Documentaries - Highlights
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- BBC TwoBuilding the Ancient City: Athens and Rome
2. Rome
BBC Two60 MinsProfessor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill reveals how the Romans made their ancient megacity work.
First shown: 27 Aug 2015 - BBC FourSoup Cans & Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the WorldBBC Four90 Mins
Alastair Sooke champions the subversive wit, radical energy and influence of pop art.
First shown: 24 Aug 2015 - New SeriesBBC ThreeSecrets of China
1. Fit in or Fail
BBC Three60 MinsIn China, respect for state and elders is being drilled into the next generation.
First shown: 25 Aug 2015 - BBC OneBritain's Spending Secrets
Episode 2
BBC One60 MinsAnne Robinson tries to discover whether we can spend our way to happiness.
First shown: 26 Aug 2015 -
- 30 Mins
One-off special of the groundbreaking British-Asian sketch show.
First shown: 25 Aug 20151Goodness Gracious Me
India Special 2015
- 59 Mins
Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn try commuting Mumbai-style.
First shown: 24 Aug 20152World's Busiest Railway 2015
Episode 1
- 59 Mins
Anita Rani joins passengers on a long-distance sleeper across India.
First shown: 25 Aug 20153World's Busiest Railway 2015
Episode 2
- 59 Mins
A look at the hidden areas of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station.
First shown: 26 Aug 20154World's Busiest Railway 2015
Episode 3
- 59 Mins
A look at what the future might hold for the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai.
First shown: 27 Aug 20155World's Busiest Railway 2015
Episode 4
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- BBC OneWho Do You Think You Are?
Series 12: 3. Derek Jacobi
BBC One60 MinsActor Derek Jacobi discovers that he is descended from a Huguenot fleeing persecution.
First shown: 27 Aug 2015 - BBC TwoHorizon
2014-2015: 16. OCD: A Monster in my Mind
BBC Two59 MinsA look at people living with OCD, the therapy available and what neuroscience can offer.
First shown: 26 Aug 2015 - BBC OnePound Shop Wars
Series 2: 3. Forty New Shops
BBC One30 MinsThe CEO of Poundworld, Chris Edwards, is back with ambitious plans for expansion.
First shown: 26 Aug 2015 - BBC FourThe Secrets of Quantum Physics
2. Let There Be Life
BBC Four60 MinsJim Al-Khalili investigates whether quantum physics might solve mysteries in biology.
First shown: 16 Dec 2014 -
- 60 Mins
The team dive deeper into the greatest gathering of marine wildlife on the planet.
First shown: 27 Aug 20151Big Blue Live
Episode 2
- 60 Mins
The Big Blue team of experts report live from a stunning wildlife spectacle.
First shown: 23 Aug 20152Big Blue Live
Episode 1
- 45 Mins
Hugh and the team focus on the UK's grey and common seals.
First shown: 28 Aug 20153Big Blue UK
5. Seals
- 45 Mins
Hugh and the team focus on the UK's seashore, from seahorses to hermit crabs.
First shown: 27 Aug 20154Big Blue UK
4. Seashore
- 45 Mins
Hugh and the team focus on seabirds, from gannets to guillemots, puffins to storm petrels.
First shown: 26 Aug 20155Big Blue UK
3. Seabirds
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- BBC OnePanorama
The Schools Scandal: Playing the System
BBC One30 MinsPanorama investigates the educational lottery of the schools admissions process.
First shown: 24 Aug 2015 - BBC OneHidden Kingdoms
2. Secret Forests
BBC One59 MinsA tree-shrew and a chipmunk face terrifying predators as they search for vital food.
First shown: 23 Jan 2014 - BBC ThreeBarely Legal Drivers
Series 1: 3. Amy and James
BBC Three60 MinsIn this episode, we meet two teens who love life: glamour girl Amy and unemployed James.
First shown: 16 Apr 2013 - BBC OneTranssexual StoriesBBC One59 Mins
Cameras follow five different trans women at various stages of transition.
First shown: 24 Aug 2015 -
- 90 Mins
Alastair Sooke champions the subversive wit, radical energy and influence of pop art.
First shown: 24 Aug 20151Soup Cans & Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World
- 60 Mins
A portrait of the real Andy Warhol, the man behind the enigmatic pop art superstar.
First shown: 25 Aug 20152A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
- 60 Mins
Richard Clay guides us from cave art to street art to unravel the enigma of graffiti.
First shown: 26 Aug 20153A Brief History of Graffiti
- 30 Mins
A day with pop artist Peter Blake in his studio following the process of his latest work.
First shown: 26 Aug 20154What Do Artists Do All Day?
21. Sir Peter Blake
- 30 Mins
Roy Lichtenstein revolutionised art with his cartoon images of American culture. (2004)
First shown: 25 Feb 20045Roy Lichtenstein: Pop Idol
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- BBC TwoCountry Strife: Abz on the Farm
2. Winning Bid
BBC Two30 MinsAbz and Vicky move into a new property to discover that the land is beset with problems.
First shown: 23 Aug 2015 - BBC TwoAttenborough and the Giant EggBBC Two59 Mins
David Attenborough returns to the island of Madagascar on a very personal quest.
First shown: 2 Mar 2011 - 464in Documentaries
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