Mastercrafts

Mastercrafts 2010

8.50

Monty Don, a huge fan of traditional crafts, presents Mastercrafts, the programme which celebrates six of the traditional crafts that built our nation and its heritage

2010

Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam

Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam 2003

6.50

Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power from the earliest experiments in the ancient world to the modern nuclear power station.

2003

The Triumph of the West

The Triumph of the West 1985

9.00

Hosted by historian John Roberts, the series focuses on the origins and evolution of Western civilization, and the transformative challenges and influence it has exerted on the rest of the world, including the socio-economic, political, and cultural movements that helped shape history.

1985

What the Romans Did for Us

What the Romans Did for Us 2000

1

What the Romans Did for Us, is a 2000 BBC documentary series "looking at the innovations and inventions brought to Britain by the Romans". The title of the programme is derived from the cult movie Monty Python's Life of Brian, referencing the famous scene where the People's Front of Judea discuss "What have the Romans done for us?"

2000

Mary Beard's Forbidden Art

Mary Beard's Forbidden Art 2022

9.00

Art that challenges, questions and appals. Professor Mary Beard confronts controversial works tackling such unsettling subjects that they’ve been fought over, removed or 'forbidden'.

2022

Gaytime TV

Gaytime TV 1995

1.00

Gaytime TV was a late-night gay-themed comedy and lifestyle magazine programme.

1995

How to crack the class ceiling

How to crack the class ceiling 2022

1

Britain’s got a class problem: working class kids can't get into Britain’s top jobs. Amol Rajan meets those hoping to hack the system. Do they change themselves, or change the job?

2022

Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In? 2018

1

Filmed over one term with access to three schools in Bexley, a local authority area in London which has a fully selective education system, this series follows children and teachers to see how selection impacts on education.

2018

Map Man

Map Man 2004

1

Map Man is a BBC documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two in 2004 and repeated in 2013. Each episode recounts a particular tale in the history of British cartography, with a particular emphasis on the individuals whose dedication and ingenuity led to the production of some of history's most ground-breaking maps. The show is presented by explorer and writer Nicholas Crane, each week travelling some distance by bicycle, water or on foot to recreate the often treacherous journeys taken in the creation of that episode's map.

2004

The Detectives: Taking Down an OCG

The Detectives: Taking Down an OCG 2023

1

With unparalleled and intimate access, following Greater Manchester Police detectives as they try to unravel complex cases.

2023

Sea of Faith

Sea of Faith 1984

1

Sea of Faith was a six-part documentary television series, presented on BBC television in 1984 by Don Cupitt. The programme dealt with the history of Christianity in the modern world, focussing especially on how Christianity has responded to challenges such as scientific advances, political atheism and secularisation in general.

1984

I Bought a Rainforest

I Bought a Rainforest 2014

1

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.

2014

Eye on Life

Eye on Life 1969

1

A Horizon presentation of seven programmes on animal life.

1969

SAS Survival Secrets

SAS Survival Secrets 2013

7.00

Led by Eddie Stone, a team of four SAS veterans re-enact a whole range of dramatic scenarios: on the battlefield, behind enemy lines, evasion and interrogation. Stone gives a step-by-step guide to each reconstructed mission and, with high-tech imaging equipment and computer graphics, he explains the team's strategies while his men demonstrate their weapons and their skills and reveal how they escaped death.

2013

A Passion for Angling

A Passion for Angling 1993

1

The much acclaimed series of six BBC films in which famous anglers Chris Yates and Bob James take us on a grand fishing adventure across Britain...

1993

The Diary of a Nobody

The Diary of a Nobody 1979

6.00

The comic tale of Charles Pooter and his wife Caroline, a middle-class couple living in London towards the end of the 19th Century.

1979

Show Me the Monet

Show Me the Monet 1970

1

Show Me the Monet is a British television series first aired on BBC2 in May 2011. It is presented by Chris Hollins. The programme has been described as the "artworld's version of The X Factor and Dragons's Den".

1970

Why Buildings Collapse

Why Buildings Collapse 2022

1

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?

2022