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Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorks & Lincs

Chris Jackson hosts a special edition of the series. Including a report on the effectiveness of car clampers, and a look at how local authorities are tackling litter louts. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Jackson
Executive Producer:
Jacqui Hodgson
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Jack Ashley's influential 1963 documentary about unemployment in Hartlepool, is followed by a report by his daughter Jackie on how it changed politics in the north of England. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jackie Ashley
Producer:
Jack Ashley
Executive Producer:
Jacqui Hodgson
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One EastLatest broadcast: on BBC One Cambridgeshire

Following Holt Youth Project's work with three families with young children struggling to balance meagre budgets while coping with disability and severe illness among the parents. Show more

Urban Jungle

North West

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North West

Revealing the variety of urban wildlife in the region. David Lindo explores Salford, Manchester and Warrington, while Rani Price is in Liverpool. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Lindo
Presenter:
Rani Price
Producer:
Ged Clarke
Director:
Ged Clarke
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC News

As Liverpool commemorates the 70th anniversary of The Battle of the Atlantic, Peter Sissons reveals how a secret command bunker in the city played a key role in winning the battle. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Sissons
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker

British Isles: A User's Guide to Natural History

Episode 1: Dinosaurs, Deserts and Volcanoes

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorks & Lincs

Chris Packham and his team discover dinosaur footprints in Wales, desert sands in Cheshire and volcanic remains in Leicestershire. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorks & Lincs

Chris Packham leads a team of local reporters and enthusiasts, who offer hints on how to appreciate natural history. A look back at the industrial revolution. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Len Goodman takes a step back in time to the heyday of British dance bands, a golden age of music in the years between the wars that laid the foundations for 20th-century pop. Show more

A Very British History

Series 1

The First Black Brummies

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One West MidlandsLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Poet Sue Brown looks at what life was like in the postwar years for Birmingham’s Caribbean community as they asked questions about their own identity and place in British society. Show more

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One South EastLatest broadcast: on BBC One South East

Available for years

As the Channel Tunnel’s 25th anniversary collides with Brexit, meet the teams behind the scenes and beneath the seabed who keep everything on track through the longest undersea tunnel in the world Show more

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One South EastLatest broadcast: on BBC One South East

Available for years

With the 25th anniversary well under way, there is some extreme painting going on at both ends of the tunnel - two giant murals that will somehow link to each other across the sea. Show more

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One South EastLatest broadcast: on BBC One South East

Available for years

With up to 400 trains a day running on its 62 miles of track, the channel tunnel is the busiest railway system in the world - and doing things at the double is key to its success. Show more

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One South EastLatest broadcast: on BBC One South East HD

Available for years

After 25 years, Eurotunnel is at a junction, with many staff facing retirement and new recruits being drafted in. The next batch of wannabe shuttle drivers has arrived for the first round of testing. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary about the Inter-City 125 train, which helped turn around British Rail's fortunes and was launched using a memorable advertising campaign fronted by Sir Jimmy Savile. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Nicola Addyman
Executive Producer:
Nicola Addyman
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One South East HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One South

Available for 9 months

Prompted by her father’s death, filmmaker Joan explores her black and white heritage. Show more

Contributors

Director:
JoanJoan
Producer:
JoanJoan
Writer:
JoanJoan
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker
Executive Producer:
Aisling O'Connor

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorkshire

Available for years

The midwives help three expectant mums. Jodie hopes to give birth in her bedroom, Keeleigh’s dreams of a home birth hang on her fourth child, and junior doctor Rebecca wants a water birth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rebecca Callard
Production Manager:
Jamie Stratton
Production Manager:
Joanna Wilcock
Series Producer:
Rachel Porter
Executive Producer:
Anna Hall
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker
Executive Producer:
Emily Smith
Production Company:
Candour Productions Limited

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorks & Lincs HD

Available for years

Midwife Gemma looks after Lysette and Pete, who met through a passion for WW2 re-enactments. Sonia, a hospital midwife, wants a home
birth. Hannah opts for a water birth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rebecca Callard
Production Manager:
Jamie Stratton
Production Manager:
Joanna Wilcock
Series Producer:
Rachel Porter
Executive Producer:
Anna Hall
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker
Executive Producer:
Emily Smith
Production Company:
Candour Productions Limited

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One North West

Available for years

The midwives care for young Jodie, who wants to give birth at her family home; Jules, who has had two C-sections and is now planning for a water
birth; and Miriam, under the care of midwife Gemma. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rebecca Callard
Production Manager:
Jamie Stratton
Production Manager:
Joanna Wilcock
Series Producer:
Rachel Porter
Executive Producer:
Anna Hall
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker
Executive Producer:
Emily Smith
Production Company:
Candour Productions Limited