Documentaries

24 Hours in A&E

4 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

Sex on Wheels

1 Episode

A warm, funny and extraordinary film exploring the different ways disabled people deal with the barriers they can face trying to fulfil that most basic human need: sexual intimacy

12 Year Old Lifer

1 Episode

An extraordinary insight into a murder that gripped and baffled America and that led to a 12-year-old boy being sentenced to 30 years in jail

The Repo Man

2 Episodes

An action-packed, touching and occasionally funny series following the life and work of no-nonsense repo man Sean James and his team

The World's Weirdest Weather

1 Episode

TV weatherman Alex Beresford explores the mysteries behind some of the world's most bizarre weather

How the Other Half Live

7 Episodes

Documentary series that aims to show what it means to grow up in poverty in 21st-century Britain. In each episode, a wealthy family decides to assist one that is living below the poverty line.

The Aristocrats

3 Episodes

With unique access to names of note and noteriety, this series opens a window into a world of privilege, as aristocrats reveal what they think about their place in a changing society

Unreported World

4 Series, 60 Episodes

Critically acclaimed series on the lives of people in some of the fastest-changing areas of the world

Dogging Tales

1 Episode

Meet the people who have sex in front of strangers in public in a compelling documentary that looks at how and why they do it

Jaws: The Great White Myth

1 Episode

Jaws: The Great White Myth reveals the stories of how lives and the natural world were significantly influenced by this infamous movie monster from 1975

What's My Body Worth?

1 Episode

Filmmaker Storm Theunissen explores the lucrative body-parts industry as she sets out to sell every bit of her body she legally can, and discover if her body's worth more dead or alive

16 Kids and Counting

7 Episodes

What's life like when you have enough children to field your own football team?

The Sex Clinic

1 Episode

The number of people visiting sexual health clinics has doubled in five years. This series meets the patients and busy staff at two of them.

Jackpots and Jinxes: Lottery Stories

1 Episode

Cutting Edge tells the story of a number of lottery winners and the moment their lives were suddenly turned upside down, revealing their extraordinary experiences

One Born Every Minute

3 Series, 39 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

The Gambler

3 Episodes

Writer Jonathan Rendall gambled £12,000 of Channel 4's money... and made this three-part series about what happened

Big Fat Gypsy Weddings

17 Episodes

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

My Tattoo Addiction

1 Episode

An uplifting, warm, and often eye-watering documentary discovering, through candid interviews, what leads people to go under the needle

Captive: The Sex Slave Girl

1 Episode

Tanya Kach was kidnapped when she was 14 and imprisoned for 10 years as a sex slave by her school security guard

America's Serial Killer

1 Episode

True Stories examines an unsolved case of serial murder and the online sex trade

The Fried Chicken Shop: Life in a Day

1 Episode

A unique insight into contemporary London life, seen from the perspective of a busy chicken shop

Don't Blame Facebook

1 Episode

The greatest faux pas on Social Media, from friends arrested on terror charges for a joke tweet to a model suspected of harassing a celebrity

Edward VIII's Murderous Mistress

1 Episode

The extraordinary story of Edward VIII's first love affair, involving a high-society murder trial, a secret cache of missing letters, and an establishment cover-up to save his reputation

The 15-Stone Babies

1 Episode

Documentary taking a close look at the fantasy world of Britain's adult 'babies'

Death Row

3 Episodes

Documentary series that follows director Werner Herzog uncovering the stories of inmates in America as they await execution

The Human Mannequin

1 Episode

A rare genetic condition is causing Louise Wedderburn's body to freeze, and turning her into a human mannequin

My Daughter the Teenage Nudist

1 Episode

Documentary about Mollie and Alex, who are among a growing number of teens and twentysomethings embracing the world of public nudity

Lifers

1 Episode

Cutting Edge meets the convicted killers facing a lifetime behind bars at Gartree Prison in Leicestershire, home to Europe's largest population of life-sentenced prisoners

Bouncers

1 Episode

Funny, irreverent and often surprising film following the boys of Newport's biggest security firm over a summer of booze and brotherhood

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.

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.

More Sex Please, We're British

1 Episode

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

Derren Brown Investigates

2 Episodes

Derren Brown looks at some extraordinary claims from around the world, documenting a medium, a ghost hunter and a psychic expert who claims to make the blind see

Biggie and Tupac

1 Episode

Nick Broomfield uncovers the conspiracy theories surrounding the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls

Alien Investigations

1 Episode

This documentary examines four 'alien sightings' from the last five years; were they visitors from other worlds?

Supersize vs Superskinny

3 Series, 26 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

Fraud Lord

1 Episode

This First Cut film examines how titled London socialite Edward Davenport ended up in jail, convicted of a multi-million-pound fraud

9/11: The Lost Tapes

1 Episode

Newly released recordings of military and air traffic control conversations offer a moving perspective on 9/11 and the fateful minutes that changed America forever

Fat Plague

1 Episode

What if you could catch obesity as easily as you catch a common cold? Dr Nikhil Dhurandhar believes that he's found a virus, ad-36, that could be infecting over 30% of Americans.

The Rules of Seduction

1 Episode

First Cut journeys into the hidden world of pick-up artists or 'PUA' - a community of men who've developed a sequence of tricks, codes and routines that they claim men can use to seduce any woman

Lost Children

3 Episodes

High Close School is home to some of Britain's most troubled children. Lost Children meets two of the school's most challenging children, Courtney and Josh.

419: The Internet Romance Scam

1 Episode

Barney Lankester-Owen's First Cut film examines the complex psychology of internet romance scams and features rare access to a former Nigerian scammer

Britain: My New Home

3 Episodes

Ambitious and unique long-term series documenting five years in the lives of three children making a new home in Britain

Millionaire Boy Racers

1 Episode

London is becoming the top summer destination for super-rich Arab tourists and their supercars, but many Knightsbridge and Chelsea residents are now complaining of sleepless nights...

The Secret Millionaire

34 Episodes

Millionaire benefactors say goodbye to their luxury lifestyles and go undercover in deprived areas to find out who needs their help

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

A WI Lady's Guide to Brothels

1 Episode

Middle England meets the sex trade head-on when the Hampshire WI emerges as an unlikely champion of the reform of prostitution laws

My Brother, The Murderer

1 Episode

First Cut follows the journey of a woman searching for a brother she has never met, who finally tracks him down to a prison in America where he is serving a 99-year sentence for murder

The Unteachables

4 Episodes

Meet the Unteachables - a class from hell, far below the national average, bored and unruly. Now see what happens when you put Britain's most challenging kids with a hit squad of its best teachers.