Vernon is a town in the Florida panhandle surrounded by swamps. Here, Errol Morris found the quietly fascinating subjects for the follow-up to his galvanizing debut, Gates of Heaven. As ever humane yet sharply focused, Morris lets his camera subjects pontificate and perambulate the environs of this seemingly unremarkable little community. The result is a strangely philosophical work that cemented its director’s standing as an important figure in American film.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris incisively probes the darkest chapter in recent American history: family separations. Merging narrative vignettes of one migrant family's plight with hard-hitting interviews with government officials, Morris paints a jaw-dropping picture of the state-sponsored crisis of cruelty, as over 1300 children remain separated today, according to the DHS.

This stylish mix of documentary and historical epic chronicles the reign of Commodus, the emperor whose rule marked the beginning of Rome's fall.

In the summer of 1950 fear gripped the residents of Wytheville, Virginia. Movie theaters shut down, baseball games were cancelled and panicky parents kept their children indoors — anything to keep them safe from an invisible invader. Outsiders sped through town with their windows rolled up and bandanas covering their faces. The ones who couldn't escape the perpetrator were left paralyzed, and some died in the wake of the devastating and contagious virus. Polio had struck in Wytheville. The town was in the midst of a full-blown epidemic. That year alone, more than 33,000 Americans fell victim — half of them under the age of ten.

For a long time, knitting was seen as something only grannies did. But young fashion designer Hope Macaulay is reviving this traditional craft for the modern age. Her chunky handmade knitwear exploded onto the fashion scene in 2020 after going viral online and has since been worn by celebrities worldwide and featured in top fashion magazines.

Lorane, a young scientist dedicated to building shelters in the Franco-Swiss mountains for orphaned baby lynx, one of Europe's last great feline species and predators. Lynx are critical to the preservation and growth of Europe's habitats, playing a key role in the wider eco-system. Lorane's passion and commitment to save every last lynx teaches valuable lessons about how animals and humans can learn to live side by side.

Dan Snow investigates one of the world's most famous ancient buildings. He begins by guiding viewers through Rome's underground, revealing caverns where slaves extracted materials for its 10-year construction. Dan explores what it was originally like to experience a sold-out show at the Colosseum, first as a spectator and then as a gladiator. He finds out how to get a ticket, what you'd see, where you'd eat, even where you'd go to the loo.

Tracy Borman and Jason Watkins explore the mystery of what happened to the two young princes that were brought to the Tower of London in 1483 by their uncle Richard, Duke of Gloucester. A few weeks later, the two boys vanished without a trace. Jason treads the boards as Shakespeare's greatest villain, Richard III, to try to get inside his mind, while Tracy investigates the discovery of the bones of two children found at the Tower in the 1600s.

First-hand accounts of the wildfires in southern California, featuring fire fighters, residents and police whose whole lives have been wrecked by the blazing inferno. Experts provide the inside track on why these fires are the most destructive in LA history. Can Los Angeles ever recover?

A look into the great history of castles, exploring and revisiting 500 years of medieval architecture!
Centuries after they first appeared in the landscape, many castles remain intact, complete with cathedrals and symbols of the Middle Ages and the power of their lords and rulers. For five centuries, the creation of these castles was accompanied by a political and cultural evolution during the medieval period.

No one quite understands exactly how a pigeon finds its way home, having been driven hundreds of miles in the back of a lorry to be released and race back to its loft. But across the UK thousands of fanciers are staring into the sky awaiting the arrival of their treasured birds.

Almost 8,000 people are homeless in Vegas - a 56 per cent increase in three years. Jordan Jarret-Bryan investigates how the city is responding to this crisis as he visits a network of subterranean tunnels that have become a refuge. Jordan meets Echo Marie, who lives in a tunnel just four feet high. In a city that has made living on the street a crime, and having been moved by police from one neighbourhood to another, Echo says a tunnel is the safest place to live. However, life underground is still risky - some tunnels are drug ridden, while all those underground risk being washed away by the rain.

Lucy Shepherd and her Indigenous team embark on an unprecedented 50-day expedition to traverse virgin Amazon rainforest.

A celebration of Christmas from the stunning candlelit Chapel of King's College, Cambridge. This year marks the seventieth anniversary of the first carol service being broadcast. Led by the Dean, the Revd Dr Stephen Cherry, the programme begins in the time-honoured way as a solo chorister sings the first verse of Once in Royal David's City, just as it did in 1954.

After another year of wonderful fishing adventures in the UK, Paul and Bob decide to cast their net a little further afield for this end-of-year special. They visit south west France to fish the River Lot, with some new species in their sights, including black bass, vandoise and grass carp.