Channel 4 (UK) Documentaries

  • Premiered: Dec 1982
  • Episodes: 1423
  • Followers: 14
  • Running
  • Channel 4
  • Daily at 20
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Season 2024
2024x1
I Am Andrew Tate
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Air date
Jan 07, 2024
The explosive story of Tate's rise, arrest, and fall. Where did the world's most Googled man spring from? Is he a dangerous icon for toxic masculinity or a misunderstood internet star?
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Sex, Me and Disability
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Feb 04, 2024
Rhys Bowler breaks the taboo of sex and disability and navigates a new long-distance relationship while juggling the complexities of his degenerative condition Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
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Joe Lycett vs Sewage
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Feb 20, 2024
Joe Lycett investigates the mind-boggling quantities of untreated sewage discharged into our waterways every day, and takes the fight to the water companies in the most Joe Lycett way possible.
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National Trust: My Historic Home
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Feb 23, 2024
What is it like to live in and look after an extraordinary National Trust home? We meet the custodians caring for the millions of pounds worth of property and antiques in three incredible castles.
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Dream Life for the Same Price
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Feb 25, 2024
Jean Johansson hopes to prove you can live your dream life for the same price you're paying now, as she guides Christy and Allister from Belfast to the north coast of Northern Ireland in .. show full overview
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The Rise and Fall of Pablo Escobar
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Mar 04, 2024
Pablo Escobar's $30 billion cocaine empire cost thousands of lives. This is the story of the world's biggest drug kingpin, told by the DEA agents who took him down.
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Accused: The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax
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Mar 11, 2024
Documentary telling the story of four mothers in north London who were falsely accused of being part of a Satanic cult operating out of their children's primary school. The allegations .. show full overview
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Inside McVitie's
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Mar 17, 2024
From the factory floor to behind the scenes of a new TV advert, we follow McVitie's as they develop and launch their brand-new white chocolate digestive. How will it go down with shoppers?
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Whites Only: Ade's Extremist Adventure
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Mar 18, 2024
Ade Adepitan spends an eye-opening week in South Africa's controversial 'whites only' town of Orania, and tries to find common ground with its Afrikaner residents.
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Hindenburg: The Cover-Up
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Mar 30, 2024
In May 1937, the largest aircraft ever flown exploded into a ball of fire - destroyed in 40 seconds. Was it a bomb? This film reveals sinister links between the disaster and the Nazis.
2024x10
ABBA 50 Years of Pop
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Apr 27, 2024
It's 50 years since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. To celebrate one of music's 'big bang' moments, the story of Swedish pop - from ABBA to Max Martin, Roxette Europe and Robyn.
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The Incredibly Talented Lucy
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May 05, 2024
The extraordinary story of young pianist Lucy - the first winner of Channel 4's The Piano. As she's propelled into the limelight, how do Lucy and her piano teacher Daniel cope with her fame?
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Me and The Voice in My Head
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May 13, 2024
Can Joe Tracini overcome his Borderline Personality Disorder and re-ignite his stand-up comedy career? Or will Mick - the dangerous voice in his head - ruin it all again?
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D-Day: Secrets of the Frontline Heroes
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May 25, 2024
Eighty years on from World War II and the heroic D-Day Normandy landings, the story of the filmmakers who immortalised the terrible events of that fateful summer with memorable photos and film
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My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom
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May 28, 2024
Comedian Mark O'Sullivan creates a sitcom retelling the sexual abuse he survived as a child. Charting the creation and filming of an episode of the 1980s-style sitcom, the documentary explores why Mark has chosen to deal with his abuse in this way.
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D-Day - Hour By Hour
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Jun 01, 2024
On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a turning point of World War II, extraordinary archive materials reveal contrasting stories from the Allied Normandy beach landings of June 6, 1944
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The NHS in Crisis? The Debate
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Jun 24, 2024
Krishnan Guru-Murthy hosts a debate with patients, medical staff and health experts on how best to fix the critical issues in the NHS
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Skint: The Truth about Britain's Broken Economy with Tim Hartford
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Jul 01, 2024
Britain feels underfunded and falling apart. Leading economist Tim Harford reveals what the numbers really tell us about the state we're in.
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Guy Martin's Lost WW2 Bomber
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Jul 07, 2024
Guy Martin joins a complex, ambitious bid to recover a lost Word War II bomber from the bottom of a Dutch lake
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MH17: The Plane Crash that Shook the World
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Jul 20, 2024
Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine in 2014, sending shockwaves across the world. This documentary explores how the tragedy shaped what came after it.
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Sophie Morgan's Fight To Fly
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Jul 22, 2024
Sophie Morgan takes direct action to hold airlines to account for the shocking mistreatment of disabled flyers.
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Trump vs Harris: The Battle For America
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Aug 07, 2024
As Kamala Harris steps up as nominee for US president, Matt Frei examines whether she can turn the tide for the Democrats and defeat Donald Trump.
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The World's Biggest Cruise Ship
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Aug 18, 2024
After seven years in the making and costing nearly two billion dollars, the 20-deck colossal cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, welcomes its first guests. But what does it take to keep them entertained?
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Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
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Aug 18, 2024
Unlikely besties Dame Judi Dench and Jay Blades take each other down memory lane, as they share the experiences that shaped their lives and that ultimately brought them together
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Meet the Paralympians with Sarah Storey
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Aug 24, 2024
Ahead of the Paralympic Games, Great Britain's greatest ever Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey meets some of her fellow team-mates to discuss their preparation and motivation for Paris
2024x26
Guy Martin: Top Gun
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Aug 25, 2024
Guy Martin trains to fly a classic frontline fighter jet, and builds a jet engine in his shed in a single day to gain an understanding of the technology's original creator, maverick .. show full overview
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Death Row Dogs: Save My XL Bully
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Aug 25, 2024
After maulings and killings across the UK, a colourful bunch of owners battle to save the lives of their beloved XL bully dogs in the run-up to a government ban.
2024x29
Path To Paris: Paralympic Dreams
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Aug 25, 2024
An exclusive insight into elite Paralympians' preparations for perhaps the most important moment of their careers.
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Equal Play
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Aug 26, 2024
This beautiful and compelling documentary uncovers the transformative power of sport for disabled people, through the experiences of two British children who are striving to be included
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Trump: Should We Be Scared?
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Sep 09, 2024
Matt Frei speaks to insiders, friend and foe, and those who know Donald Trump close-up as he asks: how scared should we be if Trump wins the US presidential election this November?
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The National Lottery's ParalympicsGB Homecoming
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Sep 14, 2024
Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe host a star-studded celebration of GB's Paralympic heroes and their achievements in Paris, with music from Craig David, Sugababes, Aitch and Keala Settle
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Britain's Atomic Bomb Scandal
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Sep 15, 2024
The dramatic, shocking story of Britain's race for the nuclear bomb, the devastating fallout for the servicemen at the tests, and the veterans' long fight for justice
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State of Rage
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Sep 29, 2024
Award-winning documentary film-maker Marcel Mettelsiefen offers a poignant and unflinching portrayal of both sides of the enduring conflict on the West Bank, through the perspectives of .. show full overview
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How to Survive a Dictator: North Korea
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Sep 30, 2024
Munya explores the myths about the secretive nation of North Korea and the life of the country's notorious leader - Kim Jong-Un.
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Anna Richardson: Love, Loss & Dementia
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Oct 02, 2024
Anna explores Britain's biggest killer and most feared health condition - the myths, struggles and the losses - as she reveals her dad's battle with vascular dementia.
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One Day In October
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Oct 09, 2024
October 7th, 2023 was a day that shook the world. The well-rehearsed, close-quarters slaughter and abduction of hundreds of Israeli villagers and festival-goers was an event which has .. show full overview
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Churchill꞉ Britain's Secret Apartheid
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Oct 19, 2024
A gripping journey into a controversial event from World War II. In 1942, Churchill allowed the US to bring its racially-segregated army to Britain, provoking conflict across the country.
2024x38
Undercover Exposing The Far Right
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Oct 21, 2024
An explosive look at the racist ideology and media-savvy tactics of the modern far right - featuring secret investigations by the anti-fascist group Hope not Hate.
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Public Enemies: Kendrick vs Drake
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Air date
Oct 29, 2024
Who are Kendrick Lamar and Drake? How did they rise to the top? And how did the generational rappers and global icons get into a such a deep and personal rivalry?
2024x40
The Soldiers That Saved Britain
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Air date
Nov 02, 2024
Mobeen Azhar uncovers the remarkable story of his grandfather, one of the 2.5 million men of the British Indian Army who volunteered and served in the fight against fascism in World War II
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The Cranes Call
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Nov 03, 2024
The heart-pounding story of the relentless pursuit of Russian soldiers and generals for alleged war crimes in Ukraine

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