Documentaries
Documentaries is a documentary on BBC1. Martin Shaw separates the fact from the myth as he takes to the skies to retrace the route of the 1943 raid by 617 Squadron which used bouncing bombs to destroy German dams. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 204 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2026.
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May 6, 2026
Michael Mosley investigates Porton Down, Britain's most secretive and controversial military research base. He comes face to face with chemical and biological weapons old and new.
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Ealing comedy about a group of villagers who battle to preserve the local railway line by running it themselves, until they are sabotaged in a midnight raid by a rival bus company.
Dougie visits a dairy farm near Torthorwald in Dumfriesshire for spring calving on a grand scale. Meanwhile, Cammy is on home turf in Ayrshire as early potato planting gets under way.
Jason Mohammad and guests bring you all the goals, latest news, analysis, reaction and interviews from the afternoon’s biggest football matches.
Action adventure. A rookie FBI agent infiltrates the Californian surfing scene in order to catch a gang of bank robbers who disguise themselves as former US presidents.
Kate Humble and Helen Czerski reveal the inner workings of the sun and investigate why scientists think changes in the sun's behaviour may have powerful effects on our climate.
April 2026
Jason Mohammad and guests bring you all the goals, latest news, analysis, reaction and interviews from the afternoon’s biggest football matches.
Documentary charting the life of snooker legend Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins. Contributors include Jimmy White, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Dennis Taylor and Barry Hearn.
Documentary looking into what killed King Tutankhamun, the boy pharaoh. Dallas Campbell reveals new scientific research and carries out unique experiments to get to the truth.
Landward explores depopulation, one of the biggest issues facing Scotland’s fragile rural communities. The team meets the people battling to reverse the trend.
Jason Mohammad and guests bring you all the goals, latest news, analysis, reaction and interviews from the afternoon’s biggest football matches.
Performances by African-American artists of the 1980s from the BBC archives, featuring Cameo, Shalamar, Salt-n-Pepa, Chaka Khan, Kid Creole, Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross.
Dougie is in Argyle to find out more about the fire that devastated Inveraray Castle in 1975. Elsewhere, Cammy is at the Stirling Bull Sales to follow the top-priced animals through the ring.
As a treat for comedy fans, this is a complete episode of The Morecambe and Wise Show that had been considered lost for over 50 years.
Jason Mohammad and guests bring you all the goals, latest news, analysis, reaction and interviews from the afternoon’s biggest football matches.
Adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel about an impressionable Oxford undergraduate and his infatuation with a flamboyant alcoholic young lord and his grand ancestral home.
A biographical drama about the life and rise to fame of the American soul singer Aretha Franklin.
A special episode to celebrate Landward’s 50th anniversary. Dougie takes a walk through five decades of the series, meeting presenters past and present.
The Cure play an intimate performance with a selection of classics, fan favourites and tracks from the album Songs of a Lost World.
May 7, 2026
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Martin Shaw separates the fact from the myth as he takes to the skies to retrace the route of the 1943 raid by 617 Squadron which used bouncing bombs to destroy German dams.