Documentaries
Documentaries is a documentary on BBC1. Meet Frank Spencer. He's enthusiastic, well-meaning... and disaster-prone. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 200 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in June 2026.
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A truly classic episode of the 70s comedy in which Frank Spencer faces the dilemma of wife Betty and the cat giving birth at the same time. How to prioritise?
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40:00Frank and Betty try to get some practice in looking after children by taking Judy and Alison to the zoo. Yes, it's the famous one with Frank on rollerskates!
40:00Betty has to break the news to Frank that she is pregnant. Frank goes for a job at a holiday camp, pitching himself as a ventriloquist - oh dear.
Dougie is in the East Neuk of Fife to see how strawberry-growing season has extended. Meanwhile, Cammy meets the sheep dresser getting livestock competition-ready for the Royal Highland Show.
Comedy. Local radio DJ and former talk show presenter Alan Partridge ends up in a siege when a disgruntled colleague decides to take the staff hostage.
Series 2
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40:00Michael Crawford stars as the much impersonated Frank Spencer in the 1970s sitcom. Betty persuades Frank to take up a course in public relations.
45:00Classic laughs with the hapless Frank Spencer. The sad tale of Frank's spell in the RAF is revealed. The great Fulton Mackay, of Porridge fame, guest stars.
35:00Classic sitcom with the great Michael Crawford. Frank has a bit of hanging around to do in this episode, as the Spencers go for a picnic in Frank's new car.
Dougie is on Montrose Beach measuring the increasing rate of coastal erosion. Meanwhile, as the annual clip gets under way, Cammy gives apprentice Anne a masterclass in the art of shearing.
Legendary rock 'n' roller Chuck Berry performs at the BBC Television Theatre in 1972. Johnny B Goode, Roll Over Beethoven and Nadine are just some of the highlights.
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40:00More fun with Michael Crawford's immortal comic creation. The new manager of the labour exchange refuses to believe that Frank is unemployable.
40:00Michael Crawford in the classic comedy. Convinced he is a failure, Frank visits a psychiatrist. By the end of his story, the doctor can only agree.
40:00Frank 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.
Dougie is in East Sutherland to find out about the challenges of modern crofting, and Shahbaz visits the Bone Caves in Assynt to see how an increase in visitor numbers is damaging the site.
Rumpelstiltskin fools Shrek, who is suffering from a midlife crisis, into being erased from existence and placed in a sinister alternative reality.
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59:28Rick 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.
45:00Michael Crawford stars as the hapless, one-man disaster area that is Frank Spencer. Frank and Betty head to the seaside for their second honeymoon.
40:00The theme tune to this classic sitcom spells out its title in Morse code! Frank rushes to the rescue when Betty's Mum falls ill. Michael Crawford stars.
35:00Classic sitcom with Michael Crawford as that one-man disaster area, Frank Spencer. Frank spends the weekend wrecking his brother-in-law's hi-tech house.
Dougie is at the Glencoe Youth Hostel helping out the warden as the busy tourist season gets under way. Meanwhile, Robert Burns fan Cammy makes a pilgrimage to Ellisland Farm in Dumfriesshire.