Browse documentary series in United Kingdom
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True crime documentary series with unique access to the video footage that leads to the conviction of killers around the world. Experts explain how the latest technology builds a visual montage of evidence.
Killers: Caught on Camera (2023 )
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Rebels, rockstars, revolutionaries. On court, they were legends. Off court, they challenged the world. Ashe, McEnroe, Borg, King, Navratilova, Evert - the golden age of tennis.
Gods of Tennis (2023 )
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From global tennis stardom to prison - the unbelievable inside story.
Boris Becker: The Rise and Fall (2023 )
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As futures hang in the balance, what would you decide? An eye-opening look at Britain's parole boards, making complex, life-changing decisions for prisoners - and their victims.
Parole (2023 )
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British true crime documentary series revealing ten tragically, ill-fated love stories.
Sleeping with My Murderer (2023 )
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The 20th century has seen some of the largest and most devastating naval battles in history. Warships symbolised a nation's power on the world stage, watched by an awe inspired public and press. However, many of these ocean titans were to become victims of the conflict.
Sunken Warships: Secrets from the Deep (2023 )
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Following intrepid adventurers Ben Fogle and Dwayne Fields as they journey to Antarctica to relive the trials and tribulations of the deadly Race to the Pole at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Endurance: Race to the Pole (2023 )
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The story behind the world's most infamous haunted house tale: the Amityville murders. This is the first elevated look at every aspect of this wildly layered story about the heinous murder of a family of six that became eclipsed by paranormal controversy.
Amityville: An Origin Story (2023 )
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Journeying to the far reaches of our planet, this eight part series follows some of the world's most amazing species, telling extraordinary stories that are dramatic, thrilling, funny and sometimes heart-breaking, but always full of hope.
Planet Earth III (2023 )
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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.
Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator (2023 )
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Witness the epic nature of Wild Scandinavia: orca, puffins and eagles rule the fjords; wolves and lynx patrol magical forests; polar bears and musk ox survive arctic extremes. Basejumpers and reindeer herders also embrace the wilderness.
Wild Scandinavia (2023 )
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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.
Inside Our Autistic Minds (2023 )
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Britain's Notorious Prisons reveals the reality of life behind the walls of two of the UK's most infamous prisons, Strangeways and Wormwood Scrubs. Manchester's Strangeways and London's Wormwood Scrubs have housed some of the country's most dangerous convicts, including serial killers, rapists and paedophiles.
Britain's Notorious Prisons (2023 )
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Every year hundreds of junior doctors are lured Down Under to work where they've never worked before: The Emergency Department.
Junior Doctors Down Under (2023 )
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Stunning locations, logistical headaches. Interior Design Masters champ Banjo Beale returns to his Hebridean home, breathing new life into homes and businesses across the Islands.
Designing the Hebrides (2023 )
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Berlin 1933 – Diary Of A Metropolis tells the story of how Berlin, the vibrant hub of modernity, became Germany's staunch capital city in step with the Third Reich. Contemporary journals, letters and documents, photographs and film material, form a dense collage of the dynamics of this collectively organised disaster.
Berlin 1933 – Diary Of A Metropolis (2023 )
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The Playboy Bunny Murder will see Marcel Theroux investigate a set of disturbing murders of young women that have remained unsolved since the 1970s and reveal a dark and violent side hidden beneath the wealth and glamour of exclusive corners of London’s nightlife at that time. The journalist and filmmaker’s long-standing interest in the brutal murders, which shocked the London he grew up in, led him to return to the killings of Eve Stratford, a Playboy Bunny who aspired to be a famous model, Lynda Farrow, a croupier with years of experience working in nighttime London, and Lynne Weedon, a schoolgirl whose whole life lay ahead of her.
The Playboy Bunny Murder (2023 )
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From the 2014 seizure of Crimea to the invasion of Ukraine, this is the inside story of a decade of clashes - as told by the Western leaders who traded blows with Putin's Russia.
Putin vs the West (2023 )
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Sir Tony Robinson travels the world to explore the most unusual and innovative machines and vehicles in this series packed with exciting stunts and epic challenges.
Tony Robinson's Marvellous Machines (2023 )
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In this new original series, Court TV’s Vinnie Politan travels across the country to speak with accomplices — the convicted, condemned and exonerated — who share a unique look into cases and verdicts that might not be as clear-cut as initially thought. The series is told using Court TV’s unrivaled coverage of trials spanning nearly two decades. Each episode features unique stories and a cast of characters who face life in prison for crimes they may or may not have committed.
Accomplice to Murder (2023 )
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Michael Portillo explores the region of Andalucia in southern Spain, visiting six of his favourite locations in the area.
Portillo's Andalucia (2023 )
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Backstage at the world’s most famous cabaret club, meet the young British dancers hoping to make it as the next generation of high-kicking stars.
Moulin Rouge: Yes We Can-Can! (2023 )
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Remarkable life-saving operations and extraordinary stories of surgical skill.
Surgeons: A Matter of Life or Death (2023 )
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Guy Martin explores Colombia at street level to find out what makes the country tick. Can one of the most beautiful countries in the world escape its long history of drugs and violence.
Our Guy in Colombia (2023 )
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Love, conflict, family - nobody's done it better. Acting legends reflect on the greatest writer who ever lived – and the dangerous, exciting world that ignited his creativity.
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius (2023 )
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Imperfect Murder follows carefully planned schemes that seem to ensure freedom for the killer despite having committed the most gruesome of crimes, yet end up falling apart based on a single detail. Each one-hour episode of Imperfect Murder reconstructs the killing plan in detail, including the motivations and conflicts that encouraged the potential killer to threaten their target.
Imperfect Murder (2023 )
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We explore the untold story of the sizeable British contingent of David Koresh's Branch Davidian cult, and their experiences during the 51 day ordeal at Waco and its storming by the FBI in 1993.
Waco Untold: The British Stories (2023 )
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The comedian and presenter explores the culture and natural beauty of Sri Lanka.
Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka (2023 )
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Nick travels by rail through the extraordinary Andes Mountains to Machu Picchu, Peru.
Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles (2023 )
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Radio 1’s Sian Eleri investigates the paranormal.
Paranormal (2023 )
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Are ghosts real? Are you team believer or team sceptic? Bringing his hit podcast to the screen, Danny Robins investigates real-life stories of seemingly paranormal encounters.
Uncanny (2023 )
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Series about the dying art of repairing electronics, fronted by super-fixer Rob Howard, one of the UK's last remaining full-time repair men of retro-electronic products.
Retro Electro Workshop (2023 )
