SAS: Rogue Warriors

SAS: Rogue Warriors 2017

8.25

With unprecedented access to the SAS secret files, unseen footage and exclusive interviews with its founder members, this series tells the remarkable story behind an extraordinary fighting force.

2017

The Hairy Bikers'  Northern Exposure

The Hairy Bikers' Northern Exposure 2015

3.80

The Hairy Bikers head north on a big Baltic adventure in search of new cuisines to explore, travelling from Germany to Sweden via Poland, Russia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

2015

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

Afghanistan: The Lion's Last Roar?

Afghanistan: The Lion's Last Roar? 2014

1

This two-part series tells the story of the conflict in Afghanistan and asks what has been achieved and whether the British have the will to fight in distant lands again.

2014

Geoff Hamiltons Cottage Gardens

Geoff Hamiltons Cottage Gardens 1995

1

Gardening series delving into the history of cottage gardening, Looks to the old cottage gardens of the past and adapts the more popular features to modern gardens. In building three cottage gardens from scratch at his home in Barnsdale, Geoff Hamilton set out to simplify the practical problems of creating a natural rustic look.

1995

One Man and His Campervan

One Man and His Campervan 2011

10.00

Martin Dorey, campervan lover and passionate foodie, journeys around Britain in his 1970s classic campervan on the ultimate escapist adventure.

2011

The Magic of Dance

The Magic of Dance 1979

1

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

1979

The Delicious Miss Dahl

The Delicious Miss Dahl 2010

7.00

Sophie Dahl cooks up delicious recipes and reminisces about some of her own food memories.

2010

Island Medics

Island Medics 2017

6.00

Behind the scenes at the UK's most remote hospital, the Gilbert Bain in Shetland, which provides emergency and medical care to the islands' 23,000 residents.

2017

Nile

Nile 2004

1

Nile is a 2004 BBC Television documentary that tells the history and natural history of the Nile.

2004

The Ark

The Ark 1993

1

A series of four documentaries filmed behind the scenes at London Zoo as it fights for its future.

1993

The D-Day Tapes

The D-Day Tapes 2024

6.00

The story of the biggest seaborne invasion in history, told using a treasure trove of rare and previously unheard recordings of those who lived through it, lip-synched by actors.

2024

The Train Now Departing

The Train Now Departing 1988

1

Despite being phased-out by British rail networks in 1968, the steam train has resisted its bleak fate of becoming a mere museum exhibit, and fading into obscurity. This series charts their re-emergence over the subsequent twenty year period following the end of the age of steam.

1988

Back in Time for Christmas

Back in Time for Christmas 2015

8.00

It really will be Christmas every day as the Robshaw family, stars of BBC2's Back in Time for Dinner, time-travel through six decades of festive nostalgia.

2015

Grow Your Own Drugs

Grow Your Own Drugs 2009

6.50

James Wong, an ethnobotanist, presents the series and takes the view that people should start making their own remedies in order to save money and feel healthier plus providing simple remedies to everyday ailments. Wong tries out his remedies on members of the public in order to demonstrate the beneficial effects of natural remedies, adding appropriate safety warnings. He is careful to stress that viewers should always seek medical advice before trying natural medicines, and in discussing the outcomes of treatment always states "It's not a clinical trial..." and acknowledges that results might be attributed to a placebo effect.

2009

Making the Most of the Micro

Making the Most of the Micro 1983

7.00

Making the Most of the Micro was a TV series broadcast in 1983 as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project. It followed the earlier series The Computer Programme. Unlike its predecessor, Making the Most of the Micro delved somewhat deeper into the technicalities and uses that microcomputers could be put to, once again mainly using the BBC Micro in the studio for demonstration purposes. The series was followed by Micro Live.

1983

A Cook Abroad

A Cook Abroad 2015

7.00

Celebrity chefs try out different recipes from around the world.

2015

Living in the Past

Living in the Past 1978

1

A group of young people live and work on a replica of a prehistoric Iron Age settlement at a secret location in the West of England. Cut off from the modern world, the group try to re-create the way of life of Celtic tribesmen in the third century BC.

1978