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  • Make Bradford British

    Make Bradford British

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

  • The Denbys

    How the Other Half Live

    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.

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  1. Big Fat Gypsy Weddings Big Fat Gypsy Weddings

    Revealing documentary series that offers a window into the secretive, extravagant and surprising world of gypsies and travellers in Britain today [S] [AD] More on Big Fat Gypsy Weddings

    Last broadcast: Monday 10 June, 9PM on Channel 4

  2. Skint Skint

    Provocative and revealing documentary stories of how people survive without work [S] More on Skint

    Last broadcast: Monday 03 June, 9PM on Channel 4

  3. Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette

    Clare Balding examines the story of Emily Davison, her death at the Derby, and the Suffragette movement [S] [AD] More on Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette

    Last broadcast: Sunday 26 May, 8PM on Channel 4

  4. 999: What's Your Emergency? 999: What's Your Emergency?

    Filmed 24/7 with police, fire and ambulance teams in Blackpool, 999: What's Your Emergency? looks at Britain through the eyes of the emergency services on the front line [S] More on 999: What's Your Emergency?

    Last broadcast: 19 November 2012, on

  5. The Aristocrats The Aristocrats

    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 [S] More on The Aristocrats

    Last broadcast: 29 November 2012, on

  6. The Secret Millions The Secret Millions

    Channel 4 joins forces with the Big Lottery Fund to make £10 million available for radical ideas tackling some of Britain's big social issues [S] More on The Secret Millions

    Last broadcast: Sunday 28 April, 8PM on Channel 4

  7. Secret Millionaire Ireland Secret Millionaire Ireland

    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 [S] More on Secret Millionaire Ireland

    Last broadcast: Saturday 27 April, 12.40PM on Channel 4

  8. Phil's Empty Home Giveaway Phil's Empty Homes Giveaway

    As part of The Great British Property Scandal season, Phil Spencer meets some of the people worst affected by the UK housing crisis [S] More on Phil's Empty Homes Giveaway

    Last broadcast: 07 December 2011, on

  9. More Sex Please, We're British More Sex Please, We're British

    Funny and frank documentary about the UK's booming market for sex toys [S] More on More Sex Please, We're British

    Last broadcast: 08 May 2012, on

  10. Cutting Edge Too Poor for Posh School?

    Cutting Edge follows three boys shortlisted for the Peter Beckwith Scholarship, which could pay for them to attend Harrow School, on the day that two boys are chosen for the scholarship [S] More on Too Poor for Posh School?

    Last broadcast: Tuesday 12 February, 1.05AM on 4seven

  11. The Real Man's Road Trip: Sean and Jon Go West The Real Man's Road Trip: Sean & Jon Go West

    Sean Lock and Jon Richardson head to Louisiana to live with Creole cowboys and Cajun swampmen, who wrestle 'gators and castrate bulls with their bare hands [S] More on The Real Man's Road Trip: Sean & Jon Go West

    Last broadcast: 10 December 2012, on

  12. spice_trail_v2_brand Spice Trip

    A chef and a professional spice-blender travel the world to learn how to harness the true power of spices back at home [S] [AD] More on Spice Trip

    Last broadcast: Sunday 30 December, 8PM on More4

  13. Thelma's Gypsy Girls Thelma's Gypsy Girls

    Dressmaker Thelma Madine, the fairy godmother of Gypsy wedding dresses, trains a group of gypsy and traveller girls to create elaborate wedding outfits [S] [AD] More on Thelma's Gypsy Girls

    Last broadcast: 12 August 2012, on

  14. Make Bradford British Make Bradford British

    Make Bradford British is a major two-part series exploring what it means to be British today [S] More on Make Bradford British

    Last broadcast: 08 March 2012, on

  15. hero The Fairy Jobmother

    Hayley Taylor takes on the challenge of getting the unemployed of Britain back into work [S] More on The Fairy Jobmother

    Last broadcast: 28 June 2011, on

  16. Home of the Future Home of the Future

    A family learn to live with the technology - and the challenges - of the future [S] More on Home of the Future

    Last broadcast: 11 March 2012, on

  17. Britain's Supreme Court Britain's Supreme Court

    True Stories goes behind the scenes of Britain's new Supreme Court, where the country's top judges hear high-profile cases that will shape the nature of our society [S] More on Britain's Supreme Court

  18. An old photo featuring children in the 1970s The Homecoming

    In this Cutting Edge film, journalist Rachel Roberts goes in search of the people with whom she once shared a children's home, with only a photo and childhood memories to help her [S] More on The Homecoming

  19. Contact in the Outback Contact in the Outback

    The remarkable tale of two cultures colliding in 1960s Australia, told through the story of one Aboriginal woman [S] More on Contact in the Outback

  20. Kimberley and Harvey Kimberley: Young Mum 10 Years On

    Cutting Edge takes an unflinching look at motherhood as acclaimed filmmaker Daisy Asquith returns with a follow-up to the multi award-winning documentary Fifteen More on Kimberley: Young Mum 10 Years On

  21. High Society's Favourite Gigolo High Society's Favourite Gigolo

    The amazing but largely forgotten story of the meteoric rise and pitiful fall of Britain's first black superstar, Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson [S] More on High Society's Favourite Gigolo

  22. Afghan Star Afghan Star

    Havana Marking's riveting True Stories documentary follows four of the finalists on Afghan Star, Afghanistan's equivalent of Pop Idol, which is watched by a third of the country's population More on Afghan Star

  23. The Denbys How the Other Half Live

    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. [S] More on How the Other Half Live

    Last broadcast: 20 May 2010, on

  24. Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution, Alan Davies Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution

    Alan Davies explores the seismic social, cultural and political changes of 1980s Britain, through the prism of his own teenage experiences [S] More on Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution

    Last broadcast: 23 September 2010, on

  25. Britain's Whitest Family Britain's Whitest Family

    This moving documentary examines a life lived in the wrong colour skin. It focuses on three sufferers of albinism as they attempt to regain their confidence and discover their own identity. [S] More on Britain's Whitest Family

  26. Battle for Haditha Battle for Haditha

    Documentarian Nick Broomfield's 'real cinema' film is a hard-hitting docudrama about a real-life massacre in Iraq, when a young squadron of US marines gunned down 24 Iraqi civilians in cold blood [S] More on Battle for Haditha

  27. A WI's Guide to Brothels A WI Lady's Guide to Brothels

    Middle England meets the sex trade head-on when the Hampshire WI emerges as an unlikely champion of the reform of prostitution laws More on A WI Lady's Guide to Brothels

  28. Ambreen Ambreen: The Girl Boxer

    First Cut follows a young Muslim female boxer's preparations for her championship fight [S] More on Ambreen: The Girl Boxer

    Last broadcast: 13 April 2010, on

  29. M25 London Orbital

    Chris Petit's film journeys through the stories and places hidden in and around the world's biggest bypass, the M25. More on London Orbital

  30. Scams, Claims and Compensation Games Scams, Claims and Compensation Games

    Cutting Edge enters the world of No Win, No Fee. Can you really get thousands of Pounds if you cut yourself shaving? And is a primary school liable if a child stubs his toe in the playground? [S] More on Scams, Claims and Compensation Games

    Last broadcast: 25 February 2010, on

  31. Mark Oaten Tower Block of Commons

    Politicians swap their comfortable homes and move into council estates across the country, encountering first-hand the reality of residents' lives [S] More on Tower Block of Commons

    Last broadcast: 01 February 2010, on

  32. Young, Angry and White Young, Angry and White

    First Cut meets a teenager considering joining the BNP, and attempts to understand what makes a young person think of joining a party with such a controversial manifesto and image [S] More on Young, Angry and White

  33. Aarathi Prasad Is It Better to Be Mixed Race?

    This documentary from the Race: Science's Last Taboo season asks is it a biological advantage to have parents of different ethnic backgrounds? [S] More on Is It Better to Be Mixed Race?

  34. Nose job Bleach, Nip, Tuck: The White Beauty Myth

    Two documentaries from the Race: Science's Last Taboo season examine the growing trend for deracialisation surgery [S] More on Bleach, Nip, Tuck: The White Beauty Myth

  35. Rageh Omaar Race and Intelligence: Science's Last Taboo

    In this documentary from the Race: Science's Last Taboo season, Rageh Omaar explodes myths about race and IQ and reveals what he thinks are important lessons for society [S] More on Race and Intelligence: Science's Last Taboo

  36. Keiron Tandy Benefit Busters

    The government is attempting to revolutionise the benefits system. This documentary series follows the people on both sides of the new welfare state. [S] More on Benefit Busters

  37. White Tribe White Tribe

    Darcus Howe travels the length and breadth of the country to discover why the English don't seem to want to be English anymore [S] More on White Tribe

    Last broadcast: 26 November 2009, on

  38. Krishnan The Event: How Racist Are You?

    This programme from the Race: Science's Last Taboo season, asks are we all more racist than we realise or would like to admit? [S] More on The Event: How Racist Are You?

  39. Killer in a Small Town Killer in a Small Town

    Cutting Edge documentary exploring the lives of those who became victims of the Suffolk Strangler and examining how the fastest serial killings in British criminal history affected the community of Ipswich More on Killer in a Small Town

  40. William Tallon Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler

    Providing unique insight into the private world of Clarence House, this documentary follows the rise and fall of William Tallon - a devoted servant, friend and butler to the Queen Mother [S] More on Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler

  41. Chosen Chosen

    Film about the sexual abuse of boys by teachers in Britain's private schools, driven by the frank recollections of three highly articulate men More on Chosen

    Last broadcast: 15 December 2008, on

  42. A Small Town Murder A Small Town Murder

    Mosco Boucault's True Stories film focuses on the police station of Roubaix, a small town near Lille, where Inspector Haroune investigates a burglary that escalated to murder More on A Small Town Murder

  43. aileen Aileen Wuornos: Selling of a Serial Killer

    Nick Broomfield's award-winning documentary about female serial killer, Aileen Wuornos More on Aileen Wuornos: Selling of a Serial Killer

  44. The Alternative Queen's Message The Alternative Queen's Message

    In 1993, Channel 4 presented a very distinctive alternative to the queen's speech - a heartfelt Christmas message from New York's famous British émigré Quentin Crisp More on The Alternative Queen's Message

  45. Britains Forgotton Children Britain's Forgotten Children

    Every year, thousands of kids disappear into the care system More on Britain's Forgotten Children

  46. Chris Bisson Empire's Children

    Documentary series that examines the dismantlement of the British Empire and the effects of its legacy through the family stories of various British celebrities, each a 'child of the Empire' [S] More on Empire's Children

  47. Following Sean Following Sean

    Ralph Arlyck's follow-up to his short documentary about Sean, his hippy neighbour's four-year-old child, who grew up smoking pot and running barefoot around 1960s San Francisco More on Following Sean

  48. Hardeep Singh Kohli Hardeep Does

    Hardeep Singh Kohli is not afraid to ask the questions no one else would... The Glaswegian writer and comedian undertakes a wry personal investigation of some of the big issues in the UK today. More on Hardeep Does

  49. Ota Benga and a monkey The Human Zoo: Science's Dirty Secret

    This documentary from the Race: Science's Last Taboo season explores the disturbing phenomena of early 20th century human zoos [S] More on The Human Zoo: Science's Dirty Secret

  50. Mark Craig Junk Mail Britain

    Director Mark Craig's portrait of community life and social change, guided by the examination of the heap of junk mail he has collected over the past five years [S] More on Junk Mail Britain

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