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- In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
- A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
- A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.
- Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer.
- A documentary about the disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.
- The story of the 1980s snooker rivalry between the flamboyant Alex Higgins and the methodical Steve Davis.
- True story of Philip Jones, the world-renowned Professor and Director of Climate Research at the University of East Anglia who was the eye of an international media storm and the victim of cyberterrorism.
- Fiona Bruce delves into evidence in the attempted murder of Victoria Cilliers.
- A one-off special. René is writing his memoirs and needs help to fill in the "big gaps".
- From filmmakers of Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, this film goes beyond the headlines of the Ghislaine Maxwell case to tell the story of Epstein's mystery accomplice, illuminating how her class and privilege concealed her predatory nature.
- 25 years after the verdict in the Jamie Bulger murder trial, we reveal what the jury, public and press never heard, and what his two killers, Thompson and Venables, said during their time in custody from arrest to release.
- Documentary about John Darwin, who faked his own death in a canoeing accident off the coast of Hartlepool and then started a new life with his wife Anne in Panama.
- A collection of some of the most infamous moments in television history from around the world featuring technical difficulties, accidents, mishaps and on-screen meltdowns. Narrated by Sarah Greene with contributions from TV stars.
- Disturbing documentary about the notorious case, delving into questions that never got answered, with testimony from those who lived through the tragedy.
- This one-off documentary uses never-before seen footage, interviews and reconstructions to tell the story of the twins' lives from 1968 until their deaths. From their 30-day trial and Ronnie Kray's committal to Broadmoor - following his diagnosis as insane - to operations on the outside and the twins' various marriages inside. A number of the subjects interviewed for the documentary had first-hand dealings with the Krays, including Wilf Pine, Ronnie Kray's business manager; Freddie Foreman, who was sentenced at the same time as the Krays for the disposal of the body of Jack 'the hat' McVitie; and Maureen Flanagan, a close family friend and former model who Reggie proposed to three times whilst in prison.
- Nicky Campbell presents this true crime documentary focusing on the impact of Raoul Moat's murderous rampage across the North East of England in July 2010.
- A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian (1979) and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.
- Royals: Keeping The Crown charts the rise, fall, and rebranding of royal families across the globe from the First World War to the present day. From the murder of the Romanov family in 1918 to Prince Harry's marriage to the American actress Meghan Markle in 2018.
- Unlocking the childhood of Rose West. What was it that turned Rose, at the age of just 17, into the most sadistic, sexually motivated, serial killer Britain has ever witnessed?
- Susanna Reid explores the murder of 8-year-old schoolgirl, Sarah Payne.
- On November 26, 1922, Howard Carter made one of the greatest discoveries ever; the tomb of the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun. The news was spread all over the world. But when people who had entered the chamber began to die, stories of the "curse of the pharaoh" spread. Were the deaths a coincidence or stories to sell newspapers? Can modern science explain the truth behind the legend?
- The story of Princess Diana's death is one of the most well-told stories in history, but one half of that story is missing. This feature documentary reveals the life and legacy of the other passenger in the car, Dodi Fayed.
- The life of Winston Churchill, one of history's greatest leaders and figures.
- The actions of Austrian family captor and rapist Josef Fritzl, who held his daughter in his cellar for more than two decades, fathering seven of her children.
- The story behind the murder of 16-year-old Becky Watts, who was killed by her stepbrother Nathan Matthews and his 21-year-old girlfriend Shauna Hoare in Bristol, England in February 2015.
- Through interviews with ex-inmates, retired guards and relatives of Britain's most infamous inmates, this documentary uncover secrets of life inside one of the UK's toughest jails.
- Broadmoor Hospital is home to around 200 of Britain's most dangerous men and this is the story of the lives behind bars of five of its most notorious inhabitants.
- The extraordinary story of the Maoist cult that came to light when 3 women emerged from a small flat in Brixton, South London in 2013. A tiny political sect formed in the 1970s had turned into a bizarre religious cult.
- A documentary tribute to comedian Rik Mayall, and his four-decade body of work.
- Julie Etchingham looks back at one of the UK's most shocking crimes, the assassination of the BBC's most popular presenter, Jill Dando, and whether the police investigation could have missed some vital leads.
- Guy Martin helps restore XH558, the last airworthy Avro Vulcan bomber, to prepare it for its last ever flight, a 1000-mile farewell tour of Great Britain, before it is grounded.
- Susanna Reid chronicles the story of John Worboys, Britain's most prolific serial rapist.
- One-off documentary going behind the scenes at one of the most unique and controversial prisons in the UK, home to some of Britain's worst female criminals, including some of the most detested child killers.
- With exclusive access to police evidence, Susanna Reid presents the backstory and investigation into one of the Britain's most notorious, and dangerous, female serial killers.
- Biography of iconic rock balladeer Roy Orbison, told through his own words.
- Thomas Markle details his journey from raising Meghan Markle on his own to his heart attack days before her wedding to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Due to his sudden fame as the father of Meghan Markle now Duchess of Sussex he was followed by British tabloids and his own daughter is taking him to the courts accused of publishing parts of a letter addressed to him with accusations and hurtful words aimed to cause him pain aged 75 years old
- True crime documentary examining the shocking story of Caroline Crouch, a young British mother murdered in her home in a suburb of Athens, Greece and of the unexpected revelation of who had murdered her.
- A tribute to one of British television's biggest ever stars.
- They were the glamour girls on James Bond's arm, the vestal virgins in Up Pompeii, and the girls-next-door in Man About The House. They were the vampire victims dispatched in the first reel of Hammer Horrors. And they were the Carry On dolly birds, guaranteed to elicit a 'Phwooar' from Sid James. They were Crumpet! And this is their story. Tony Livesey sets out to rescue Crumpet from the condescension of history. Recalling his own childhood, growing up in front of the TV in a Burnley terrace, Tony takes us on a trip through three decades of popular culture. How did our thirty year fascination with Crumpet come about - and why did it end? What does it say about the unique British sense of humour - and about our changing attitude to sex? With contributions from Honor Blackman, Ingrid Pitt, Madeline Smith, Hill's Angel Sue Upton, Leslie Philips and Wendy Richards, and with cultural commentators like Dylan Jones, Germaine Greer and Ned Sherrin, Tony gets to the bottom of this uniquely British phenomenon.
- Our Queen at War reveals Princess Elizabeth's extraordinary teenage life; from broadcasting to the children of the Empire, to putting on pantomimes for the war effort.
- Ross explores the untold story of the 9 month cat-and-mouse game between police and the criminal gang intent on stealing diamonds worth £350 million from an exhibition at the Millennium Dome in London in 2000.
- The heroic tales of World War II are legendary, but Operation Crossbow is a little known story that deserves to join the hall of fame: how the Allies used 3D photos to thwart the Nazis' weapons of mass destruction before they could obliterate Britain. This film brings together the heroic Spitfire pilots who took the photographs and the brilliant minds of RAF Medmenham that made sense of the jigsaw of clues hidden in the photos. Hitler was pumping a fortune into his new-fangled V weapons in the hope they could win him the war. But Medmenham had a secret weapon of its own, a simple stereoscope which brought to life every contour of the enemy landscape in perfect 3D. The devil was truly in the detail and, together with extraordinary personal testimonies, the film uses modern computer graphics on the original wartime photographs to show just how the photo interpreters were able to uncover Hitler's nastiest secrets.
- A tribute to Sir Billy Connolly who recently announced his retirement from stand-up comedy. This special will look back at his illustrious comedy career.
- True crime documentary examining the unsolved murder of Darlington housewife Ann Heron in 1990. Ann's husband Peter was charged with her murder but the case against him was dropped due to a lack of evidence.
- The former cricketer turned television presenter opens up about the eating disorder he has kept hidden for 20 years and challenges the stigma around the condition in men.
- Fred Dinenage, the Kray Twins official biographer has been invited into the world of the Richardson Brothers. Never before has someone from the outside got so close to the truth... and lived to tell the tale. For the first time on television, Charlie Richardson and his associates reveal the full story about the infamous 'Torture Gang' of the 60s...
- The robbery of £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London on the West Coast Main Line in the early hours of 8 August 1963, at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England.