SEARCH THE DATABASE

Restrict search to: Film TV Drama Documentary Music Animation Comedy Sport

 902 results:

1	Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness (2025) #1597 FILM Main BBC Two celebrates the life and legacy of comic legend Ken Dodd with a star-studded documentary. “Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness” takes a rare look into the private life of the man who brought joy to millions. The program features home movies, providing intimate moments and unseen footage of Dodd.
2	Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire (2025) #1595 DOCUMENTARY Main 90 mins. BBC. When Bradford City FC met Lincoln City on 11 May 1985 for the final game of the season, what everyone hoped to remember was the carnival atmosphere in the stadium. But what happened at the end of a goalless first half was instead the stuff of nightmares. A fire, believed to have been started by a discarded cigarette or match, engulfed one of the old wooden stands. 56 lives were lost, and the event made headlines around the world as the city and the nation struggled to confront the enormity of the loss to Bradford. The prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, travelled to the scene of the disaster as the media looked to someone to blame, and a senior judge was appointed to launch an inquiry. The findings would have a long-lasting impact on safety at football matches in Britain and around the world. With access to survivors, family members of those lost and emergency service first responders, this film aims to relive a largely forgotten tragedy.
3	The Last Musician of Auschwitz (2025) #1580 DOCUMENTARY Disk 90mins. BBC. 27th January 2025. Exactly 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz by the Russian Army. How can there be music in the worst place in the world? Told through the words of victims of the camp who played and created music during the terrors of the Holocaust, this film shows how, in the most brutal and dehumanising situations, music could be a lifeline, a way to give testimony and even a way to resist. Woven throughout are new interpretations of musical works written by victims of the camp, mainly filmed at resonant locations in the environs of Auschwitz. Between them, they touch on themes of loss, longing and cultural memory, and address head on the barbaric and murderous regime at Auschwitz.
4	Brian and Maggie (2025) #1585 TV DRAMA-DOCUMENTARY Main 2x48min episodes. Channel 4. Brian and Maggie revisits the infamous 1989 television interview between former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and journalist Brian Walden, which marked the end of their friendship and catalysed Thatcher's resignation.
5	Mr Bates v The Post Office (2024) #1524 TV DRAMA Special Mr Bates vs. The Post Office: With Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Will Mellor. One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.
6	Inside Out 2 (2024) #1575 FILM Main 1h 36m A sequel that features Riley entering puberty and experiencing brand new, more complex emotions as a result. As Riley tries to adapt to her teenage years, her old emotions try to adapt to the possibility of being replaced.
7	The Shamrock Tenors - St Patrick's Night Concert (2024) #1532 DOCUMENTARY Main,Disk 1 hour. BBC. Northern Irish vocal group the Shamrock Tenors bring their international hit show home to Belfast's Ulster Hall for a St Patrick’s Night celebration. This cross-community group of singers features West End stars and multi-instrumentalists who put their own modern twist on some of Irish music’s most beloved melodies. They are joined on stage by special guests and champion Irish dancers.
8	The Bradford Aunties (2024) #1538 DOCUMENTARY Main 50 mins. BBC One. Tahera, Rubina and Ghazala are charming, opinionated and determined ladies from Yorkshire, with one major thing in common – they‘re all Asian aunties, women who use their lifetimes of experience to impart wisdom, pass judgement and glue their communities together. This engaging and insightful documentary follows this trio of Bradford women as they embark on their latest mission – to ensure their language, food, music and values are handed to the next generation. Aunties Tahera, Rubina and Ghazala believe passionately in the preservation of their culture for their communities' young people. However, in the wake of today’s digital world, they fear this is in danger of being eroded as the next generation of Asian youth adopt more western ways. Rolling up their sleeves, the aunties embark on the biggest challenge of their lives – a unique and bespoke community project looking to bring the young and old of Bradford together. And to cap it all, they’re planning to take everyone on a big coach trip to Blackpool at the end of the project. The aunties’ master plan is to run a series of workshops to teach young people a host of skills and provide a chance for the generations to get to know each other better. From music to poetry, cooking and the importance of family, the aunties look to connect the youth with the old ways and ideals. But along the way, will they discover they have just as much to learn from the young cohort? This isn’t a boot camp for the faint-hearted. And helping them at every step will be their army of trusted, elderly aunties. With their reputation preceding them, our aunties hit the streets of Bradford to recruit young people to their cause – but will they be able to engage a tough crowd? Or is the gap between the generations just too wide to be filled? As the countdown to the coach trip to Blackpool gets under way, the aunties have a lot to organise, with their reputations and culture on the line. Can they connect with today’s youth, or will it be a bumpy ride, with the old ways driving a wedge between them? Exploring community, tradition, love and friendship, this warm, compelling and ultimately moving documentary – with unprecedented access to the UK’s south Asian community – follows aunties Rubina, Ghazala and Tahera attempting to pull out all the stops as they head towards an all-singing, all-dancing coach trip. All in the name of preserving their Asian culture for the next generation.
9	The Zelensky Story (2024) #1560 DOCUMENTARY Main,Disk 3x1 hour episodes. BBC. With unique access to Volodymyr Zelensky and Olena Zelenska, this episode charts Zelensky’s extraordinary journey from aspiring comedian to president of his country. Ep 1: The Comedian and the Dictator. Opening with the collapse of the Soviet Union – an event which had a profound effect on Zelensky and Vladimir Putin in very different ways – to the Maidan Revolution sparking a political awakening in Zelensky, this episode explores his role as the Ukrainian president in the hit TV show Servant of the People and his decision to run for president in real life. Ep 2: President in the Real World. After the high of his election victory, Zelensky is forced to face political reality. Using in-depth interviews with Zelensky, his wife Olena Zelenska and their closest advisors, this episode puts viewers inside the room as Zelensky grapples with what it means to be the leader of a country. From Zelensky’s infamous phone call with Donald Trump to his only meeting with Vladimir Putin in Paris, the former comedian has a brutal initiation into the ruthless world of power politics. As Putin becomes increasingly belligerent and the drumbeat of war grows louder, Zelensky is under a huge amount of pressure. Is Ukraine prepared for war? Is Zelensky up to the job? Ep 3: War Leader. Opening in the first hours of the Russian invasion, this final episode follows explores how Zelensky used the skills he’d honed as an entertainer to galvanise people, as well as taking viewers inside Ukraine’s peace negotiations with Russia. And the Zelenskys reveal what happened in the first hours of the Russian invasion, and open up about the realities of living through war and the difficulty of making life and death decisions.
10	Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024) #1577 FILM Main 1h 19m Gromit's concerned that Wallace has become over-dependent on his inventions, which proves justified when Wallace invents a "smart gnome" that seems to develop a mind of its own.
11	Prom 24: Felix Klieser plays Mozart (2023) #1492 MUSIC Main 2 hours. 19:30 Wed 2 Aug 2023 Royal Albert Hall The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Kirill Karabits present Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2 alongside a work by Karabits’s own father. Horn virtuoso Felix Klieser makes his Proms debut with Mozart’s sunny Concerto No. 4.
12	The Magical World of Moss (2023) #1464 DOCUMENTARY Main 1 hour. BBC. Mosses have colonised almost every corner of the earth’s surface. Evolving from oceanic algae that emerged onto the land 450 million years ago, these very first terrestrial plants became one of the main sources of oxygen for our evolving planet, helping to transform it from an arid rock into a lush world. This documentary travels to some of the most beautiful moss-covered landscapes in the world, including Japan, Iceland, France and Denmark, to meet the experts investigating its astonishing properties and potential. Science is only beginning to understand the secrets and possibilities of these remarkable plant.
13	Spring Walks S1 E1 (2023) #1465 DOCUMENTARY Main 30 mins. BBC. Sara Davies Spring Walks Series 1 Episode 1 of 4 Broadcast on BBC4 6th February 2023. Includes Jennie Roux. A gentle walk in nature is the perfect tonic for businesswoman and Dragons’ Den investor, Sara Davies. Spring is in the air as Sara explores the lush Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire, A keen walker, Sara often rambles with family and friends near her Teesside home. In this programme, she is accompanied only by a 360-degree camera, breathtaking landscapes and her thoughts. Sara opens up about the challenges she faced as a young businesswoman. She reveals the unexpected impact of participating in Strictly Come Dancing and reflects on the importance of family support. Sara gently navigates through pastures, villages and bluebell woods and meets the people who know the area intimately: a local farmer, the last in the village, whose family worked the landscape for generations; Lord and Lady Swinton, who are today charged with the upkeep and preservation of the country estate; and a local entrepreneurial farmer with a new business venture to pitch to Sara. During a visit to the picturesque St Paul’s Church in Healey, Sara takes a moment to reflect on communities bound together by faith and their local place of worship. Late afternoon sunshine gives way to rain showers and magnificent rainbows, a dramatic setting for the closing moments of Sara’s walk. As a full-time working mum in business and broadcasting, Sara discusses motherhood and her heartfelt reflections on life and family.
14	The Classical Collection (2023) #1471 MUSIC Special 6x1 hour episodes. BBC. A selection of memorable performances of classical music from the BBC's archives. 01 JS Bach. A selection of memorable performances of classical music from the BBC's archives. 02 Daniel Barenboim. Conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim is one of the legendary cultural forces of his generation, and has been a regular and familiar presence on BBC Television since the 1960s. In this programme, we revisit some of the standout moments of an extraordinary career, including performances with his first wife Jacqueline du Pré, intimate chamber music, solo recitals, masterclasses and epic orchestral concerts. 03 Neglected Masterpieces. A celebration of the newly recognised glories of classical music, featuring a wealth of works written by largely forgotten or neglected composers, including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Florence B Price, Grace Williams and Erich Korngold. 04 Christmas. Christmas music broadcast on BBC Television. Including seasonal classics by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and Berlioz, Rudolph Nureyev dancing Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, carols both old and new from Benjamin Britten to the King’s Singers and much more. 05 Sheku Kanneh-Mason. After winning BBC Young Musician in 2016, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason became an overnight sensation. This collection showcases his extraordinary journey from teenage virtuoso to a leading light of the classical music world and features performances with orchestras and ensembles as well as with the wider Kanneh-Mason family. 06 Nature. The natural world has always been a powerful inspiration to composers. From vast forests and tiny fish to wild storms and epic seascapes, this programme takes us on an evocative journey through some of the best-loved musical responses to our living planet.
15	Hannah Fry: Electric Cars (2023) #1488 DOCUMENTARY Main 1 hour BBC. Electric Car The Secret Genius of Modern Life Series 1 Episode 4 of 6 Hannah Fry discovers why innovations in meat packing almost derailed the electric car revolution and how a breakthrough in camcorder batteries led to Elon Musk’s electric empire, as well as demonstrating how not to drive a multimillion dollar prototype car of the future.
16	Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator (2023) #1521 DOCUMENTARY Main,Disk 3x1 hour episodes. BBC. Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator BBC 2023 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. 1 High Priest Caesar seeks to become consul, the highest political position in Rome. To do so, he enters into dangerous alliances and bends the rules of the republic, courting the popular vote, exploiting division and using bribery and intimidation to get his own way. But his unconventional approach to politics and disregard for established customs sets him at odds with the conservative elite within the senate. And one man – Cato – is hellbent on bringing him down. 2 Veni Vidi Vici Caesar has brokered an uneasy alliance with the two other most powerful men in the republic – Pompey and Crassus. Between them, they dominate the political system, and Caesar appears untouchable. He leaves Rome to take the governorship of Gaul – modern-day France – to conquer its people and win yet greater power and prestige. But events beyond his control threaten to unravel his plans and leave him isolated. Pushed into a corner, he makes a decision that will change the course of the republic forever. 3 Ides of March As Caesar takes control of Rome and consolidates his grip over the republic, he awards himself ever-greater powers. Appointed dictator for one year to restore peace, he soon extends this to ten years... then dictator for life. Caesar has become untouchable, and Rome is now – in the modern sense of the word – a dictatorship. Caesar’s ambition has turned to tyranny. A handful of senators, including some of his closest allies, plot to end his rule in the only way they can: by taking his life. But will that be enough to save the republic?
17	Mog's Christmas (2023) #1523 ANIMATION Disk 25mins, Follows Mog who feels a little ignored during the Thomas family's Christmas preparations. When she spots the huge Christmas tree, she freaks out and climbs to the roof, where she refuses to move no matter how hard the family tries.
18	Barbie (2023) #1534 FILM Main 1h 54m Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
19	PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023) #1535 FILM Main 1h 28m A magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City and gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups.
20	Tish (2023) #1537 FILM Main 1h 30m A moving portrait of social documentary photographer and trailblazer Tish Murtha, who dedicated her life to documenting the lives of working-class communities in North East England.

PAGE  1   2   3   4   5    46
 Recent...