Bbc Movies

Living in the depths of the New Guinean Rainforest are birds of unimaginable colour and beauty. When Europeans first saw the plumes of these fabulous...

Writer Michael Bracewell presents an unusual and provocative look at the life and legacy of Oscar Wilde, the controversial Irish-born writer. Michael...

When in 1776 the United States of America broke away from Britain, a country without a written constitution, with an established Church and an unelect...

David Attenborough chooses his ten favorite animals that he would most like to save from extinction. From the weird to the wonderful, he picks fabulou...

The story of the "Canoe Man" John Darwin who faked his own death and tried to start a new life with a false identity.

An improvised character piece, overseen by Les Blair and Tony Garnett set in the everyday life of a group of polytechnic students.

Clarence Flamer hosts a late-night talk show on regional radio station North Star Sound. A phone call he takes one night leads to his discovering a mo...

A real life soap opera is unfolding in Cardross Street, west London. A Royal Ballet star, a man who owns a share in a race horse, and a peer's daught...

Cerys Matthews takes us on a journey through the archives to celebrate one of Britain's greatest drummers and his musical projects and passions. Incl...

Guests at an hotel become irrationally convinced that they have been there before - perhaps in a different life?

The original 1979 documentary that introduced the world to Bolton steeplejack Fred Dibnah as he goes about his death-defying job demolishing or repair...

A Cambridge geneticist dispels misconceptions about living with obesity and explores why the epidemic continues to expand across the UK and America.

As we wait to see whether Rupert Murdoch will fall from power and lose control of News International, Every Day is Like Sunday tells the forgotten sto...

A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.

Karen and Richard Carpenter concluded their 1976 British tour with this specially-recorded programme. Songs include There's A Kind of Hush, I Need to...

James May presents a celebration of the toys which have survived across the decades, including Meccano, Lego, Scalextric and Airfix. James's all-time...

Documentary telling the story of the women who fed the life and art of Pablo Picasso, many of whom would find themselves damaged forever by the experi...

Filmed live in front of a sell-out crowd, Jamie's brand new show takes live cooking to a level of entertainment that has never been seen before! Toure...

A teenager uses her late dad's magic Y-fronts to stop her best friend being murdered at a party - again and again.