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Documentary films tackling viable means of reducing or preventing the impact of extreme weather.

In February 2008, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews vanished on her way home from school, triggering one of the highest-profile missing person investigations ever seen in the UK. But the story that gripped a nation soon unravelled into something far darker as suspicions turned closer to home. Featuring firsthand testimony this two-part documentary revisits a case that shocked and divided the country.

Music writer Dylan Jones puts the case that the 1980s were the most radical, innovative and creative decade in the history of pop.

Ian Hamilton and his guide dog, Major, explore the past, present and future of towns across Scotland.

Explore the technological revolution shaping modern archaeology. Innovations like drones, lidar, radar, 3D imaging and more have helped unearth new archaeological finds and are casting a new light on ancient civilisations.

On the night of 5th June, 1944, a C-47 paratrooper aircraft, nicknamed "That’s All, Brother" took off from England, heading in the early hours of June 6th, to drop Allied fighting men into Normandy. A chance discovery in 2015 led a scramble to save the aircraft, after standing for decades forgotten in a scrapyard. This UK premiere traces the story of an American icon, it’s reconstruction and hazardous Transatlantic mission to honour America’s fallen in Europe.

Best-selling author Sebastian Faulks presents a major four part series on the brilliance of the British novel and its characters.

Hitler, Mussolini and Franco had an aura of invincibility. However, an obsession haunted their lives: the existence of a Masonic conspiracy against them. What were Freemasons plotting in their temples? Considered a foe to the dictatorships of the 20th century Freemasonry was outlawed and Freemasons persecuted throughout Europe, with the blessing of the Catholic Church. How to survive the wrath of dictators? We will tell the untold story of World War II seen through the eyes of history's most famous secret association.

Denise Van Outen discovers savvy shopping secrets from supermarket buyers, including discount disruptors and premium grocers, to find out how they predict demand and what the next big trends will be.

Documentary using recorded figures and statistics to outline the full extent of the conflict, explaining the horrors of war and how it ever came to take place.

Stories about the impact of World War I around the regions.

In 1976 Peter Adam took Lawrence Durrell author of several Greek Island books, back to Greece. Their journey took them to Corfu, Rhodes, Crete and Hydra. Durrell has often said that words alone cannot express the true nature of Greek landscape and village life. In this film he pushes aside the debris of the present and guides us through the Greece of his youth. In a sequel to the Greek Spirit of Place, Peter Adam takes Lawrence Durrell back to the setting of his four famous novels. The journey starts in Alexandria and follows the Nile to Upper Egypt, to Aswan and Abu Simbel. Durrell revisits the Coptic monasteries of Wadi Natrun, the oasis of Fayum, Luxor and the Valley of the Kings. He talks about his beliefs, his craft and his experiences as a writer, and evokes Egypt's two landscapes - the desert and the great river.

Lies, forgeries, manipulation - and fraud worth $86 million. How Inigo Philbrick deceived the super rich of the art world - and ended up going from paradise to prison.

Cosmetic surgery is on the rise with more and more people going under the knife in an attempt to improve their image. Television presenter and mum-of-two, Cherry Healey, sets out to explore the rising trend and availability of cosmetic surgery procedures, both at home in the UK, and abroad. Cherry interviews a selection of British women who are planning, or have already had, various kinds of surgery, to understand why this craze has so much support. Hoping to learn more about the procedures people are having, Cherry embarks on a journey of discovery, looking at the UK and the rest of the world to investigate why so many feel the need to change their appearance. To grapple with the true extent of the cosmetic surgery industry, Cherry also travels to the United States of America and Brazil, where procedures are very common.

Lyse Doucet tells the story of the Syrian war through extraordinary testimony from those who have lived through it on the ground as well as politicians who tried to shape events.

Series re-examining the evidence from British au pair Louise Woodward's murder trial 25 years ago. Includes unprecedented access to witnesses, the defence team, the prosecution and members of the jury who decided her fate.

This documentary series tries to get at the root of some of the most heinous crimes ever committed by deranged, cold-blooded criminals.

Documentary revealing the weird and wonderful stories of some of the natural world's most incredible parents.

Huw Edwards traces the story of Aberfan's decades-long battle for justice, looking at whether the incident was a terrible accident or a preventable man-made disaster.

Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world and yet magical and mystical. On the Mahendra Highway, the trade route from east to west, the documentary series leads across the Himalayan country with the highest mountains in the world.

“300 Million Years” relates the dramatic history of how the continent of Europe came to be and the first humans to call it home.

Presented by Dr Clare Jackson of Cambridge University, this new three-part series argues that the Stuarts, more than any other, were Britain's defining royal family.

The gruesome story behind the Moors Murders.

This series retraces the origins and journeys of major European works of international significance, whose original manuscript has survived through the ages. Each film attempts to analyze an original manuscript as if it were a crucial clue, in hopes to reveal the secrets behind each work.

Documentary filmed over the course of a year following trainee officers in Lincolnshire Police, charting their progress as they venture out onto the streets under the watchful eyes of experienced veterans.

Examination of the scientific and social advances of the Victorian era, which bore the Industrial Revolution and set the standards for polite society today.

Fred Sirieix takes us on a road trip around some of Europe's most beautiful locations, meeting the Brits who have started new lives abroad

In a landmark two-part series, the policies and personality of the man who ruled Britain for a decade are examined by Andrew Rawnsley, one of the most authoritative chroniclers of New Labour.

BBC Two's documentary strand, an annual eight-part series of hour-long films about different aspects of contemporary British life.

Using archival footage, images and documents this intimate and revelatory documentary examines Salvador Dalí, bringing us closer to a one-of-a-kind genius who managed to create a character that is a work of art unto itself.

Meades asks if Britain really has suffered a "Gastronomic Revolution", and offers an A-Z of British food.