Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity – as seen through the eyes of remarkable people doing extraordinary things.
Production
Production
Seasons
10 Episodes • Premiered 2017
Powerful topical and human stories from around the United Kingdom.
1. Big Love
Documentary providing an emotional insight into the lives of two brothers, who both have a rare form of dwarfism, as they prepare to marry their wives-to-be.
2. Supersize Cabbies
A group of overweight cabbies try to change the habits of a lifetime and go from supersize to superfit.
3. Growing Up with Cancer
Teenagers share their experiences of coping with the effects of cancer and chemotherapy at the Teenage Cancer Trust Unit at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children.
4. Bus Wars
Documentary looking at the fierce competition between the big bus tour companies in Belfast as they fight for a share of the lucrative tourist market.
5. Mini Monet Millionaire
Following 14-year-old artist Kieron Williamson as he prepares for his latest exhibition.
6. The World's Oldest Family
Documentary following the Donnelly family from County Armagh, thought to be the oldest group of siblings in the world, with a collective age of 1,064 years.
7. Jodi's Lovely Letters
Aled Jones meets Jodi Ann Bickley, founder of the One Million Lovely Letters project, who has written thousands of letters to people around the world in need of support.
8. Orkney: When the Boat Comes In
Orkney is, officially, the UK’s cruise ship capital. With around 125,000 passengers expected this year, how does this small island community cope with the onslaught of tourists?
9. The Bug Grub Couple
Documentary following insect expert Dr Sarah Beynon and award-winning chef Andy Holcroft as they try to bring insect-based food products to the mainstream market.
10. Land of the Giants
From 20-stone pumpkins to man-sized marrows, this documentary digs into the colourful world of Welsh giant vegetable growers as they fight it out in the first show of the season.
