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Coach passengers give their reasons for preferring that type of transport. A group of ramblers visit the Welsh mountains; an angler and his family spend a peaceful day by a country river; a family goes to the seaside; some students visit Oxford during a music festival.

Paranormal Investigator, Chris Halton, embarks on a journey to discover the myth and the legend behind the Witches of Essex. This Paranormal documentary tries to uncover why Essex is historically associated with witches and black magic, a belief largely generated by superstitious country folk whose fear of the devil led to the persecution of many people.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the amazing science of gravity. As well sculpting our universe, gravity also affects our weight, height and even the rate at which we age.

A film about the expansion of the Central Line beyond Stratford.

Toby Hadoke meets the producers and grown-up stars of the first ever Doctor Who documentary.

The story of how Triple Guinness World Record boxing champion Steve Ward become the oldest professional boxer in the world. A combination of determination and strength, from a man who emulates the saying 'Quitters never win and winners never quit'. Through the eyes of the iconic roadside cafe dedicated to Steve and interviews with family, friends and faces from the boxing world. An unmissable journey of hope.The miraculous man, who became 'The Champ of Champs'.

Blue have accepted the challenge to represent their country this May at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dusseldorf. In this special programme narrated by Graham Norton, the boys in Blue set out to turn their song into the perfect Eurovision entry.

Join Melvyn Bragg for an insightful journey into why “Art Matters,” With a career spanning over 60 years, Bragg passionately advocates for the importance of the arts as he reflects on his early experiences and engages with influential figures from the artistic world.

Two old Chinese communists visit run down England. The man who lost his voice scribbles his comments: "Water is so good in the West." "Flowers are long dead on Karl Marx's grave." His wife has no doubts : Back home is much better.

Author of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, polymath Douglas Adams was a pioneer of science fiction, comedy, technology and environmental activism. We're on a journey with Douglas Adams - diving into the broad questions of life, the universe and everything at a time when we are all asking questions of ourselves and our place on Earth - and our fear of destroying it. Campaigning for endangered species and the coming storm of climate change, he was years ahead of his time. Optimistic about the infinite possibilities that computers will bring, obsessing with the art of writing, while exploring parallel dimensions and artificial intelligence, his philosophy and ideas are meaningful, and visionary.

Heroes of the Pinball Arcade race to stop the invasion of the Video Game terrors

Set on the tiny inhabited island of Muck, off Scotland’s west coast, Cindy Jansen’s cinematic and haunting documentary explores how difficult it is to change the habits of a lifetime.

Out Skerries is a minuscule archipelago of the United Kingdom located in Scotland, to the east of the Shetland Islands, in the middle of the North Sea. A few years ago, the fish farm—the island’s main economic resource and the only company offering the possibility of a job—went bankrupt. Then the government closed the secondary school. The archipelago’s population went from 70 to about 20 inhabitants… Julie Powis Arthur is one of the women who remained. Her husband, then her eldest son, had to leave their house for the Mainland and only rarely come back.

Can Menahem Golan and Sam Lupowitz beat Hollywood to the screen with their ultra-low budget account of the Versace murder?

Willem was an artist who lived openly as a gay man at a time when few did. Frieda was a well-connected musician who became the first woman to lead an orchestra. We learn of their early lives and the selfless decisions that informed their devotion to the anti-Nazi cause, often at great personal risk. The gentle revelation of these extraordinary lives is gradually revealed through archive footage, skillfully combined with photographs and interviews with experts, journalists and family members.

How did the Scottish east coast port town of Kirkcaldy become the world centre for linoleum? The Town That Floored the World traces the history of that “magic material” to its origins in the mid 19th century, and tells how one town built its fortunes on its manufacture. Current and former linoleum workers, and Kirkcaldy bairns including crime writer Val McDermid, share their stories of a life in flooring. Lino’s role in high art and design is also traced. Narrated by John Sessions.

Documentary of the Second Chechen War, centered on the work of war journalist Andrei Babitsky..

High-profile beauty vlogger Em Ford was a victim of online abuse and fought back. Now she targets the alarming rise of online abuse in Britain by trying to track down the trolls responsible.

Jawed Taiman takes a distinct look at Afghanistan and lets the Afghan people have their say. En route through the different provinces, through urban and rural regions, in discussion with intellectuals and simple folk, politicians and Taliban fighters a multifaceted picture emerges of a country that is often portrayed as incomprehensible.

Survivor is more than the saga of a perilous journey. It's a story of a mother's bond, a species' endurance, and one extraordinary calf's breath-taking survival.

Part of BFI collection "The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes."

The history of one of the most famous ships in the world – from construction, maiden voyage and claim on the coveted Blue Riband, to the Second World War and the post-war ‘golden age’. Featuring high quality archive sequences and exclusive interviews. More recent footage of the ship as she is today completes the fascinating story.

Back in 2012 I had my very first Ayahuasca ceremony and, needless to say, I was terrified. But it ended up entirely changing my life and that of my future family. Which is why I decided to revisit the medicine in 2018, participating in three Ayahuasca ceremonies over the course of one week in Costa Rica, and document the process. In the film, we tackle my personal story of trying to build London Real into a global media and transformation company while also struggling with my own disconnection from friends, family and my own species. We also dive deep into the division and tribalism currently facing all of us around the world.

Held over the two days before Ash Wednesday, Trinidad's famous carnival is the most anticipated event of the island's cultural calendar. Here Edric Connor shows us the sights, sounds and quirky customs of this glorious event. Filmmaker Edric Connor was a Trinidadian actor and singer who popularised Day Dah Light, the song that became an international hit for Harry Belafonte as Day-O (The Banana Boat Song). An actor in British and American films of the 1950s, Connor went on, with his wife Pearl, to set up the first theatrical agency for black British performers, the Afro-Asian-Caribbean Agency.

Tea, Britain's national beverage - and the ladies who stir it.

Two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution.

Documentary looking at the changing face of ownership of Scottish islands, interviewing new owners from international businesspeople to famous rock star.

Neil Young Under Review 1976 - 2006 is a documentary film reviewing the music and career of one of the finest songwriter and most significant artists of the rock age - during the second half of his career. It includes live and studio recordings of Neil Young classics reappraised by a panel of contributors, and obscure footage, rare interviews and seldom seen photographs of and with Neil. It also includes review, comment, criticism and insight from; John Einarson, author of the highly acclaimed biography "Neil Young : Don't Be Denied"; respected American rock critic and ex-editor of Village Voice, Robert Christgau; British rock author and music journalist, Barney Hoskins; Uncut magazine's contributing editor, Nigel Williamson; ex-editor of BAM magazine and early champion of Neil Young, Dave Zimmer; CSNY biographer, Johnny Rogan; acclaimed music writer and historian, Clinton Heylin, and many others.

Account of the royal tour of New Zealand taken by the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. Includes film of various visits and ceremonies attended during the state visit.

Short documentary giving a brief insight into the life of popular Guernsey politician John Gollop who lives with Asperger's syndrome. Filmed during 2009 in Guernsey and Alderney in the Channel Islands.

A study of the artist, who finds balance in his work likened to the taste of bitter-sweet fruit. The film shows many of Sutherland’s most important works, including his portraits of Somerset Maugham and Lord Beaverbrook, and presents scenes in Wales and the South of France in relation to his landscape paintings.

The turbulent life of soul and blues singer, the late Joe Cocker. A former gas fitter from Sheffield, catapulted to world stardom in 1969 at Woodstock with his legendary performance of the Beatles song, "A Little Help from My Friends". But in the early 1970s, Joe Cocker's inner demons nearly killed him. Overcoming his struggles with alcohol and drugs, he rebuilt his reputation as "one of the great primal rock and roll vocalists of all time" (Billy Joel's description). The film mixes Joe Cocker's own words, with rare archive. His wife (Pam Cocker) & family, friends and the legendary songwriters and musicians he collaborated with, tell Joe Cocker's story. The film has raw, historic, electric performance footage throughout. Extensive interviews of key people through his life include: Pam Cocker, Ben Fong-Torres (Rolling Stone magazine editor), Randy Newman, Jimmy Webb, Billy Joel, Rita Coolidge, Deric Dyer, Glyn Johns, and numerous others.

For decades, world leaders, governments and the military have dreamed of weapons placed in space. Now, modern technology makes it possible to implement these plans. The film tells the story of pioneering scientists and engineers using the latest inventions to create weapons that allow war in space. We will discover the devastating impact that such a space weapon may have in the future. We will get to know nations and companies fighting to establish a base on the moon.

Sabato De Sarno, Gucci’s new creative director, presents a glimpse into the creation of the Gucci Ancora show—his first collection for the iconic fashion house. In the days leading up to the show, De Sarno shares his personal experiences, revealing his passions and vision for Gucci’s new chapter.

Caves of Glass is a documentary from director Sid Perou's Realm of Darkness series, focusing on the ice caves of the Austrian Tennengebirge Alps, including the Eisriesenweld and Eiskogelhöhle. It features Austrian speleologist Fritz Oedl, Belgian speleologist Guy Meauxsoone, and Ian "Tommo" White of the Northern Caving Community. First broadcast on Channel 4 on February 15, 1986, it won a Special Mention at the 5th Barcelona International Festival of Esoteric Cinema that same year.

Since the 1970s, Aki Nawaz has wrestled with his place in the world as an artist, a Pakistani and a punk. In 2006, he channels these frustrations into his most controversial album to date.

Pigeon racers in working-class culture

During the filming of her very own documentary, 'A Day in My Life', Edina drops in on her mother who's working in a Help the Aged charity shop. There, she reminisces about the people and events which have made her what she is today.

The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy is a gripping story about power struggle, failure, and the delicate balance between good and bad.

World-famous and already notorious Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein spent 1931 in Mexico, after the rejection of his projects in Hollywood. But the epic film he planned and largely shot would never be completed. In 2012, film historian Ian Christie visited the hacienda where Eisenstein spent much of his time in Mexico, to ask what really went on there, and discover what’s happened since. This essay film, made in partnership with Japanese filmmaker Chiemi Shimada, looks beyond the apparent failure, to ask what contemporary audiences – and Eisenstein himself – could still learn from Que Viva Mexico!

In the middle of a six-week tour of the Indian sub-continent between January and March 1961, the Queen and Prince Philip visited Pakistan and East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.

Documentary about North Korea, set in the future after the regime has collapsed. Harnessing the power of hindsight the film questions the morality of the current inaction by regional and global powers towards the North Korean dictatorship.

The sprawling capital of Persepolis and the site of the epic battle of Sparta at Thermopylae hold new discoveries waiting to be revealed; experts using cutting-edge forensic archaeology to reveal secrets behind these lost cities of ancient Persia.

Ophir tells the story behind the likely birth of the world’s newest nation on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. The story of an unknown indigenous revolution for humanity, land, and culture and a decade long war. The film documents its origin and aftermath, where antagonistic visions of the world collude and collide. A poetic yet dramatic ode to the indelible thirst of a peoples for freedom, culture and sovereignty; it offers a gripping exposition of the visible and invisible chains of colonisation and its enduring cycles of physical and psychological warfare.

Record numbers of young people are being treated for eating disorders. Zara McDermott explores the reasons behind this explosion and asks if social media is behind the problem.

a follow-up documentary about a friend and family team of skiers from a small village in Wales returning to Andorra again for a week of pure carnage

Large numbers of children and adults can be seen enjoying themselves, splashing about in the water or diving from the high-boards.

Reborn is a short documentary focusing on the work of Kamala Tonny Bwannika, founder and vision barer of Kikaya House, an orphanage located in the outskirts of Entebbe, Uganda, on the shoreline of the vast Lake Victoria.

Twenty years ago, Garnet Frost nearly lost his life hiking near Scotland’s Loch Arkaig. The near-death experience still haunts him to this day, and, in particular, a peculiar wooden stick he discovered serendipitously right before he was rescued. Believing the staff (as he calls it) is actually a marker for a fortune hidden nearly 300 years ago, Garnet embarks on a treasure hunt to search for the lost riches. But beneath the search for gold lies a poignant pursuit for life’s meaning and inspiration.

A newly-recorded documentary, looking at the work of The Dalek Invasion of Earth's designer, Spencer Chapman.

Statuesque starlet Sabrina bathes in bubble bath.

Commissioned by the Abandon Normal Devices Festival as an exploration into the globalised shipping networks, liminal territories and spaces of trade and labour that converge on the port city of Laem Chabang in Thailand.

Another Charlie Simonds-lensed video on the benefits of being naked in the outdoors.

The exquisite Rosslyn Chapel is a masterpiece in stone. It used to be one of Scotland's best-kept secrets, but it became world-famous when it was featured in Dan Brown's the Da Vinci Code.

DeLillo uses the documentary form to explore the relationships between gunmen and the novelist, words and images, the power of news and the obsession with apocalypse.

Princes Harry and William were once supportive siblings who had endured tragedy and intense media pressure. But then a rift occurred between them that threatened to destroy the entire royal family. Drawing on hundreds of unseen photos, eyewitness interviews and expert analysis, this fascinating documentary reveals how the seeds for this estrangement were sown more than 40 years ago.