Documentaries
Documentaries is a documentary on BBC1. Eager young ballerina Victoria Page is delighted at being given the opportunity to dance with the renowned Ballet Lermontov, little realising the demands of its brilliant yet arrogant impresario will force a tragic choice between her career and her lover. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 200 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in September 2026.
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Documentaries
Drama about a young ballerina torn between two creative but possessive men - one a struggling composer, the other an autocratic impresario.
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A celebration of rock 'n' roll in the shape of a compilation of classic artists and songs, featuring Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion, Dick Dale, Tom Petty, Joan Jett and Oasis.
Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms, revealing where these 2,000-year-old problem-solvers came from, how they work and what they have achieved.
A unique production of Dylan Thomas's famous 'play for voices' enacted by a community of Welsh performers in New York, Los Angeles, London, Cardiff and Laugharne.
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August 2026
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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.
Performances and interviews from the golden age of jazz, featuring Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald.
July 2026 39:51
39:51Frank struggles while Betty is in hospital, blowing himself up with a steak and kidney pudding, but the fun really starts when he visits Betty in the ward.