H G Wells: War With The World is a 2006 BBC Television docudrama telling the life story of the British author H.G. Wells, who is played in the film by Michael Sheen. The title of the film is clearly referencing Wells' most famous novel The War of the Worlds.
Back to the Floor is a reality television series broadcast on BBC2 in the late 1990s and early 2000s in which CEOs or top level managers went undercover in their organisations and took a junior/entry level job in their company. This gave them much to about during the exercise and learn how their company really works, what the industry is like, and what their employees really think of them.
No Stilettos was a short-lived BBC music series made by BBC Scotland in Glasgow, and presented by Scottish pop and folk musician Eddi Reader. The programme was broadcast in 1993 on BBC2 in the UK and featured a mix of musical guests with an emphasis on the alternative/independent music scene of the time. The programme was recorded in the Cottier Theatre, a converted church in Glasgow's west-end, and artists who featured included 'local' Scottish bands such as Teenage Fanclub and the BMX Bandits, to those from further afield such as Evan Dando of the Lemonheads and Pulp.
Observational documentary series that explores inherited knowledge and the meaning of tradition, master craftsmanship and artistic processes in three African cultures.
Thin Ice was a British comedy television show on BBC Two starring Marc Wootton and Nina Wadia. All the episodes were written by Simon Carlyle and Gregor Sharp. It began on 28 February 2006 and ran for six 30 minute episodes until 4 April 2006. It was based around an ice rink in Derby, revolving around the intense rivalry which exists between an amateur ice-skating trainer and her nemesis. The programme was filmed, however, at Whitley Bay Ice Rink, and around the town of Whitley Bay in North Tyneside, which are mentioned as to where the British Championships would be held in the series. The programme ran for one series, but was not renewed by the BBC.
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.
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.
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus look back over six centuries of furniture-making.
The business is providing Class A drugs to hundreds of thousands - perhaps millions - of users every week. For the first time on British television, drug dealers describe in detail the tricks of their trade; their profits, the risks and the reasons why they deal.
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.
Transmission Impossible With Ed and Oucho was a CBBC show starring Ed Petrie and Oucho T. Cactus. Filmed at Pinewood Studios, it first aired on 16 May 2009 and was shown every Saturday morning on BBC Two and Sunday morning on the CBBC Channel for its run of 26 episodes. It was one of the 'Summer Replacement' shows filling in for the absence of TMi in 2009, along with Basil's Swap Shop. The premise involved Ed and Oucho "hacking" into your television from their blimp, replacing The Krazey, Krazey, Krazey, Krazey, Krazey, Krazey, Krazey Show with Kaptain Krazey and Nigel Smith intended to be on air. Kaptain Krazey was a puppet pirate that only says "ooh aar" whilst Nigel Smith was Ed Petrie in a blonde wig. Each Saturday episode, their blimp loses altitude, and one by one their four stowaways have to be pushed off. The stowaways play games, e.g. "Oucho's lossoli quiz", to determine who gets pushed off and whether or not they are awarded a parachute. Transmission Impossible with Ed and Oucho ended on 9 August 2009 to allow Ed and Oucho to film Series 2 of Excellent Inventions.
Rocket Science is a BBC television documentary series, first broadcast in March 2009 on BBC Two, exploring new ways to teach science to children. Across the UK, fewer and fewer youngsters want to study chemistry and physics, so with the help of physics teacher Andy Smith, Rocket Science sets out to convert a small sample by teaching them everything safe there is to know about fireworks. The series was filmed over a period of nine months.
Clive Anderson hosts a brain training quiz show in which contestants battle to prove themselves in a sequence of brain games which test their memory, language, visual, numerical and spacial skills.
Documentary series following the chef as he follows his dream of living and cooking in the English countryside. Marcus travels around the country visiting growers, farmers and producers inspiring him to grow his own market garden.
Kirsty Young looks at British working lives since the Second World War.
Would Like To Meet is a British reality television dating series, first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2001. Presented by Lowri Turner, it featured relationship expert Tracey Cox, confidence coach Steven Anderson and celebrity stylist Jay Hunt, who each used their expertise to help a singleton find a date. The show ran for three series until 2003. This was followed by a one-off celebrity special in 2004 where the experts helped TV presenter Esther Rantzen. The series led to numerous success stories, one of whom was Jon Massey, the subject of programme two of series two. As a direct result of his being featured in the programme, he was contacted after transmission by a woman who became his future wife. Having changed his name in the meantime to Jon McKnight, he was married at The Ritz in London on 19 December 2004. Jeremy Milnes, who had acted as his confidence coach during the filming of the programme, and Alannah Richardson, the series producer, were guests of honour at the wedding in the hotel's Marie Antoinette Suite.
A series of four documentaries filmed behind the scenes at London Zoo as it fights for its future.
The comic tale of Charles Pooter and his wife Caroline, a middle-class couple living in London towards the end of the 19th Century.
A look at the Indigenous Central American civilisations-Maya, Taino and Aztec-and the animals which influenced their culture
Louise Shorter investigates the case of a convicted murderer who claims to be innocent.
