BBC

Frozen Planet II

Ten years on from the massively popular Frozen Planet, Frozen Planet II tells the complete story of the entire frozen quarter of our planet that’s locked in ice and blanketed in snow.

BBC TWO

Inside Our ADHD Minds/ Inside our Dyslexic Minds

Thinking differently. Chris Packham helps autistic people illustrate how their minds work, helping them connect with their friends and family in a new, more authentic way.

BBC ONE

Blue Planet II

This bold cinematic experience takes viewers on a magical adventure across the greatest, yet least known, parts of our planet - our oceans.

APPLE TV

The Year Earth Changed

Showcasing footage from around the world after an unprecedented year, this timely documentary special offers a fresh new approach to the global lockdown, focussing on the uplifting nature stories that have come out of it.

BBC TWO

Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

The beats that broke new ground. How hip hop emerged from underground New York into a global force for change and empowerment - as told by icons Chuck D, Ice-T, Eminem and more.

U&YESTERDAY

World’s Most Amazing Walks with Robson Green

Robson Green embarks on a series of unforgettable adventures along some of the world's most awe-inspiring trails

BBC TWO

Civilisations: Rise and Fall

Four mighty civilisations - Rome, Egypt, Japan's Samurai and the Aztecs. Their legends remain - now priceless artefacts reveal what led them to fall into the echoes of history.

BBC Scotland

Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story

On 6 July 1988, fire engulfed Piper Alpha, killing 167 men. With dramatic testimony and emotional interviews, this is the minute-by-minute story of that night and the search for truth.

Netflix

Queen of the Serial Killers

Queen of the Serial Killers is a definitive, archive-only feature documentary tracing the life, crimes, trial, and execution of Aileen Wuornos. 

Constructed from archival footage, new audio testimony, and never-before-seen interviews, the film explores Wuornos’ story through a modern, trauma-informed lens, placing her voice at its centre to offer fresh insight into what happened – and why.

NETFLIX

The Surgeon’s Cut

There is no greater drama than the pure intensity of pioneering surgery. The series profiles four visionary surgeons from around the world as they undertake some of the most demanding procedures in modern medicine.

CHANNEL 4

Cook Clever, Waste Less with Prue and Rupy

A new format series offering viewers an insight into some of the many ways to eat well and save money by making the most of your leftovers.

NETFLIX

The Anthrax Attacks

Days after 9/11, letters containing fatal anthrax spores spark panic and tragedy in the US. This documentary follows the subsequent FBI investigation.

Guangdong Radio and TV

China's Wild Guangdong

Travelling across China’s most populous province, the series takes viewers on an unprecedented journey showcasing how the region’s unique geography, microclimate and landscapes have created a thriving oasis for wildlife, living side-by-side among the region’s 130 million people.

BBC ONE

Climate Change - The Facts

After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.

BBC ONE

Extinction - The Facts

Extinction is now happening up to 100 times faster than the natural evolutionary rate. In the follow up to Climate Change, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity affects us all - and puts us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.

BBC TWO

8 Days: To the Moon and Back

8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds. That’s the total duration of the Apollo 11 Moon mission. But we only saw a fraction of what happened. Using dramatic reconstruction, archive and cockpit audio, 8 Days recreates the crucial scenes that were never filmed.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Perpetual Planet: Heroes of the Ocean

In collaboration with Rolex, this series follows the work of Sylvia Earle and a network of ocean scientists as they work to conserve the world’s oceans.

BBC ONE

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Climate activist Greta Thunberg takes a year off school to explore the science of global warming and challenge world leaders calling for action on climate change.

BBC TWO

The Universe

Professor Brian Cox journeys across the vastness of time and space revealing epic moments of sheer drama that changed the universe forever.

NETFLIX

Our Universe

Witness the remarkable story of our universe over billions of years and its inextricable link to life on Earth in this sweeping documentary series.

Bilibili

Rendezvous with the Future

Documentary series exploring the science behind the science fiction of the award-winning writer Liu Cixin, author of the 3 Body Problem. The series has been watched by a combined audience of more than 92 million.

BBC Two

Earth

There's nothing else like it. Chris Packham reveals the epic, 4.5-billion-year story of our home - from its dramatic creation to the arrival of human life... and whatever's next.

Migu / Channel 4

Secrets of the Superagers

In a landmark series, filmed before his death in 2024, Dr Michael Mosley travelled the world to meet remarkable people who seem to defy ageing.

Netflix

Einstein and the Bomb

What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this documentary series explores the mind of a tortured genius.

Netflix

Secrets of the Neanderthals

This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record tells us about their lives and disappearance.

BBC Two

Solar System

Diamond rain, supersized volcanoes, exploding oceans - and we have a front row seat for it all. Professor Brian Cox reveals the strange worlds visible to us as never before.

Channel 5

Volcano with Dara Ó Briain

Dara Ó Briain explores the immense power of Italy's most active volcanoes.

BBC Two

The Secret Genius of Modern Life S3

Hannah Fry returns for a third series, to uncover the secrets behind the miraculous technologies of the modern world, revealing the mind-blowing stories behind their invention.

BBC One

Walking With Dinosaurs

The groundbreaking series returns. Stunning visual effects bring dramatic dinosaur stories to life, based on clues from extraordinary dig sites around the world.

BBC Two

Human

Stranger and more dramatic than we ever imagined - these are our untold origins. With stunning visuals and cutting-edge science, Ella Al-Shamahi reveals the story of our species.

BBC IPLAYER, CNN

Secrets & Spies

Betray your country, save the world. Spies and traitors play a dangerous game in the 1980s as the Cold War brings two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war.

BBC Three

Chloe Ayling: My Unbelievable Kidnapping

Chloe Ayling: My Unbelievable Kidnapping is a three-part documentary series featuring Chloe Ayling as she recounts, in her own words, the ordeal of her 2017 kidnapping. Giving her first documentary interview since her abductors’ conviction, Chloe Ayling revisits the story of her time in captivity and tries to come to terms with what took place, the media reaction and why many people refused to believe her.

OLYMPIC CHANNEL

The Vault

This major 10-part series explores the incredible stories behind many of the amazing artefacts held in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Presenters, Olympian Jeanette Kwakye and engineering expert Rob Bell are given unprecedented access to The Olympic Museum, where they hear from the Museum’s curators and many of the Olympic legends behind the stories. BBC Studios Documentary Unit was commissioned by Olympic Channel to produce The Vault: Treasures of the Olympics and is freely available worldwide on Olympics.com.

Disney+

Tucci in Italy

Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci travels across Italy tasting the flavours of the land and the sea, discovering the history, secrets, and delights of the country's regional cuisines

Amol Rajan interviews

Amol Rajan interviews era-defining pioneers, game-changers, leaders and maverick thinkers. Get inside the minds of the people who shape our world.

BBC TWO

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution

From the sweaty basement bars of 70s New York to the glittering peak of the global charts, how disco conquered the world - its origins, its triumphs, its fall and its legacy.

Channel 5

Britain’s Great Cathedrals: By The Grace of God

Reverend Pat Allerton unlocks the secrets of Britain's most spectacular cathedrals.

BBC IPLAYER, PBS

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty

The greatest art works of all time - born of war and bloodshed - as rival artists Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael compete to craft beauty from chaos.

BBC IPLAYER

Uncanny Series 2

Are you team believer or team sceptic? Danny Robins brings his hit podcast to the screen, investigating stories of the paranormal. It's about to get weird.

BBC TWO

Lucy Worsley Investigates Series 2

Lucy Worsley interrogates some of the most infamous and brutal chapters in British history, uncovering new witnesses and compelling evidence.

BBC TWO

Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator

He came. He saw. He conquered. The tale of an ambitious power-grab that turned to tyranny. How Julius Caesar dismantled five centuries of ancient Roman democracy in just 16 years.

SKY

The Great Rhino Robbery

The Great Rhino Robbery unpicks the story behind why the Rhino is facing extinction and the race to catch the people responsible - before it’s too late.

BBC ONE

Tommy Jessop Goes to Hollywood

Line of Duty actor Tommy Jessop is on a mission to create his own movie with the help of his brother Will. Is Hollywood ready for a superhero with Down's syndrome?

BBC TWO

This Farming Life

Documentary series following the struggles and triumphs of six very different farming families in some of Scotland's most beautiful and remote landscapes.

SKY

Michael X: Hustler, Revolutionary, Outlaw

The untold story of the rise and fall of Michael X, a man once heralded as the UK's answer to Malcolm X.

CHANNEL 4

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride

Funny, shocking, and moving, the inspiring story of Pride and queer activism in the UK over the last five decades. With Olly Alexander, Kae Tempest, Sir Ian McKellen and many more.

BBC

Imagine

The biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets close up with those shaping today's cultural world.

BBC TWO

Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

Over the course of three episodes, historian and lifelong Sherlock Holmes fan Lucy Worsley investigates this curious relationship between Holmes and Doyle, detective and author.

BBC TWO

Windrush: Portraits of a Generation

Following a remarkable project spearheaded by the King, this documentary sees leading artists create portraits of pioneering members of the Windrush Generation.

BBC TWO

Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution

The story of two powerful personalities at the heart of a political phenomenon. Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and their closest allies chart the rise and difficult legacy of New Labour.

BBC ONE

In My Own Words: Jackie Kay

One of Britain’s most loved poets, Jackie Kay, on how her powerful work draws from her life’s journey, considering race, gender and identity with tenderness and humour

BBC TWO

Survivors: Portraits of the Holocaust

Film following a project spearheaded by the Prince of Wales, who has commissioned seven leading artists to paint seven survivors of the Holocaust

BBC TWO

A Life in Ten Pictures

A series of extraordinary lives - Alexander McQueen, Bruce Lee, Carrie Fisher, Ella Fitzgerald, Nelson Mandela and Robin Williams - each unlocked by a just a handful of images. From iconic shots to private snaps, their secrets are revealed by those who know their stories best.

BBC ONE

Rip Off Britain

Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and and Louise Minchin present the country’s flagship consumer programme, highlighting any situation where a member of the public feels they’ve been taken advantage of or ripped off, and fighting on their behalf.

BBC3

Life and Death Row

A decade on from the original Bafta winning series, Life and Death Row returns to a very different America; A world in which true crime, podcasts, celebrity and social media are re-shaping our sense of justice, and new science is challenging old beliefs.  Taking us into the final days of unfolding death row cases, three new documentaries examine capital justice through the eyes of those closest to it, from the prisoners facing execution, to the victims’ hoping for closure of some kind.

CHANNEL 4

Grenfell: The Untold Story

In 2021's powerful insider film of the years leading up to the devastating fire, artist Constantine Gras created a powerful record of the residents' safety concerns as they struggled to be heard.

CHANNEL 4

Undercover Police: Hunting Paedophiles

This three-part series goes undercover with police officers targeting people who pose a sexual threat to children. Each programme follows a covert officer tasked with engaging with paedophiles operating online.

BBC ONE

Scam Interceptors

Rav Wilding hunts down the scammers plaguing our lives. Working with ethical hackers to hack into the fraudsters’ illegal call centres, Rav uses cutting-edge technology to monitor the scammers’ phone calls in an effort to stop victims before they can be defrauded.

BBC ONE

The Met - Policing London

Documentary following the officers of Britain's biggest and busiest police service as they deal with life, death, crime and its victims all across the capital.

BBC ONE

Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice

This documentary explores the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Police Officer. A watershed moment, it highlighted the issue of male predators in the police force and the extent of violence against women and girls. Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice looks at the Met’s investigation into Sarah’s murder, how this devastating crime unfolded and its impact.

Channel 4

Murder Case: The Digital Detectives

Murder Case: The Digital Detectives is a next generation true crime series, revealing the ground-breaking digital techniques helping police solve murders on Britain’s streets. Part of True Crime on Channel 4.

BBC ONE

Crimewatch Caught

For 40 years Crimewatch has asked for viewers help to solve some of the biggest crimes in the country. Now with extraordinary access to police forces across the UK we’re bringing you the dramatic compelling heartbreaking stories of how detectives have solved some of their most complex cases. This brand new series reveals the investigations behind the headlines, told by those who cracked the cases and by the victims and their families as they are served justice. 

BBC TWO

Our War

The groundbreaking, award winning BBC series ‘Our War’ told the story of the Afghanistan war through the eyes of the young British soldiers who fought in the conflict. Now, 10 years since British troops withdrew from Afghanistan, this new film revisits some of the soldiers who recall the key events from the original series and reveal how it has shaped their lives.

BBC One

Doctors: A celebration

Doctors: A Celebration takes a behind the scenes look at the last week of filming on the popular daytime soap ‘Doctors’, while looking back at 24 years of the series through archive and interviews with some of its biggest stars.

BBC ONE

Dynasties II

Delve into the secret lives of charismatic, captivating animals as they fight for their families against the odds. Get caught up in real life drama. Narrated by David Attenborough.

BBC TWO

Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

In 1963, armed with just a typewriter, a Midlands housewife began a 30-year battle against the permissive society. But how successful was the original ‘cancel culture’ warrior?

BBC TWO

Survivors: Portraits of the Holocaust

Film following a project spearheaded by the Prince of Wales. Seven leading artists paint seven survivors of the Holocaust, learning their extraordinary life stories along the way.

BBC ONE

The Green Planet

The Green Planet will be the first immersive portrayal of an unseen, inter-connected world full of remarkable new behaviour, emotional stories and surprising heroes in the plant world.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Perpetual Planet Heroes of the Ocean

In collaboration with Rolex, this series follows the work of Sylvia Earle and a network of ocean scientists as they work to conserve the world’s oceans.

MIGU

One Cup, A Thousand Stories

Journeys across the beautiful and varied landscapes of China to explore the history of tea, the people who have built a life around it, and the culture it has created.

APPLE TV

Prehistoric Planet

Prehistoric Planet combines award-winning wildlife filmmaking, the latest paleontology learnings and state-of-the-art technology to unveil the spectacular habitats and inhabitants of ancient Earth for a one-of-a-kind immersive experience. Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas and skies.

BBC ONE

Seven Worlds, One Planet

This remarkable series showcases the true character of each continent in turn and reveals just how it has shaped all life there.

CBEEBIES

Andy’s Wild Adventures

CBeebies presenter Andy Day goes on a rollercoaster ride around the world visiting some amazing countries and coming face-to-face with some fascinating creatures.

CBBC

Deadly 60

British naturalist and wildlife presenter Steve Backshall tracks 60 deadly animals, including some of the planet’s most lethal record-breaking critters.

BBC ONE

Our Changing Planet

Seven years. Six habitats. One planet. Charting our world's most threatened ecosystems - a unique global portrait of extraordinary change and the hope of ground-breaking solutions

BBC ONE

Planet Earth II

Captured in stunning ultra-high-definition detail, Planet Earth II is an immersive exploration of the islands, mountains, jungles, deserts, grasslands and cities of the world.

BBC ONE

Springwatch

Springwatch offers audiences a unique chance to immerse themselves in the dramas of animals as they unfold.