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Documentary series lifting the lid on the National Trust, filmed over two of the most stressful years in its more than 100-year-old life. The properties presented include Studland Beach & Nature Reserve, John Lennon's boyhood home, Tyntesfield, Waddesdon Manor, and Stonehenge.

Six English boys and girls lives in the Amish society for 6 weeks. They try to understand their life style culture and traditions

Two families experience life on the hillsides of 19th-century Snowdonia. The Braddock and Jones families say goodbye to the 21st century and take their first steps into 1890.

Opera lover Zeinab Badawi meet stars from the opera world who are seeking to make the genre fit for the 21st century.

Can being in the wrong place at the wrong time make you a criminal? Guilty Bystander meets people who've been convicted under the controversial joint enterprise law.

The fly-on-the-show will rig cameras around couples homes to capture everything from their rows to the make-up sex that follows

Following the steps of four illustrious vintage travelers (Mary Shelley, the Marquis De Sade, Herman Melville and J.W. Goethe) engaged in the Grand Tour, with the help of British writer Tobias Jones.

By constantly expanding and taking up land, humans have reduced wildlife territories, disrupting the natural passages through which animals must travel to meet their needs. Known as 'ecological corridors', these pathways are key to protecting biodiversity. So how do wild species fit into an increasingly inhabited, concrete, developed Earth? Are we capable of sharing territories with other living species? Beyond creating enclosed, 'safe' reserves and sanctuaries, what are the solutions to preserve these wild areas? All over the world, scientists, environmental protectors and inhabitants of these lands are working together to revive these corridors and restore the free movement of wildlife.

"Die Deutsche Wochenschau" was a unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany. The coordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

Kabul-Luftbrücke is an NGO from Berlin that evacuates people from Afghanistan on its own initiative because their lives are in danger as local forces, media workers or human rights activists. The series documents how former local forces manage to leave the country, how children hope for a reunion who were separated from their parents during the flight, and how young women decide to no longer bow to the rules of the Taliban.

Up close, stripped-back, live and uncut, this is surgery as it has never been seen before. Using the latest technology and with privileged access, viewers watch live as surgical teams from major UK hospitals preform procedures in real time.

Two-part documentary exploring one of the strangest cases in modern British history from May 2008.

Sam Willis explores British history with reference to technological advances in arms

After Michael Heseltine announced his retirement from the House of Commons and to tie in with the publication of his memoirs 'Life in the Jungle' in September 2000, LWT made a two part documentary telling his story.

A fresh examination of events between September '38 and March '39. Hitler was intent on invading Czechoslovakia, but even then the tyrant was already looking to his next goal.

Kirsty Young presents a history of how British families have changed since the Second World War.

Critical Eye is a Discovery Science documentary series which looks into strange phenomena like aliens, crop circles, subliminal messages, bigfoot, fortune telling, and other paranormal activities. It is hosted by William B. Davis.

Green goddess Kate Humble shares her favourite sustainable ways to live a good life.

The insider’s account of the most popular and oldest competition in Spanish soccer, seen and heard as never before. Before reaching the grand finale at La Cartuja Stadium, the road takes us to places like La Salera, Utrillas, or Mancha Real, where we will hear the stories of Óscar Quesada, Fran Carnicer, and Txema.

Built especially for the challenging conditions of Antarctica, HMS Endurance is the Royal Navy’s only ice patrol ship and its only one capable of breaking into the icy wastes of Antarctica. We join the elite, 140-person crew as they embark on a four-month expedition in perhaps the most extreme and hostile environment on the planet. Follow the extensive and diverse duties of the Royal Navy and the British Antarctic Survey, and the trials and tribulations that the frozen continent brings. In the first episode, Return to the Ice HMS Endurance prepares for another season in Antarctica. Captain Bob Tarrant has taken her there for the last two years but in 10 days time he must hand over to a new captain and is determined that the ship is ready for the ice before he leaves. Faced with a series of engine problems, can the crew get the vessel ready for both a long and dangerous journey and a new commander? Then bad news from home causes further problems as the ship leaves the Falklands.

Based on archival footage, appreciates engineering genius and celebrates the long-term survival of the ‘jumbo jet’.

The show tells the adventures of Filiberto Raisi, an explorer and a sport fisherman, who aims to campure rare species hidden in our seas, rivers and lakes.

Escape artists, extreme-sports competitors and other risk-takers are among those spotlighted.

The story of how Cuba struggled in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, their main economic and political supporter. The massive decline in living standards triggered refugee crises, which played havoc with Cuba's already difficult relations with the US and forced the two enemies to negotiate for the first time one-on-one and officially.

If there is one genre of art that seems to have played a greater role than any other, it is the nude. For at least 30,000 years, humans have represented the naked form in a variety of ways. From the ideal to the real, the Romantic to the Surrealist, there have been almost no end of works devoted to the unclothed human body. This series - presented by writer and broadcaster Tim Marlow - will examine those artworks, the societies that produced them and the artists that made them.

How does one of the most famous orchestras in the world ready itself for opening night? Gain unrivalled access behind the scenes in this new four-part series following the London Philharmonic Orchestra as they open their new season with Mahler’s epic 2nd Symphony, ‘Resurrection’.

Lancashire Police's major investigation team and the crimes they investigate, such as armed robbery, rape and murder. From the first call to the crime scene, and to charging the suspects, the cameras capture it all.

While making Simon Schama’s History of Now, Simon met several of the most influential contemporary artists working in the world today. In this series of extended interviews, Simon meets Ai Weiwei, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Margaret Atwood, to uncover the personal motivations behind their work and activism, their sense of why art matters, and their unique perspectives on the state of the world today.

Regional, current, relevant. We show what's moving all of Germany. What's currently on Germany's mind? "Bundesvibe" addresses the issues that concern us: current, with a focus on different regions of the country—and always close to the people.