Documentaries
Documentaries is a documentary on BBC1. 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. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 204 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2026.
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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.
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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.
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.
March 2026
Uninterrupted and unspoiled by voiceover or music, the birdsong of sunrise in all its glory. Three different habitats, Britain's woodland, heathland and parkland, burst into song.
Drama based on a true story. Belfast punk impresario Terri Hooley becomes the unlikely leader of a motley band of kids and punks sharing his mission to bring his city back to life.
Romantic comedy about a high-powered career woman who forces her put-upon PA to marry her when she is threatened with deportation to Canada. Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds star.
When the wicked Pitch Black threatens to reign, a crack team including Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Jack Frost come together to defeat him.
Documentary telling the story of an extraordinary 1960s experiment in which a scientist and a young woman try to teach a dolphin to speak English in a flooded house.
A revealing portrait of one of the most celebrated broadcasters of the 20th century, Alistair Cooke, whose Radio 4 programme Letter from America spanned 58 years.