Telescope
A history of the telescope and a look at the James Webb telescope, and at the universe through the eyes of scientists and telescopes since the beginning.
The Death of Antonio Sànchez Lomas
On All Saints’ Day, the Spanish pay tribute to their dead: a day of reverence and remembrance. Nevertheless, beneath the serene surface lie unhealed grief, thundering silence and ever-burning political…
And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead
A journey into the life and work of beat poet and activist Bob Kaufman and his insistence that poetry is fundamental to humanity’s moral survival.
They Came from Manchester: Five Decades of Mancunian Pop
A selection of performances by Manchester-based acts culled from the BBC archives.
One Life
One Life captures unprecedented and beautiful sequences of animal behaviour guaranteed to bring you closer to nature than ever before, as well as a second disc packed full of never…
Islands of Creation
In the jungles of the Solomon Islands, a remote archipelago in the South Pacific, a biologist is attempting to do something Charles Darwin and Ernst Mayr never accomplished: catch evolution…
Trafficked
Investigative journalist, Nick McKenzie, gets a tip that something bad is going down at a brothel in South Melbourne. It’s a story he knows all too well – Nick reported…
Waiting for Lightning
Documentary about the life of skateboarder Danny Way and his attempt at jumping over the Great Wall of China on a skateboard.
Ada for Mayor
A first-person chronicle of the journey of Barcelona activist mayor Ada Colau in the form of a personal diary.
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s “American Pie”
With a narrative running deeper than a catchy tune and cryptic verses, “American Pie” is a musical phenomenon woven deep into the history of American culture, entertaining audiences around the…
Julia
Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child’s surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering…
If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd
The story of Lynyrd Skynyrd; The Greatest American Rock Band Ever. We fly beyond Free Bird to celebrate the life & times of leader Ronnie Van Zant, from boogie-woogie beginnings…
Henry VIII at Shakespeare’s Globe
The unsolved rape, mutilation and murder of young G.I. Darlene Krashoc has haunted Joe Kenda in the years since he turned in his gun and badge. Until a crack team…