BBC News Documentaries

BBC correspondent Quentin Sommerville and camera journalist Darren Conway report from the frontline in Ukraine's south-eastern Donbas region, as the Ukrainian army fights back.

Following the conviction of four men in a high-profile case connected to the storming of Capitol Hill, David Grossman assesses what the infamous Jan 6th date means for the US.

For more than three years, North Korea has sealed its borders. Three people have risked their lives to tell the BBC what is happening. What they reveal is shocking.

Over the last five years, the number of women seeking help for gambling addiction has more than doubled in the UK, according to the charity GambleAware. As many women grapple with the stigma of addiction, the BBC has been given exclusive access to the first women's residential treatment centre for gambling, based in central England. In this film, Rachel Stonehouse explores the issues around women and gambling addiction, both in the UK and around the world, and asks why it is a secret for so many.

How do we keep our brains healthy? And is there anything we can do to help strengthen crucial connections and keep our minds younger in the process? In this film, science journalist Melissa Hogenboom sets out to understand more about the brain's capacity to respond to change, helping us to learn and to heal. She looks at the most cutting-edge scientific research and has her own brain scanned and analysed, with intriguing results.