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Who Do You Think You Are? USA

Series 1

Episode 2: Brooke Shields

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Actress Brooke Shields sets out to discover which side of her divided and very different family she identifies with. In Paris she uncovers the mysteriously titled Madame Royale. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Using the latest 3D scanning technology Dr Michael Scott explores the romantic city of Florence. He reveals how its wonderful facades and artworks mask a hidden story. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Scott
Series Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Director:
Harvey Lilley
Executive Producer:
Chris Granlund

Genres

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Using the latest 3D scanning technology Dr Michael Scott uncovers 2,500 years of hidden history in Naples, from its earliest Greek and Roman origins. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Scott
Series Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Director:
Harvey Lilley
Executive Producer:
Chris Granlund

Genres

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Dr Scott uncovers how a city built in a swamp became one of the most powerful in medieval Europe, and he dives into its canals to experience how the city remains standing. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Scott
Series Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Director:
Harvey Lilley
Executive Producer:
Chris Granlund

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Dan Snow uncovers the lost Vikings in America with Dr Sarah Parcak. As Sarah searches for Vikings across the Atlantic, Dan explores their journey 500 years before Columbus. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Snow
Presenter:
Sarah Parcak
Executive Producer:
Eamon Hardy
Executive Producer:
Cameron Balbirnie
Production Manager:
Sophie Chapman
Production Coordinator:
Kassi Jones
Production Coordinator:
Bianca Marks
Assistant Producer:
Laura Nash
Assistant Producer:
Rebecca Palmer
Researcher:
Tom Horne
Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Director:
Harvey Lilley

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Colin and Ewan McGregor explore Bomber Command, a rarely told story from World War II. The film focuses primarily on the men who fought and died in the skies above occupied Europe. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ewan McGregor
Presenter:
Colin McGregor
Executive Producer:
Nick Catlif
Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Director:
Harvey Lilley

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

To celebrate the centenary of the Royal Air Force, Ewan and Colin McGregor meet people from throughout its history and take to the skies in some of the world's most iconic planes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Colin McGregor
Presenter:
Ewan McGregor
Executive Producer:
Nick Catliff
Executive Producer:
Clare Paterson
Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Director:
Harvey Lilley
Production Company:
Lion Television

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 6 months

In his favourite city, Alexander Armstrong explores the secret underground treasures that made Rome the powerhouse of the ancient world. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Michael Scott
Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Director:
Harvey Lilley
Executive Producer:
Chris Granlund

Italy's Invisible Cities

Series 1

Episode 1: Naples

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 6 months

Documentary series. Using the latest 3D technology, Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott uncover the hidden history in Naples from its earliest Greek and Roman origins. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Some of the nation's best-loved presenters travel around the globe to marvel at seven diverse natural wonders and meet some of the two billion members of the Commonwealth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clare Balding
Presenter:
Dan Snow
Presenter:
Anita Rani
Presenter:
Denise Lewis
Presenter:
Reggie Yates
Production Coordinator:
Laura Meacham
Production Manager:
Abigail Watts
Producer:
Tom Payne
Producer:
Lucy Swingler
Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Director:
Lucy Swingler
Director:
Harvey Lilley
Executive Producer:
Sacha Mirzoeff

Britain's Biggest Dig

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 6 months

In advance of the construction of HS2, the biggest ever cemetery excavation in Britain reveals the forgotten stories of rich and poor in Georgian London. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Yasmin Khan
Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Producer:
Izzy Charman
Executive Producer:
Bill Locke
Series Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Composer:
Ty Unwin

Britain's Biggest Dig

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 6 months

How working-class Victorians made Birmingham one of the most important industrial cities on the planet, why some skeletons have mysterious cut marks on them, and the rise of the real Peaky Blinders. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Yasmin Khan
Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Composer:
Ty Unwin
Producer:
Izzy Charman
Executive Producer:
Bill Locke
Series Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Production Company:
Lion Television
Line Producer:
Victoria Kelly

Britain's Biggest Dig

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 6 months

Professor Alice Roberts and Dr Yasmin Khan dig deeper through the excavations at St James’s burial ground on the hunt for the lost explorer who extended Britain’s empire across the globe. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Yasmin Khan
Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Composer:
Ty Unwin
Producer:
Izzy Charman
Director:
Tom McCarthy
Producer:
Tom McCarthy
Executive Producer:
Bill Locke
Series Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Production Company:
Lion Television

Italy's Invisible Cities

Series 1

Episode 3: Florence

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 6 months

Documentary series. Using the latest 3D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott explore the romantic city of Florence. Show more

Italy's Invisible Cities

Series 1

Episode 2: Venice

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 6 months

Documentary series. Using the latest 3D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott explore the watery wonderland of Venice. Show more

Meet the Izzards

Episode 1: The Mum's Line

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Comedian Eddie Izzard embarks on an epic journey as he uses cutting-edge DNA science to explore the secrets of his mother's family history over 10,000 generations. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Eddie Izzard
Presenter:
Eddie Izzard
Executive Producer:
Eric Harwood
Executive Producer:
Eric Harwood
Series Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Series Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Director:
Harvey Lilley
Director:
Harvey Lilley

Meet the Izzards

Episode 2: The Dad's Line

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard uses cutting-edge DNA science to explore the secrets of his father's family history over hundreds of thousands of years. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Eddie Izzard
Presenter:
Eddie Izzard
Executive Producer:
Eric Harwood
Executive Producer:
Eric Harwood
Series Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Series Producer:
Harvey Lilley
Director:
Harvey Lilley
Director:
Harvey Lilley

The Real Peaky Blinders

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

The origins of the real Peaky Blinders, a mass street gang phenomenon that arose in Birmingham at the end of the 19th century. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Mark Frost
Expert:
Carl Chinn
Director:
Harvey Lilley
Executive Producer:
Kate Beetham
Executive Producer:
Richard Klein
Production Manager:
Leah Bennett
Production Company:
Plimsoll Productions
Production Company:
Proper Job Films

The Real Peaky Blinders

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Looking at the birth of organised crime in Britain. Billy Kimber’s gang clash with London’s Sabini gang and Alfie Solomon in the racecourse wars of 1921. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Mark Frost
Expert:
Carl Chinn
Director:
Harvey Lilley
Executive Producer:
Kate Beetham
Executive Producer:
Richard Klein
Production Manager:
Leah Bennett
Production Company:
Plimsoll Productions
Production Company:
Proper Job Films