The Magic of Dance

The Magic of Dance 1979

1

Dame Margot Fonteyn acts as tour guide to the British ballet.

1979

The Parkinson's Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure?

The Parkinson's Drug Trial: A Miracle Cure? 2019

7.50

Filmed over six years, 42 people with Parkinson's take part in a groundbreaking medical trial. Can the results give hope to 10 million Parkinson's sufferers worldwide?

2019

Top Gear Motorsport

Top Gear Motorsport 1995

1

Top Gear Motorsport was a British television programme, covering various forms of motor racing, broadcast on BBC Two from 1994 to 1998. It was a spin-off programme from the popular motoring series Top Gear. The programme was presented by former Formula One driver and Top Gear presenter Tiff Needell. Other presenters were Penny Mallory, Tony Mason, Steve Berry, Mark James and Bob Constanduros. The series covered a wide variety of motor racing categories, including the World Rally Championship, the British Rally Championship, British Formula Three, Formula Renault and Formula Vauxhall Junior, British Superbikes and Eurocars.

1995

Earth: The Climate Wars

Earth: The Climate Wars 2008

1

Dr Iain Stewart traces the history of climate change from its very beginning and examines just how the scientific community managed to get it so very wrong back in the Seventies.

2008

Clutter Nutters

Clutter Nutters 1970

1

Clutter Nutters is a Children's TV show produced by Ricochet in 2006 for the CBBC Channel, where two contestants battle it out to win a prize and at the same time, tidy their bedrooms.

1970

The Voyage of Charles Darwin

The Voyage of Charles Darwin 1978

5.00

This seven-part BBC drama series traced the life of naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-82), from his university days through his five-year exploratory voyage on the HMS Beagle to the controversy surrounding the 1859 publication of his landmark "On the Origin of Species".

1978

When Teenage Meets Old Age

When Teenage Meets Old Age 2011

10.00

Britain is getting older but the number of multi-generational homes is rapidly declining. In this series, four young people volunteer to work as carers in a retirement village.

2011

China: A New World Order

China: A New World Order 2019

1

Examining the controversial presidency of Xi Jinping and how he is reshaping the world order.

2019

Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution

Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution 2021

7.00

The story of two powerful personalities at the heart of a political phenomenon. Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and their closest allies chart the rise and difficult legacy of New Labour.

2021

The Great British Winter

The Great British Winter 2013

1

Explores five of Britain's most extreme winter landscapes, looking at the conditions that challenge both the wildlife and people that try to survive in the countryside.

2013

Neil Morrissey: Care Home Kid

Neil Morrissey: Care Home Kid 2011

6.00

Neil Morrissey was just 10-years-old when he was sent into care. He looks back at his childhood in the hope of learning how this experience has truly affected him as an adult.

2011

Ray Mears Goes Walkabout

Ray Mears Goes Walkabout 2008

1

Ray Mears Goes Walkabout is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears, showing Mears in Australia. The series airs on the BBC in United Kingdom, it is also shown on Discovery Channel in Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Russia, and the United States. A book of the same title was released concurrently with the series. In the series Mears met one of his heroes: Les Hiddins.

2008

I Love the 80s

I Love the 80s 2001

1

I Love the '80s is a BBC television mini-series that examines the pop culture of the 1980s. It was commissioned following the success of I Love the '70s and is part of the I Love... series. I Love 1980 premiered on BBC Two on 13 January 2001 and the last, I Love 1989, on 24 March 2001. Unlike with I Love the '70s, episodes were increased to 90 minutes long. The series was followed later in 2001 by I Love the '90s. The success of the series led to VH1 remaking the show for the US market: I Love the '80s USA.

2001

Portillo's State Secrets

Portillo's State Secrets 2015

1

Michael Portillo takes a look through the national archives to discover different stories that have been hidden in previously classified documents.

2015

Cuba with Simon Reeve

Cuba with Simon Reeve 2012

1

Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution. Two years ago Cuba announced the most sweeping and radical economic reforms the country has seen in decades.

2012

Haywire

Haywire 1999

5.40

Comedy series spoofing television in the year 2020.

1999

The Hairy Bikers Go Local

The Hairy Bikers Go Local 2023

4.00

The Hairy Bikers are back, this time with an important mission: to play matchmaker and bring together the best local restaurants with the most innovative local suppliers.

2023

Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School

Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School 2015

6.70

In a unique experiment, five teachers from China take over the education of fifty teenagers in a Hampshire school to see whether the high-ranking Chinese education system can teach us a lesson.

2015