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What the Romans Did for Us, is a 2000 BBC documentary series "looking at the innovations and inventions brought to Britain by the Romans". The title of the programme is derived from the cult movie Monty Python's Life of Brian, referencing the famous scene where the People's Front of Judea discuss "What have the Romans done for us?"
Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy - Buddha, Socrates and Confucius.
An intimate and powerful experience, looking at some of the planet’s most fearsome animals in their own unique neighborhoods.
Bargain-loving Brits visiting some of the UK's favourite seaside resorts including Skegness and Mablethorpe.
This UKTV original series pitches presenters Rebecca Jackson and Elo against each other, as they try to convince one car buyer to buy one Rebecca’s modern motors, or one of Elo’s classic bargains.
Celebrate some of the greatest cars ever made. Well-known motoring experts come together to champion their favourite iconic vehicles, revealing what it is that makes these cars so spectacular.
Dr Jago Cooper visits South America to find out the truth behind some of the ancient civilisations that lived there.
Last Night Out reveals the chilling stories of the final night of fun for those whose evenings end in tragedy. We meet the under 35s who go out to have a good time but a terrible turn in events leads to their murders. This UK series uses intimate, down-the-lens interviews with family members, friends, and key figures from the investigation team to tell the stories of these tragic deaths. Blending CCTV footage, social media posts and home movies, each episode forensically pieces together the narrative of their last night out.
Five volunteers put their lives in Michael Mosley's hands. Can food, fitness and lifestyle changes really transform their health and well-being in just three weeks?
From a surgery nestled in bucolic hills to a practice on the edge of a loch, this intimate look at the UK's most rural GPs captures the challenges they face and the unique cases they treat.
Documentary following the staff working at the highest hospital in the world as they treat the many climbers who suffer injuries while climbing Mount Everest.
Josie Gibson goes on an immersive journey into the wonderful world of first-class travel.
Food writer Stefan Gates sets off on a three-part adventure to uncover the truth about those notorious food additives, E numbers.
The Playboy Bunny Murder will see Marcel Theroux investigate a set of disturbing murders of young women that have remained unsolved since the 1970s and reveal a dark and violent side hidden beneath the wealth and glamour of exclusive corners of London’s nightlife at that time. The journalist and filmmaker’s long-standing interest in the brutal murders, which shocked the London he grew up in, led him to return to the killings of Eve Stratford, a Playboy Bunny who aspired to be a famous model, Lynda Farrow, a croupier with years of experience working in nighttime London, and Lynne Weedon, a schoolgirl whose whole life lay ahead of her.
Our Water World explores the incredible freshwater systems that help our planet thrive and, without which, life could not exist. From Earth’s icy realms, to its rushing rivers and epic waterfalls, to magical cloud forests, this is the mysterious, surprising and captivating story of our planet's extraordinary freshwater worlds.
A look inside one of the world’s biggest startup nations - Israel, and Shenzhen, looking at how and why the city has evolved so rapidly.
Two-part series showing a look at the 2008 auditions featuring ex-housemates, including Nikki Grahame, Michelle Bass and Charley Uchea.
The BBC documentary made as a sequel to the series "The Death Of Yugoslavia" focusing on the Kosovo crisis and the collapse of the Milosevic regime.
A two-part documentary detailing a two-week stay in Mumbai's Dharavi slum.
Documentary about the disappearance of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews in Yorkshire in 2008, an investigation that gripped the nation, which turned out to be hoax kidnapping plot devised by her mother. Featuring exclusive interviews with Shannon's best friend, members of the local community, and the police officers who eventually found her, the programme reveals the remarkable truth of what really happened.
Series which follows the journey of farm animals from the pasture to the plate
Laura Whitmore takes on a series of highly-charged, controversial issues, which will see her using her journalism skills to reveal new insights on each.
Pals Dazza and Natalie Erskine eat their way round Forfar, Fraserburgh and Dumfries.
Climb up on the footplate and join historian and host Dan Cruickshank for a railway adventure like no other as he investigates how trains helped shape modern Britain. This three-part series resurrects an exhilarating age and kicks off by focusing on the railways' role in defeating Hitler, before unearthing the incredible engineering achievements of Isambard Brunel and embarking on a trip on the earliest steam engines.
Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of how three British artists responded to the cataclysm of World War One.
A travel series that sends five ordinary British households to review some of the world’s most popular holiday destinations.
Comedian Lenny Henry sets out on a journey to discover what makes us laugh and what role humour plays in our lives
How does a sperm whale hunt using sound alone? How do elephants hear through their feet? Join biologist Patrick Aryee as he exposes the mysteries behind the world's weirdest animals.
Three-part observational documentary series charting the journey to the London 2012 Olympics.
This three-part documentary military thriller provides unprecedented access to the British Ministry of Defence as it recounts the daring operation to evacuate Kabul. It’s an emotional, unflinching series that, for the first time, shows how Britain’s largest airlift since World War II actually played out, minute by minute.
Filmed in Sweden and Norway, this documentary series follows adventure-traveler and BBC journalist, Simon Parker, as he embarks upon a 2,000 mile / 3,500 KM cycling adventure from the North Cape to Smygehuk – the full length of the Scandinavian Peninsula. On his journey, Simon charts the seasonal cycles of the natural world, as summer is transitioning into autumn.
Two brothers - one a baker, the other a chef and butcher - unlock the trade secrets of baking, and without a cupcake in sight
A deep dive into the enigmatic world of water. From our vast, powerful ocean to dynamic life-giving rivers, nurturing lakes and the ghostly world of our mysterious swamps, we explore the charismatic characters and intricate stories of the wildlife that call each of these water bodies home. Through their connection to these contrasting habitats, we reveal the many secrets to how water shapes all life on Earth.
Each episode reveals how the unique geology of these islands forces the animals that evolved there to interact in exceptional ways: they are mother nature's freewheeling laboratories. From pygmy elephants navigating environmental changes to addicted baby dingoes never before filmed, Islands offers a glimpse into rare, heartbreaking and inspiring stories of wonder, struggle and survival.
Suzi Perry meets six top photographers who will oversee their own masterclass in the art of taking beautiful pictures.
Britain's railways were key to the development of Britain - they helped facilitate the Industrial Revolution, the suburbs- and the commuter - and created popular holiday destinations. They've even inspired poetry, film and song. Combining contemporary train journeys with ITN's extensive archive this series provides a unique and revealing history of Britain's railroads and our engineering evolution. In each episode our presenter will take a different rail journey across the UK, use historical rail guides, board classic trains, experience captivating views and explore fascinating histories and personal stories. We'll hear stories of success - and learn about the disasters which pushed the engineering forward.
The invention of trains transformed everything about how humans lived. From the movement of goods and population, the design of cities, to conquest and warfare, there are few aspects of civilization that were left untouched by these machines.
Award-winning chef Stevie Parle and professional spice blender and chef Emma Grazette are embarking on a vibrant, colourful and spice-filled journey around the world.
Paul McKenna teaches you how you can reprogramme your relationship with food.
Occurring from the mid-1970s to 1981, the Ripper committed 13 murders. Viewed as ritualistic in nature, they were done with extreme brutality as he mocked the police during their desperate hunt for him. The victims were primiarly prostitutes or poor girls, with a few working girls tossed in. Generally he would hit a victim on the head with a hammer, sexually assault the lady, mutilate her, and then redress/re-arrangement the clothing and cover the corpse with her own coat.
How are we going to lift the veiled sheets of the word remember this season? Of course,remember your name,your life, everything that belongs to you, but how will you remember who you are? Eren is a valet at a bar. One day he gets into an accident with a customer's car, which he kidnaps to take him for a ride. And he will lose that day, even everything that belongs to him. He wants to remember all he has left,Remember His Name,Remember life, remember everything he can't think of his loved ones. but a light that does not leave him alone with his crop identity (Ela) will take him out of this framework of obscurity and make everything clear in one day. But how much of this will he be able to remember. Everything from start to finish or nothing?
The first months of an animal's life are crucial - if they lose their mothers, they'll need help. Meet the wild orphans getting a second chance, and those devoted to saving them.
Dr Richard Miles seeks our ancient treasures and explores our relationship with the past.
Future Fantastic was a British documentary television series which premiered in 1996. This show looked at the how science and science fiction complement each other, and how ideas and technologies from the past are helping to shape our future. The series was narrated by Gillian Anderson and co-produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation, The Learning Channel and Pro Sieben.
Ainsley travels the Med visiting the countries that have shaped Mediterranean cooking and discovers colourful cuisine from three different continents.
From pirates' hoards and shipwrecked booty to dazzling gems to precious metals, Ellie Harrison and Dallas Campbell journey to the far corners of the globe in search of some of the most extraordinary and elusive gems and precious metals.
Documentary that goes behind the scenes with animals and keepers at Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park.
Historian Andrew Roberts journeys through the history and geography of Europe to bring the story of Napoleon vividly to life as he retraces the footsteps of the legendary leader himself.
Egypt Unwrapped searches for Egypt's lost treasures and redefines the way we look at ancient Egypt.
Follow the personal experience of the Queen, as she navigated the events that shaped the fortune of the royal family and the history of the United Kingdom over the decades of her reign.
In this mind-bending series, Jim Al-Khalili explores the vast range of size in the universe, from tiny atoms to gigantic, interconnected galaxies.
Michael visited Venezuela at a crucial moment in the country’s history. It is often called the most dangerous country in South America, where soaring inflation and high murder rates have led over seven million people to flee the country in the last ten years.
Pete Owen Jones presents the definitive guide to faith on earth, with eighty rituals across six continents in the space of a year.
Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou examines how archaeological discoveries are changing the way people interpret stories from the Bible.
With mounting evidence that aliens exist, the compelling clues and testimonies that support this claim often come from the same sites on our planet. Why is that? Alien Corridors seeks to answer this question in a gripping, investigative documentary series that decodes this evidence of world’s hotspots of intergalactic visitation, and attempts to explain what extraterrestrial life is doing here.
Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, explores how the physical and mental health of our past monarchs has shaped the history of the nation.
Documentary series delving into the real lives of a group of UK adult entertainers working in the porn industry today. Revealing what life's really like for a porn star in a modern world.
Having faced a lifelong struggle trying to help her hoarder mum, Jasmine Harman sets out to help other families struggling with this condition.