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Series looking at how the BBC has revealed and interpreted monumental moments in our history. Using the BBC archive, the programmes examine changes in research covered in documentary television.

India - land of stunning wildlife, ancient cultures and extreme landscapes. Wildlife expert Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto and mountaineer Jon Gupta reveal India's natural wonders.

Wild Sri Lanka is a three part mini series about this tropical island in the Indian Ocean, off the southeastern coast of India. This land was wracked by civil war for decades. But now, researchers can bring modern science and technology to bear, in order to take stock of what lives here. The series explores the diverse wildlife of the country's coast and seas, taking clues from the water around the island to examine how the landmass came to be and why its complex climate and unique location see such a diverse range of species inhabiting its shores.

Three-part series that looks at a year in Alaska, revealing the stories of pioneering Alaskans, both animal and human, as they battle the elements and reap the benefits of nature's seasonal gold rush.

Top teen pop stars, Kim, Kate, and Kylie, on a glamorous global tour full of unexpected diversions that lead them to fun packed stories. Sweet and cheeky, bright and breezy, with their long suffering chauffeur at the wheel, K3 never know what's around the next bend in their road and just can't say no to an adventure.

Discovering what went wrong in a series of caught-on-camera disasters.

Documentary series examining what it takes to survive in some of the most extreme places on the planet.

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan is sent by his mother on a ramshackle odyssey around his parents' homeland of Sri Lanka in an attempt to connect him with his roots.

An excellent narration of oil industry since early days to 20th century and up to today. How oil changed the world and shaped our modern world today.

In this new series, we say adios to Magaluf and hola to Europe’s number one glamorous party island Ibiza. There’s a brand new hotel rigged with cameras, capturing all the shenanigans and antics of our new holiday reps as they revel in their first season in party paradise. Leading the pack is the queen of ‘Magaluf Weekender’ herself, Head Rep Imogen. Sporting a svelte new look and bursting with newly acquired confidence, Imogen is on hand to show the rookie reps - Ben, Sophie, Deano, Rachel and Kris - exactly how the job should be done. But will the new reps behave themselves? Will they get on? Can they be trusted with the guests? Not to mention each other? And when a blast from her past makes a surprise return, will Imogen be able to stay focused on the task in hand?

Documentary capturing the highs and lows of young skaters as they juggle home, school and friendships with a life on the ice, striving to be the best in a sport they love.

How Britain as we know it was built on the profits of slavery, with abolition involving the shocking decision to compensate slave owners for their loss of 'property'.

The Force is an honest and revealing look at the pressures of modern policing and the complex issues front line emergency response officers face. With unparalleled access to the 999 response team, police control room and to specialist units like road traffic, dogs, and firearms each episode paints a picture of crime in the force area, including the North East, Essex and Manchester.

"Al Rincón de Pensar" (Spanish for "To the thinking corner") is an interview show hosted by publicist Risto Mejide. In every episode Risto interviews two prominent figures of the spanish media.

Japan's landscapes range from snowy mountains to subtropical warmth. They are full of wildlife - and animals' and people's lives often cross as they adapt to these extremes.

Featuring team captains Frank Lampard and Bradley Walsh, the show features guests from the worlds of comedy and sport. Each weekly fixture sees the opponents battle it out and prove their sporting prowess to find out who really knows their Tom Daleys from their Daley Thompsons. Seann Walsh acts as the series' comic umpire as both teams simply... 'play to the whistle'. Whether using their encyclopaedic sporting knowledge, their funny bones or physical skills, each round is only completed at the sound of Holly's whistle.

In 2014, Germany television network ZDF commissioned a comprehensive TV documentary on the history of the Red Army Faction (RAF). In six 45-minute parts, the series describes the origins, rise, and fall of the terrorist organization "Red Army Faction." Interviewees include Winfried Ridder, former head of department at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution; Rainer Hofmeyer, former head of department at the Federal Criminal Police Office; and political scientist Dr. Wolfgang Kraushaar.

Some men and women, desperate to find a partner to share a life-long relationship, enter an extreme social experiment: A group formed by a psychologist, a sexologist and a psychiatrist has previously studied their personalities until finding the most compatible candidate. The catch? These pairs only will meet for the first time at their wedding day.

100 trillion cells. 280 days. One human life. A BBC Science series, produced in partnership with The Open University, exploring the making of you.

Cloudbabies is an adorable animated series about four enchanting, childlike characters, Baba Pink, Baba Blue, Baba Yellow and Baba Green whose job is to look after the sky and their Sky Friends, Sun, Moon, Rainbow, Fuffa Cloud and Little Star. They live together with Bobo White, a mischievous little Sky Imp, in a house on a big fluffy Cloud. Every morning, they jump on their Skyhorsies and begin their days work of looking after the sky.

Competitors from all over the UK take on TV's toughest obstacle course.

Kuntergrau is a german web series telling the story of five open-minded gay friends on the threshold of adulthood. We are invited in their daily life as they are experimenting the meaning of friendship, sex, love and boundaries in a small circle. Far from a coming out scenario, Kuntergrau bluntly addresses the heart of the matter without making any detour about its gayness.

Sir Tony Robinson, the history presenter and former Black Adder star, tells the story of the Great War. How it started, how it changed the world and how it finished with a 100 day flourish of military brilliance, which finally put an end to four years of incompetence and slaughter. With the aid of hundreds of amazing archived 3D images of the Great War which chronicle WWI from start to finish and breathe new life into the story, Tony Robinson's World War I allows modern audiences to see the war in a completely new way. Robinson will also show how the Great War changed British people for generations to come – liberating large portions of the working class, powering the rise of the Labour party and breaking the old ties of service to the aristocracy.

Join little Lola as she has fun exploring the farm, meeting and learning about its animals. The cheerful animals are always happy to help Lola explore animal sounds, different foods, farm vehicles, habitats, and more.

Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous castles: Warwick, Dover, Caernarfon, the Tower of London, Carrickfergus, and Stirling.

In an old caravan parked in front of his crumbling estate lives Pompidou - a tubby, pompous, penniless, eccentric, yet lovable aristocrat. He is an elderly oddball who has fallen on hard times.

Six inspirational but everyday people take part in The People's Strictly for Comic Relief.

Join host Ricky as he creates drawings and paintings with the help and encouragement of his friends and family.

Set around the antics of a ragtag group of Mountain Rescue volunteers, Mountain Goats celebrates the Highlands of Scotland, with proper kilt wearing maniacs fighting disaster on a weekly basis against the stunning backdrop of the Glencoe hills. When our heroes aren't out rescuing people, or being rescued themselves, they spend their time in 'The Old Goat' pub - a place of great warmth and camaraderie, where people come in for a quick pint and never want to leave. The regulars in the pub are Jimmy, an old school mountain goat with a fag burn in his jumper and a glint of mischief in his bloodshot eyes, the wild and mysterious Bill; Bernie, a cheery, hard-working woman, who keeps the others on the straight and narrow; and Conor, a handsome, easy-going young man who is more than a little bit naive. Their HQ is in the local pub, and the landlady is Jules - a formidable force of nature who'll have you out on your ear at the first sign of trouble.

The cameras follow Joanna Lumley as she travels from East to West on a Trans-Siberian adventure. She starts in Hong Kong and crosses 5777 miles of both Asia and Europe, through seven time zones, taking in an immense panorama of vistas and cultures, people and places, before her final arrival in Moscow.

Whenever Charlotte, Lokesh or Elliot visits their Great Aunt Lizzie, there's always going to be a story and a cup of tea. "But first we need..." "The Teacup!" Lizzie has the most extraordinary collection; every cup unique, each with a picture of an ancient artefact; a reminder of an adventure way back in the mists of time. She is so good at telling those tales, with descriptions so vivid, that Charlotte and Elliot can't help but imagine themselves long ago and far away, in Great Aunt Lizzie's old battered boots. Every object is inspired by a genuine museum artefact.

'Hidden India' is a 3 part BBC series bringing out the unexplored side of natural India to the outside world, with each episode covering various facets of India like its rivers, mountains and vibrant wildlife.

Three-part nature documentary series exploring the natural history of the Atlantic Ocean.

Celebrities to take a warm, funny look at gadgets, gizmos and games of childhood and Christmases past. 'That's So Last Century' is an entertaining three-part series in which celebrity parents and their kids will dig deep into the not-so-ancient world of the late 20th Century to uncover the technologies, objects and pop culture artefacts that time has forgot. We'll bring together these lost relics in front of the parents (who'll remember them) and their kids (who most probably won't) to see how they react. A new take on the archive show, they'll not only watch clips of these now hilariously outdated objects, but they'll get their hands on them too. With each episode covering a different category of 20th century life, how will they fare when getting to grips with a fax machine, playing the original black and white Nintendo Game Boy, sporting a Global HyperColour t-shirt or recording a programme on VHS? That's So Last Century is an intelligent celebration of how the speed of technological and cultural changes has, in just a few years, made objects, TV shows and gadgets bizarre and unrecognisable to kids today.