Documentaries

Big Fat Gypsy Weddings

15 Episodes

Revealing documentary series that offers a window into the secretive, extravagant and surprising world of gypsies and travellers in Britain today

More Sex Please, We're British

1 Episode

Funny and frank documentary about the UK's booming market for sex toys

Unreported World

4 Series, 46 Episodes

Critically acclaimed foreign affairs series offering an insight into the lives of people in some of the most neglected parts of the planet. Now available internationally

Hidden Talent

4 Episodes

Richard Bacon presents a new series helping people to unlock their previously hidden talents and skills

Extreme A&E

1 Episode

Dr Kevin Fong investigates some of the world's most dangerous, diverse and demanding emergency medicine environments to uncover the science of saving lives

24 Hours in A&E

2 Episodes

With 91 cameras filming round the clock, 24 Hours in A&E offers unprecedented access to one of Britain's busiest A&E departments, at King's College Hospital

One Born Every Minute

3 Series, 34 Episodes

A ground-breaking look at the drama and emotion of a maternity unit, from the perspective of the parents-to-be and the maternity ward staff

My Phone Sex Secrets

1 Episode

Phone sex is one industry booming in the face of recession. My Phone Sex Secrets meets the women paid to talk dirty.

The World's Largest Snake

1 Episode

An examination of the 48-foot-long titanoboa and how its discovery affects our understanding of prehistory

The Fairy Jobmother

3 Series, 11 Episodes

Hayley Taylor takes on the challenge of getting the unemployed of Britain back into work

My Big Fat Fetish

1 Episode

Big women eating food are becoming an underground internet hit. My Big Fat Fetish meets four of the big beautiful women becoming increasingly popular in magazines and online.

MotherTruckers

1 Episode

How do women lorry drivers get on with their male colleagues, juggle families, and stay feminine? This amusing film meets the new queens of the road.

Sex, Lies & Rinsing Guys

1 Episode

Documentary exploring the world of mutual relationships where glamorous girls use their charm and beauty to 'rinse' wealthy men for money and gifts

Bodyshock

11 Episodes

Long-running documentary strand that investigates extraordinary and moving real-life stories about the extremes of the human body

Secret Millionaire Ireland

3 Episodes

Irish millionaires go undercover in some of the most disadvantaged parts of Ireland, where they meet extraordinary individuals working to help people in their own communities

Katie: The Science of Seeing Again

1 Episode

Katie Piper explores the issues surrounding the pioneering surgery she's undergoing to regain the sight in her left eye

Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King

1 Episode

A revelatory film about Archbishop Cosmo Gordon Lang, who was at the centre of a group of establishment big-wigs and grandees who came together in 1936 to oust King Edward VIII

Foxes Live: Wild in the City

6 Episodes

Foxes provoke either love or hate: urban menace or furry friend? Channel 4's new multi-platform campaign lets the viewers decide

The Tallest Tower: Building The Shard

1 Episode

An examination of the challenges and achievements of building Western Europe's tallest tower in a densely populated part of London

Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill

1 Episode

The complete story of the operation to find and kill Osama Bin Laden

Girls on the Pull

1 Episode

First Cut follows three women living with trichotillomania, an impulse control disorder that causes them to pull out their own hair

Supersize vs Superskinny

3 Series, 17 Episodes

Documentary series in which two extreme eaters - one very overweight and the other severely underweight - swap diets in an attempt to change the way they view food and eating

Double Lesson

1 Episode

The fictional story of a secondary school teacher who, one Monday afternoon, attacks a pupil in his class

The Merits of Ferrets

1 Episode

Becky Lomax's First Cut film tells the story of three friends and their rescue centre for traumatised ferrets

Inside Nature's Giants

7 Episodes

The award-winning series that gets under the skin of the largest animals on the planet. Most wildlife documentaries show how animals behave, but by exploring their anatomy, Inside Nature's Giants reveals how these creatures really work.

Sex, Lies and Parkinson's

1 Episode

Oliver Cheetham's First Cut film meets Vicki, a mother-of-two diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's, as she deals with her condition and the effect her medication is having on her life

The Undateables

3 Episodes

People living with challenging conditions are often considered 'undateable' - this series meets a few and follows their attempts to find love

Concrete Circus

1 Episode

Concrete Circus brings together the world's hottest names in urban sports with viral film-makers and Mike Christie, the director of extreme sport documentary Jump London, to capture unique portraits of the urban sports scene

Bums, Boobs and Botox

1 Episode

Behind the scenes at Britain's biggest provider of cosmetic surgery, exploring a world where staff and patients undergo treatments to become glossier, perkier and thicker-haired versions of themselves

Strictly Baby Disco

1 Episode

A look behind the scenes of the dazzling, ultra competitive world of kids' freestyle disco

The Perfect Murder

1 Episode

Judy Kelly's First Cut film tells the remarkable story behind the murder of Trevor Buchanan and Lesley Howell

Love Rat

1 Episode

The story of three women who joined forces to foil a serial love-cheat and fraudster

One Born: What Happened Next?

1 Episode

This special programme revisits three One Born Every Minute couples as they come to terms with the reality of parenthood

Life of Rhyme

1 Episode

Presented by acclaimed hip hop artist Akala, Life of Rhyme explores spoken word and rap, featuring performances and the story of how the UK scene evolved and developed

Mary's Bottom Line

3 Episodes

Mary Portas wants to energise the UK clothing industry by starting her own production line to manufacture a staple in any woman's wardrobe - 100% British knickers

Love, Virtually

1 Episode

First Cut explores love in the digital age, from internet dating to long-distance relationships, keeping tabs on a crush, and obsessing about exes... and partners' exes

Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder

1 Episode

This Cutting Edge film meets the hoarder whose house is so stuffed that it takes 40 minutes to get from his chair to the front door

The World's... and Me

4 Episodes

Is being different a blessing or a curse? What is everyday life like when you look extraordinary? Mark Dolan explores the remarkable worlds of some incredible people who are anything but average.

Genius of Britain

5 Episodes

Britain's top scientific names tell the story of the British science and ingenuity that has been at the forefront of some of history's greatest advances

Make Bradford British

2 Episodes

Make Bradford British is a major two-part series exploring what it means to be British today

Our Man in...

3 Episodes

Observational documentary series following British consular staff as they help Brits in peril in Spain

Educating Essex

7 Episodes

This series follows a group of GCSE students, and the staff who teach them, as they face the most important year in their education

Home of the Future

5 Episodes

A family learn to live with the technology - and the challenges - of the future

Out on a Limo

1 Episode

A revealing insight into how modern rites of passage play out in the back of hired limousines, seen through the eyes of the drivers

Gok Wan: Made in China

1 Episode

Gok Wan travels to China, meeting the people and factories that supply the West with jeans, bras, bed sheets, mobile phones and even London's black cabs

Daddy Daycare

3 Episodes

Nearly half of all British mums feel their partners don't do their share of childcare. In this series nine dads are sent on a crash-course in parenting at busy nurseries.

Welcome to Romford

1 Episode

Relationships, friendships, minicabs, love and loneliness in Essex, as First Cut spends a busy night with a Romford taxi firm

Kevin McCloud: Slumming It

2 Episodes

Kevin McCloud travels to India to explore one of the most extreme cities on earth

Seven Dwarves

7 Episodes

This brand new observational documentary series follows the lives of seven dwarf actors as they live together and perform in a production of Snow White