The Fattest Men in Britain
We meet big Jack Taylor, who hasn’t left his little flat in Bradford, West Yorkshire for 25 years. Jack’s become something of a celebrity, with German camera crews flocking to visit him. But the last time Jack got weighe
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Voices of the Battle of Britain
Based on the book of the same title by best-selling author Henry Buckton, this film is enhanced by a fascinating series of interviews with a wide variety of people who played a vital role in Britain’s ‘finest hour’. Incl
Britain Welcomes the President of India
An account of the state visit to Britain by the President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, in June 1963. In London he accompanied the Queen on a State drive, visited the Commonwealth Institute, attended a Guildhal
Queen Victoria: My Musical Britain
To celebrate Queen Victoria’s 200th birthday, historian Dr Lucy Worsley explores the character and legacy of the famous monarch in a way that has never been attempted before – through music. Lucy reveals how Victoria use
Breast of Britain 7
Volume Number 7
Turner: The Man Who Painted Britain
While Joseph Mallord William Turner is considered by many to be Britain's greatest landscape painter, his private life reveals a man of extremes and contradictions. This docudrama explores the extraordinary story of a br
The Future WAGs of Great Britain
Two sisters - Kim, a student, and Missy, an aspiring WAG - hatch a plan to make money from their insider football knowledge.
The Strangest Village in Britain
A documentary about the residents of the village of Botton in Yorkshire.
Britain's Bare Beaches
Sam and Charlie host this naturist documentary providing a look at a nude beach in the UK.
When Tina Turner Came to Britain
Using previously unheard interviews, told in her own words and by those around her, this is the story of Tina Turner’s 50-year relationship with the UK since her first visit in 1966.
Britain's Viking Graveyard
Archaeologists believe that a massive grave in a vicarage garden in Derbyshire may be the last resting place of a vast army of thousands of warriors that invaded Britain in the ninth century.
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Volume No 6
The Hacienda - The Club That Shook Britain
The story of Manchester’s Hacienda nightclub, including interviews with famous clubbers like Noel Gallagher. This is the story of a dance revolution that changed Britain forever.
Go as You Please in Britain
Traces the development of the Freightliner services and introduces customers with differing freight problems, who describe the advantages the system has for them over other forms of transport. The story of the Ford Compa
Britain's Greatest Invention
BBC Two takes us inside the world's biggest invention time capsule - the Science Museum vaults - and asks the nation to vote for Britain's Greatest Invention.
Britain's Greatest Ghost Stories
A team of paranormal investigators use modern techniques and advanced technology looking into some of most famous ghost stories in and around Great Britain.
Strangeways: Britain's Toughest Prison Riot
Twenty-five years after the biggest riot in British penal history, this film brings together the ringleaders of the trouble with the prison guards they battled with over three weeks of anarchy that brought Strangeways to
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
The fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the Unit
Flying for Britain with David Jason
Sir David Jason spends time with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire as they prepare for the 2020 80th anniversary display season under the restrictions of the Covid 19 lock-down.
Yesterday's Britain: Highlands
Three short films from the Fifties, offering an insight into day to day life amongst the beautiful scenery of the Scottish Highlands. 'Heart Is Highland' (1951) calls in on the local gamekeeper, nurse, newspaper editor a