Documentaries

Documentaries is a documentary on BBC1. Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music, about a pulp thriller writer whose memories, 1930s-style gumshoe fiction and debilitating skin disease weave him an altered reality. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 289 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2025.
Last broadcast:15/05/2025 at 00:30Genres: Documentaries
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1. Skin
Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music about pulp thriller writer Philip Marlow, in hospital with psoriasis, tormented by his past and threatened by his future.


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2. Heat
Dennis Potter's drama about a patient struggling to keep his sanity, with the help of his alter ego, the singing private eye. Marlow faces a talking cure with a psychologist.


Rick Stein shows us the unique flavours and sounds of a Cornish Christmas, joining in the tradition of wassailing, cooking his own goose and trying local tipples.


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10/05/2025
Jason Mohammad presents all the latest scores, results and reaction from the day’s football fixtures across the UK.


Sam Warburton and Tommy Bowe share their memories of the most nail-biting final day in the tournament's history, Super Saturday.


Michael Parkinson looks back at his 1974 interview with Richard Burton. Parkinson persuaded him to talk candidly about his career, love life and drink problems.
April 2025