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- StarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough's groundbreaking study of the evolution of life on our planet.
- StarsRobert BartlettProfessor Robert Bartlett examines the extraordinary expansion and unchecked ambition of the Normans, and shows how they transformed the history of Europe.
- DirectorKate BroomeStarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough investigates the latest scientific research to discover whether or not there is a global environmental crisis, and, if so, what solutions there are to it.
- StarsSigourney WeaverDavid AttenboroughNikolay DrozdovA documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenborough.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough's study of the world of plants, which demonstrates, with the aid of time-lapse photography, the rich and varied ways in which they flourish.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughPierce BrosnanPeter ScoonesMammoth series, five years in the making, taking a look at the rich tapestry of life in the world's oceans.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough's comprehensive study of how a remarkable group of animals evolved - a group that includes ourselves.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughDavid Attenborough discusses the biomass and life in a variety of eco-systems spanning many of the environments found on Earth (from tropical to polar).
- StarsNeil OliverAlison SheridanFrancis PryorNeil Oliver tells the epic story of how Britain and its people came to be over thousands of years of ancient history - the beginnings of our world forged in ice, stone, and bronze.
- StarsNeil OliverVikings is a documentary series written and presented by Neil Oliver charting the rise of the Vikings from prehistoric times to the empire of Canute.
- StarsNeil OliverBarry CunliffePhilip CrummyIn four chapters, largely based on and illustrated with archaeological finds and sites, Neil Oliver explains how, as far as is known, the Iron Age Celtic tribes known as the Ancient Britains evolved and entered European civilization. Their internecine tribal phase was warlike and partitioned. Overseas contacts, especially metal trade, brought wealth and progress. Ultimately, it attracted the superior Roman empire, which would conquer and pacify Britain into a province, like Gaul shortly before, but Caesar's invasion wasn't the definitive annexation yet, that was left to emperor Claudius; even afterward some Celtic traits and even rebellions remained.
- StarsNeil OliverScott GlynnJames FlemingA documentary charting the birth and growth of the Scottish nation.
- DirectorDick TaylorStarsNeil OliverAlan BowmanPhilip CrummyOnce the Celtic tribes were fully subdued and pacified militarily, the Roman rule brought a highly superior culture and technology, ranging from culinary to public works. Urban centers, forts and villas fully shared in those, but the rural majority remained largely unaffected except for stable administration and long-term unification on a national scale as province(s) within the intercontinental empire.
- StarsKarl PilkingtonJohn MontgomeryRichard YeeKarl is faced with the different aspects of life by travelling around the world and discovering how different people face life's challenges.
- DirectorPenny PalmerStarsAdrian LesterHorizon reveals how new archaeological discoveries are painting a different picture of the very first native Britons. For centuries it's been thought that these hunter-gatherers lived a brutal, hand-to-mouth existence. But extraordinary new evidence has forced scientists to rethink who these people were, where they came from and what impact they had on our early history. Now, our impression is of a hardy, sophisticated people who withstood centuries of extreme climate change and a devastating tsunami that was to give birth to the island nation of Britain. Their way of life may even have survived beyond its greatest ever threat - the farming revolution.
- DirectorRob LiddellStarsAlan DaviesMarcus du SautoyJohnny Hudson
- DirectorMike BirkheadStarsDavid AttenboroughFamous naturalist David Attenborough spotlights the ostrich, the kiwi and their prehistoric ancestor, the elephant bird. Being flightless, these birds must rely on speed and camouflage to escape predators and protect their younglings.
- Africa's largest herd of elephants and a fearless pride of young lions come face to face in an epic fight for survival. Rarely do their worlds collide, until now. This is no chance conflict; nature has played its part. Drought has weakened the elephants and the lions are desperately hungry. The dawn of the giant killers has arrived.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughRolf SteinmannEmma NapperDavid Attenbourough narrates on the greatest of all adventures - the journey through life.
- DirectorSophie LanfearStarsDavid AttenboroughTom Hugh-JonesMark Payne-GillAn animal's first steps are the foundation upon which their future success depends.
- DirectorTristan QuinnStarsDmitry ItskovThe gripping story of how one Russian internet millionaire is turning to cutting-edge science to try to unlock the secret of living forever. Dmitry Itskov recently brought together some of the world's leading neuroscientists, robot builders and consciousness researchers to try to devise a system that would allow him to escape his biological destiny. Entering Dmitry's seemingly sci-fi world, Horizon investigates the real science inspiring his bold plan to upload the human mind to a computer.
- DirectorJohn-Paul DavidsonStarsMichael PalinAndus EmgeGülcan Yucedogan EmgeMichael takes us through Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey. Notable stops being Göreme in Turkeywhere "fairy chimney" rock formations house families and early Christian churches.
- DirectorSue HillsStarsPaul HollywoodCherie LunghiThe baker grew up very near to his maternal grandparents and was particularly close to his grandfather. The discovery of his WWII service medals sets Paul off on a journey around the Mediterranean.
- DirectorJenny DamesStarsSamantha WomackMark StrongActress Samantha Womack delves into her family history, uncovering the shocking truth about her great-grandfather's military career.
- StarsRebecca HoskingColin CampbellRosie BoycottWildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family's farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key. With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family's wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land. But last year's high fuel prices were a wake-up call for Rebecca. Realising that all food production in the UK is completely dependent on abundant cheap fossil fuel, particularly oil, she sets out to discover just how secure this oil supply is. Alarmed by the answers, she explores ways of farming without using fossil fuel. With the help of pioneering farmers and growers, Rebecca learns that it is actually nature that holds the key to farming in a low-energy future.
- DirectorToby MacdonaldStarsJohn SimmDan ArielyChristopher Chabris
- DirectorJohn FothergillStarsHelen McCroryMike BakerPhilip BealesEvery day we produce more data than the human race did from the dawn of civilization until the year 2000. Twitter, search engines, - these colossal databases can be mined for valuable, sometimes mind-blowing, insights. Horizon unlocks the fascinating world of big data for you.
- DirectorJames HoneyborneStarsDavid AttenboroughPeter DrostExamining the role of human anthropogenic activity on the oceans. Microplastics and pollution are an increasing problem for the world's seas, threatening the lives of marine life and ultimately impacting on the ecosystem.
- DirectorAlastair FothergillStarsDavid AttenboroughPierce BrosnanPeter ScoonesShafts of sunlight are the vital source of energy used by the countless billions of plankton that grow every spring and summer in the world's temperate sea, the richest of all habitats.
- DirectorFisher Dilke
- 2017– 1h7.7 (28)TV EpisodeDirectorSam RoubicekStarsGiles CorenMonica GalettiGiles and Monica hop over to the Republic of Ireland to learn about the troubled history of this 800-year-old castle turned luxury hotel, its ties with the local community and activities laid on for guests.
- 2017– 59m8.0 (32)TV EpisodeDirectorAidan WoodwardStarsGiles CorenMonica GalettiGiles Coren and Monica Galetti fly to the island of Tetiaroa in French Polynesia to work in one of the world's most luxurious eco-resorts. The Brando was the brainchild of Hollywood star Marlon Brando.
- 2012– 49m8.2 (52)TV EpisodeDirectorMolly MiltonStarsRichard DawkinsRichard Dawkins explores what science can tell us about death. He even has his entire genome sequenced to reveal the genetic indicators of how he himself may die.
- StarsSimon SchamaLiev SchreiberThroughout art history, achieving radiance by color and light interacting has played major part. Colorite has its own history, linked to the symbolical meaning and material composition of pre-industrial natural (mineral, vegetal or animal) pigment ingredients, sometimes as precious and exotic as Afghan lapis lazuli (for ultramarine), often traded from the Orient, contributing to the wealth and artistic prowess of Venice. On the other hand, claire-obscure dominates certain traditions, notably Gothic architecture suggesting uplifting toward Heaven, which combines it with radiant stained glass and artists, like El Greco's dark depiction of grim times.
- DirectorClaire LewisStarsMichelle KeeganPhil DavisIn a special edition of the show, screened as part of the BBC's Hear Her Season, actress Michelle Keegan discovers her link to Gibraltar and connections to Italy and the Suffragettes.
- DirectorGeorgina LeslieStarsLee MackPhil DavisComedian Lee Mack researches his great-granddad Billy Mac, supposedly also known for his humour. However, his investigation leads him to World War I and a family secret.
- DirectorSam HobkinsonStarsAndrew MarrMarr pedals a rickshaw taxi in Dhaka, flies with Mexico City's airborne traffic cops, and rides a high-speed magnetic railroad in Shanghai. He also finds out what London's fast food obsession is doing to it's Victorian-era sewers.
- DirectorMark FisherStarsSundeep DhillonMark FisherKenton CoolBen and Victoria are tested to their physical and mental limits as they attempt to scale the world's highest mountain.
- 1983–6.8 (30)TV EpisodeDirectorBrad BestelinkStarsImogen StubbsIn southern Africa, a pride of lions has rewritten the rules - by learning to take down elephants. In this follow up to Africa's Giant Killers, we join the pride at the start of the rainy season. As the elephants depart, a catalogue of dramatic events unfolds. The pride males turn against each other, an inexperienced mum puts her new born cubs in mortal danger, a rival group of lions challenge the pride for its territory and, when lightning strikes, fires burn day and night. When the dust eventually settles, the pride is left with only one choice - to face their old foe the elephants or risk starvation. The final showdown awaits.
- DirectorWes PollittStarsLouis TherouxMel GallowayAmy LundLouis explores open adoption in California, where women hand over their babies at birth to adoptive families paying tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege.
- 2017– 59m7.2 (22)TV EpisodeDirectorTom PeppiattStarsGiles CorenMonica GalettiIn this Christmas Special, Giles and Monica visit Kulm Hotel in St. Moritz. The Swiss Alpine resort was the birthplace of winter tourism more than 150 years ago.
- StarsJulia BradburyJulia goes croc spotting in the wetlands of the Northern Territory, sees the The Ghan train leave Darwin, travels with a grey nomad and experiences life on a cattle station.
- StarsRomesh RanganathanRomesh explores poverty stricken Haiti.
- StarsJulia BradburyJulia goes aboard a superyacht in Perth, visits Trigg Beach, enjoys Ladies Day at Broome Cup and ventures into the Outback of Western Australia.
- DirectorLeo BurleyStarsIan McKellenCherie LunghiAnne FeatherstoneThe actor and civil-rights activist delves into his family history and discovers one of his ancestors was a Victorian political activist, another was linked to the theatre. He learns his family have a link to an ancient landmark.
- DirectorDavid VincentStarsRobert RinderPhil DavisIn this moving episode TV's Robert "Judge" Rinder follows the story of his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, hearing first hand testimony of the horror of Nazi forced labour camps as well as of the hope offered by a new life in Lake Windermere. Investigating the dark mystery surrounding his great-grandfather leads Robert to a small town in Latvia, where he uncovers a story of mental illness and trauma which will ultimately, he hopes, lay some ghosts to rest.
- StarsSara CoxPolly RussellSimon CharlesThe class embrace the new world of the 1980s. With robots, early computers and synths, the kids get to grips with Britain's new high-tech future.
- DirectorMiles Blayden-RyallHayden KingCharlie SladeStarsFay RipleyAaliyah CinelloChildren from a debating club in Bradford, a pony club in Berkshire and a drama class in Gloucester explore their feelings of love and hate.
- StarsJacqueline BassettLynn JohnsonTony WalkerDirector Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
- DirectorJames HemmingStarsRobert PooleDocumenting the transition from the playfulness of infancy and maternal care to beginning independence of animal adolescents: a macaque, a pair of sister hyenas, an Iceland wolf cub, an elephant calf, a sea otter and a mountain gorilla.
- DirectorRob McCabeStarsLesley SharpThis edition reveals how the Bank influences inflation by setting the UK's interest rate. In the vaults we meet the "money lady" whose signature appears on every UK bank note, including the "titans" - each worth 100 million pounds.
- DirectorDarren GreenStarsConnie FisherMarco BiagioliErica MelargoA look at the world of hand models, where a fortune is within your grasp if you can nail the right look. With hands insured for millions, advertising everything from Gucci to Fairy we look at what it takes to claw your way to the top.
- DirectorRosie SchellenbergStarsDaniel RadcliffePhil DavisDaniel find out his Jewish ancestor was accused of fraud at a time when being Jewish, was seen as an outsider though out Europe hate speech was on the rise. He's grandfather on his mothers side owned a jewelry shop in London and after fire his grandfather was main suspect making him feel like there was not was out he wrote a note and took his own life. He also follows up on Irish ancestry.
- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsKate WinsletPhil DavisTed RosvallKate finds out her she has Scandinavian heritage and they come from Sweden and her great great great grandfather Andrew johns son was found guilty of stealing potatoes for food and had previous of stealing beehive. He was sentenced to being whipped for his crime by the whipping never took place due to his death. His son however did not follow his path but trained to become a tailor and moved to London for work. On her mother Irish side a grenadier guards drummer called William colquhounin worked at Buckingham palace and he become major and gave out punishment whipping those who stepped out of line, but had started from the bottom at age 11 and had a clean record. After service move to Devon and become Dartmoor's prison warden. Kate also tells of her childhood growing up in Devon and speaks openly about how she did not come from money growing up in reading.
- DirectorErron GordonStarsJulie EtchinghamJeremy HuntBoris JohnsonThe final two contenders of the Tory leadership race take part in their only head-to-head TV debate, moderated by Julie Etchingham.
- DirectorJulian JonesStarsStephan MalinowskiMike JacksonRichard John EvansDelving into the corridors of power where Germany's top political mastermind sees an opportunity to use the popularity of the Nazis for his own ends.
- DirectorBarny RevillStarsChris Packham
- DirectorOliver BootleAdnan AhmedStarsAde AdepitanThe 2nd leg of Ade's journey takes him across central Africa from whale-watching off the coast of Gabon, through the huge Democratic Republic of Congo and onto Uganda where he meets an outspoken political campaigner.
- 2017– 58m6.9 (18)TV EpisodeDirectorAidan WoodwardStarsGiles CorenMonica GalettiMonica and Giles work in Hacienda Hotel Vira Vira, which overlooks an active volcano.
- DirectorFredi DevasStarsDavid AttenboroughGoetz BielefeldtPeter DrostThe snowy shores and icy waters of Antarctica are home to some of the most amazing and unusual wildlife in the world. However, even here, many species face extinction due to rapid climate change and overhunting.
- StarsSue PerkinsKyoto, Japan's geishas; free diving with ama divers; a visit to Hiroshima; exploring how the Japanese are tackling the future in Tokyo.
- DirectorRichard SandersCheryl HessCarrie LedererStarsCathy NewmanJennifer AraozPrincess BeatriceCathy Newman investigates the friendship between Prince Andrew and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein amid accusations that the Prince slept with a 17-year-old girl supplied by Epstein.
- DirectorStephen CooterStarsBrian CoxFran BagenalHeidi BeckerBrian Cox continues his exploration of the solar system with a visit to a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter.
- DirectorFrancis WelchStarsPaul MertonPhil DavisPaul's grandfather's death shocked his gran goes in to early labor, she lost the baby and her life - leaving Paul's mum an orphan but Paul discovered his grandfather fell in to a canal with suspected heat attack. Paul looks in to his English father Albert's side and finds out they were singers and played banjo buskers on the streets of London in Victorian times and a street disagreement was accused of assault involving a banjo and was imprisoned. on his mothers side, his grandfather quit the British Army and joined the IRA even sending back his army medal, he was part of the road to Irish independence.
- DirectorEmma NapperStarsDavid AttenboroughGoetz BielefeldtPeter DrostAsia is the largest and most extreme continent on Earth. The animals here live in the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains in the world, but global warming and deforestation threaten many species including the orangutan.
- DirectorChadden HunterStarsDavid AttenboroughGoetz BielefeldtPeter DrostSouth America - the most species-rich continent on earth. From the volcanoes of the Andes to the world's largest rainforest, animals here must specialise to carve out a niche.
- DirectorEmma NapperStarsDavid AttenboroughGoetz BielefeldtPeter DrostAustralia, a land cast adrift at the time of the dinosaurs. Isolated for millions of years, the weird and wonderful animals marooned here are like nowhere else on Earth.
- StarsAlan SugarMark HallileyKarren BradyLord Sugar kicks off the new series with a task like no other. Sixteen candidates are sent to South Africa to set up wine and safari tours.
- StarsAlan SugarMark HallileyKarren BradyLord Sugar kicks off the new series with a task like no other. Sixteen candidates are sent to South Africa to set up wine and safari tours.
- StarsAlan SugarMark HallileyKarren BradyThe teams are sent back to school as Lord Sugar reveals that for this week's task they will be creating a toy for 6-8-year-olds.
- StarsAlan SugarMark HallileyKarren BradyLord Sugar summons the candidates to the London Transport Museum, where they learn that this week's task is to create and sell their own range of electric bikes.
- StarsAlan SugarMark HallileyKarren BradyLord Sugar challenges the candidates to act as talent managers. They must audition unsigned musicians, choose which one to represent, then head to a studio to create a remix of one of their tracks.
- StarsAlan SugarMark HallileyKarren BradyLord Sugar asks the candidates to don their lab coats and goggles as he challenges them to create and sell their own perfume.
- StarsAlan SugarMark HallileyKarren BradyLord Sugar sends the candidates to the historic university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, where they will attempt to procure nine items that are associated with both places.
- StarsAlan SugarMark HallileyKarren BradyThe teams are challenged to create, manufacture and sell their own ranges of ice lollies.
- StarsAlan SugarMark HallileyKarren BradyLord Sugar challenges the candidates to create and market a new rollercoaster.
- StarsAndrew FlintoffChris HarrisPaddy McGuinnessFreddie and Chris tackle the toughest off-road race on the planet: the brutal Baja 1000. Out on the track, there is a showdown between a Renault hot hatch, a Porsche sports car - and an old Lamborghini. Laurence and Emilia Fox are the studio guests.
- StarsAndrew FlintoffChris HarrisPaddy McGuinnessPaddy, Freddie and Chris are sent on a high-altitude mountain expedition across Peru in second-hand American cars. Back at the track, Chris tests out the latest electric car from Porsche.
- StarsAndrew FlintoffChris HarrisPaddy McGuinnessPaddy reveals his ultimate cheap, luxurious off-roader: the homebuilt Dirty Rascal. Chris races the £2.5m McLaren Speedtail against the RAF's newest fighter jet. Romesh Ranganathan is the studio guest.
- StarsAndrew FlintoffChris HarrisPaddy McGuinnessPaddy, Freddie and Chris head on a British summer holiday in super-cheap second-hand convertibles. Chris tests the new Ariel Atom on track, and Freddie attempts to bungee-jump an old Rover off a dam.
- DirectorNigel SimpkissStarsAndrew FlintoffChris HarrisPaddy McGuinnessTop Gear sets out on perhaps its toughest road trip ever - a high-altitude voyage from Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, to the Forbidden City of Lo Manthang, a secretive kingdom perched high on the Tibetan plateau, on the far side of the Himalayas. It is a five-day expedition through the highest mountains, deepest gorges and harshest terrain on the planet. On their journey, the Top Gear presenters battle river crossings, mudslides and dizzying mountain passes on a trip that would test even the hardiest new 4x4s on the planet to the limit. But Paddy, Freddie and Chris aren't crossing the Himalayas in new 4x4s. They are crossing the Himalayas in a very small old Peugeot, a very small old Renault and Nepal's first (and only) home-built car.
- DirectorPhil AshtonStarsJoe PasqualeHarry RedknappSandra RedknappHarry is joined by Neil 'Razor' Ruddock and Joe Pasquale as they become medieval knights then take to the skies. They also participate in a living history day at Corfe Castle.
- DirectorPhil AshtonStarsJohn BarnesChris KamaraHarry RedknappHarry is joined by footballing friends John Barnes and Chris Kamara and takes them to see what Sandbanks has to offer from the sea. John encounters some nudists.
- DirectorPhil AshtonStarsNick KnowlesHarry RedknappSandra RedknappHarry invites some old mates from the I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2002) jungle to a polo shootout at the British Beach Polo Championships, held every year on Sandbanks beach. Harry attends a music festival.
- StarsAndrew FlintoffChris HarrisPaddy McGuinnessPaddy, Freddie and Chris take the latest sports cars from Ferrari, Aston and Porsche on a Yorkshire road trip. On the track, Chris tests out Volkswagen's fearsome ID-R electric racer. YouTube sensation KSI is the studio guest.
- StarsAndrew FlintoffChris HarrisPaddy McGuinnessPaddy, Freddie and Chris find out which is the fastest of the emergency services. Fire, police or ambulance? Chris celebrates legendary rally driver Colin McRae, while Paddy tests the new BMW M8. Tom Allen is this week's studio guest.
- DirectorGareth BrynStarsDerek JacobiAnnie CowanLiam McCheyneThere's chaos at the bungalow as work begins to strip out the old kitchen. Alan's new supermarket job brings an unexpected challenge in the form of Harrison, and an overburdened Celia is called upon to travel by bus. Caroline has cause to question how people see her, and the giraffe continues to torment Gillian, who is pushed to her wits' end by the return of PC Cheryl. Elsewhere, a hungover Judith has an epiphany, Caroline gains an unwanted lodger, and the truth about Ted's last-minute trip comes to light.