Explore TV Series

Jonathan Meades travels from the flatlands of Flanders to Germany's spectacular Baltic coast in an attempt to decipher exactly what northernness entails.

Over nearly 150 kilometers along the Channel, the Opal Coast unfolds a coastal landscape hemmed with chalk cliffs and wide beaches, which are home to a rich fauna and flora. In the ornithological reserve of Marquenterre Park, Philippe Carruette and his colleague Léa Coftier embark on a patient bird hunt to ring different species.

How does a Northern Irish teen become one of the world's worst online child sex abusers? Victims, families and police share how catfish killer Alexander McCartney was caught.

Cathedral is an educational television miniseries of five episodes first broadcast in 2005 by the BBC. It describes the construction of five cathedrals in the United Kingdom: ⁕Canterbury Cathedral ⁕Lincoln Cathedral ⁕Winchester Cathedral ⁕St. Giles' Cathedral ⁕York Minster The show features historical re-enactments using actors and CGI.

tech writer Jamie Bartlett tries to uncover the dark reality behind Silicon Valley’s glittering promise to build a better world.

Three-part documentary telling the chilling story of a nurse who was convicted of murder, attempted murder and grievous bodily harm of 13 children under her care at hospital in 1991.

Liz Bonnin sets out to explore how animals meet, mate and in some cases form lifelong relationships, shining a light on the extraordinary emotions that it seems animals are capable of.

Explorer Levison Wood tracks down some of the most iconic but endangered animals on earth, and gets a better understanding of how they are surviving against worsening odds.

Set in 2050, social journalist James Burke looks back at events of the world from the dawn of civilization and shows how climate change has affected human history. At the point of the Industrial Revolution, humans began to do things to the climate, rather than the other way round. When he brings us up to date (1989), that is when the predictions begin. From Kyoto to the two Gulf Wars, Burke accurately predicts many of the events that have taken place so far. His predictions have been sound, even to the tune of carbon credits and climate change agreements. Using virtual reality computer simulations, Burke traces the Earth's history of ice ages and warming trends and presents several possible scenarios caused by the greenhouse effect during the 1990s to 2050.

Michel Roux sets out on a personal mission to train eight young people as front-of-house superstars.

Simon Schama explores the history of British portraiture, revealing the stories behind the most compelling images in British art and examining the ways portraiture is used to make a statement.

Documentary going behind the scenes of the Channel Tunnel.

Following the journey of five of the most memorable teams – England, Italy, Cameroon, Yugoslavia, and the Italia 90 World Cup Winners West Germany - this three-part documentary will combine edge–of-the-seat drama on the pitch with the momentous historical shifts that were happening beyond it. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the civil wars of Yugoslavia; English hooliganism of the 1980s to the rise of a new culture of football in the 1990s, we will discover how Italia 90 was a tournament played in the crucible of a changing world.

Adventurer and explorer Paul Rose explores the Yorkshire Dales in this documentary series.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is on a mission to find out why we waste so much.

The fascinating and dramatic stories behind some of the grandest designs never built.

Following the lifes on the Tyne and Wear Metro – the first time cameras have been allowed in-depth behind the scenes at the UK’s biggest metro system outside London.

Scandimania Sweden, Denmark and Norway have been voted the happiest countries in the world. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is off to find out why. There's a lot of talk about Scandinavia at the moment and Hugh wants to discover what it's all about.

Archive footage of rock, pop and soul performances from the 70s.

Series looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.

Food critic and food lover Grace Dent explores the phenomenon of Greggs.