Whenever people today see wonders of the ancient world, like Stonehenge or the Pyramids, the question that always comes up is "how'd they do that? These are the questions that this documentary series tries to answer, and one thing is clear ? it wasn't easy!
As a bill allowing extradition to China sparks anger in Hong Kong, four young protesters take drastic action when they realise how far the authorities will go to silence them.
The Country House Revealed is a six-part BBC series first aired on BBC Two in May 2011 in which British architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits six houses never before open to public view, and examines the lives of the families who lived there.
Steam Days is a 1986 BBC 2 television documentary series written and presented by Miles Kington. Each episode is themed around the history of British steam locomotives and railways, particularly highlighting preserved locomotives operating at the time of its filming. The series consists of six half hour episodes. It aired on Public Television stations in the United States under the title Great Steam Trains.
Holidays in the Danger Zone: Places That Don't Exist is a five-part BBC Four series on breakaway states and unrecognised nations, devised, written and presented by Simon Reeve. The series producer was Will Daws. The producer was Iain Overton. The series took the team to little-known parts of the world including Somaliland, recognised as part of Somalia; Transnistria of Moldova; Taiwan; Nagorno-Karabakh of Azerbaijan; Ajaria, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia, all recognized by the United Kingdom as parts of Georgia. The programme and its team were awarded a One World Award in June 2005 for best popular feature.
Becky and Barnaby Bear is a live action television series on United Kingdom TV for children between the ages of 5 and 8, based around the character of Barnaby Bear and his friend Becky. Barnaby and Becky both live in the city of Chester in Cheshire. Barnaby Bear is a registered trademark of the Geographical Association. Barnaby helps children to learn about the world around them by showing a video diary of Barnaby's adventures. The series was shown as a part of Watch, a series on BBC2 from 1980s to 2000s
Fifteen pupils and their teachers embark on an extraordinary time-travelling adventure as they fast-forward through more than 100 years of school life.
In 2021, Champlain Towers South – an apartment building near Miami – collapsed, killing 98 people. This film forensically examines what happened and asks: what went wrong?
Biographical drama series about the poor Welsh boy who became prime minister. David Lloyd George's career as a lawyer takes a fateful turn when he marries the daughter of a wealthy landowner and becomes a Liberal Party parliamentary candidate.
Mary Berry explores the wonderful world of simple comfort food, bringing fuss-free recipes that can warm the cockles and lift the spirits.
Gareth Malone, star of BBC Two's The Choir, takes on one of his biggest challenges to date, joining the production team at Glyndebourne in the role of youth chorus leader on his first opera.
Six women are given the opportunity to travel to some of the most remote parts of the world and experience life with a tribe in this new series for BBC Two. Like many women today, juggling with the pressures of Western life from careers to home and family, all the women think something is missing. By spending time with tribes in which women's roles are very different, they hope they can find some answers and, in doing so, change their own lives. The series provides a unique and intimate insight into the lives of women in tribes around the world, from the Amazon to sub-Saharan Africa. For the six Western women, it proves to be a life-changing experience as they immerse themselves into living as a tribal woman in some of the world's most remote and beautiful locations.
War Walks was a BBC documentary series presented by historian, Professor Richard Holmes. The series was about several famous European battles. It included descriptions of the battles, the events leading up to them and the events resulting from them.
Inside one of the world’s most revered military units to reveal the real story of the men and women who wear the green beret.
Businessman Sir Gerry Robinson believes any organisation can be made to run well. To prove it, he attempts to bring down waiting times at Rotherham General Hospital in six months.
Inspired by his experiences in 'Around the World in 80 Faiths', part-time vicar Peter Owen Jones returns to credit-crunch Britain and to the realisation that modern life has become a frenzy of spending and working. He yearns for a life of simplicity and meaning - a deeper connection to both nature and people. Filmed over the course of nearly a year in his beautiful Sussex parishes, the first in a three-part series follows Peter as he tries to turn his back on consumerism.
Using Asian culture's own built-in introduction service - friends and family - Glaswegian businesswoman Aneela aims to help 39-year-old Helen Dunn find a partner for life.
Writer Will Millard visits the treehouse-dwelling Korowai tribe in Papua, Indonesia, to try and understand the pressures they face as they move into the modern world.
Tom Kerridge and Cherry Healey celebrate our favourite takeaways.
Series following wildlife photographer Charlie Hamilton James, who has bought 100 acres of the Peruvian rainforest in the hope that it will stop loggers illegally cutting down trees.
