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Mods and Rockers Rebooted

We take a fresh look at the bank holiday clashes of 1964 to separate fact from fiction as we bring the mods and rockers of the time back to those s...

4: Ideas | Wales and the History of the World

Eddie Butler looks at the symbols and ideas chosen to represent Wales for the past 6,000 years, from the red dragon to the red ...

S1E4: The Fix | Drugsland

Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire, substance-misuse experts and some recreational drug takers question whether the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act is sti...

S1E2: Heroin Love Story | Drugsland

This episode follows the lives of a couple united in love and a shared heroin habit.

S1E3: Dying to Get Clean | Drugsland

This episode focuses on the challenges of breaking free from addiction.

Aylesbury Prison: Episode 2 | The Choir

With just three weeks to go, Gareth has only seven performers and a handful of half-baked songs. Gareth is still hoping to get a perf...

Aylesbury Prison: Episode 1 | The Choir

Gareth Malone faces a challenge which will test him like no other - to form a choir in one of the toughest prisons for young offender...

6: Community and Politics | Soul of Britain

This week, Michael Buerk questions whether the traditional notion of community is outdated. Panellists include Pat Kane, Anne Atk...

3: Happy Days | A Labour of Love

The first holiday camps, hop picking, bonfire night, and trips to the countryside were ways families enjoyed themselves together in the earl...

Episode 4 | Black Is The New Black

In the final episode, our cast of extraordinary black Britons are facing today and the future.

Black Is The New Black

Episode one explores both arriving and growing up in Britain through intimate interviews with prominent black Britons.

Episode 2 | Black Is The New Black

Our cast of extraordinary black Britons talk about school days, 'playing the game' and negotiating the working world.

4: A Place in Space and Time | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores mankind's place in the universe. He looks at how we came to understand that we are not at the cent...

5: What Is Our Future? | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox examines what lies ahead for humankind. On Svalbard, he gains access to civilisation's greatest treasure, buried ...

2: Why Are We Here? | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores our place in the universe. He tackles the question that unites the seven billion people sharing this planet...

3: Are We Alone? | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores mankind's place in the universe. He considers the possibility of alien life - could it exist and will humans e...

1: Apeman - Spaceman | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores our place in the universe. He charts the story of humans from apes to the birth of civilisation to our asc...

Episode 1 | Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

In 1963, armed with just a typewriter, a Midlands housewife began a 30-year battle against the permissive society. But how succ...

S2E1: Birmingham Irish I am | A Very British History

Angela Moran, whose grandparents were amongst thousands of Irish to move to the second city in the 1950s, tells the stor...

S1E1: Romany Gypsies | A Very British History

Writer Damian Le Bas explores how Gypsy people in the 1960s were forced to abandon their nomadic way of life for a more settled...

Episode 2 | How Facebook Changed the World: The Arab Spring

Mishal Husain meets those who spread the revolt to Libya and Bahrain, and those who are still fighting the Syrian...

Episode 1 | How Facebook Changed the World: The Arab Spring

The story of how the Arab world erupted in revolution. Mishal Husain charts events in Tunisia and Egypt, meets le...

9: Future Tense | Soul of Britain

In the final program of the series, Michael Buerk explores the likely effects of continuing technological, economic, and social change, con...

8: Art for Art's Sake | Soul of Britain

Michael Buerk asks if, in our secular age, the arts are taking over the role of religion. Rev. Dr. Rowan Williams, Brian Sewell, and ...

7: New Age | Soul of Britain

This episode examines whether the rise of New Age thinking has led to increased superstition and gullibility.

2: Life After God | Soul of Britain

Michael Buerk asks if science has reduced religious belief to outdated superstition. Featuring Richard Dawkins, Jonathan Sacks, and Clair...

4: Revolution | The Ascent of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman explores the role of women in society. In the final episode, Amanda looks at women in revolutions that have transformed...

3: Power | The Ascent of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman explores the role of women in early civilisations. Amanda looks at the stories of women behind some of the most powerful emp...

2: Separation | The Ascent of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman explores how early civilisations dealt with the status of women. Amanda explores the role of women in Asia under Confuc...

1: Civilisation | The Ascent of Woman

Travelling from the Eurasian steppes to the sites of early civilisations, Dr Amanda Foreman explores how early civilisations dealt with...

5: The Reagan Legacy | Wheeler on America

Charles Wheeler explores the social impact of Reaganism on today's America.

Waco: Madman or Messiah Part 2 | Storyville

Storyville documentary about the deadly siege of Mount Carmel Ranch outside Waco, Texas, in 1993, and how a new group of Branch D...

Waco: Madman or Messiah Part 1 | Storyville

Storyville documentary about the deadly siege of Mount Carmel Ranch outside Waco, Texas, in 1993, and how a new group of Branch D...

5: What Is Our Future? | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox examines what lies ahead for humankind. On Svalbard, he gains access to civilisation's greatest treasure, buried ...

4: A Place in Space and Time | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores mankind's place in the universe. He looks at how we came to understand that we are not at the cent...

2: Why Are We Here? | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores our place in the universe. He tackles the question that unites the seven billion people sharing this planet...

3: Are We Alone? | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores mankind's place in the universe. He considers the possibility of alien life - could it exist and will humans e...

1: Apeman - Spaceman | Human Universe

Professor Brian Cox explores our place in the universe. He charts the story of humans from apes to the birth of civilisation to our asc...

S2E4: Whatever Happened to the Boat People? | A Very British History

Therapist Rachel Nguyen tells the story of the Vietnamese Boat People who came to Britain in the 70s and...

S2E3: The British Chinese | A Very British History

British-born Chinese vlogger Shu Lin explores the history of the Chinese community in the UK from the 1950s through to the...

I shook hands with the man who nearly killed me | Life Changing

MP Paul Kohler, the victim of a savage assault in his home, describes how his worldview was changed by facing...

The Battle for Brixton

April 1981: unprecedented violence erupts on south London streets, as thousands of local residents fight a pitched battle with the capital's police in...

Episode 3 | The Prisoners

This episode features a cross-prison relationship between Chloe and co-defendant Michael.

Episode 2 | The Prisoners

Jayde is released from Holloway Prison, but can she stay out?

Episode 1 | The Prisoners

Series following offenders, their release and, if they re-offend, their return behind prison doors. This episode follows a group of repeat offender...

S2E03: Truth | Life and Death Row

Two teenagers give different accounts of the murder with which they are charged.

S2E04: Forgiveness | Life and Death Row

T.T. Trottie is preparing himself to lose another parent. His father killed his mother 21 years ago and will be executed a week from ...

S2E02: Punishment | Life and Death Row

Shawn Ford Jr is on trial, and a jury must decide if he should live or die.

S2E01: Execution | Life and Death Row

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

04: Family | Jailed: Women in Prison

A rare look inside two of Scotland’s leading prisons which house women: HMP & YOI Stirling and HMP & YOI Grampian.

02: Paths to Redemption | Jailed: Women in Prison

Cheryl and Linda face rebuilding their lives after serving time inside, navigating rehabilitation and reintegration.

03: The Struggle for Change | Jailed: Women in Prison

Jade and Kelly face an addiction recovery journey while in custody.

01: Safe Place | Jailed: Women in Prison

Wintergreen Hall at HMP & YOI Stirling houses women with complex mental health problems. Linda and April are two prisoners strugglin...

Knife Crime | Y Byd ar Bedwar

We discuss the rise of knife crime in Wales.

Violence Against Women | Y Byd ar Bedwar

We look at the crime of violence against women, and of coercive control.

S2 County Lines: E6: King Pin | Drugsland

The police have the evidence they need and are taking out the Nova crew and their king pin, Rafael Castillo.

S2 County Lines: E4: Max | Drugsland

Having taken out over 30 dealers in Weston-Super-Mare, the investigation team turn their attention to Yeovil. But this time they'll be t...

S2 County Lines: E5: Nova | Drugsland

With one of the out of town drug dealing networks in the cells, the investigation team turn their attention onto the Nova crew and Rafa...

S2 County Lines: E3: The Runners | Drugsland

With police custody cells full, it's time for the police to start their interviews to try and get a better understanding of how ...

S2 County Lines: E1: Operation Hazel | Drugsland

The police have discovered that a large, drug-dealing network from London has taken over the local drugs market in Weston Su...

Episode 4 | Tough Young Teachers

It is the start of a new year and a fresh term, but for Chloe's Year 11 class it is also the results of their mock exams and the news is bad.

Episode 2 | Tough Young Teachers

The honeymoon period is over and the teachers quickly have to work out a way to keep the kids engaged so their behaviour doesn't go downhill.

Episode 3 | Tough Young Teachers

After two months, the end of their first term approaches and it is becoming clear that some are progressing more quickly than others.

Episode 1 | Tough Young Teachers

Charles faces a huge workload of 500 students a week to teach, some of whom have only just arrived in the country and cannot speak English.

Episode 6 | Tough Young Teachers

The trainees are approaching the end of the academic year and, for some, the momentous decision of whether to stay in teaching.

Episode 5 | Tough Young Teachers

Science teacher Claudenia is in a gifted school, but a clique of Year 10 girls have taken against her and are becoming impossible to manage.

Episode 2 | No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?

Will Dr Javid Abdelmoneim's gender-neutral mission produce a meaningful change by the end of term?

Episode 1 | No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim takes over a year 3 class to see if, after a term of gender-neutral treatment, he can e...

3: London | My New Best Friend

Four London kids make the transition from their familiar primary schools to an inner-city secondary school.

2: Scotland | My New Best Friend

Four girls leave tiny primary schools on Scotland islands to start secondary school on the mainland.

1: Cheltenham | My New Best Friend

Four 11-year-old girls leave the familiarity of their prep schools to join Cheltenham Ladies' College.

The Grammar School: A Secret History

This part looks at the golden age of the grammar schools in the 1950s and 60s and their sudden demise. With contributions from Michael W...

Episode 2 | Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

Following a student who finds it hard to focus and an extremely bright student who clashes with the school authorities.

Episode 3 | Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

In the third and final part of this series, students at Erith School and Townley Grammar face their GCSE mocks.

Episode 6 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 5 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 3 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 4 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 2 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims that standards...

Japan: the Missing Million | Correspondent

In Japan's cities, hundreds of thousands of young men are turning into recluses, refusing even to leave their rooms. Western psych...

03: Take My Baby | Louis Theroux: Altered States

Louis Theroux explores open adoption in California, where women hand over their babies at birth to adoptive families paying ...

01: Love Without Limits | Louis Theroux: Altered States

Louis Theroux travels to Portland, Oregon, to visit a movement seeking to rewrite the rulebook on how we conduct inti...

5: The Family | Soul of Britain

With the traditional family under immense pressure, Michael Buerk asks whether sex outside marriage and "till death do us part" are still rel...

4: Revolution | The Ascent of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman explores the role of women in society. In the final episode, Amanda looks at women in revolutions that have transformed...

3: Power | The Ascent of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman explores the role of women in early civilisations. Amanda looks at the stories of women behind some of the most powerful emp...

2: Separation | The Ascent of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman explores how early civilisations dealt with the status of women. Amanda explores the role of women in Asia under Confuc...

1: Civilisation | The Ascent of Woman

Travelling from the Eurasian steppes to the sites of early civilisations, Dr Amanda Foreman explores how early civilisations dealt with...

4: Pig's Head and Bed Bug | A Labour of Love

This program focuses on the daily struggle for survival in Britain by millions of families who lived in poverty, including a loo...

5: Bombs at Bedtime | A Labour of Love

This program deals with the exhausting burden caused by the disruption of everyday routines that mothers faced during the Second World...

3: Happy Days | A Labour of Love

The first holiday camps, hop picking, bonfire night, and trips to the countryside were ways families enjoyed themselves together in the earl...

1: Making Babies | A Labour of Love

Stories of home birth and the strict rigors of infant care methods in the first half of the 20th century (1900-1950).

6: Aberdeen - Poverty at Home | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren travels to oil-rich Aberdeen, where he discovers a city in flux. With the nation's highest number of food b...

Episode 1 | Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

In 1963, armed with just a typewriter, a Midlands housewife began a 30-year battle against the permissive society. But how succ...

S2E4: Whatever Happened to the Boat People? | A Very British History

Therapist Rachel Nguyen tells the story of the Vietnamese Boat People who came to Britain in the 70s and...

S2E2: British Bangladeshis | A Very British History

Dr Aminul Hoque tells the story of the thousands of Bangladeshi families who settled in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s.

S2E3: The British Chinese | A Very British History

British-born Chinese vlogger Shu Lin explores the history of the Chinese community in the UK from the 1950s through to the...

S1E3: The Jews of Leeds | A Very British History

Film-maker Simon Glass explores his family history and tells the story of the Yorkshire Jews in the early 20th century.

Battered Baby: 2: Breaking the Chain | Horizon

Six weeks after Baby Jane is taken into hospital her parents are fighting for possession. The family show why the right decisi...

Battered Baby | Horizon

An eight-week-old baby is rush ed to hospital bruised and with a broken arm. Her mother has admitted to "shaking her". Dr Danya Glaser explores the f...

Episode 3 | My Year with the Tribe

Will returns to Korowai to try and find August and his family, but relations break down and he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous ...

Episode 1 | My Year with the Tribe

Writer Will Millard visits the treehouse-dwelling Korowai tribe in Papua, Indonesia, to try and understand the pressures they face as they...

Episode 2 | My Year with the Tribe

Will Millard returns to the treehouse-dwelling Korowai to spend time with two old men living in the forest, but is shocked by what he sees...

Communism | A-Z of Belief

Six young people in a warehouse in Belfast pose many questions about communism to Mary Browning. Simon Booth also shares his ideas on the subject.

S1E4: Ugandan Asians | A Very British History

Food writer Meera Sodha tells the story of the 1972 refugee crisis when thousands of Asian people arrived in Britain after bein...

S1E1: Romany Gypsies | A Very British History

Writer Damian Le Bas explores how Gypsy people in the 1960s were forced to abandon their nomadic way of life for a more settled...

South Africa: 1: The White Slums | Reggie Yates' Extreme

In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week in South Africa's largest white squatter camp, Coronation Park. Are young white So...

S1E4: Head for the Hills | Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

In Idaho, Louis meets right-wing patriots and militia enthusiasts who are preparing for what they believe is inevit...

Poisoned City: Bhopal | Real Lives

A look at the aftermath of the gas leak at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal which resulted in the death of 2,500 people.

Moshin Hamid | HARDtalk

Globalisation is a trend based on movement - of money, goods, ideas and people - across continents and national borders. In a world of glaring inequa...

Community Networks: Connecting the unconnected | Digital Planet

The digital divide in tribal lands in north America, digital deras connecting farmers in rural Pakistan and o...

Julian Assange: Risk

The story of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, as the legal jeopardy he faces threatens to undermine the organisation he leads and fracture the ...

Extinction Rebellion: Last Chance to Save the World?

A huge new global protest movement is changing public attitudes to climate change. Reporter Ben Zand gains access to the...

Battle For Islam

Writer Ziauddin Sardar takes an epic journey to discover how Muslims in five different countries are trying to win back the soul of Islam from extremists.

03: Psychosis | Bedlam

The third programme, Psychosis, films a community mental health team. South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides support for more than 35...

02: Crisis | Bedlam

Cameras are allowed in Lambeth Hospital Triage ward for the first time. This is the Accident and Emergency of mental health—where patients are at their m...

01: Anxiety | Bedlam

The first programme, Anxiety, follow patients through the 18-bed Anxiety Disorders Residential Unit at Bethlem Royal Hospital. This national unit treats...

S1E4: The Fix | Drugsland

Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire, substance-misuse experts and some recreational drug takers question whether the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act is sti...

S1E3: Dying to Get Clean | Drugsland

This episode focuses on the challenges of breaking free from addiction.

S1E2: Heroin Love Story | Drugsland

This episode follows the lives of a couple united in love and a shared heroin habit.

Episode 2 | Dementia & Us

This episode looks at the effects on those with dementia as the pandemic hits and Britain goes into lockdown. As social interaction helps keep the ...

Episode 1 | Dementia & Us

The first in a groundbreaking two-part series following four people with dementia and their families over the course of two whole years.

5: Bombs at Bedtime | A Labour of Love

This program deals with the exhausting burden caused by the disruption of everyday routines that mothers faced during the Second World...

4: Pig's Head and Bed Bug | A Labour of Love

This program focuses on the daily struggle for survival in Britain by millions of families who lived in poverty, including a loo...

1: Making Babies | A Labour of Love

Stories of home birth and the strict rigors of infant care methods in the first half of the 20th century (1900-1950).

6: Aberdeen - Poverty at Home | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren travels to oil-rich Aberdeen, where he discovers a city in flux. With the nation's highest number of food b...

5: Borders - Rural Poverty and Mental Health | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren discovers that levels of ill mental health in the Scottish Borders are above the national av...

1: Dundee - Drug Death Capital | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In 2018 Dundee was the drug death capital of Europe - Darren McGarvey goes behind the headlines to find out why. ...

UK: 3: Dying for a Six Pack | Reggie Yates' Extreme

Reggie investigates the extreme ways in which male body culture is impacting on young British guys - from extreme exercis...

3: Health | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In

Darren uncovers the heroic efforts of an NHS workforce battling rising patient numbers and an ageing population.

Migration and schizophrenia | Horizon

Explanation of the theory that migration is the main cause of the observed racial bias in the diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Racial bias of diagnosing schizophrenia | Black Britain

Explanation of potential factors that lead to the racial differences seen in the diagnosis of schizophrenia

Gay to Straight | Stacey Dooley

19-year-old TJ's aim is to marry the girl of his dreams - the only snag is that he's gay. So TJ has turned to 'gay conversion therapy' to try...

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer

Film following the life of an extraordinary woman, a trailblazer who revolutionised modern nursing and reformed healthcare at home and ...

7: New Age | Soul of Britain

This episode examines whether the rise of New Age thinking has led to increased superstition and gullibility.

4: Consuming Passions | Soul of Britain

Today, three-quarters of the population believe there is no single moral code to live by and no absolutes to judge right and wrong. W...

3: Morality | Soul of Britain

Michael Buerk examines where we look for our moral standards and the consequences of an "anything goes" society.

UK: 3: Dying for a Six Pack | Reggie Yates' Extreme

Reggie investigates the extreme ways in which male body culture is impacting on young British guys - from extreme exercis...

Russia: 2: Gay & Under Attack | Reggie Yates' Extreme

Reggie Yates finds out what life is like for young people in what has been described as the hardest place in Europe to ...

Moral Panics | Moral Maze

Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Anne McElvoy, Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor and Tim Stanley.

Episode 2 | Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

During the 1970s and 1980s, Mary's campaigns against pornography and 'video nasties' raise her profile still further. But new m...

4: Doowutchyalike | Almost Grown

With Bowie Freaks, Punks and New Romantic's, styles became more weird and changed frequently. This program looks at how cults form styles an...

2: Sex | The British Family

Kirsty Young explores the impact of the sexual revolution on British families. She charts the explosion of sexual imagery in the 1970s and recall...

Beyond Human: Artificial Intelligence and Us | Panorama

Reporter Lara Lewington speaks to some of the so-called 'godfathers' of AI about their hopes and fears, and she meets...

Views on LGBTQ in Black and Asian Communities | Reggie Yates' Extreme

Exploration of views about homosexuality in black and Asian communities, the role of religion in determ...

The TikTok Effect

What connects amateur sleuths turning up at crime scenes, antisocial behaviour in UK schools and French riots? This film finds evidence they are all exampl...

Scandalous: Phone Hacking On Trial

Candid and exclusive testimony from Sienna Miller, Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan, Heather Mills and others on claims of unlawful information ga...

Episode 4 | Celebrity: A 21st-Century Story

Charting the last five tumultuous years, this final episode takes us to the end of 2020 and interrogates the methods used by cele...

Episode 1 | Prejudice And Pride: The People's History Of LGBTQ Britain

Ordinary people share the objects that have helped define their lives since homosexuality was decrimin...

Hipsters and Post Modernism: Part 2 | Peter York's Hipster Handbook

Key terminology and its meaning in relation to hipster culture; craft, artisan, authentic, creativity, cu...

Silent Roars | Listen To Britain 2017

Four of the internet's biggest female stars reveal how their followers are shaping them.

The Erosion of Diversity in the Fashion Industry | Your Body: Your Image : Global Body

Explores whether the fashion and beauty industry is actually eroding cultural diversit...

Beauty Myths and Airbrushing | Alesha: Look But Don't Touch

Why magazines airbrush women in their magazines to remove so-called flaws.

Does class still exist, and is social mobility possible? | Prescott: The Class System And Me

Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott explores whether class still exists a...

Episode 5 | Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution

After New Labour’s third victory, tensions between No 10 and No 11 are at breaking point. Brown finally becomes Prime Mi...

Episode 4 | Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution

After the tragedy of 9/11, Tony Blair stands beside America in the war against terror. The fallout of his decisions mark...

Episode 3 | Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution

A rocky midterm period highlights ideological differences within the New Labour leadership. After a second election win,...

Episode 2 | Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution

After New Labour’s landslide victory, Blair and Brown enjoy early successes at home and overseas - but cracks start to a...

Episode 1 | Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution

Two young MPs, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, are determined to modernise the Labour party against a backdrop of economic ...

S08E02: How to Be a Good President | Timeshift

Helped by contributors including Shirley Williams, Douglas Hurd and Simon Hoggart, journalist Jonathan Freedland attempts to d...

02: Scotland's Smoking Gun | Referendum Documentaries

Documentary series focused on the upcoming Scottish referendum. This first programme looks at some of the worldwide eve...

01: Our Friends in the North | Referendum Documentaries

Allan Little asks whether the Nordic economic model, which marries dynamic, open economies with high public spending ...

3: Down to the Wire | Yes/No: Inside the Indyref

How two polls, one public and one secret, suggested Scotland would vote for independence and the panic that changed the fina...

2: From the Date to the Debates | Yes/No: Inside the Indyref

Exploring the Indyref campaign from the announcement of the date to the key battles over currency, NHS funding, ...

1: The Fight for a Question | Yes/No: Inside the Indyref

The inside story of the early days of the 2014 Scottish referendum campaign from the SNP's victory in 2007 to the fi...

Communism | A-Z of Belief

Six young people in a warehouse in Belfast pose many questions about communism to Mary Browning. Simon Booth also shares his ideas on the subject.

2: A Great Society? | Wheeler on America

Charles Wheeler charts origins & decline of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programme, looking at how it changed the lives of poor pp...

1: Lyndon Johnson's War | Wheeler on America

A look back at the classic series Wheeler on America from 1996. Charles Wheeler traces changes in US society since the liberal r...

Russia: 1: Far Right & Proud | Reggie Yates' Extreme

In the first of three programmes revealing the extreme side of Russia, Reggie Yates visits Moscow to get up close and pe...

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

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

5: I'm On The Pavement Thinking About The Government | Almost Grown

This episode looks at the teenager as a force for political change, including black consciousness, femini...

S1E4: Head for the Hills | Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

In Idaho, Louis meets right-wing patriots and militia enthusiasts who are preparing for what they believe is inevit...

America: Faith on the Front Line

On the eve of the midterm elections, Barbara Plett Usher explores the impact of a new battle for the soul of America, driven by conservative...

The Global Financial Crisis | Super Rich: The Greed Game

The world's economy brought into crisis as a result of loans to 'sub-prime borrowers'.

8: Art for Art's Sake | Soul of Britain

Michael Buerk asks if, in our secular age, the arts are taking over the role of religion. Rev. Dr. Rowan Williams, Brian Sewell, and ...

2: Life After God | Soul of Britain

Michael Buerk asks if science has reduced religious belief to outdated superstition. Featuring Richard Dawkins, Jonathan Sacks, and Clair...

S1E4: Ugandan Asians | A Very British History

Food writer Meera Sodha tells the story of the 1972 refugee crisis when thousands of Asian people arrived in Britain after bein...

S1E3: The Jews of Leeds | A Very British History

Film-maker Simon Glass explores his family history and tells the story of the Yorkshire Jews in the early 20th century.

South Africa: 3: The Millionaire Preacher | Reggie Yates' Extreme

In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week with Prophet Mboro, a controversial self-styled prophet, who is adored by...

Mega Churches | Reggie Yates' Extreme

The church of incredible happenings in Johannesburg in South Africa.

America: Faith on the Front Line

On the eve of the midterm elections, Barbara Plett Usher explores the impact of a new battle for the soul of America, driven by conservative...

Part 2 - The Future of Christianity in Britain | The Battle For Christianity

How Christianity is responding to changing social attitudes in society, particularly in relation...

Part 1 - The Future of Christianity in Britain | The Battle For Christianity

Immigration and the impact on Christian churches.

The Black Christian Population in Britain | Black Messiah

An exploration of the role of the fast-growing black Christian population in Britain. A historical look at experien...

From Russia To Nicaragua | The Hammer And The Cross

This program looks at survival of the Russian Orthodox Church in USSR and in Nicaragua the conflict between Christians wh...

Secrets of Britain's Sharia Councils | Panorama

Panorama reporter Jane Corbin goes undercover to investigate what is really happening in Britain's Sharia Councils - Islamic ...

Moshin Hamid | HARDtalk

Globalisation is a trend based on movement - of money, goods, ideas and people - across continents and national borders. In a world of glaring inequa...

Believing In Belief | A Point Of View

John Gray argues that the scientific and rationalist attack on religion is misguided and atheist critics do not realise that religion i...

Religion and LGBTQ education | The People's News

Different Scots consider the impasse of religion on education and the phenomenon of religious parents taking their children ...

The End of God?: A Horizon Guide to Science and Religion

Thomas Dixon delves into the BBC's archive to explore the troubled relationship between religion and science, from t...

Pentecostalism in Britain | The Battle for Christianity

Pentecostal Christians are one of the fastest growing religious groups in the UK but their values are sometimes seen ...

Christianity and politics | The Battle for Christianity

Marksteen Adamson, a Christian photographer, uses his faith to inspire his political art, including a project on refu...

Social Christianity | The Battle for Christianity

In Bolton, Christian organisations help their local community by running a food bank.

Church planting | The Battle for Christianity

Could a new style of worship be the key to reversing the decline of the church in Britain?

S02E01 | Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole

This episode focuses on the inhabitants of one of the poorest places to live in the UK, Jaywick in Essex, with over half of the c...

S02E04 | Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole

Among those hit by the new, tougher sanction rules are a man whose partner earned too much one week on a zero hours contract.

Episode 2 | Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole

A woman claims she shouldn't have to pay the bedroom tax as a poltergeist inhabits her spare room.

Episode 3 | Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole

This episode focuses on the inhabitants of one of the poorest places to live in the UK, Jaywick in Essex, with over half of th...

Racism | Y Byd ar Bedwar

A focus on racism in Wales - we hear from a young woman and a father who have experienced attacks.

Episode 2 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

Amol Rajan looks at solutions to Britain's class inequality problem. How can employers and policy makers ensure a level playing fi...

Episode 1 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

How can working class students break through the barriers to landing Britain's elite jobs? Amol Rajan investigates the tips and tr...

4: Pig's Head and Bed Bug | A Labour of Love

This program focuses on the daily struggle for survival in Britain by millions of families who lived in poverty, including a loo...

3: America's Long March | Wheeler on America

Charles Wheeler looks at disappointed hopes of black America from LBJ's 1965 Voting Rights Act to radicalism of Louis FARRAKHAN.

Episode 4 | Black Is The New Black

In the final episode, our cast of extraordinary black Britons are facing today and the future.

Black Is The New Black

Episode one explores both arriving and growing up in Britain through intimate interviews with prominent black Britons.

Episode 2 | Black Is The New Black

Our cast of extraordinary black Britons talk about school days, 'playing the game' and negotiating the working world.

4: Glasgow - Dying Young | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In Scotland's largest city, one in four men die younger than anywhere else in the UK - it is called the Glasgow effect....

3: West Dunbartonshire - Worst Place to Be a Woman | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

West Dunbartonshire is the worst place in Scotland to be a woman, yet the bordering council i...

2: Edinburgh - Crime | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In Edinburgh, Darren examines the link between poverty and crime: how does it impact kids and their future? But soon Darren...

Episode 1 | Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

In 1963, armed with just a typewriter, a Midlands housewife began a 30-year battle against the permissive society. But how succ...

S2E4: Whatever Happened to the Boat People? | A Very British History

Therapist Rachel Nguyen tells the story of the Vietnamese Boat People who came to Britain in the 70s and...

S2E2: British Bangladeshis | A Very British History

Dr Aminul Hoque tells the story of the thousands of Bangladeshi families who settled in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s.

S2E3: The British Chinese | A Very British History

British-born Chinese vlogger Shu Lin explores the history of the Chinese community in the UK from the 1950s through to the...

Episode 3 | How the Other Half Live

The show features a wealthy family providing 'sponsorship' for a family living in poverty in the UK.

5: Giving Up Smoking | The Twinstitute

Twins test the best way to kick a habit, see if hand-washing keeps you healthy and try to improve concentration.

6: Learn a Language | The Twinstitute

Identical twins test the best way to learn a new language, attempt to look younger and test an easy way to lower your calorie count.

4: Better Brain | The Twinstitute

Twins find out if its possible to get a better brain, repel mosquitoes and get fit just by watching TV!

1: Get Thin Fast | The Twinstitute

Identical twins put competing health theories to the test. This episode tests the best way to lose weight, improve memory and beat pain wi...

3: HIIT versus Easy | The Twinstitute

This episode explores the best way to get fit, beat nausea, and discovers if you can enhance brain performance.

Racism | Y Byd ar Bedwar

A focus on racism in Wales - we hear from a young woman and a father who have experienced attacks.

Episode 2 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

Amol Rajan looks at solutions to Britain's class inequality problem. How can employers and policy makers ensure a level playing fi...

Episode 1 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

How can working class students break through the barriers to landing Britain's elite jobs? Amol Rajan investigates the tips and tr...

Episode 2 | No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?

Will Dr Javid Abdelmoneim's gender-neutral mission produce a meaningful change by the end of term?

Episode 1 | No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim takes over a year 3 class to see if, after a term of gender-neutral treatment, he can e...

3: London | My New Best Friend

Four London kids make the transition from their familiar primary schools to an inner-city secondary school.

2: Scotland | My New Best Friend

Four girls leave tiny primary schools on Scotland islands to start secondary school on the mainland.

1: Cheltenham | My New Best Friend

Four 11-year-old girls leave the familiarity of their prep schools to join Cheltenham Ladies' College.

3: America's Long March | Wheeler on America

Charles Wheeler looks at disappointed hopes of black America from LBJ's 1965 Voting Rights Act to radicalism of Louis FARRAKHAN.

Episode 4 | Black Is The New Black

In the final episode, our cast of extraordinary black Britons are facing today and the future.

Black Is The New Black

Episode one explores both arriving and growing up in Britain through intimate interviews with prominent black Britons.

Episode 2 | Black Is The New Black

Our cast of extraordinary black Britons talk about school days, 'playing the game' and negotiating the working world.

6: Aberdeen - Poverty at Home | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren travels to oil-rich Aberdeen, where he discovers a city in flux. With the nation's highest number of food b...

5: Borders - Rural Poverty and Mental Health | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren discovers that levels of ill mental health in the Scottish Borders are above the national av...

4: Glasgow - Dying Young | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In Scotland's largest city, one in four men die younger than anywhere else in the UK - it is called the Glasgow effect....

Violence Against Women | Y Byd ar Bedwar

We look at the crime of violence against women, and of coercive control.

Communism | A-Z of Belief

Six young people in a warehouse in Belfast pose many questions about communism to Mary Browning. Simon Booth also shares his ideas on the subject.

4: Revolution | The Ascent of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman explores the role of women in society. In the final episode, Amanda looks at women in revolutions that have transformed...

3: Power | The Ascent of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman explores the role of women in early civilisations. Amanda looks at the stories of women behind some of the most powerful emp...

2: Separation | The Ascent of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman explores how early civilisations dealt with the status of women. Amanda explores the role of women in Asia under Confuc...

1: Civilisation | The Ascent of Woman

Travelling from the Eurasian steppes to the sites of early civilisations, Dr Amanda Foreman explores how early civilisations dealt with...

3: West Dunbartonshire - Worst Place to Be a Woman | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

West Dunbartonshire is the worst place in Scotland to be a woman, yet the bordering council i...

UK: 2: Men at War | Reggie Yates' Extreme

Reggie meets the angry young British men who think feminism has gone too far - and some of the women who have felt their wrath on a...

3: Activists | Women

Vanessa Engle's film looks at a small group of passionate and committed young activists, who believe that the need for feminist politics is now more urg...

2: Mothers | Women

Vanessa Engle looks at the consequences of feminism for mothers and whether it has had an impact on gender roles in the family and the division of labour ...

1: Libbers | Women

A documentary series about feminism and its impact on women's lives. This first episode charts the rise of the women's liberation movement in the 1970s.

5: I'm On The Pavement Thinking About The Government | Almost Grown

This episode looks at the teenager as a force for political change, including black consciousness, femini...

3: The New Father | A Century Of Fatherhood

The modern father has a more intimate relationship with his children, but the sexual revolution, feminism and modern divorce laws...

3: Money | The British Family

Kirsty Young explores the impact of money on British families. She charts the 1980s and 1990s when our pursuit of cash and career had a deep ef...

2: Sex | The British Family

Kirsty Young explores the impact of the sexual revolution on British families. She charts the explosion of sexual imagery in the 1970s and recall...

Trad Wife | Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

Stacey investigates the growing community of 'tradwives' - women who have rejected career ambitions in favour of becoming the archetypa...

S1E4: Head for the Hills | Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

In Idaho, Louis meets right-wing patriots and militia enthusiasts who are preparing for what they believe is inevit...

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer

Film following the life of an extraordinary woman, a trailblazer who revolutionised modern nursing and reformed healthcare at home and ...

The Transgender Debate | Womanhood

A discussion about what it means to be transgender and the debate over women only spaces.

Cosmetic Surgery and Body Image | Womanhood

An exploration of the objectification of women and how women view their appearance and how this has changed over time.

S02E01 | Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole

This episode focuses on the inhabitants of one of the poorest places to live in the UK, Jaywick in Essex, with over half of the c...

S02E04 | Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole

Among those hit by the new, tougher sanction rules are a man whose partner earned too much one week on a zero hours contract.

Episode 2 | Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole

A woman claims she shouldn't have to pay the bedroom tax as a poltergeist inhabits her spare room.

Episode 3 | Benefits Britain: Life On The Dole

This episode focuses on the inhabitants of one of the poorest places to live in the UK, Jaywick in Essex, with over half of th...

Episode 2 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

Amol Rajan looks at solutions to Britain's class inequality problem. How can employers and policy makers ensure a level playing fi...

Episode 1 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

How can working class students break through the barriers to landing Britain's elite jobs? Amol Rajan investigates the tips and tr...

2: A Great Society? | Wheeler on America

Charles Wheeler charts origins & decline of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programme, looking at how it changed the lives of poor pp...

6: Aberdeen - Poverty at Home | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren travels to oil-rich Aberdeen, where he discovers a city in flux. With the nation's highest number of food b...

5: Borders - Rural Poverty and Mental Health | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

Darren discovers that levels of ill mental health in the Scottish Borders are above the national av...

2: Edinburgh - Crime | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In Edinburgh, Darren examines the link between poverty and crime: how does it impact kids and their future? But soon Darren...

1: Dundee - Drug Death Capital | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In 2018 Dundee was the drug death capital of Europe - Darren McGarvey goes behind the headlines to find out why. ...

Episode 3 | How the Other Half Live

The show features a wealthy family providing 'sponsorship' for a family living in poverty in the UK.

Episode 2 | How the Other Half Live

The show features a wealthy family providing 'sponsorship' for a family living in poverty in the UK.

How the Other Half Live

The show features a wealthy family providing 'sponsorship' for a family living in poverty in the UK.

One Year On | How the Other Half Live

The show features a wealthy family providing 'sponsorship' for a family living in poverty in the UK.

S1E01: Identity Crisis | Darren McGarvey's Class Wars

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

1: Justice | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In

Darren McGarvey sets out to explore the UK's justice system through the eyes of the people who live and work in it.

Episode 2 | Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

Volunteers test their skills against some of the jobs in Britain's low-wage sector. This time, they are wo...

Britain's Hardest Workers: Inside the Low Wage Economy

20 volunteers test their skills against some of the jobs in Britain's low-wage sector. In this episode, they do our di...

5: I'm On The Pavement Thinking About The Government | Almost Grown

This episode looks at the teenager as a force for political change, including black consciousness, femini...

Episode 2 | How Facebook Changed the World: The Arab Spring

Mishal Husain meets those who spread the revolt to Libya and Bahrain, and those who are still fighting the Syrian...

Episode 1 | How Facebook Changed the World: The Arab Spring

The story of how the Arab world erupted in revolution. Mishal Husain charts events in Tunisia and Egypt, meets le...

Episode 4 | Black Is The New Black

In the final episode, our cast of extraordinary black Britons are facing today and the future.

Episode 2 | Black Is The New Black

Our cast of extraordinary black Britons talk about school days, 'playing the game' and negotiating the working world.

Black Is The New Black

Episode one explores both arriving and growing up in Britain through intimate interviews with prominent black Britons.

S2E4: Whatever Happened to the Boat People? | A Very British History

Therapist Rachel Nguyen tells the story of the Vietnamese Boat People who came to Britain in the 70s and...

S2E3: The British Chinese | A Very British History

British-born Chinese vlogger Shu Lin explores the history of the Chinese community in the UK from the 1950s through to the...

S2E2: British Bangladeshis | A Very British History

Dr Aminul Hoque tells the story of the thousands of Bangladeshi families who settled in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s.

S2E1: Birmingham Irish I am | A Very British History

Angela Moran, whose grandparents were amongst thousands of Irish to move to the second city in the 1950s, tells the stor...

S1E4: Ugandan Asians | A Very British History

Food writer Meera Sodha tells the story of the 1972 refugee crisis when thousands of Asian people arrived in Britain after bein...

S1E3: The Jews of Leeds | A Very British History

Film-maker Simon Glass explores his family history and tells the story of the Yorkshire Jews in the early 20th century.

S1E1: Romany Gypsies | A Very British History

Writer Damian Le Bas explores how Gypsy people in the 1960s were forced to abandon their nomadic way of life for a more settled...

South Africa: 3: The Millionaire Preacher | Reggie Yates' Extreme

In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week with Prophet Mboro, a controversial self-styled prophet, who is adored by...

Can Ethics Survive The Death Of Religion? | Moral Maze

Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.

S2E2: Hamar | Tribe

Documentary series with explorer Bruce Parry. He continues his three-month expedition through a remote African valley, staying with a tribe whose young m...

The Morality Of Multiculturalism | Moral Maze

The morality of multiculturalism. Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.

Episode 3 | Black Is The New Black

Documentary series celebrating Britain's black community. Our cast of black Britons talk about making it, but making it with a difference.

The Cattle Jumping Ritual of the Hamar Tribe | Tribe

A short clip showing the cattle jumping ritual of the Hamar tribe in Ethiopia.

Rituals of the Hamar Tribe | Tribe

A longer clip that describes the cattle jumping and whipping rituals of the Hamar tribe in Ethiopia. It also explores how some members are...

Mega Churches | Reggie Yates' Extreme

The church of incredible happenings in Johannesburg in South Africa.

Episode 2 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

Amol Rajan looks at solutions to Britain's class inequality problem. How can employers and policy makers ensure a level playing fi...

Episode 1 | How to Crack the Class Ceiling

How can working class students break through the barriers to landing Britain's elite jobs? Amol Rajan investigates the tips and tr...

Aylesbury Prison: Episode 2 | The Choir

With just three weeks to go, Gareth has only seven performers and a handful of half-baked songs. Gareth is still hoping to get a perf...

Aylesbury Prison: Episode 1 | The Choir

Gareth Malone faces a challenge which will test him like no other - to form a choir in one of the toughest prisons for young offender...

4: Glasgow - Dying Young | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In Scotland's largest city, one in four men die younger than anywhere else in the UK - it is called the Glasgow effect....

Russia: 3: Teen Model Factory | Reggie Yates' Extreme

Reggie Yates visits Siberia to meet the young girls who are going to extreme lengths to attract the international scout...

Episode 8 | Back in Time for School

Our class return for one final adventure. Reflecting on the past 100 years, they venture beyond, into a future filled with virtual classr...

Episode 7 | Back in Time for School

The pupils and teachers arrive in their final time-travelling decade, the 1990s, ready to embrace girl power, Brit pop, Oasis and Blur, M...

Episode 6 | Back in Time for School

The class embrace the new world of the 1980s. With robots, early computers and synths, the kids get to grips with Britain's new high-tech...

Episode 5 | Back in Time for School

The class enters the experimental 1970s. They rewrite the rule book and learn weird and wonderful lessons as the free spirit of the era c...

Episode 4 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. In the swinging 60s, the class experience bricklaying, typing, cooking and eve...

Episode 3 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the 40s and 50s - deportment, debate and even dancing are on ...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for School

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

Episode 2 | Back in Time for School

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

Episode 3 | Street Gangs

Graeme explores the Wyndford Scheme in Maryhill and travels to Glencoe to meet a man who, like himself, managed to turn his life around and leave ga...

Episode 2 | Street Gangs

Graeme focuses on what happens when gang life begins to go wrong. Sharing deeply personal stories, Graeme engages with police and reformed gang memb...

3: Corruption and Conviction | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The public inquiry leads to a change in...

Episode 1 | Street Gangs

Ex-gang member Graeme Armstrong tries to understand why young people are seduced by the perceived glamour and excitement of gang.

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

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

2: The System | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Doreen and Neville Lawrence launch a private murder pr...