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- Bear Grylls travels the world in search of challenges to his survival skills.
- A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
- This documentary by Leo Regan follows the life of his friend, photographer Lanre Fehintola, as he becomes part of the hard drug scene through researching it for his book ("Charlie Says: Don't Get High On Your Own Supply"). It shows Lanre as he becomes a character in his own book through his heroin addiction.
- A drama-documentary about Operation Foxley, a 1944 British plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
- Based on the best-selling book by award-winning writer Simon Garfield, four stories from Britain's 'lost decade' (1945 - 1955) are presented from the diaries of four very distinct people. In his book, Garfield selected some of the most expressive diarists, and focused on the post-war years giving a vivid portrait of how Britain coped in the post-war years and how little, or how much, attitudes have changed over the past 60 years.
- A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger.
- In December 2001 the world's media focused on the small town of Fargo, North Dakota, where the body of Takako Konishi was found in the woods by a hunter. The media reported that she had left Japan with the misunderstanding that the Coen brother's "Fargo" really was a true story and that there was a stash of money hidden somewhere in the snow on a road by a tree. This documentary traces the background to the story and finds that the media, quick to jump on a "funny" story of foolishness, had gotten the story totally wrong.
- A decade after taking a series of photographs of skinhead members of a far-right group for his book Public Enemies, Leo Regan returns to three members of the gang to see what has happened to them in the intervening years.
- Mark Ducascos journeys to Japan to learn what it means to be a samurai and to learn about the most popular, and much mythicized, samurai of all time Miyamoto Musashi.
- Who actually wrote the book that millions of people describe as the word of God? Christian theologian Robert Beckford sets off on a voyage of historical discovery through Genesis and beyond to uncover the Bible's complex origins.
- A self-help guide which applies the teachings of philosophers to dealing with life's everyday problems.
- Becoming Alexander provides a radically different way of exploring one of history's greatest figures. We follow Hollywood actor Colin Farrell as he prepares to play Alexander the Great in Oliver Stone's epic biopic. As we watch the transformation unfold, our understanding, knowledge and appreciation of the dramatic life of Alexander become clear.
- The nationwide search for the future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Election challenges ten young contestants to take part in political challenges in two teams. Each week a celebrity guest mentors both teams and examines them in a skills test, where the winning team will gain an advantage for the main challenge. The winning team will go on a treat and the losing team face Jonathan Dimbleby where one will be told "Your Campaign is Over", where one will be evicted. The ten-part series culminates in the last two contestants battling out at Parliament. The winner of the series gets a personal meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street.
- Investigation about modern life's side effects: stress, anxiety, peer envy.
- Jonathan Rendall's broke, he's been given £12,000 to gamble with, and he gets to keep any winnings. He'll bet on anything: from racing to roulette, boxing to blackjack. All he needs is luck. This is a gambling spree that takes him around the world and finishes up in Las Vegas. If he plays his cards right, it's a trip that could set him up for life. But he's got more than the odds against him.
- It traces the transformation of Winnie Mandela from a naïve rural girl to a fierce anti-apartheid activist.
- Francis Pryor reveals that the Roman invasion of Britain was a beneficial experience.
- Host Simon Singh examines the secretive history behind the development and evolution of ciphers and code breaking. Thestories in the series range from the cipher that sealed the fate of Mary, Queen of Scots, to the coded Zimmermann Telegram that changed the course of the First World War.
- To mark his 21st anniversary in broadcasting, the commentator Darcus Howe picks up on his chosen topic for another piece of work; racism. However, when Howe came to England "racism" was something that all ethnic groups faced from white people and it bonded the community together. Now Howe travels to the Midlands and several other areas of England to find that racism is rife within the ethnic community. He interviews those within the West Indian, Indian, Pakistani and Somalis communities to find that they are split with hatred and racism views of one another bringing the communities to the boil.
- Kate Humble makes an epic two thousand mile journey across the Middle East, following the ancient frankincense trade route of Arabia which first connected the Arab world with the West.
- Documentary / Reality show where four volunteers are locked in a disused asylum to see how they cope with fear
- Series charting the search for at least two ordinary individuals to play a coveted role in a classic West End show for one night only.
- Weekly review of the latest video releases.
- A documentary series about freedom in all aspects of our lives.
- A teacher has a titillating experience after accepting an unusual gift from a friend.
- In a unique experiment, a group of British men have signed up to become inmates in a real American prison -- their last chance to get back on the straight and narrow.
- Having gotten a career in the mainstream media, journalist David Matthews found himself under attack from his friends, who accused him of selling out, "acting white" and playing "their" game. Incensed by this, Matthews looks at black men, claiming they are generally lazy, promiscuous and obsessed with street culture. Looking at the job market, parenthood, schools and other areas, Matthews looks at the subject in depth to back up his claims.
- A docu-drama celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first production of the stage play 'Peter Pan'.
- Christopher Lee hosts an overview of Sherlock Holmes as Arthur Conan Doyle wrote of him, as portrayed on the stage, on radio, television, and in the motion pictures by dozens of actors from 1900 to 1985.
- From the development of one of the world's greatest ports to the rise of the city skyscrapers, London: A City In Time peels back the centuries and takes a roller coaster ride through one of the most exciting, complex, ever-changing cities in the world.
- Six celebrities each pursue their dreams of becoming musicians.
- Real-life yobs, hoodies, chavs, slappers and bigots deliver quotes from 11th and 17th century text which deals with similar viewpoints to their own.