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How Richard Lubbock, a mild-mannered, North London, Jewish family-man became Britain’s biggest meth dealer is now revealed for the first time in these two gripping one-hour films.

Finding a way to end a war. Insiders tell the long and troubled story of a chaotic conflict, revealing the political pressures that helped seal the fate of Afghanistan.

An access all areas pass to rugby’s team to beat, the indomitable Harlequins. As they prepare for the upcoming season we get an insight into the lives of these elite sportsmen.

My Transsexual Summer is a British documentary-style reality series about seven transgender people in different stages of transition. For five weekends in the summer of 2011, they stay together in a large holiday home in Bedfordshire, where they meet and help each other with some of the struggles that transgender people face. Between these weekend retreats, they go back to their lives and real-world challenges.

It is estimated that 99 per cent of species have become extinct and there have been times when life's hold on Earth has been so precarious it seems it hangs on by a thread. This series focuses on the survivors - the old-timers - whose biographies stretch back millions of years and who show how it is possible to survive a mass extinction event which wipes out nearly all of its neighbours. The Natural History Museum's professor Richard Fortey discovers what allows the very few to carry on going - perhaps not for ever, but certainly far beyond the life expectancy of normal species. What makes a survivor when all around drop like flies? Professor Fortey travels across the globe to find the survivors of the most dramatic of these obstacles - the mass extinction events.

Celebrating the best of Black British music, featuring Ghetts, Headie One, Enny and Mist.

A look at the life of Giovanni Di Stefano, a fraudster who pretended to be a lawyer so that he could defend the likes of Manuel Noriega, Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosevic, Charles Manson and others.

Composer Soumik Datta travels around India exploring the country's rich and diverse culture and history through its music.

Karen Carney shines a light on the achievements of female footballers on and off the pitch.

Tells the story of the tour by The British & Irish Lions that was punctuated by drama, struggle and triumph.

Tracking a specialist tactical unit from Kent Police who hunt down and capture suspects who have gone on the run. Featuring dramatic manhunts, investigations and chases, it's a game of tactics and nerve for Sgt Ian Cameron and his team.

Join Laura Alexandra as she travels Serbia for the first time in this 6 part series. Serbia has connected West with East for centuries - a land in which civilizations, cultures, faiths, climates and landscapes meet and mingle - and Laura experiences just some of these offerings in this travel series.

Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun is a British documentary broadcast on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom. It first broadcast on 11 June 2013. Documentary series following the lives of the residents of Gibraltar, the British Overseas Territory at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea.

A two-part documentary which shines a light on the new British monarch, told with an extensive collection of rare royal archive and revelatory interviews from those who know him

Cuba's revolutionary story is one of much fervor. Fidel Castro had one objective: the liberation of a Communist Cuba. Castro's ability to form key strategic alliances enabled him to stand at the precipice of realizing his dream for Cuba.

A definitive history of the music that shook the world, looking at the origins and development of the punk rock movement as a social, historical, political and musical force.

Nigel Slater shows how, with a bit of culinary creativity, he turns the contents of his weekly shop into seven delicious dishes - one for every day of the week.

Documentary series following the Smiths and the Wainmans, two rival clans in the world of stock car racing, who have dominated the circuit for 40 years

How Sci-Fi Saved My Life investigates the many fascinating projects of real life that were inspired by sci-fi hits, and examines how they might change life on earth - and beyond - as we now know it. A mini-series in 4 1-hour episodes: "Terminator Saved My Life" "The Matrix Saved My Life" "Stargate Saved My Life" "Men in Black Saved My Life"

Award-winning documentary maker Stacey Dooley meets a variety of extraordinary families in the USA, lifting the lid on more fascinating and unusual lifestyles.

The much acclaimed series of six BBC films in which famous anglers Chris Yates and Bob James take us on a grand fishing adventure across Britain...

Members of an international task force are followed as they work to stop environmental crime.

Vicky Pattison and hubby-to-be Ercan Ramadan prepare to get married not once, but twice... and we're invited! From the good and the bad to the budget-blowing, will they get their perfect wedding days?

Many of the world’s best-known landmarks have been inspired by faith and today more worshippers than ever are flocking to these sacred places. For some people they’re sanctuaries for quiet contemplation. For others, they’re sites for astonishing acts of worship, dangerous challenges and extraordinary deeds of devotion, rarely seen by outsiders.

David Reynolds traces the legacy of the Great War across 100 years and 10 different countries, examining how the war haunted a generation and shaped the peace that followed.

The People's Supermarket is a food cooperative whose stated aim is to provide the local community with good cheap food that's fair to consumers and producers. It was set up in May 2010 by Arthur Potts Dawson, Kate Wickes-Bull, David Barrie and a team of supporters and professional advisors in Lamb's Conduit Street, Holborn, London, England, near Great Ormond Street Hospital. As of February 2012 it had 1000 members. Based upon the concept of the food co-operative and inspired in part by the Park Slope Food Coop in the Park Slope neighbourhood of Brooklyn in New York City, US, members of the social enterprise are required to pay a £25 annual fee and contribute 4 hours of their time every 4 weeks to working in the store. In return, members receive a 20% discount off their shopping in-store. The People's Supermarket was visited by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron on Monday 14 February 2011 immediately prior to his speech relaunching his flagship Big Society initiative and the creation of the Big Society Bank at Somerset House in central London. As of March 2012 the People's Supermarket website had a page headed "Our Imminent Closure" which announced that unless Camden Council continued to support it by allowing the renegotiation of rate payments The People’s Supermarket would become insolvent by 1 March, and asking site visitors to sign a petition. There was a rush of donations which enabled an instalment towards unpaid business rates of about £5,000 to be paid, ending the immediate risk of closure.

...from Hell is a one-hour ITV documentary shown in the United Kingdom on a semi-regular basis. It discusses and shows real-life footage of the experiences that people have witnessed on the subject of programme. For example, Weddings from Hell. The programme began in 1997 with Neighbours from Hell. This was originally a one-off documentary to compete against the BBC with their current boom of docusoaps including Airport and The Cruise. This was soon followed up with the popular Holidays from Hell. The two aforementioned programmes are the most well known of the series. The documentary was originally best noted for its dramatic 'flame-filled' title sequence, indicating a situation that could have originated literally 'from hell'. It is narrated mainly by ex-Fawlty Towers actor, Andrew Sachs although others have included Ross Kemp and Fiona Foster.

In 2003, a British reality show firebombed the life of beautiful model Miriam Rivera, a young, transgender model from smalltown Mexico. This is the story of one of the most controversial TV events of the last 25 years and the questions that remain unanswered.

Not all serial killers are the same – but many share twisted desires and use similarly devious methods to get their perverse kicks. Just as many serial killers have a victim type, so there are types of murderers: from the handsome charmers, who could seduce any woman in the blink of an eye but can’t be satisfied unless they kill, to the power hungry sadists for whom there’s no pleasure without pain. This is a new twist on the globally successful ‘Born To Kill?’ series. As usual, one new killer is investigated in each episode, but this series we will be delving into the extensive ‘Born To Kill?’ archive, to draw comparisons with some of the most iconic serial killers in history.

An insight into what it's like to be black, British and marginalised in the autism discourse.

Two-part documentary in which historian Dr Jonathan Foyle explores the magnificent civic architecture of towns and cities across the north of England

Can't imagine a world without Wi-Fi, smart phones or social media? You don't have to, as Craig Charles takes us on a nostalgic journey through some stand-out years that changed the course of history!

Facing The Truth was a British television programme. Partly based on South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the three part series was presented by Fergal Keane and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In the programme victims and perpetrators of Northern Ireland's Troubles meet for the first time. The second show featured Provisional IRA member Joe Doherty opposite the relatives of a soldier killed in the Warrenpoint ambush. In the final programme of the series Milltown Massacre gunman Michael Stone met with the relatives of Dermot Hackett, a Roman Catholic delivery man he was convicted of killing in 1987. Despite admitting to the murder at the time, Stone stated in the programme that he was not directly responsible, having been withdrawn from the operation after planning it.

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.

The series follows father-and-son team Dave and Steve Nuwar as they search for little pieces of history and the riveting tales behind them.

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.

The Pit is a British television show about underground heavy metal and rock music and culture, airing seven nights a week on Red TV on SKY DIGITAL.

After 40 years, Sir Terry Wogan returns to Ireland, stepping back into his past to explore how the country helped shape him, and looking at what it means to be Irish in the 21st century.

What is really good for our pets' health? They can't tell us, but science can. Steve Leonard leads a team of vets to seek out the latest research.

From PBS - Presented by anatomist Joy Reidenberg and veterinarian Mark Evans, Sex in the Wild is a four part series that explores the reproductive behaviors and biology of the animal kingdom. Focusing on four species - elephant, dolphin, kangaroo and orangutan - the series takes an in-depth look at how these animals find, fight for, and woo the opposite sex. It also explores how they mate, give birth, and raise their young in extreme environments. Why do male elephants transform into sex crazed monsters during musth? How do orangutans give birth safely high in the trees? Why is the pregnancy of kangaroos so short? And how do dolphins mate at high speed? Join Joy and Mark as they travel to Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Borneo to explore the reproduction challenges these species face and gain fascinating insight into their worlds.

Celebrating the inventions across England that have changed people's daily lives.

Hotelier and TV presenter Alex Polizzi shares her passion for Spain's culture and people as she travels the length and breadth of the country region by region discovering hidden delights.

Each summer more Brits set foot on the island of Corfu than Greeks, from so-called Kensington-on-Sea on the exclusive north end to the budget resort of Kavos on the south end and everything in between. Given the economic situation in Greece, island residents realize they need the tourist season to be stronger than ever. Will the British tourists come through?

Following Derry city bursary winners as they participate in the various stages of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

Rocket Science is a BBC television documentary series, first broadcast in March 2009 on BBC Two, exploring new ways to teach science to children. Across the UK, fewer and fewer youngsters want to study chemistry and physics, so with the help of physics teacher Andy Smith, Rocket Science sets out to convert a small sample by teaching them everything safe there is to know about fireworks. The series was filmed over a period of nine months.

The dramatic twists and turns of the investigation into Rachel O’Reilly’s murder in 2004, and the devastating impact it had on her loved ones, featuring testimony from those who were closest to the case.

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.

War Walks was a BBC documentary series presented by historian, Professor Richard Holmes. The series was about several famous European battles. It included descriptions of the battles, the events leading up to them and the events resulting from them.

Moving giant brewing silos, circus big tops, ice sculptures and steam trains is never easy. However, the Ultimate Movers rise to the challenge, battling against the elements, guiding oversized transport through narrow and winding roads and overcoming problems to get their precious cargo there on time, and in one piece. Time is always money and there's no room for error.

Chris Packham meets the animals using devious tactics and sneaky tricks to survive. Meet the cross-dressing love cheat cuttlefish, the two-faced topi, the devious freshwater mussel and other utterly remarkable devious animals.

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.