Saturday 5th January 2013
| Archive on 4: 40 Years in Europe - How Was it for You? |
January 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the UK joining the EEC. It was the culmination of a lifetime's ambition for Prime Minister Edward Heath and marked a turning point in the relationship between the British people and our continental neighbours.
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Sunday 6th January 2013
| Inside the Aid Industry (1/2) |
The Kibera slum is five minutes from the centre of Nairobi in Kenya, one of the wealthiest cities in Africa and also the hub for humanitarian aid in the region. Over the years, hundreds of aid agencies have poured energy and resources into Kibera, yet there is still no running water or power, families live in one-room huts and children play near open sewers. Why does it seem that aid makes...
| Ben Goldacre's Bad Evidence |
Medic and author Ben Goldacre explores the idea of evidence-based policy and asks if it can ever become a reality in the UK.
| Blackpool: Big Night Out |
Exploring Blackpool's history as the beating heart of British entertainment. The Lancashire coastal town launched the careers of Morecambe and Wise, attracted stars as big as Sinatra and is still the spiritual home of the likes of Ken Dodd, Cannon and Ball and many others. A town through the eyes of the people who played there.
| Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon |
Neil Armstrong's family and friends, many of whom have never spoken publicly before, tell the story of the first man to set foot on the moon.
| Doris Day: Virgin Territory |
Michael Brandon narrates a profile of one of the big screen's more enduring legends. Doris Day has often been dismissed as an actress and overlooked as a singer, despite career highs such as Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk. Covering her early years as a band singer, and her troubled private life, this documentary re-evaluates one of the screen's most enduring legends. Contributors include James Garner, Richard Carpenter, Terence Davies and Don Pippin.
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Monday 7th January 2013
| Secrets of Your Car Insurance |
...Channel 4 Dispatches: Harry Wallop investigates the secrets of car insurance, examining if major insurers sometimes cash in at the expense of doing what's best for you and your car.
| Do I Have a Right to be Forgotten? |
When Emma Barnett, a tech-savvy 27 year old typed her name into a search engine she found photos from her past she would really rather forget. And she is not alone; millions of people are sharing photos, tweets and status updates with friends every day - later discovering, regretfully, that they live online forever.
| Baby Makers: the Fertility Clinic |
Britain is in the grip of a fertility crisis, with more and more people seeking treatment to help them get that elusive, dream baby. But what is it like to work on the frontline of fertility treatment?
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Tuesday 8th January 2013
| All You Can Eat |
Documentary exploring the increasingly popular world of competitive eating, discovering how Britain has begun to embrace America's love of super-sized food challenges. The programme takes a look at competitions in the USA such as New York's famous Independence Day hotdog eating contest, which is watched by thousands every year. In contrast, the slightly more eccentric eating competitions here in the UK include Whitstable's annual oyster eating contest, the very painful World Stinging Nettle Championship in Dorset, and the festival of fiery foods in Brighton.
| Don't Blame Facebook |
This film meets people who have made extraordinary social media faux-pas, from friends arrested on terror charges for a joke tweet to a model suspected of harassing a celebrity.
| Parking Mad |
Observational documentary about people who fight their parking tickets.
In 2012, more parking tickets are issued in the UK than ever before and new technologies to catch motorists continue to be deployed across the country. This film follows the stories of both the council parking enforcement departments who issue tickets - and the motorists who have decided to fight back against the system.
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Wednesday 9th January 2013
| Growing Up Poor 1/2) |
Filmed over one summer, this documentary follows three very different teenage girls all on the cusp of adulthood and dealing with the pressures of growing up with one similarity - they are all surviving on under a tenner a day.
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Thursday 10th January 2013
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Friday 11th January 2013
| First-Time Farmers (1/6) |
This new series meets the modern farmers breathing new life into the agricultural world and balancing hard work with finding time for love, laughter and partying like other young people.
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