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- A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
- A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.
- In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
- True story of Philip Jones, the world-renowned Professor and Director of Climate Research at the University of East Anglia who was the eye of an international media storm and the victim of cyberterrorism.
- From filmmakers of Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, this film goes beyond the headlines of the Ghislaine Maxwell case to tell the story of Epstein's mystery accomplice, illuminating how her class and privilege concealed her predatory nature.
- Fiona Bruce delves into evidence in the attempted murder of Victoria Cilliers.
- Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer.
- The story of the 1980s snooker rivalry between the flamboyant Alex Higgins and the methodical Steve Davis.
- 25 years after the verdict in the Jamie Bulger murder trial, we reveal what the jury, public and press never heard, and what his two killers, Thompson and Venables, said during their time in custody from arrest to release.
- A one-off special. René is writing his memoirs and needs help to fill in the "big gaps".
- The extraordinary story of the Maoist cult that came to light when 3 women emerged from a small flat in Brixton, South London in 2013. A tiny political sect formed in the 1970s had turned into a bizarre religious cult.
- A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.
- Documentary about John Darwin, who faked his own death in a canoeing accident off the coast of Hartlepool and then started a new life with his wife Anne in Panama.
- Two investigators research the crimes of pop superstar Gary Glitter.
- On November 26, 1922, Howard Carter made one of the greatest discoveries ever; the tomb of the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun. The news was spread all over the world. But when people who had entered the chamber began to die, stories of the "curse of the pharaoh" spread. Were the deaths a coincidence or stories to sell newspapers? Can modern science explain the truth behind the legend?
- A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian (1979) and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.
- Nicky Campbell presents this true crime documentary focusing on the impact of Raoul Moat's murderous rampage across the North East of England in July 2010.
- True crime documentary examining the shocking story of Caroline Crouch, a young British mother murdered in her home in a suburb of Athens, Greece and of the unexpected revelation of who had murdered her.
- Unlocking the childhood of Rose West. What was it that turned Rose, at the age of just 17, into the most sadistic, sexually motivated, serial killer Britain has ever witnessed?
- A collection of some of the most infamous moments in television history from around the world featuring technical difficulties, accidents, mishaps and on-screen meltdowns. Narrated by Sarah Greene with contributions from TV stars.
- The story behind the murder of 16-year-old Becky Watts, who was killed by her stepbrother Nathan Matthews and his 21-year-old girlfriend Shauna Hoare in Bristol, England in February 2015.
- A documentary tribute to comedian Rik Mayall, and his four-decade body of work.
- The life of Winston Churchill, one of history's greatest leaders and figures.
- Royals: Keeping The Crown charts the rise, fall, and rebranding of royal families across the globe from the First World War to the present day. From the murder of the Romanov family in 1918 to Prince Harry's marriage to the American actress Meghan Markle in 2018.
- Through interviews with ex-inmates, retired guards and relatives of Britain's most infamous inmates, this documentary uncover secrets of life inside one of the UK's toughest jails.
- The actions of Austrian family captor and rapist Josef Fritzl, who held his daughter in his cellar for more than two decades, fathering seven of her children.
- Follows the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana in 1997, when the British Royal Family nearly lost their place in the hearts of the nation.
- Disturbing documentary about the notorious case, delving into questions that never got answered, with testimony from those who lived through the tragedy.
- Julie Etchingham looks back at one of the UK's most shocking crimes, the assassination of the BBC's most popular presenter, Jill Dando, and whether the police investigation could have missed some vital leads.
- The story of Princess Diana's death is one of the most well-told stories in history, but one half of that story is missing. This feature documentary reveals the life and legacy of the other passenger in the car, Dodi Fayed.
- Susanna Reid explores the murder of 8-year-old schoolgirl, Sarah Payne.
- Guy Martin helps restore XH558, the last airworthy Avro Vulcan bomber, to prepare it for its last ever flight, a 1000-mile farewell tour of Great Britain, before it is grounded.
- Ross explores the untold story of the 9 month cat-and-mouse game between police and the criminal gang intent on stealing diamonds worth £350 million from an exhibition at the Millennium Dome in London in 2000.
- Thomas Markle details his journey from raising Meghan Markle on his own to his heart attack days before her wedding to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Due to his sudden fame as the father of Meghan Markle now Duchess of Sussex he was followed by British tabloids and his own daughter is taking him to the courts accused of publishing parts of a letter addressed to him with accusations and hurtful words aimed to cause him pain aged 75 years old
- Biography of iconic rock balladeer Roy Orbison, told through his own words.
- With exclusive access to police evidence, Susanna Reid presents the backstory and investigation into one of the Britain's most notorious, and dangerous, female serial killers.
- This one-off documentary uses never-before seen footage, interviews and reconstructions to tell the story of the twins' lives from 1968 until their deaths. From their 30-day trial and Ronnie Kray's committal to Broadmoor - following his diagnosis as insane - to operations on the outside and the twins' various marriages inside. A number of the subjects interviewed for the documentary had first-hand dealings with the Krays, including Wilf Pine, Ronnie Kray's business manager; Freddie Foreman, who was sentenced at the same time as the Krays for the disposal of the body of Jack 'the hat' McVitie; and Maureen Flanagan, a close family friend and former model who Reggie proposed to three times whilst in prison.
- To celebrate the upcoming 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II this documentary enjoys privileged access to the Queen and many members of the Royal Family following their work at home and abroad.
- Examines the murder of disabled Iranian asylum seeker Bijan Ebrahimi, who was harassed by a hate-fuelled vigilante mob on a Bristol housing estate and in 2013 was brutally killed by a neighbour in the mistaken belief he was a paedophile.
- Fred Dinenage, the Kray Twins official biographer has been invited into the world of the Richardson Brothers. Never before has someone from the outside got so close to the truth... and lived to tell the tale. For the first time on television, Charlie Richardson and his associates reveal the full story about the infamous 'Torture Gang' of the 60s...
- Archive footage and reconstructions are used to examine one of the most shocking and bizarre acid attacks of recent years. In 2012, Naomi Oni was stalked through London by someone disguised in a niqab before being doused in sulphuric acid.
- Broadmoor Hospital is home to around 200 of Britain's most dangerous men and this is the story of the lives behind bars of five of its most notorious inhabitants.
- Through previous interviews, Sean Connery explores different parts of his life.
- The heroic tales of World War II are legendary, but Operation Crossbow is a little known story that deserves to join the hall of fame: how the Allies used 3D photos to thwart the Nazis' weapons of mass destruction before they could obliterate Britain. This film brings together the heroic Spitfire pilots who took the photographs and the brilliant minds of RAF Medmenham that made sense of the jigsaw of clues hidden in the photos. Hitler was pumping a fortune into his new-fangled V weapons in the hope they could win him the war. But Medmenham had a secret weapon of its own, a simple stereoscope which brought to life every contour of the enemy landscape in perfect 3D. The devil was truly in the detail and, together with extraordinary personal testimonies, the film uses modern computer graphics on the original wartime photographs to show just how the photo interpreters were able to uncover Hitler's nastiest secrets.
- A tribute to one of British television's biggest ever stars.
- Alexander Armstrong presents a documentary about the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on 20th November 1947 featuring archive footage, home-movies and interviews with attendees.
- One-off documentary going behind the scenes at one of the most unique and controversial prisons in the UK, home to some of Britain's worst female criminals, including some of the most detested child killers.
- They were the glamour girls on James Bond's arm, the vestal virgins in Up Pompeii, and the girls-next-door in Man About The House. They were the vampire victims dispatched in the first reel of Hammer Horrors. And they were the Carry On dolly birds, guaranteed to elicit a 'Phwooar' from Sid James. They were Crumpet! And this is their story. Tony Livesey sets out to rescue Crumpet from the condescension of history. Recalling his own childhood, growing up in front of the TV in a Burnley terrace, Tony takes us on a trip through three decades of popular culture. How did our thirty year fascination with Crumpet come about - and why did it end? What does it say about the unique British sense of humour - and about our changing attitude to sex? With contributions from Honor Blackman, Ingrid Pitt, Madeline Smith, Hill's Angel Sue Upton, Leslie Philips and Wendy Richards, and with cultural commentators like Dylan Jones, Germaine Greer and Ned Sherrin, Tony gets to the bottom of this uniquely British phenomenon.
- True crime documentary examining the unsolved murder of Darlington housewife Ann Heron in 1990. Ann's husband Peter was charged with her murder but the case against him was dropped due to a lack of evidence.