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Documentary series following the workers who keep the traffic flowing on one of the busiest stretches of road in Britain, where the country's longest motorway, the M6, meets four other major routes.

Twenty-five years ago, police made a gruesome discovery that would forever cast an eerie shadow over the tiny hamlet of Snowtown: the dismembered remains of multiple victims, stashed away in plastic barrels. Investigators who were first on the scene revealed haunting details of the discovery-and how Australia's worst-ever serial killers were finally put behind bars.

Follow the brightest scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and inventors as they try to revolutionise their chosen fields and make world-changing breakthroughs.

Inspiring series following six families as they embark on a one-way trip of a lifetime.

Saturday Cookbook is a British culinary series presented by Nadia Sawalha and Mark Sargeant. It is part of ITV Food. It aired on Saturday mornings on the ITV Network at 8.25am. Each week two special guests join Mark and Nadia. The programme aims to show viewers family recipes and reveal secret food-shopping habits and guilty culinary pleasures with guests. The first series consisted of 21 episodes. The first series is currently being repeated on Saturdays at 9:25am on ITV. A second series has not yet been announced.

Series looking at how WW2 was documented by German and British amateur home movie makers.

Munich: Mossad's Revenge is a documentary produced by Atlantic Productions and aired on Channel 4 in Britain concerning Operation Wrath of God, the Israeli assassination campaign that was organized in response to the Munich Massacre. The documentary includes interviews with many of the agents involved in the operation.

With the support of HRH the Duke of Sussex, British and Australian wounded veterans embark on a dramatic journey across Western Australia to mark the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney.

50 Films to See Before You Die was a television programme first shown on Channel 4 on Saturday 22 July 2006, to celebrate the relaunch of Film4 as a free-to-air TV channel available to digital terrestrial homes in the United Kingdom. It consisted of a list of 50 films compiled by film critics, experts and personalities. Each film was "chosen as a paragon of a particular genre or style". Apocalypse Now was chosen as the #1 film. Recent movies dominate the list: nine are from the 2000s, twelve from the 1990s, nine from the 1980s, nine from the 1970s, and only eleven movies from all the years prior to 1970. Three of the 50 films on the list were produced or distributed by Channel 4's own Film4 Productions – Trainspotting, Secrets & Lies and Sexy Beast.

Kate Humble and Simon King follow the animals living along Zambia's Luangwa River, from the last days of the longest dry season in memory to the arrival of the rains that will change everything.

The story of how the crimes of ‘respected’ GP Harold Shipman were first discovered and how he was eventually apprehended and charged with the murder of 15 of his own patients.

British adventurer and cinematographer Richard Terry travels to faraway jungles and remote islands in search of the truth behind stories of unknown creatures attacking, and killing, humans.

Journalist Mobeen Azhar uncovers the truth behind the killing of a black man by a white supremacist gang member. Did Larnell Bruce die because he was black?

Eight British citizens try to smuggle themselves back into Britain without their passports. Will Border Force catch them?

The QE2 has a new home in Dubai, and a new life as a hotel.

Italian motorcycle racer Franco Morbidelli battles to the top of MotoGP racing.

The story of the rise and fall of an iconic fashion brand and of an entrepreneur with ambitions to be king of the high street.

The rise and fall and rise again of Flying Scotsman - the first steam train to reach 100mph, capturing a place in the hearts of the nation.

Extraordinary People was a television documentary series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network in the United Kingdom between 1992 and 1993. Each programme focused on an individual or group of people who excel in their chosen field. The programme ran for two series, with seven episodes in total.

Hyperland is a 50-minute long documentary film about hypertext and surrounding technologies. It was written by Douglas Adams and produced and directed by Max Whitby for BBC Two in 1990. It stars Douglas Adams as a computer user and Tom Baker, with whom Adams had already worked on Doctor Who, as a personification of a software agent. In hindsight, what Hyperland describes and predicts is an approximation of today's World Wide Web.

Celebrities Exposed is a British television celebrity talking head documentary series that aired on ITV2 between 2003 and 2005. Repeats still occasionally air on ITV2 despite no new episodes having been made since 2005.

Using pioneering seamless filming techniques, the series explores magic moments when Earth bursts into life - fleeting windows of time when the conditions are just right and animals spring into action.

What Darwin Didn't Know is a documentary show on BBC Four presented by Armand Marie Leroi which charts the progress in the field of Evolutionary Theory since the original publication of 'On the Origin of Species' in 1859.

Three trailblazing scientists take on cancer, with their pioneering work changing peoples’ lives, right now

Leading behaviour expert Marie Gentles is heading to Beacon Hill Academy in the West Midlands, where in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, some of the pupils are struggling.

Series exploring the birth, development and future of the World Wide Web, asking what it holds for its users.

Ben Zand travels to some of the worlds's longest-running dictatorships, discovering the sinister and at times bizarre reality of life there.

Monty Halls' Great Escape is a British television programme broadcast on BBC Two from 1 March 2009. Marine biologist Monty Halls escapes from the city to be a crofter in Applecross in the west of Scotland. In five episodes, Halls converts a down-trodden cattle shed - "beachcomber cottage" - into a small self-supporting farm, whilst documenting the local wildlife and society. A second series, Monty Halls' Great Hebridean Escape began airing on 21 April 2010. In Australia, it aired as Monty Halls' Island Escape starting on 28 December 2012. "Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape" was first aired on 11 August 2011.

A documentary series about siege of Sarajevo in th 1990s.

Highland Emergency is a British television documentary series following the work of the emergency services in the Highlands of Scotland. It is broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK. Filmed aboard the search and rescue aircraft of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and HM Coastguard as well as the Scottish Ambulance Service air ambulances, the show follows the teams on emergencies in the Highlands. The series also follows the work of the Emergency Medical Retrieval Service in transporting critically ill patients, via Royal Navy and SAS aircraft, to better equipped, urban hospitals. Series one comprised 28 episodes and aired throughout 2008 and 2009. Series 2 first aired on Channel 5 on Friday, 26 February 2010 and consisted of 6 episodes. The main difference in the two series was in the timing, with series 2, episodes being 1 hour in duration rather than 30 minutes as in series 1. Series 3 first aired on Channel 5 on 14 September 2011 and reverted to the 30 minute running time.

Dermot O'Leary, Arthur Williams and Lucy Betteridge-Dyson examine the crucial 48-hour periods that secured victory in some of Britain's most important battles.

What you had to say, do and dress in order to get ahead at various times in history

This is an update of 1999's powerful award winning documentary Malcolm and Barbara- a love story, which follows the couple Malcolm and Barbara Pointon as they deal with Malcolm's onset of Alzheimer's disease. Malcolm was a talented composer and musician before his illness and the film follows Barbara as she attempts to care for Malcolm in their home whilst struggling with the health service as the disease takes hold.

It was the biggest information leak in US diplomatic history – over 250,000 US diplomatic messages or “cables” between the US State Department and US embassies all over the world – turned into a global sensation by the website WikiLeaks.

Visually rich dance from an award-winning choreographer inspired by the works of artist Jackson Pollock. Filmed live at Sadler’s Wells in London.

Scotland's best-known outdoors man, Cameron McNeish, journeys up the western seaboard from the Mull of Kintyre to Mallaig. Travelling on foot, by bike, by pack-raft and with his beloved campervan, his journey takes him over 200 miles through some of our most impressive wild places. Along the way, he meets an artist, a storyteller and a ghillie. And most surprisingly of all he discovers how our ancestors created their music.

700 years after one of the most significant conflicts in British history, Neil Oliver and Tony Pollard go in search of both the real and imagined Battle of Bannockburn.

Documentary following convicted criminals in four Scottish prisons on the two most important days of their sentences - their arrival and their release.

A documentary that follows joint police and paramedic fast response teams as they travel in a single, high-performance vehicle.

Newly colourised film tells the story of the partition of India and the personal rivalries of some of the key players - from Viceroy Mountbatten to Nehru and the Viceroy's wife

Billingsgate trader Roger Barton follows his dream of visiting and trading in the world's greatest food markets.

Welcome to the world of Skin, where young people with a variety of skin conditions have the opportunity to be treated by some of the UK's leading experts. Entering a specialist clinic where they first meet others with similar conditions, our contributors struggle with skin issues that affect their appearance, confidence and life. These dedicated doctors treat some of the most chronic skin conditions, including acne, psoriasis, eczema and alopecia. In addressing head-on one of the most talked about topics for young people, the results reveal life-changing moments for many.

A compelling view of Queen Elizabeth II's early life, as revealed by previously unseen photographs, video archive and expert testimony

Series going behind the scenes at the Credit Union loan office.

Despite Britain being deep in a multi-faceted housing crisis over 200,000 properties stand empty. Matt Allwright travels around England to tell the stories of some of them and of plans to bring them back into use.

The disappearance of teen mum Nicola Payne in 1991 led to one of the largest ever investigations for the West Midlands Police. The series tells this extraordinary but tragic story through first hand testimonies from Nicola's family, friends and the detectives who worked on the case over the years.

Two part documentary looking at the changing face of the UK retail landscape. It focuses on four companies - American wholesale giant Costco, car supermarket Motorpoint, high street shoe chain Shoe Zone and Approved Food.

Three-part series about the history of the British Touring Cars Championship from its birth in 1957 up to the present day.

In the Summer of 1940 Britain stood alone on the edge of Europe. With Britain's shores secure, the Germans were left with one option. The Battle of Britain was the world’s first war to take place entirely in the skies.

Filmed as the reign of Britain's longest serving monarch draws to a close, this inside story on the state of the world's most famous dynasty asks: what next for the monarchy?

With intimate, behind-the-stage access, these short films explore the creative process of extraordinary dancers and choreographers as they rehearse new work and performances.

A British man’s death prompts an investigation into online suicide sites. The gripping pursuit of a mystery man mailing lethal poison packs to young people turns global.

In his latest book and this three-part series, investigative journalist Jacques Peretti strays into Adam Curtis territory. What if the way we understand our world is wrong, he wonders, and it’s not so much politicians who govern our lives but business deals done in secret, in the boardroom and on the golf course?

No monarch in history has seen as much of the world or its people. Now, with privileged access to the Queen, her family and her residences for more than a year, this landmark series offers a unique insight into the Queen's role as our first global monarch.

Not long ago, Robson Green was an enthusiastic amateur angler. For the last five years he’s been on a fishing odyssey, experiencing fishing as he’s never seen it before. With the extreme fishing series moving from channel 5 to Quest, the title was changed to reflect that he is now one of the world's most experienced fishermen, rather than the mere amateur he was before, so in a brand new series, Robson is taking extreme fishing to a different level. This time, he will be using all the skills he’s learned over the last five years – and testing himself to the limit to outwit the most extreme fish ever: the biggest, the weirdest, the most aggressive, the hardest to catch.