Documentaries
Documentaries is a documentary on BBC1. Reworking of Shakespeare's King Lear set in 16th-century Japan. An ageing warlord announces his intention to retire and split his kingdom up among his three sons. The most recent episode is from 15 November 2026.
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Dougie visits a nature reserve in Castlemilk that has transformed into a thriving, green place. Meanwhile, Anne hears about a charity providing bereavement support for kids across the Highlands.
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Reworking of Shakespeare's King Lear set in 16th-century Japan. An ageing warlord announces his intention to retire and split his kingdom up among his three sons.
Classic action blockbuster. John McClane (Bruce Willis) and a store owner, Zeus (Samuel L Jackson), must play a bomber's deadly game as they race around New York trying to stop him.
Compilation of guitar band performances featuring female musicians, with Elkie Brooks, Patti Smith, The Go-Go's, Tina Weymouth, Kim Gordon, Au Pairs, Lush, Elastica and Garbage.
World War II drama relating the Battle of Britain through the eyes of the operations room of a Kent fighter station during the summer of 1940.
Dougie visits the annual autumn calf sale at the historic Newton Stewart mart, and Cammy investigates what the arrival of the bluetongue virus means for Scottish farmers.
Animation about super-intelligent alien Megamind. Newly appointed as protectors of Metro City, Megamind and Minion must resort to old tricks to combat the robot Mega-Megamind.
Kelly Somers and guests bring you all the goals, latest news, analysis, reaction and interviews from the afternoon’s biggest football matches.
October 2026
Jason Mohammad and guests bring you all the goals, latest news, analysis, reaction and interviews from the afternoon’s biggest football matches.
Dougie visits Scotland’s first inclusive farm, where agriculture is accessible for all. Arlene finds out how the people of Jura are finding new outlets for venison.
40:00In the final part of Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music, as fiction and fact fight for the same space, the plots and narratives head to their conclusions.
39:51Marlow is getting better, and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place.
Jason Mohammad and guests bring you all the goals, latest news, analysis, reaction and interviews from the afternoon’s biggest football matches.
Dougie visits Ardtornish Estate in Morvern to see rare Irish cattle return to Scotland after centuries. Rosie visits the Peterhead dairy farm that is finding new markets for their milk.
40:00Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music. Marlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot.
1:00:00Dennis Potter's drama serial with music. Marlow thinks back to the war when he was a little boy and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex in the Forest of Dean.
Rumpelstiltskin fools Shrek, who is suffering from a midlife crisis, into being erased from existence and placed in a sinister alternative reality.
Jason Mohammad and guests bring you all the goals, latest news, analysis, reaction and interviews from the afternoon’s biggest football matches.
Dougie is in the Borders to round up all the action from the Sheep Dog World Trial at Lauder. Rosie is on Bute for a trialling masterclass from one of the country’s best handlers.
1:00:00Dennis 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.