Breast of Britain, no 4

An Arthurian fantasy and an ethnographic document of an English country village. Over the course of a year, the villagers quest for the Holy Grail in order to heal their wasted land. Meanwhile, local farmers extract what they can from the land, and labour to make it fertile.

This unique series narrated by Sir Tony Robinson uses home movie archive to reveal life in 20th Century Britain as never seen before. From the Blitz to the Beatles, the last days of steam trains and working canal boats to royal coronations, these filmmakers captured everything. Each episode is devoted to the decades of the Thirties, World War Two, The Fifties and ending with the roaring Sixties.

Every contact leaves a trace. How the latest forensic science is helping detectives catch criminals who have evaded the law for decades. Can their victims finally get justice?

Nicky Campbell narrates a look at how the nation's roads are policed, joining Cheshire's elite team of motorway officers as they crack down on Britain's worst drivers.

The host walks through different cities of Great Britain

Rob Rinder uncovers a secret history of Britain going back centuries hidden behind our prison walls - from petty crooks to infamous gangsters, hangmen, extreme brutality and explosive riots.

Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain and Earth.

Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.

The story of the Polish fliers who found themselves fighting for the freedom of their own country in foreign skies. Seen through the eyes of a Polish fighter ace and adventurer, it tells how the Poles—driven across Europe by the German war machine—finally make their last stand. Flying Hurricanes for the RAF over Britain, they became a key component in the legend of ‘The Few’. Up against the might of the Luftwaffe they hoped that, by saving Great Britain from Nazi invasion, they were keeping the dream of a free Poland alive.

A look at how four iconic British-built planes became masters of the sky and pioneered a new era of flight, making heroes of the pilots who flew them. Military experts, historians and pilots reveal what made each aircraft so influential.

‘Panthera Britannia’ is a feature-length documentary exploring the unusual phenomenon of the United Kingdom’s population of mysterious large cats, which are alleged to be prowling the wilderness and countryside of rural Britain. Britain has a long, colourful and complicated history of having a diverse exotic pet trade; from the days of the old British Empire, until the mid-20th century, it was deemed an indicator and symbol of status, wealth and fashion to own exotic pets, (especially big cats). Incidents and reports spiralled out of control in the 1960s; and with the later introduction of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act in 1976, the situation only intensified, as some exotic cat owners who were unable to afford the new licences required to legally retain their pets, set about deliberately releasing their privately owned big cats in preference of having them terminated. Reports and sightings of big cats in Britain continue to this day.

A tribute to the courage and resiliency of Britons during the darkest days of the London Blitz.

Over two years in the making, Standing with Stones is a remarkable feature length documentary film that takes the viewer on an epic journey of discovery, uncovering the true extent and variety of megalithic Britain and Ireland. Featuring 100 of the most significant megalithic monuments in England, Wales, Ireland, N. Ireland & Scotland, the adventure starts near Land's End in Cornwall and ends out on the Scottish isles, on Orkney, at the Tomb of the Eagles.

A look at some of the best known railways of the South, including the Bluebell Railway, the Great Central Railway, the Severn Railway and more, finishing with the South Devon Railway.

A look at the best of Britain's preserved railways, focusing on Wales and such railways as the Welsh Highland railway, amongst others.

Brothers Colin and Ewan McGregor follow up their documentary The Battle of Britain with a film exploring Bomber Command, a rarely told story from the Second World War. The film focuses primarily on the men who fought and died in the skies above occupied Europe, with numerous examples of individual heroism and extraordinary collective spirit, and Colin learns to fly the key aircraft of the campaign: the Lancaster bomber. But this is also the story of a controversy that has lasted almost 70 years. The program covers six years of wartime operations, and traces the obstacles and challenges that were overcome as the RAF developed and deployed the awesome fighting force that was Bomber Command.

A sports documentary about association football that follows a week in the life of West Bromwich Albion football club.