Documentaries
Documentaries is a documentary on BBC1. True crime series exploring murders where the victim's body is found in an unusual place. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 197 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2026.
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Rick Stein explores the food of Shanghai - Shanghai is one of the biggest cities in the world and is rapidly expanding, but has it hung on to its culinary roots?
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40:00Slapstick comedy with the hapless Frank Spencer. Frank enrols in a Scottish dancing class and everything seems to be going his way. Surely not for long...
45:00Watch out, Frank Spencer's about. At his woodwork class, Frank's carpentry leaves a lot to be desired, and his playhouse for Jessica is a whopper of a project.
40:00Seventies TV slapstick doesn't come any better than this. Frank can't believe the council has condemned their old house - even after all the DIY improvements he made.
Dougie and the team round up all the action from this year’s Royal Highland Show. Cammy catches up with a professional sheep dresser as he makes finishing touches before showing his Bleu du Maines.
Professor Alice Roberts on the natural history of the woolly mammoth, revealing adaptations that helped the species evolve from their origins in the tropics to surviving in Siberia
A Late Show special from 1992, featuring US singer-songwriters Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash and Mary-Chapin Carpenter in an acoustic performance at New York's The Bottom Line club.
Big-screen spin-off from the popular sitcom. Mrs Brown faces car chases, ninjas and outdoor musical numbers as she battles to save her Dublin market stall.
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40:00A truly classic episode of the 70s comedy in which Frank Spencer faces the dilemma of wife Betty and the cat giving birth at the same time. How to prioritise?
Documentary about artist David Hockney, from his early life in working-class Bradford to his relocation to Hollywood, with access to his personal archive of photographs and film.
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40:00Frank and Betty try to get some practice in looking after children by taking Judy and Alison to the zoo. Yes, it's the famous one with Frank on rollerskates!
40:00Betty has to break the news to Frank that she is pregnant. Frank goes for a job at a holiday camp, pitching himself as a ventriloquist - oh dear.
Dougie is in the East Neuk of Fife to see how strawberry-growing season has extended. Meanwhile, Cammy meets the sheep dresser getting livestock competition-ready for the Royal Highland Show.
Architectural historian Jon Cannon goes in search of the clues that shed light on how our medieval forebears were able to build the wonders of their world.
Comedy. Local radio DJ and former talk show presenter Alan Partridge ends up in a siege when a disgruntled colleague decides to take the staff hostage.
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Michael Crawford stars as the much impersonated Frank Spencer in the 1970s sitcom. Betty persuades Frank to take up a course in public relations.
45:00Classic laughs with the hapless Frank Spencer. The sad tale of Frank's spell in the RAF is revealed. The great Fulton Mackay, of Porridge fame, guest stars.
35:00Classic sitcom with the great Michael Crawford. Frank has a bit of hanging around to do in this episode, as the Spencers go for a picnic in Frank's new car.
Dougie is on Montrose Beach measuring the increasing rate of coastal erosion. Meanwhile, as the annual clip gets under way, Cammy gives apprentice Anne a masterclass in the art of shearing.
Legendary rock 'n' roller Chuck Berry performs at the BBC Television Theatre in 1972. Johnny B Goode, Roll Over Beethoven and Nadine are just some of the highlights.