty Redcar

As Jess's apprenticeship draws to a close, she needs to find a new job or risk not being able to do what she loves.

Episode 2 | The Mighty Redcar

Kaitlyn is about to get her GCSE results whilst also facing the prospect of her and her mum having to move house again.

Episode 1 | The Mighty Redcar

Real-life soap opera, filmed over a year in North Yorkshire. Mum and daughter Kat and Kaitlyn have had a tough time over the last few years but...

5: Work and Technology | World 2000

Explores job creation, road congestion and housing in Cambridge.

Rail | Mind the Gap: Britain's Transport Divide

Second class service: How the nations and regions lost out to London and ended up with fewer services, older trains and an in...

Buses | Mind the Gap: Britain's Transport Divide

The great transport experiment which left buses booming in London but in a state of managed decline outside the capital.

2: On The Move | Britain Beneath Your Feet

Dallas Campbell reveals how we can only understand the world around us by discovering the hidden wonders beneath our feet.

S4E4 | A House Through Time

The Second World War puts our residents in danger. Leeds is a shock to a Greek war bride with a tragic past and a return for students who lived h...

S4E3 | A House Through Time

David follows the trails of a traumatised soldier on the run, a family man at breaking point and one resident who developed an interest in the pa...

S4E2 | A House Through Time

A ruthless factory owner is hit by an arson attack, a pacifist couple make a stand and one man sets sail for a life on the glamourous Atlantic li...

Series 4 | A House Through Time

David Olusoga discovers a scandalous poisoning, a reversal of fortune for a Victorian factory girl and a building dynasty that helped create ...

S3E3 | A House Through Time

Investigating the residents of No 10 Guinea Street, David Olusoga discovers a struggling entrepreneur and a World War I tragedy, and unmasks the ...

S3E4 | A House Through Time

David investigates the house’s history from World War II to the present, discovering tales of mystery and crime, before seeing the house renewed ...

S3E2 | A House Through Time

David Olusoga traces the house's fortunes from the late 18th to the mid-19th century, discovering tales of scandal, domestic violence and the asy...

Series 3 | A House Through Time

David Olusoga investigates the residents of an 18th-century house in Bristol, uncovering stories of piracy, an abandoned baby, a notorious po...

S2E4 | A House Through Time

David Olusoga uncovers infidelity and divorce, traces a WWII prisoner to Ravensworth Terrace, and sees the house fall into disrepair before it is...

S2E3 | A House Through Time

Tracking the house's occupants in the early 20th century, David finds a boarding house landlady whose family is threatened by war and a young cou...

S2E2 | A House Through Time

Tracing the residents from the 1880s to 1900s, David discovers a family torn apart by catastrophe. The house becomes a refuge for destitute stree...

Train Depot | Show Me What You're Made Of: UK

On the last leg of their tour around Britain's workplaces Stacey Dooley gives our five kids a last chance to prove they're on t...

2: The City | Britain from Above

Comparing exhaustive footage of London in the 40s with the city of today.

The Cable Car | World's Busiest Cities

Ade Adepitan views Mexico City from the cable car system.

Hong Kong's growth | World's Busiest Cities

Dan Snow views Hong Kong from the sky and witnesses how the city's growth is slowly connecting it to mainland China.

Episode 3 | Commonwealth City

The fortunes of the community in Dalmarnock. After securing funds for a new community centre, councillor Yvonne must find available land for it...

Episode 2 | Commonwealth City

The fortunes of the community in Dalmarnock. Steven's future looks uncertain when his job comes to an end. And Darren receives some devastating...

Episode 1 | Commonwealth City

It's 2010 - four years to go to the Commonwealth Games, much of which will take place in Dalmarnock in the East End of Glasgow.

Episode 8 | The Tower

With the Tower now fully occupied, it's a time of new beginnings for the new residents but the end of an era for the Deptford locals.

Episode 7 | The Tower

The Tower is complete and the first of the new tenants move in. Retired gangster Harry Hayward feels overwhelmed by the changes.

Episode 6 | The Tower

Nessar's wealthy family have bought several new properties in the Tower, but before she can move in she must pass her law exams.

Episode 5 | The Tower

Love is in the air in the Tower. Kelley Garcia finally says 'I do' to Wayne Tapper, with half of the estate in tow.

Episode 4 | The Tower

With the show flats in the Tower selling fast, two prospective purchasers are excited by the dream of modern living.

Episode 3 | The Tower

Inside the Tower, the interior designers are hard at work creating the dream of sky-high modern urban living.

Episode 2 | The Tower

The last tenant has been removed from the ex-council tower block and the developers can now start the renovation.

Episode 1 | The Tower

Five years after Lewisham council sold off one of its riverside tower blocks to be turned into chic apartments, the transformation of the Tower is due ...

Mind the Gap: London v the Rest

While much of the UK still struggles after the financial crash, London is thriving like never before. In the first of two programmes, Evan Da...

Episode 4 | Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom

At a consultation event, Anne and Donna learn a tower block is proposed near their homes. Donna's elderly father is desper...

Episode 3 | Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom

As towers rise on the skyline, homeless people and low-income earners are often forced into shelters when the city's affor...

Episode 2 | Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom

Property developer Tim hits a million-pound problem in the mill he is converting into apartments, while less than a mile a...

Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom

Documentary series meeting the people living and working in the eye of Manchester's remarkable housing boom.

6: Revolution | British Isles: A Natural History

Alan Titchmarsh travels Britain to discover why our islands are so diverse and extreme. He explores a time when industry cha...

The Irish Famine | Europe: A Natural History

Sean Pertwee chronicles the events which shaped the continent of Europe. This edition looks at the rapid transformation of the l...

2: London | The Greatest Cities In The World

In his own capital, Britton Griff starts contemplating how London continuously grew from a new Roman town to Europe's single-mos...

1: Medieval London | Filthy Cities

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.

Series 1 | A House Through Time

The story of those who lived in one house, from the time it was built until now. David Olusoga follows the stories of the first inhabitants o...