Channel 5 (UK) Documentaries

A documentary featuring startling footage of the world's most petrifying landings. From skilled to not-so-skilled pilots, adverse weather conditions and mechanical failure, this selection of sometimes petrifying moments, shot on home video, give as-it-happened views from the ground or inside the planes. The film includes an interview with the pilot of the Hudson River landing in January 2009.

Historical documentary exploring Ancient Rome through a study of the Colosseum, which represents Rome in all its glory, ingenuity and brutality. The film reconstructs the opening games of AD 80, examining the spectacles that took place in the Colosseum, the men who took part in them and the building that housed the events.

How did a rehearsal for D-Day on a sleepy stretch of the Devon coast turn into a bloodbath resulting in the death of hundreds of Allied soldiers? 'Exercise Tiger' was the Allies' worst training disaster of the 20th century - a combination of allied incompetence and enemy infiltration that was hushed up until 1984. Survivor and eye-witness accounts, top-secret documents, film archive and findings from underwater excavations help to reveal the secrecy and conflicting evidence that persists to this day.

The sinking of the Titanic was the biggest maritime disaster in history and continues to fascinate as the 100th anniversary approaches. Now, for the first time, this dramatised documentary reveals what happened from the point of view of the killer itself - the water. When the luxury liner went down, 1517 passengers and crew died. Everybody on board was fooled by the water, a devious and unstoppable killer. Sometimes it crept unseen, at other times it roared. Hear stories told through reconstruction of eye witness reports and drama interviews based on transcripts. By following the water, this compelling docudrama reveals exactly how the Titanic sank.

The story of how a small band of pioneering aircraft designers and engineers invented modern warfare in the four years between 1914 and 1918, turning the aeroplane from an eccentric novelty to the decisive weapon of modern conflict. The programme includes a series of dazzling aerial experiments, as present-day test pilots push the meticulously re-created planes to the limit. On both sides of the war, experimental engineers scrabbled for superiority of the skies, with British pioneers like Geoffrey de Havilland competing to out do Anton Fokker, the Dutchman whose planes helped Germany to dominate the sky. These were men working in the dark with a brand-new technology, battling the scepticism of their superiors while the fate of thousands of men rested on their ability to beat the enemy to the next engineering breakthrough. Demonstrations and experiments with the aviators show the mechanical evolution of military air power by the Allies and Germany to reveal how visionary technology saw the emergence of the first fighter planes and a major shift in modern warfare. The rivalry between German and Allied engineers pushed the planes to new heights. We see how the need for accurate sketches led to changes in planes, how complications with air-to-ground communications led to advanced radios and, crucially, how the need to protect the pilots led to race for plane armament and the development of the first all-purpose fighter plane. With no living survivors from the Great War, the experiences and knowledge from the Vintage Aviators flying and making these machines provide an opportunity to reveal these unsung heroes of World War I, and how the most pioneering branch of the military played a crucial part in winning the war.

Following scientists on an expedition into the depths of the Bermuda Triangle, where a number of aircraft and surface vessels are reported to have mysteriously disappeared. The film investigates stories of strange events including the unsolved disappearance of James Trindade and his sports fishing boat in 2008, the tragic disappearance of 'The What's Left' cruiser and two 'ghost rockets' that flew silently over a US Navy ship. Also featured is the Coast Guard ship that reported a 'phantom' landmass on its radar and Russian submarines that reported all manner of bizarre activity. Leading experts including Professor David Pares, Russian 'electronic fog' expert Oleg Meshcheryakov, underwater explorers Evan Kovacs and Les Savege, and weather expert Dr Stephen Leatherman give their opinions and verdict on this enduring enigma.

The story of Anders Breivik's killing spree in Norway on July 22, 2011, tracing events as they unfolded. Survivors of the Utoya Island massacre and Oslo bomb blast discuss their experiences, and members of the emergency services recall how they helped the injured. A further personal perspective is provided by a cabbie who drove Breivik on the day of the atrocities - and recalls him as a pleasant man who talked of settling down and becoming a farmer.

Celebrate the Diamond Jubilee by taking a look back at the Queen's incredible reign.

The bizarre story of a forgotten propaganda film made by the Nazis about the sinking of the Titanic. Made at the height of World War II, this film was conceived as the ultimate propaganda movie with the famous disaster recast as a story of Allied weakness and German courage. At the time it was one of the most expensive and ambitious movies ever filmed. The story of its creation rivals a Hollywood movie script with tales of betrayal, murder and massacre. It featured military personnel moved from the front to act as extras, the director was arrested and possibly executed on the orders of Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels and, in the last days of the war, the ship used for the filming was sank, as the Nazis tried to cover up the horrors of the Holocaust. For 60 years, the film was shrouded in secrecy. Now, using Goebbels’s private diaries, unseen home-movies shot behind-the-scenes during the production and the original production design book, we reveal for the first time the extraordinary story of the Nazi Titanic.

A psychological profile of former nurse Beverley Allitt, who is currently serving 13 life sentences for murdering four children and injuring nine others at Grantham Hospital in Lincolnshire in 1991. Psychologists and criminology experts explore the possible motives for her crimes, examining her behaviour during childhood, when she was known to be an attention seeker. The apparently caring nurse Beverely Allitt had only just joined the staff of Children's Ward 4 of Grantham Hospital when a substantial rise in young patient deaths began occurring. At first, no one could explain why children, some as young as six months, were arriving on the ward with only minor health problems, but leaving only days later dead. A shocked and seemingly uncomprehending public would eventually be informed the culprit was actually the very person who was meant to be caring for the children. During her 59 day stint as a nurse, 23-year-old Beverly Allitt, nicknamed The Angel of Death, attacked thirteen children, killing four. From a very early age, Allitt was known to be an attention seeker. Was her desire to be the centre of attention really the reason why she attacked such innocent children or was something far more psychologically disturbing the cause for this evil?

Held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, The World's Ugliest Dog Contest was founded with the aim of promoting rescue dogs and raising awareness of animal welfare. Never before has a contestant from outside America been brave enough to enter the competition, until now. In 2012, Mugly, Britain’s Ugliest Dog, crossed the Atlantic with the weight of a nation on his furless shoulders. Mutt Ugly follows Mugly’s progress, from his preparations in the UK, his first flight and his arrival in the USA, through to his interaction with fellow contestants, his exploits at the contest itself, and the media storm that follow him and his owner, Bev.

In the late 16th century Europe was in the grip of a ferocious witch hunt, where thousands were tortured and burnt at the stake. The church was fully behind this terrifying crusade against the imaginary enemies of Christianity. In France and Germany alone up to 40,000 people may have been killed as witches. But England and Scotland were almost untouched by witch persecutions until King James himself decided to launch his own, personal war on witchcraft. In 1597 King James VI of Scotland published 'Daemonology', a handbook on how to recognise and destroy, witches. The book explored the threat that 'those Detestable slaves of the Devil', posed to James himself. It fuelled waves of witch hunting throughout Britain. The legacy of James' 'Daemonology' continued throughout the 17th century, and led to the torture and execution of hundreds of women in a series of infamous witch trials. No-one knows exactly how many men and women died in these trials, such as the Pendle trial of 1612, or how many others were killed in cases that never came to court. The documentary reveals the purges in many areas of Britain drew directly on King James' book. Also for the first time, remarkable new archaeological evidence from Cornwall, suggests that witchcraft was actively practiced for centuries, even during the most intense periods of witch-hunting. Experimental archaeologist Jacqui Wood has excavated strange pits lined with swan's feathers, and filled with animal skins and human remains. She believes the pits were ritual offerings inspired by witchcraft beliefs.

The truth about the Hillsborough tragedy which left 96 football fans dead. Almost half of those who died could possibly have survived if better rescue procedures had been in place. This programme unpicks the new evidence and asks: who will be held to account?

A team of archaeologists, historians and geneologists gathers in Flanders to a dig across one of World War I's bloodiest killing fields.

How the stalemate of trench warfare was broken in 1917.

Documentary exploring claims that the first moon landing was an elaborate hoax designed to fool the general public and enable Nasa to beat the Soviets in the space race. The programme examines claims of the suspicious deaths of 10 space workers in the months leading up to the historic mission, as well as doubts over the veracity of official photographs

For some pet owners, big is truly beautiful. This quirky one-off documentary meets some of the world’s biggest animals romping through homes and neighbourhoods, from dogs seven-feet tall to rabbits equal in weight to a five-year-old child.

Featuring interviews with the people at the heart of the Panama Canal's operation and following them as they work, the viewer is taken on a unique journey through history to explore one of the world's most important waterways.