Velvet Soup

Velvet Soup 1970

1

Velvet Soup was a Scottish comedy sketch show, starring Gavin Mitchell, Steven McNicoll, Julia Duncanson and Mark McDonnell.

1970

Arrange Me a Marriage

Arrange Me a Marriage 1970

1

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.

1970

Entertainment USA

Entertainment USA 1970

7.50

Entertainment USA was a British television series broadcast by the BBC, first shown on BBC2 in 1983 it ran for eight years and was devised and presented by Jonathan King

1970

How To Live A Simple Life

How To Live A Simple Life 2010

1

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.

2010

Yorkshire Midwives On Call

Yorkshire Midwives On Call 2022

1

Expect drama, emotion and tender moments as we follow the work of midwives delivering babies in people’s homes.

2022

Red Arrows: Inside the Bubble

Red Arrows: Inside the Bubble 2014

1

Documentary providing exclusive behind-the-scenes access to one of the world's premier aerobatic display teams, the Red Arrows. Offering a unique insight into the 120-strong team of pilots and ground crew as they prepare to celebrate their 50th display season and turn British skies red, white and blue.

2014

A Gift From The Sea

A Gift From The Sea 1987

1

Go on a stunning journey through some of our most beautiful and unique places! Discover the strange world of New Zealand's limestone areas; learn about the amazing animals that live on the sand dunes of our beaches, and explore Kapiti Island, one of our oldest wildlife sanctuaries that is refuge to some of New Zealand's most unique wildlife.

1987

Snowdonia 1890

Snowdonia 1890 2011

1

Two families experience life on the hillsides of 19th-century Snowdonia. The Braddock and Jones families say goodbye to the 21st century and take their first steps into 1890.

2011

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

Dementia & Us

Dementia & Us 2021

1

A ground-breaking two-part series following four people with dementia and their families over the course of two years.

2021

Wikileaks: The Secret Life of a Superpower

Wikileaks: The Secret Life of a Superpower 2012

1

It was the biggest information leak in US diplomatic history – over 250,000 US diplomatic messages or “cables” between the US State Department and US embassies all over the world – turned into a global sensation by the website WikiLeaks.

2012

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

Sophie's Sunshine Food

Sophie's Sunshine Food 2000

1

Sophie Grigson goes in search of the tastes and treats of the Mediterranean.

2000

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

Building the Great Pyramid

Building the Great Pyramid 1970

1

Pyramid aka Building the Great Pyramid is a 2002 BBC Television documentary film which tells the story of the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza through the commentary of the fictional builder, Nakht.

1970

Marvels of the Modern Age

Marvels of the Modern Age 2006

1

Dan Cruickshank's Marvels of the Modern Age is a BBC documentary series in which Dan Cruickshank traces the roots of Modernism and focuses on the movement's leading lights, such as Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, and the century's most seismic political events including the rise of Nazi Germany. The series was first broadcast on BBC Two in 2006 to coincides with the exhibition Modernism: Designing a New World at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

2006

Jimmy Doherty in Darwin's Garden

Jimmy Doherty in Darwin's Garden 2009

7.00

Charles Darwin came up with some ingenious experiments to prove his theory of evolution. Jimmy Doherty attempts to recreate some of these investigations.

2009