BBC Africa Eye investigates one of the most dangerous migrant routes in the world.
A Storyville documentary that tells the untold story of a seemingly ordinary Englishman who spent more than 40 years as a mercenary, fighting other people's wars for money. Basingstoke-based Dave Tompkins was a petty...
It is high summer in the polar regions, and the sun never sets. Vast hordes of summer visitors cram a lifetime of drama into one long, magical day. They must feed, fight and rear their young in this brief window of...
Like most couples, Anna and Mat are just trying to figure life out. Unlike most couples, they've decided the best way to do this is a 100-mile climbing adventure in the Lakes. They are passionate free solo climbers, so...
For the animals in the polar regions, autumn means dramatic battles and epic journeys. Time is running out — the Arctic Ocean is freezing over, and the sea ice is advancing at 2.5 miles per day around Antarctica. Polar...
Someone is reported missing every 90 seconds in the UK, and across the country there are hundreds of volunteer search and rescue groups on hand to support the emergency services in their quest to find each missing...
Mark Gatiss steps into the mind of M.R. James, the enigmatic English master of the supernatural story. How did this donnish Victorian bachelor, conservative by nature and a devout Anglican, come to create tales that...
While exercising her rights of navigation in international waters, HMS Queen Elizabeth is faced by Russian warships diverted from the Black Sea to intercept her, as well as Russian aircraft scrambled from their base in...
Father and daughter team Frank and Georgia compete in the Westmoreland County Show, Matt and Murray deal with a DIY disaster and an escapee calf, and Emma and Ewan find out if their pedigree bull is firing on all...
Borneo is the richest rainforest island of all, home to 60,000 species of plants and animals. 6,000 of them are unique — and more are discovered almost daily. But this "paradise" is an illusion; the lush forest is...
Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Vietnam to uncover the stories behind the nation's morning pick-me-up. While we drink millions of cups of the stuff each week, how many of us know where our coffee actually...
