Omnibus Episodes Episode guide
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Aboard the Yakada Yaka
Travelling through Sri Lanka by train on the Yakada Yaka locomotive
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The Games People Play
Examples of Company team-building and motivational courses
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The Matchmaking Festival
A visit to the annual Irish matchmaking festival in Lisdoonvarna
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Liverpool's Slave Legacy
A look at the legacy of slavery in Liverpool's history
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Aid in Africa
Report on the work of international aid agencies
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Roots and Branches
βTrees feed our soulsβ. Why trees are so loved and so integral to life on earth
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Mexico City - the Sinking City
A look at the dangerous levels of pollution in Mexico City
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Test Pilots
'The short vicious history of aviation'
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First Tourists in the Alps
On La Mer de Glace in France recreating William Windham's first tourist journey in 1741
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Widows
How widows around the world deal with their loss and grief
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Living with Elephants
Feature on the experiences of people living in Africa whose lives are directly affected by elephants.
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On the Trail of Butch and Sundance
Retracing the last journey of the real Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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Street Fighters of 1968
Anything seemed possible'. A look back at the year of 'revolution of everyday life'
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A Weekend in Monrovia
A look at the quality of life in Monrovia, capital city of Liberia now that war has ended
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Leaving the Island
'There was no future in Jamaica at that time'. The experiences of Jamaicans in the UK
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Sinking of The Lancastria
The forgotten story of the 'worst of all British maritime disasters'
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The Memoirs of Sayyida Salme
The memoirs of Sayyida Salme, born a Muslim princess in 19th Century Zanzibar
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In the Footsteps of Joseph Dalton Hooker
Recreating the journey made by Joseph Dalton Hooker up the world's 3rd highest mountain
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Underground Railroad, Slavery
βThe freedom trainβ, stories of slaves in the US who escaped via the underground railroad
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Lessons in Anatomy
'The ultimate machine is the human body', medical technicians on dissecting cadavers.
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The Story of Tea
The universal appeal and importance of tea
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Cowboys of the Argentine Pampas
Spending time with the gauchos of the Argentine Pampas
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Chico Buarque and Mangueira
Chico Buarque and life in a Brazilian favela
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A Mind to Crime
Are there genetic or biological roots to anti-social behaviour?
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Born a Maori
A look at the culture and history of the Maori people of New Zealand
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Tory Island
A visit to the tiny island off the coast of Donegal in Ireland
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Ghosts
A look at investigations into the paranormal
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Titanic - The Unsinkable Legend
A look at why the story of the sinking of the Titanic still fascinates
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Compensated Dating
Japan, where older, wealthy men offer money and gifts to young girls in exchange for sex
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Living with Pain
A look at the nature of pain and the wide variety of ways people deal with it