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Dr Helen Czerski delves into the Horizon archive to chart the transformation of a little-known theory into one of the greatest scientific undertakings in history.

"The Great Polar Bear Feast" is the astonishing story of an annual natural phenomenon that occurs in early September on the north slope of the Arctic. Every year, up to 80 polar bears gather on the frozen shores of Barter Island, near the village of Kaktovik, to feast on the hunter-harvested bowhead whale remains.

One man, his dog and a trail of broken women. He's filthy and gorgeous, cruel and mean, and irresistible to women with low self-esteem. A satirical and comic portrait of Don Justino, a beautiful, stylish and truly nasty man

It was a scandal that shook the British establishment to its roots. In June 1951, the government was forced to admit that two Foreign Office diplomats had disappeared. One of them, Donald Maclean, had slipped through their fingers three days before he was due to be questioned for passing secrets to the Russians. The other, Guy Burgess, was a total surprise. He was a charming, clever Etonian, with powerful friends everywhere. And lovers too - at a time when homosexuality was illegal, Burgess made no secret of his sexual tastes. He turned out to be the most flamboyant of a ring of privileged Cambridge students who had secretly joined the Communists in the 1930s, disgusted by their own government's policy of appeasing Hitler. With the help of newly declassified documents, George Carey's film shows how the most celebrated spy ring of the 20th century grew out of the class system, sexual hypocrisy and the sheer incompetence of some people who then ran Britain.

Shadow of the steeple follows the adventures of Laura, Lucy and their local Vicar as they stumble upon an unsolved crime of the past... uncovered by Laura's newly found ability to speak with the afterlife! The three team, up to try and discover who really murdered Christina after finding out her fiance was wrongfully convicted of the crime.

Moira Brooker and Philip Bretherton (Judith and Alastair from As Time Goes By (1992)) host this behind-the-scenes look at the work of the writers behind many of our favorite "Britcoms" (British situation comedies), revealing how their ideas make it to the screen.

After gaining a dedicated LGBT online following for their playfully candid YouTube videos, married couple Rose and Rosie travel in the UK and US to meet some of their followers. Follow their adventure as they meet ordinary yet remarkable men and women who prove that no matter who you are or who you love, you can always find your people.

The Mouth screams. It swells, hunting the night like a snake in the dark. The laceration tears through the stars, devouring its meal. In an infinite womb, limbs drift suspended, like flies in a giant spider web. An infinite sea of pale flesh. Death’s renewal awaits, as the bodies pass into the void.

A short film accompaniment to Little Simz's sophomore album release. A reality bending journey into a world that isn't quite what it seems on first glance.

Episodes from Gerry Anderson's Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and The Secret Service in High Definition.

Independent romantic comedy about a Wedding gone awry. 'The Wedding' follows Sam and Aggy; best man and maid of honour to their best friend's wedding, as they struggle to make it to the ceremony on time. Meanwhile the rest of the wedding party are having problems of their own.

As Samuel once again struggles with his inability to sleep, his grasp on reality is challenged when the events of a single night lead him to question his own morality .

A small team prepare to investigate an infamous haunted house.

In Asian culture, the question 'did you eat rice?' means 'have you eaten?' (usually referring to a specific meal: breakfast, lunch or dinner). Moreover, this question could also function as a greeting and an expression of concern for someone; for example, a substitute for 'how have you been?', 'are you okay?', or 'is everything all right?' The experimental documentary film Did You Eat Rice? explores the sensitive relationships which exist between local farmers and their natural environments during the rice harvest in Omachi, Japan. In this production, various subjects, as well as the audience, are asked the question 'did you eat rice?'.

Werther loves Charlotte, but she promised her mother on her deathbed that she would marry Albert. After the marriage Charlotte suggests that Werther should travel – but not forget her. Benoît Jacquot’s production of Massenet’s tragic opera explores the conflict between duty and our most passionate desires.

Anna waits on the hilltop for Johnny to return to her. When he does, Anna is faced with an unprecedented decision, one that has unimaginable consequences for both of them.

A man thinks he sees something in the bushes. Entry in the Four4 Very Short Horror Film Competition, 2013.

A 2-disc collection of live and TV performances by The Who. Before this release, several other bootleg DVDs had compiled the 1960s Who footage, with varying degrees of success. It's difficult, however, to imagine a better, more comprehensive one than this two-DVD collection, which assembles almost four hours of live, mimed, promo, interview, and documentary clips from various sources. The image and sound quality are usually as good as, or better than, what's seen or heard on those previous compilations.

On the 15th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, ‘Mirrors of Diaspora’ explores themes of exile, creativity, identity and war told through the lives of seven Iraqi artists living outside the country of their birth for close to half a century. The artists featured in this documentary belong to a group known as ‘Iraqi Artists in Exile’. Filmed over three decades, this ambitious project explores their challenges, failures and successes, both as artists and in their private lives: from the time they graduated from art school in the 1970s, working as street artists in the piazzas of Rome and Florence, to becoming well-known. The central question the film poses is: what are the consequences of spending most of one’s life in exile? At a time of unprecedented global migration when barely a day passes without a tragic story played out in the international media, ‘Mirrors of Diaspora’ contributes to greater understanding of one of the defining issues of our time.

Mike and Dave, two Northern British idiots sponging off the state, find themselves drunk with a case load of cash and the vague memory of a dodgy job offer. But when the sinister Mr. Martin comes to check his 'task' has been completed, Mike and Dave must learn to tell the truth or be lost in a lie forever.

Tomas is a struggling artist looking for inspiration until he comes across Idear, a woman he becomes infatuated with until he begins to question her existence.

A film of our lives during the Time 'n' Place era, 2017-2019.

A TV movie by Ant Palmer

Will the sweets find their way home?

This topical programme taps into the nation's obsession with the weather and asks whether we are heading for another 'snowmageddon' as experienced in the previous two years. Can forecasters give us warning this time around? How does the 'olde' weather lore compare with the supercomputers? And what are we doing across Britain to prepare ourselves as we head into winter? 'Will It Snow?' predicts what another extreme cold snap would spell for Britain's economy as it puts the science of weather forecasting to the test and asks the experts what we are in store for between now and spring.

A teenage boy falls hopelessly for his gay best friend.

Jack, an achiever in and out of the pool, learns that winning isn't everything.

Generating over a billion dollars a year, the pickup industry is shocking, secretive and—to put it politely—scummy. Built upon myths and manipulation, expensive workshops and training videos push an agenda that women are biologically attracted to alpha males. If men can learn techniques to overcome their shyness and become socially dominant, they'll be 21st-century Casanovas. At least, that's what the brochure says. Ross Jeffries's 1992 self-published book How to Get the Women You Desire into Bed inspired a generation of macho men to push their techniques with aggressive online marketing. With insider access to the movement's founders and current leaders, this riveting exposé dismantles the "date and mate" methods hustled by modern snake-oil salesmen. From chat rooms to conference halls, these self-help-styled seminars are poised to take advantage of anyone desperate enough to fall for their dangerous promises.

When an alcoholic musician is taken in by an old friend, it is his last chance to sober up before he loses everything. But can he escape his addiction and his obsession with his ex-girlfriend long enough to appreciate the girl who is trying to save him? Stones is a true life story based on the experiences of singer Alexander McKay.

Neatly chalked extracts and spoken fragments of Forugh Farrokhzad's radical poem Sin directly contradict the unembellished recordings of clerics instructing women to suppress their sexual predilections. How? By eating lettuce, of course.

A fly is trapped behind a window. A man lives in a new city. People's worlds are crammed together, yet they are galaxies apart. Flies are drawn to a street light. Alone and together. One and many.

Dive into a monochrome ‘sketch’ animation detailing the end of humanity as we know it.

An honest, brutal and sometimes humorous account of one man's experiment to push his body to its absolute size limit via weight lifting, food and steroids.

Live Bloodstock 2019 Festival

A segment from the feature film – ABC’s of Death 2. A condemned man attempts to win a second chance at life.

A short film exploring the relationship between trees, creation mythology, and the decontextualised nature of media. Created through a diverse array of analogue mediums, the piece also incorporates natural elements such as soil, wood, water, leaves and more into the filmmaking process.

Documentary following a group of primary schoolchildren over the course of a year as they learn to read. Some of them make a flying start, but others struggle even with the alphabet. The film takes us into their home lives, where we find that some parents are strongly aspirational, tutoring children late into the night, while others speak English as a foreign language, if at all. As the children master the basics, they discover the magical world of stories and look with fresh eyes at the world around them. The film gives us privileged access to a profound process that all of us only ever do once in our lives.

A look at the making of The Face of Evil.

A film skirting the edge of performance, documentary, and poetry, explores the question of human memory through the combination of a variety of abstract and symbolic motifs. It refers to Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time and the principles of "involuntary memory" based on the unconscious storing of memories connected with concrete emotions.

During a sleepover in Camden Town, 1997, four friends decide to sneak out at midnight and travel to Hyde Park to see sunrise. They navigate their way through the city guided from pay-phones by a London Transport operator, Leon.

The Borer follows a young man struggling to share his life with a parasitic organism.

This is the story of an unsung hero of photography: Harry Burton, the man whose images of the Tutankhamun excavation created a global sensation in the 1920s. Explore the spectacular locations where Burton worked, including Tutankhamun’s tomb and the surrounding temples.

A little video using mostly standard wipes to generate both the imagery and audio, light and dark content of the signal directly influence pitch and wave shape, the sound of the video signal was also processed through audio effects controlled live in parallel to the wipes and video effects. King then cut together my favourite parts in to a short work. It was influenced by early video art and visual music experiments.

More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On features previously banned songs by the BBC including "Lola" by the Kinks, "Jackie" by Scott Walker and "(We Don't Need this) Fascist Groove Thang" by Heaven 17.

An eight year-old girl and six year-old boy amble through a strange and still summer afternoon in a world which seems to exist only for them.

Photographers discuss the cosmic shift in their profession with the introduction of digital imagery.

A vampire hunter and his prey. Entry in the Four4 Very Short Horror Film Competition, 2013.

Frisky & Mannish's third full-length show previewed at the Southbank Centre and premièred at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011, ahead of a headline gig at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire and an international tour. This performance was a one-off revival at the London Wonderground on 19th July 2013, part of the duo's fifth anniversary celebrations.

" It must wait until the breath voluntarily leaves its body, even though it sometimes gazes at me with a look of human understanding, challenging me to do the thing of which both of us are thinking. " - Description of a Struggle: Franz Kafka

During our summer Pride tour with my beautiful queens from Sink The Pink, we performed a sold out show at The Troxy in east London, after London Pride. It was amazing to get back to the place that inspired High Heels. Performing at the Sink The Pink’s Troxy club night more than two years ago, I was completely blown away by the wonderfully inclusive atmosphere, all the fabulous costumes and beautiful faces. It was such a treat to be part of something so joyous and I completely fell in love. We have had the most incredible year together, travelling the world and being fierce and fearless. It was a far cry from a sold out stadium tour but I wouldn’t have changed it for the world. A lot of fun and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Following a fire in the studio, this film is a result of the after-effects of the smoke damage. The smoke left a negative imprint on every surface, in every drawer, in every box. Solid marks and traces remained ‘fixed’ as photographs, ‘exposed’ as photograms. These ‘negatives’ are re-exposed as a 16mm film.

When a young girl’s father is taken to hospital, a familial bond between her and her uncle is tested.

MUM portrays a loving and nurturing relationship between mother and child. Like millions of mothers out there this mum works hard to put food on the table. But her work puts her in great danger

Having returned from living abroad, Sarah, moves into what it appears to be the perfect flat. It's spacious and reasonably cheap too. But, the flat hides a terrible secret as the previous tenant has unsuspectingly not moved out. Sarah is about to discover she has an unwanted ghostly "flatmate".

A glimpse into the crazy lives of the tenants of four units of the 61 Beehive Street apartment building.

Follows the life of young Erodo, growing up among the semi-nomadic Turkana of northern Kenya.

In the jungle of Eastern Burma, a medical student, her trainer and a senior medic faces the consequences of the longest standing civil war in the world.

It’s a family affair, and Rory is on familiar ground. He knows each burly man who comes in for a mid-dance piss break, and his dad is playing the fiddle in the band. But Dan, his visiting boyfriend, couldn’t be further out of place – and there’s something Rory hasn’t told him. Once Rory manages to coax him out the cubicle, previously unaddressed questions over masculinity and communication are brought to the fore and their conversation unfurls into a flaming row, paused at regular intervals by urinating family friends, and incongruously underscored throughout by the rising ceilidh music coming through the wall.

A teenage slacker called Bill Thompson and his nerdy friend Monty Taylor decide to rebel against school bully Jack bath

A director sets out to make a romantic tragedy filmed guerilla style. Living In Oblivion meets Adaptation.