Documentary
Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity – as seen through the eyes of remarkable people doing extraordinary things.


Documentary providing an emotional insight into the lives of two brothers, who both have a rare form of dwarfism, as they prepare to marry their wives-to-be.

A group of overweight cabbies try to change the habits of a lifetime and go from supersize to superfit.

Teenagers share their experiences of coping with the effects of cancer and chemotherapy at the Teenage Cancer Trust Unit at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children.

Documentary looking at the fierce competition between the big bus tour companies in Belfast as they fight for a share of the lucrative tourist market.

Following 14-year-old artist Kieron Williamson as he prepares for his latest exhibition.

Documentary following the Donnelly family from County Armagh, thought to be the oldest group of siblings in the world, with a collective age of 1,064 years.

Aled Jones meets Jodi Ann Bickley, founder of the One Million Lovely Letters project, who has written thousands of letters to people around the world in need of support.

Orkney is, officially, the UK’s cruise ship capital. With around 125,000 passengers expected this year, how does this small island community cope with the onslaught of tourists?

Documentary following insect expert Dr Sarah Beynon and award-winning chef Andy Holcroft as they try to bring insect-based food products to the mainstream market.

From 20-stone pumpkins to man-sized marrows, this documentary digs into the colourful world of Welsh giant vegetable growers as they fight it out in the first show of the season.
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Biologist and naturalist Dan O'Neill embarks on a groundbreaking mission to protect one of the world's most elusive creatures—the snow leopard. Set against the stunning backdrop of Kyrgyzstan's rugged mountains, this two-part adventure follows Dan as he works to build a new research center dedicated to studying these majestic cats.

Ronan Donovan, our expert guide and National Geographic photographer, takes the audience on an intimate exploration of the Arctic during the endless day of the summer months, giving insight to the unexpected abundance of the 'Garden of the Arctic' in Wolf Valley as he attempts to embed with a wolf family pack.

Geologist Iain Stewart explain in three stages of natural history the crucial interaction of our very planet's physiology and its unique wildlife. Biological evolution is largely driven bu adaptation to conditions such as climate, soil and irrigation, but biotopes were also shaped by wildlife changing earth's surface and climate significantly, even disregarding human activity.