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- Aspiring estate agents compete for the job of a lifetime, showcasing and selling super prime properties for Paul Kemsley at his exclusive independent agency.
- "The Trial" is a brand-new, ground-breaking five-part series to be spread across one week on Channel 4. A fictional crime will be authentically tried by a team that includes eminent practicing QCs, a genuine judge, and a jury of 12 members of the public. The only actors include the accused--a man who is pleading not guilty for the murder of his wife--the deceased, and some of the witnesses. A thrilling hybrid of drama and documentary, "The Trial" aims to both hook viewers with the real twists and turns of a criminal murder trial and reveal the inner workings of the justice system as never seen before. Secrets of what being a juror entails will be revealed when cameras follow them into the deliberation room as they try to reach their verdict. The trial centers around the murder of 38-year-old Carla Davis, who was strangled to death in her own home. The accused is her estranged husband, Simon. The prosecution is led by Max Hill QC with junior barrister Michelle Nelson. Defendant Davis is represented by John Ryder QC and junior barrister Lucy Organ. Presiding is Judge Brian Barker CBE QC--formerly the most senior judge at the Old Bailey. Giving evidence at the trial will be forensic experts, police officers and eye witnesses as well as friends and relatives of both the deceased and the accused.
- Channel 4 Blap. Having been made redundant, and with her state benefits cut to shreds, a young woman with cerebral palsy and very little left to lose begins to build an illegal drugs empire.
- Did Richard III kill his nephews? Philippa Langley and Rob Rinder go on a continent-crossing journey to investigate the historical truth behind the deaths of Richard III's young nephews, the princes Edward and Richard. Based on The Missing Princes Project.
- A year ago, 36-year-old Jonny Kennedy died. He had a terrible genetic condition called Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) - which meant that his skin literally fell off at the slightest touch, leaving his body covered in agonizing sores and leading to a final fight against skin cancer. In his last months Jonny decided to work with filmmaker Patrick Collerton to document his life and death, and the result was a film, first broadcast in March, that was an uplifting, confounding and provocatively humorous story of a singular man. Not shying away from the grim reality of EB, the film was also a celebration of a life lived to the full.
- An innovative 'magic realist' documentary set in Iraq. Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just 700 people on a tributary of the Tigris river, and tries to make a dream film about a place that is normally only portrayed in current affairs programmes. He gives the kids cameras. They make little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice. Despite the production being stopped twice by the Iraqi secret police, The First Movie is about wonder and the power of the imagination.
- As an energy crisis and cost of living crisis collide, this 3-part series will see the Lincolnshire lorry mechanic and motorcycle racer investigate the past, present and future of British power stations to work out how the country makes its most valuable commodity of all: electricity. The series is set to have a raft of fascinating moments including Guy making his own spectacular contribution towards Britain's 'Net Zero' goals, by helping to blow up a coal-fired power station. He'll be putting himself through an intense safety course and learning how to escape from an underwater helicopter so that he can work on the world's biggest offshore wind farm, then he'll work with the British Army in their brand new solar-powered workshop. Plus he'll be tasked with "the hardest job in the country" - manually making the second-by-second adjustments required to balance the nation's supply of electricity with its ever-changing demand. Guy will also drive to the very end of the National Grid - the Orkney Islands - and find out how the world's biggest tidal generator and a fledgling hydrogen economy are teaching the world about future fuels. Additionally, he'll investigate what part nuclear has to play in keeping the country's lights on and will put in a shift at Hinkley Point C, the nuclear building site reputed to cost £7m a day to run.
- It takes true originality, tenacity and talent to make it as a successful playwright in the competitive world of commercial theater. In The Play's the Thing, a major four-part series, Channel 4 has launched a search for a new British playwright - a new voice to enliven and invigorate the West End stage.
- For many people, rats conjure up images of disease or vermin, and inspire horror, disgust and fear. But some people feel very differently about these furry rodents. Kate and Kevin Rattray are members of the Yorkshire Rat Club and are keen rat enthusiasts. Their brood began with two in 2006 and has grown to 27 strong. Having never had the parental instinct for children, Kate and Kevin describe themselves as a 'weird couple, with no kids but lots of rats'. Jenny Popplewell's First Cut film explores the Rattrays' unique household and their unconventional love affair with rats. From losing a beloved member of the family to throwing birthday parties, this is a portrait of a very different couple, but one who are in some ways exactly the same as any loving parents.
- A documentary on intersexual children and adults.
- Scarlett Moffatt investigates the sudden increase in Tourette's Syndrome and tics in British teenagers.
- At California State University Dr Eric W Hickey devised a model showing the development of the murderous personality, based on research into more than 200 cases of serial murder. These findings are applied to the case of Jeffrey Dahmer, who between 1978 and 1991 killed 17 young men. Shows conversations between Dahmer and his forensic psychologist and footage of the trial. Behavioural psychologists and criminologists explain how Dahmer and other serial killers such as Ted Bundy, Peter Sutcliffe and John Wayne Casey came to kill.
- About the mission of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) in the UK film industry and import. All classification decisions are based on the BBFC's published and regularly updated Guidelines. The Guidelines are the product of extensive public consultation, research and the accumulated experience of the BBFC over many years. They reflect current views on film, DVD and video game regulation. Some do still get banned.
- Big Ballet follows a troupe of plus-size amateur dancers as they attempt to realise their dream of dancing Swan Lake. Rebellious dance legend Wayne Sleep was the shortest dancer ever to make his debut on the Royal Ballet stage and now he wants to unlock the world of ballet for a wider audience and break one of the biggest taboos in ballet: size. Under the watchful eye of Wayne and prima ballerina Monica Loughman, the dancers attempt to do what some experts say is impossible.
- In October 2011 in the tiny town of Le Roy, New York, a handful of teenage girls from the same high school suddenly developed symptoms that looked like Tourette's syndrome; facial twitching, violent limb gestures and uncontrollable verbal outbursts. The epidemic strangely seemed to affect only teenage girls and resulted in panicked parents and theories coming in thick and fast. Some doctors who saw the girls believed they were victims of conversion disorder, where real physical symptoms - in this case tics - are triggered not by a physical cause, but by psychological trauma. However this solution didn't convince all the families, who claimed their perfect girls, from cheerleaders to high-achievers, were from stable backgrounds and couldn't possibly be suffering from anything 'in the mind'.
- Sabrina Grant and Sophie Morgan speak to brand insiders, who spill the beans on our Christmas favourites and how to indulge on luxury products without breaking the bank.
- A wildly jarring collection of interviews with people who think they know Vinnie Jones. The Vincent Peter Jones a British actor, presenter, and former professional footballer. Before he became a bit of a cult flick figure with roles in the likes of 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels', Vinnie had a reputation as something of a hard-man bruiser type on the football pitch.
- China is a manufacturing colossus. Britons are surrounded by products sporting the legend 'Made in China'. Gok Wan returns to his ancestral home to explore the largely unseen world of Chinese mass production, meeting the people working in the factories that supply the West. He visits the village his father grew up in for the first time as part of a journey of discovery round a country that now produces one in every four man-made objects on the planet. Gok goes to 'Jeans Town', 'Bra Town', the factory that makes London cabs, and 'Thames Town', as well as to ultra-modern Shanghai, where he meets a stylist pushing the boundaries in Chinese fashion.
- Marco Robinson, who spent his childhood sleeping rough, is offering up an entire flat for free to a lucky family or individual. The flat in Preston, Lancashire, will come fully furnished
- Judah & Mohammad is an intimate portrait of two teenage boys, one from Israel and the other from Palestine, filmed over 18 months. As their personal development is shaped by the conflict that goes on around them and as violence in the Middle East reaches boiling point, the film features access to the pair's classrooms, where history lessons are as much about the present as past events.
- With travel restrictions eased, now is the perfect time to book that luxury break you've been promising yourself. Sabrina Grant and Sophie Morgan unpack everything you need to know about bagging the perfect indulgent holiday, without breaking the bank. They reveal how to buy business-class flights for less than the economy prices, the best hotels for less, how to holiday in the world's most idyllic locations for 70% less, and how to charter your own private yacht at an affordable rate. Plus: the best suitcases to take with you when you go.
- A monochrome dance moment from members of Birmingham based youth performance company, Man Made Youth. Warren Murray, Charlie James and Sipho Dube explores a young mans struggle with dyslexia. Identifying the connection between physical and psychological challenges presented by the condition, Recode approaches the theme through spoken word and dance.
- In this series Naturopath Annelie Whitfield shows us how to create natural remedies to help combat common everyday ailments. Each episode demonstrates the healing properties of plants and herbs as well as offering some interesting folkore into how these ingredients have been used in medicine for centuries the world over.
- In days 1 to 4, each episode sees two new dealers competing to buy items at auction and sell them off to try to make the best profit. At the end of day, the dealer who has made the most money will become the Ultimate Dealer for that day. On day 5, the competition steps up as the two best-selling dealers of that week go head to head, with one of them gaining the title of that week's Ultimate Dealer.
- Rob Beckett, Fred Sirieix, Kelly Brook and Huey Morgan check out luxury holidays and experiences, from private islands to multiple-Michelin Star gourmet challenges and vintage car races,
- "Street Sound and Style" is a four part documentary series that traces the journey of how music and street style subcultures have changed the face of pop culture forever, utilising i-D's unique position at the forefront of British style culture to bring authenticity and authority to this retrospective.
- This annual unique marathon brings world-class competition and a party atmosphere to the vibrant seaside resort of Brighton. The IAAF-accredited course starts in Preston Park before taking in the famous Brighton Pavilion, the seafront and the final run-in along the promenade.
- Hank Wangford loves duets like he loves waltzes and duet harmonies are everywhere in country music. The Brother duets are a spine running through the story of Country music and Hank celebrates this with the Louvin Brothers, Wilburn, Delmore, Monroe and Everly Brothers and many many more. We hear the tragic stories of the brothers and how they all fell out and ended their lives not talking to each other. Hank spends time with Charlie Louvin at the Louvin Brothers music park in Alabama and hears Charlie sing "Stormy Horizons" for the first time. Hank sings a Delmore Brothers song with Lionel Delmore. We also explore boy/girl duets like Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn or George Jones and Tammy Wynette and many earlier duets. The emotional lives of the duets. brothers or lovers, are as rich as the harmonies they sing.
- About addresses that carry a dark past. Most of them in London. One in Scotland. The past includes various murderers of reputation. One, 25 Noel Road in Islington, is connected to the murder of playwright Joe Orton. The rest are 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill - Leopold Road, Crawley - 14 Waterloo Road, Archway - Kirkcudbright, Dumfrieshire - 23 Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill.
- This week's couple have spent hundreds of pounds on sex toys, but still need Tracey and Michael's help in getting the most out of their love life.
- 1994– Not Rated8.2 (12)TV EpisodeIn the 18th century, the Royal Navy urgently needed better ways of looking after its sick and wounded. It built the best hospital the country had ever seen. For over 250 years Haslar treated casualties from the Battle of Trafalgar to the Gulf War. Thousands of men are believed to have been buried in unmarked graves in the hospital's cemetery between 1757 and 1826. As the hospital closes its doors for the last time, an archaeological dig to exhume their remains uncovers shocking insights into life and death in the Georgian Navy.
- Rick and Ade visit Pirbright army firing range to pit the skills of Paralympic gold medalists and sharp shooters Matt Skelhon and Deanna Coates against Her Majesty's best, as they shoot SA60 assault rifles. GB wheelchair racing legend David takes on the final two challengers in 'Top Gunz'. Paralympic power-lifter Adam Alderman sizes up pound for pound with GB's biggest power-lifter. Ade takes three of the young hopefuls for London 2012 on a sneak tour of the Olympic Park with Lord Coe.
- Four amateur cooks in Sheffield compete to win the prize. Bohemian erotic author Jude Calvert-Toulmin's hopes of wooing her guests are dashed when telecom sales executive Robert Tingle criticises her screw-top wines.
- In a tiny hamlet in Colombia, six-year-old Didier has struggled with a huge burden - a rare condition called a Congenital Melanocytic Nevus. It's a giant mole that grew so much it covered 40% of his body. It resembled a shell, and Didier was nicknamed Turtle Boy. There was a chance it could turn malignant. And Didier's mother Luz struggled with an additional burden - guilt. In this superstitious society, there was a belief that Didier's growth was a result of being conceived during an eclipse, which meant Luz and her family had to live apart from the rest of the village. Luz longed to be free to have her son baptized, to take him to school and see him grow up like any other boy. But there was no way she could raise the money for an operation, until a local news crew broadcast a story on Didier. The procedure would be complicated and dangerous, and even if it was successful the recovery process would involve a complicated series of skin grafts. This extraordinary film traces Didier's story: a story of cutting-edge medicine, a mother's love, and a brave six-year-old's fight to be released from his burden.
- In the first of a three-part series, Guy can't believe the size of his energy bill, especially with his beloved cup(s) of tea and an interesting use of the household oven. With that shocking Revelation, he heads off on a journey to discover how Britain makes its power and why it costs so much. He ends this episode with a bang, by blowing up an old disused coal fueled 'Eggborough power station' in the process.
- 2021–8.4 (10)TV EpisodeBettany Hughes travels to Cappadocia by jeep and visits settlements carved into rocks. Then she makes her way to the 10,000-year-old temple and settlement of Göbeklitepe. In eastern Turkey, Bettany Hughes explores Sanliurfa, one of the Middle East's most important pilgrimage cities. Aboard a boat on the Euphrates, Bettany reaches Zeugma, an ancient Roman border town that has sunk into the river.
- Aspiring super-prime estate agents compete for their dream job with luxury property magnate Paul Kemsley. The hopefuls host an open house event at an exclusive property.
- In this second and final episode, Guy Martin's adventures in Colombia continues as he meets face-to-face a former employee of Pablo Escobar. Soon afterwards, Guy visits some like-minded local racers and tries his hand at 'gravity racing' on specially made bicycles on a nearby mountain road. Later on after a trek through the forests, we find the most unlikely of machines, a drug cartel's smuggling narco-submarine and Guy gets to go inside it. After returning back, a local special brew is in order and has some interesting effects. A street patrol with the Police to experience the impoverished side of Colombia and then a chance to try the new transport system in Medellin. Finally a chance to go circuit racing with a big difference, truck racing in a fuel tanker !.
- The aspiring estate agents face their next challenge: to conduct a tour of music legend Boy George's mansion. But who will emerge top of the pops, and who will be shown the door?
- The pressure mounts as the trainees must produce a video tour and high-spec presentation for two super-prime houses, with a surprise elevator pitch sprung upon the losing team.
- In late 1989, local authorities of Roche-Ã-Bateau, Haiti, arrested Belavoix Doricent, a destitute local man, for the murder of his nephew Wilfrid Doricent. Belavoix's trial would become a singular case in the annals of 20th-century jurisprudence-in Haiti or anywhere else. For the chief witness for the prosecution was none other than the victim himself, Wilfrid. The state argued that the uncommunicative, blank-faced man standing in the courtroom had been positively identified by his parents as their long-dead son, turned into a zombie by his malevolent uncle Belavoix.
- Comedian Bill Bailey explores the vast, epic, extraordinarily beautiful state of Western Australia on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure down under. In this episode, Bill goes tree climbing in the Valley of the Giants and visits the best beach in the world. There's also tugboat racing.
- "The Black Death" - a pandemic that ravaged during the 1300s, led to an unprecedented human disaster of a frightening extent. Over the course of three terrible years, more than a third of Europe's population was wiped out. Everyone agreed that it was a prohibition on the downfall of the world, and the haunt shaken the well -off and secure society in its foundations. This documentary follows the spread of the terrible epidemic and its consequences for Middle Ages Europe. By investigating a number of areas, such as medicine, religion, superstition and society, together with expert analyzes from historians, we gain a fascinating insight into one of the most horrible and terrible periods in the history of humanity.
- Was the 14th century the worst time in history to be alive? Ravaged by a plague that drove humanity to the edge of extinction, convulsed by a war that lasted more than 100 years, and driven by social upheaval, it was an era of harsh lords and ragged peasants, strange superstitions, persecution and people living lives that were venal and short. The three programmes that comprise World's Worst Century explore the complex reality of medieval life. They show that, for all the hardship and conflict, the society of the time was able to withstand each terrible crisis surprisingly well.
- The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of London.
- First broadcast on February 28, 1983, when "Whatever you want" becomes "Whatever you didn't get" features music performances filmed live at the Ace in Brixton, including tracks by Depeche Mode, Weekend, Stiff Little Fingers, The Meteors and The Birthday Party.
- About how rural detective Charles Henry used his spare time to hunt down and bring Malcolm Webster - a ruthless killer who targeted wealthy women - to justice. In 1994 Webster killed his wife Claire Morris just one year after their wedding. Utilising his resources as a trained nurse, Webster drugged his wife with Temazepam (a sleeping medication that is typically used to treat insomnia) and put her into their car before deliberately crashing it.
- Several "bride schools" were set up with the aim of providing the perfect partners for Adolf Hitler's henchmen. Regulations dictated that young women would be taught "washing, cooking, childcare and home design" before they could walk up the aisle with the men who would staff death camps and rule conquered lands with an iron fist. They were also instructed in social niceties - such as how to hold conversations at cocktail parties - and how to bring up their children worshipping not God or Jesus Christ, but Hitler. The League of German Girls, Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM) was the girls' wing of the Nazi Party youth movement, the Hitler Youth. In 1936, Nazi supporter and school graduate Hildegard Trutz was recruited as one of Germany's racially 'pure' women, chosen to have sex with SS officers in the hope of producing an Aryan child.
- Chronicles the life of Joseph Goebbel's wife Magda, who rose to the pinnacle of the Nazi hierarchy alongside her husband and who, when the Reich collapsed, committed suicide with him and their six children in the Berlin bunker. Magda married the multi-millionaire Günther Quandt in 1921 but the couple divorced in 1929. Now Magda was on the verge of marrying Mr. Hoover, nephew to President Hoover, but instead she found herself in a massive Nazi meeting in the Berlin Sportpalast, where she became captivated by the speaker, Joseph Goebbels.
- Bettany reveals Estonia's many hidden treasures, and evidence of sacrifice, shipwrecks and Europe's 'last matriarchy'