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- Meet car enthusiast and TV presenter Tim Shaw and master mechanic Fuzz Townshend as they join forces to rescue rusty classic vehicles from their garage prisons
- Dangerous Roads follows British celebs driving extraordinary roads worldwide, from Alaska's Dalton Highway to Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Trail, exploring cultures via roads and travelers.
- With civilisation crumbling all around us, what better time for David Mitchell to challenge a returning cast of three pairs of comedians to prove they've got the mettle and skills to thrive in the great outdoors.
- A British urbanite follows in the footsteps of various individuals, who against all odds, have willingly forsaken the luxuries and lifestyle of the modern world, for a less-than-ordinary life in the wilderness.
- The story of Ana, a young Romanian woman, kidnapped and sold into a human trafficking ring.
- Survivalist Tom plans his wedding on a remote Scottish Island - but he's no idea she's pregnant and all the issues that might bring.
- Observational documentary series following life on a remote sheep farm in Yorkshire for Clive and Amanda Owen and their nine children.
- Spin-off mini-series announced after Our Yorkshire Farm ended. Follows Clive Owen and his eldest son Reuben as they embark on a digging business venture together.
- An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
- A visually spectacular journey examining some of the worlds best train routes. Take a look, from ground level to the sky, at the engineering and infrastructure, the people who maintain and operate, and the features alongside the railroads.
- The only doc to access Bowe Bergdahl's story.
- Deep in one of Europe's last remaining wildernesses, eight experts embark on an epic journey to uncover the secrets of the Stone Age. For one month, they will attempt to follow in the steps of our Stone Age ancestors and survive as a tribe.
- In this series Ben stays closer to home, as he visits more people who have chosen to live outside the norms of society, living in wild and remote locations in the United Kingdom.
- Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.
- The actress embarks on a journey around the British coast visiting some of the 267 inhabited islands. She celebrates their wild beauty, meets some of the people who call them home and finds out what life is like on these hidden jewels.
- The British Tim Shaw conducts remarkable experiments and lets the people on the streets and at home predict the outcomes.
- Gemma Atwal's dynamic epic follows four-year-old Budhia, rescued from poverty by Biranchi Das, a larger-than-life judo coach and operator of an orphanage for slum children in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. When Budhia displays an uncommon talent for long-distance running, Biranchi nurtures his gift, heralding him as a folk hero for the impoverished masses, and maybe even for India itself. But after golden child Budhia breaks down during a world-record 65 kilometer run at the age of four, public opinion begins to turn on the guru and his disciple, and soon the two are swept up in a maelstrom of media controversy and political scandal. Following Budhia's roller-coaster journey over five years, Marathon Boy is a Dickensian tale of greed, corruption, and broken dreams set between the heart-racing world of marathon running, the poverty-stricken slums, and the political intrigue of a modernizing India. Nothing is what it seems in Budhia and Biranchi's story, and Atwal continually shifts viewer identification to tell both a shocking story of opportunism and exploitation, but also a touching portrait of an authentic bond between a parent and child.
- This is the story of what it was like to be Jesus, to be born into tyranny, executed for preaching harmony and forgiveness, and what it was like for his disciples to risk death by carrying the message of salvation. Historians, archaeologists and theologians will examine all kinds of evidence, and dig deeper into Jesus' life and the times he lived in than ever before.
- Follow a transgender woman as she attempts to win Miss England and draw attention to the challenges she's faced to become her true self. From bullying to suicide attempts, surgery to the catwalk, follow one girl's brave attempt to achieve acceptance for who she really is.
- When a woman falls from the window of a flat in Brighton, an investigation leads them to uncover a porn star, a drug dealer, class A drugs and a hedonist.
- Eight pop stars or musicians have to learn how to sing opera. They are mentored by classical singer Katherine Jenkins and opera singer Rolando Villazon. One will get voted off each week until there is a winner.
- With access to one of Israel's most orthodox Hasidic communities, a look at the scandal that erupted the rabbi who established and led the community died.
- The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress follows the new presidential aircraft's creation, diving into how it transformed into a top-secret command center.
- Andrew Graham-Dixon undertakes an epic journey to uncover the art of China.
- In each episode, a pair of celebrities must spend up to £10,000 in 24 hours, in some of the world's most random places. They must follow strict rules and have nothing left to show for the money but a set of extraordinary experiences.
- Planet Mechanics Dick Strawbridge and Jem Stansfield use their Eco-engineering smarts on a mission to lower energy consumption. Across the series they build Britain's first street legal, air driven motorbike, a wood fueled truck and power a farm using cow poo.
- Nearly 70 years ago, a new monarch ascended the British throne, Queen Elizabeth II. To succeed, she would need the full power and glamour of the Royal Family, but three key figures in her life would complicate that task: her rebellious sister, Princess Margaret, her husband Philip's power-hungry uncle, Lord Mountbatten, and the royal matriarch: the Queen Mother. Using letters and diaries written by the Windsors, we delve into the stresses and strains of their relationships as the Royal Family faces new challenges in the modern age.
- Sue Perkins experiences the modern phenomenon of #vanlife in the USA, as she campervans across California and Colorado to discover the highs and lows of life on the road.
- A look at how architecture affects the way we feel. According to Architectural historian Tom Dyckhoff, we have hard-wired desires about what we expect from the spaces we inhabit. These desires are then exploited by architects and businesses.
- Documentary series following four intrepid British families who have rejected life in the city and embraced a rural lifestyle in some of the most beautiful areas of the British countryside.
- An insight into the life and work of the famous lion whisperer, Kevin Richardson and his lion park which he struggles to keep running during a terrible drought in funding.
- Livia Simoka travels to the remote jungles of the Republic of the Congo to spend five months living with the isolated pygmy tribe the Mbendjele.
- Documentary series following British families as they make the decision to leave the UK to pursue their wildest dream, building a new life in some of the most remote places on earth.
- Extreme Bodies is an incredible series that looks deep into the structures of the most amazing human bodies Nature has ever created! Using the latest MRI scanning technology, combined with state-of-the-art CGI, Extreme Bodies reveals the remarkable skeletons, brains and cardio-vascular systems of people who live life far from the average. We meet America's Heaviest Athlete, America's Tallest Man, our shortest Special Track and Field Olympian and the Twin Girls who not only share a physical connection but who also think and feel together! This is a journey to the outer limits of the human body's potential and into the extraordinary lives of some the world's most unique people.
- Narrated by Dominic West and directed by Mike Christie, CONCRETE CIRCUS brings together five of the worlds' best street sport talents including urban trial-rider Danny MacAskill, Kilian Martin, Blue, and BMX flatlander Keelan Phillips.
- The Japanese tsunami of 2011 and the ensuing nuclear disaster in Fukushima, told through the eyes of 7-10 year-old children.
- Felix Mendelssohn, of Wedding March fame, was a devout Christian - and also a Jew. This became an embarrassment for the Nazis, who tried desperately to write Germany's most beloved music out of history. Meanwhile his part-Jewish descendants were forced to hunt for enough evidence of Aryan blood to stay alive. The composer's descendant, director Sheila Hayman, explores the effects on Felix's reputation, on the family and on the Jews of Germany, through music and through interviews with family members who lived through it. A film about the madness of labels, and the unifying power of music.
- A profile of the American actress who has won the heart of Prince Harry. Royal experts provide an insight into the couple's romance and friends and colleagues discuss Meghan's childhood in Los Angeles.
- Three stars of The Only Way Is Essex (2010) compete for 1 million yen in "deaf, blind or mute" challenges set before them by the mischievous super-intelligent apes who control the tropical island where this semi-scripted game-show pilot is set.
- In the heart of Derby a war has been raging for the past few years between two of the town's biggest used car dealerships - the maverick Caralot and the straight-laced, well-oiled corporate machine that is Geoff Cox Used Cars.
- Documentary looking behind the pomp and ritual of a wedding to examine British attitudes to marriage through the two very different families of the bride and bridegroom, Serena and Jordan.
- Since Maxine Carr, the former girlfriend of Soham murderer Ian Huntley, left jail and started life with a new identity in 2004, more than a dozen women around Britain have been mistaken for her and hunted from their homes, despite having no resemblance to Carr and being able to prove their real identity.
- They are young, all-American girls who enjoy horse riding, karate and Sherlock Holmes. But there's more to Brynne, Tess and Savannah than wholesome pursuits - they're exorcists. The girls believe much of the world's population is possessed by evil spirits which are causing addiction, depression and suffering. In a fight against the devil's army, they have been touring America performing public exorcisms on their believers. Now they are taking the fight to a city they think of as one of the most spiritually corrupt in the world - London. But what will Brits make of these evangelical American exorcists?
- Cherry Healey is unexpectedly pregnant at age 28 and worried by the thought of giving birth. She meets other mums to gain an insight.
- Big numbers of polar bears come to the same spot in Alaska at the same time every year.