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An 18th-century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley.

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".

A talented group of aspiring make-up artists attempt to prove their potential to industry professionals in this competition hosted first by Stacey Dooley then by Maya Jama.

Nigel Marven travels back in time to rescue exotic creatures on the brink of extinction. CGI is used to create animals no longer seen on earth, from woolly mammoths, and T Rex, to dinosaur-eating crocodiles.

A celebration of extraordinary residential architecture from around the world with insight from an accomplished architect and his enthusiastic co-host.

Aspiring singers perform auditions in front of four coaches who have their backs turned to them. Coaches who like the voices they hear turn around, and the contestant gets to decide which coach will mentor him/her.

Ride along for an uncompromising look at the lives of those who sell, use and wage a war on drugs in the U.S. and Mexico.

The life of the Kurtti family changes completely on one fateful, midsummer night. Years later, secrets start to unravel and show how far each of them are willing to go for their loved ones.

Follows the story of baby animals from their time in the womb to their first steps towards independence, showing their characteristics and tenacity.

An extinct species or subspecies of the genus Homo which is closely related to modern humans. They are known from fossils, dating from the Pleistocene period, which have been found in Europe and parts of western and central Asia.

Surviving Disaster is unlike any other series on television as it may actually save a life. What's the best way to survive an earthquake, home invasion, plane hijacking, bioterrorism, hurricane or even a nuclear attack?

Aspiring child singers perform a blind audition to coaches who have their backs turned to them. If a coach likes their voice, they turn around, and the contestant then gets to decide which one of the coaches' teams they'd like to join.

Film-maker Chris Wilson re-examines the case of Harold Shipman, exploring how attitudes to the elderly enabled a respected GP to get away with the murder of hundreds of patients.

A "reality" tv series where five men and five women spend 9 weeks at a country house, Kentchurch, living as if they were in 1811 England. The house is staffed by 40 servants. An interesting study of life and courtship in Regency England. It is kind of a Jane Austin theme park.

A docu-series that provides an inside look into various illegal activities and black markets around the world, where drugs, firearms and even people are reduced to mere commodities.

Follows a series of couples, described by narrator Dawn French as "ordinary Brits", who, despite professing love for partners met online, have never met in person. Their first in-person encounters are depicted.

A documentary series that exposes the theories behind what happened on the fateful day of disappearances and what science can now tell us about these events with Terry O'Quinn as a host.

Jeff Goldblum, the star of Jurassic Park (1993), narrates this five-part documentary about the dinosaurs of North and South America, Europe, Africa and Australia and Antarctica.

The invasion of Nazi-occupied France relived through powerful eyewitness recordings. Young actors who resemble the interviewees at the time of the war lip-sync the original testimony.

A docu-drama that reports on a (fictitious) attack made by terrorist using the disease of small pox to attack the world. Starting in New York the attack is ruthlessly carried out by one man travelling around the city infecting people as he goes. Using hindsight and video diaries the film looks back on the global impact of a silent attack that affected the world.

Interviews with former children who survived the Holocaust concentration camps and who were rehabilitated in a disused aircraft factory overlooking Lake Windermere in the UK, and whose experiences in adjusting to freedom in a foreign country were dramatised in The Windermere Children (2020). It also describes their experiences as they were rounded up by the Germans in their home towns and taken by cattle train to concentration camps such as Auschwitz.

British television show with a comedy panel in the style of a pub quiz.

This series joins some of the greatest drummers on the planet as they discuss their passion for music and the fellow drummers who inspire them.