Our Lives

Jun 12, 2017

Documentary providing an emotional insight into the lives of two brothers, who both have a rare form of dwarfism, as they prepare to marry their wives-to-be.

Jun 19, 2017

A group of overweight cabbies try to change the habits of a lifetime and go from supersize to superfit.

Jun 26, 2017

Teenagers share their experiences of coping with the effects of cancer and chemotherapy at the Teenage Cancer Trust Unit at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children.

Jul 3, 2017

Documentary looking at the fierce competition between the big bus tour companies in Belfast as they fight for a share of the lucrative tourist market.

Jul 10, 2017

Following 14-year-old artist Kieron Williamson as he prepares for his latest exhibition.

Jul 17, 2017

Documentary following the Donnelly family from County Armagh, thought to be the oldest group of siblings in the world, with a collective age of 1,064 years.

Jul 24, 2017

Aled Jones meets Jodi Ann Bickley, founder of the One Million Lovely Letters project, who has written thousands of letters to people around the world in need of support.

Jul 31, 2017

Orkney is, officially, the UK’s cruise ship capital. With around 125,000 passengers expected this year, how does this small island community cope with the onslaught of tourists?

Aug 7, 2017

Documentary following insect expert Dr Sarah Beynon and award-winning chef Andy Holcroft as they try to bring insect-based food products to the mainstream market.

Aug 23, 2017

From 20-stone pumpkins to man-sized marrows, this documentary digs into the colourful world of Welsh giant vegetable growers as they fight it out in the first show of the season.

Aug 6, 2018

A unique insight into one of the West Country’s craziest and most dangerous rural traditions – cheese rolling.

Aug 20, 2018

As Pope Francis prepares to visit Ireland this August, this documentary explores people's relationship with the Holy Father and how it has changed over the decades.

Jul 16, 2018

Documentary about the remote Scottish island of North Ronaldsay. The island saved Sarah Moore's life, but it is under threat, and she must do everything she can to help save it.

Jun 11, 2018

Documentary following Kimberly Benson - aka Viper - a top female wrestler from Scotland, as she fights in some of the most important matches of her career.

Jul 30, 2018

Documentary in which Angela Rippon travels to Northern Ireland to meet the women who drive for a living and spend their weekends at truck festivals across the country.

Jun 20, 2018

Documentary looking at Porthcawl Elvis Festival, the largest Elvis festival in the world, and exploring why the lure of Elvis is still so intoxicating 40 years on from his death.

Aug 13, 2018

In the shadow of Snowdon, 26-year-old Teleri Fielden is given an opportunity to fulfil her dream of becoming an upland hill farmer. She’s won a scholarship to run the National Trust farm Llyndy Isaf.

Jul 23, 2018

It’s not your typical removal job - transporting a herd of elephants from the Midlands to their new seaside home. There are delays and setbacks as Elephants on the Move made by BBC Birmingham discovers why such a mammoth task is being attempted and just how successful it’s been.

Jun 27, 2018

Nineteen-year-old Kate Grant wants to be a fashion model, but she's a model with a difference. Kate has Down's syndrome. This documentary follows Kate as she pursues her dream and takes her first steps on the catwalk.

Jun 25, 2018

Randeep Singh started his small Southall charity with just a handful of volunteers but has now transformed it into a sophisticated national task force feeding thousands each week.

May 27, 2019

Documentary celebrating brass banding in Wales. It follows the Cory and Tredegar Bands as they prepare to battle it out to be crowned Welsh Champions at the national finals.

Jun 10, 2019

Jamie Genevieve is Scotland’s biggest internet personality. Here, cameras follow Jamie’s meteoric rise and the build up to her big wedding in Italy.

Jun 17, 2019

Our Lives follows the fortunes of Punjab United, a semi-professional football team in Gravesend run by British Sikhs, as they face their toughest season yet.

Jul 24, 2019

Life of Pies celebrates the perfect pastry parcel and lifts the lid at the British Pie Awards. Bragging rights and regional pride are at stake in this Our Lives documentary.

Jul 1, 2019

An insight into the volunteers of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team as they save lives.

Jul 22, 2019

The Cullen family have been bringing all the fun of the fair to people's doorsteps since 1860. Our Lives looks at this unique way of life and explores whether it's in danger of becoming extinct or if the next generation of Cullens can keep the family tradition alive.

Jul 29, 2019

A dozen west Wales sea rowers, eight women and four men, from all walks of life and with a 47-year age span, take on a challenge of a lifetime - a race across the Irish Sea.

Aug 5, 2019

Ruddy Muddy is a white van man with a difference. He's an artist who uses mud to create amazing paintings on the side of his van.

Aug 12, 2019

Following the Scharer family, the new wardens of Bardsey, a remote island off north west Wales. Arriving alone and totally isolated, they immediately face many challenges.

Aug 19, 2019

This Our Lives documentary follows the new lives of the Syrian refugee families who have made the small Scottish island of Bute their home.

May 20, 2020

The World Stone Skimming Championship is held on the tiny Scottish island of Easdale every year. Two obsessed skimmers show us what it takes to become the world's best.

May 27, 2020

A teenager in care finds a home on Nottingham’s Northern Soul scene.

Jun 3, 2020

An intimate portrait of a family-run roadside recovery business in the Scottish Highlands, as they rescue stranded motorists on some of the most remote roads in Britain.

Jun 10, 2020

Our Lives goes inside a bingo hall in the heart of West Belfast, meeting some of the regulars who have known each other through thick and thin.

Jun 17, 2020

When Lily Rice became the first person in Britain to land a wheelchair backflip, her life was transformed. Now she must overcome her greatest fear.

Aug 5, 2020

Indian folk dance gets competitive in this Our Lives documentary which goes behind the silk and sequins at the world’s biggest bhangra dance contest.

Aug 12, 2020

In Cardiff, a unique driving centre has the power to decide if higher-risk drivers who’ve lost their licence through illness or accident are safe to be back behind the wheel.

Aug 19, 2020

An intimate portrait of caravan life on the Ards Peninsula in Northern Ireland, telling the personal stories of those who leave their problems behind in the city and escape to the seaside.

Aug 26, 2020

Pink Dreams follows grandmother Lorraine as she performs her tribute act to a megastar 20 years younger, Pink.

Sep 2, 2020

Off-grid with their own food, animals, power, water and waste disposal, a Welsh eco-community try to come up with a plan to save their homes and their future.

Sep 9, 2020

Whatever is happening in the outside world, life in Colchester zoo goes on. Curator Sarah Forsyth is heading into the busiest summer of her life keeping countless animals happy.

Aug 10, 2021

At the age of 47, Cath Pendleton has decided to try to swim a mile in the icy waters of Antarctica. With no real money or support team behind her, will her determination be enough to see her through?

Aug 11, 2021

High wire walker Chris Bullzini risks death to wow the crowds. Now he faces his biggest challenge yet.

Aug 17, 2021

Tricia Mailey and two of her children were born with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. Their experiences have given them a very different perspective on the world.

Aug 20, 2021

Documentary following the expansion of Aberdeen Harbour, one of Britain’s busiest ports.

Aug 24, 2021

For generations horses have been part of life around Swansea. Times are changing, but there’s one thing that still binds the horse communities together – the drives.

Aug 25, 2021

Documentary following an LGBTQ+ committee planning the first rural Pride parade in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland's conservative and evangelical heartland.

Sep 1, 2021

Young sheep farmer Chloe Hallam has to juggle her beauty therapy business with delivering over a thousand new lambs in the hope of preserving the future of the family farm.

Sep 8, 2021

The stories of interwoven lives during the peat-cutting season on the stunning Isle of Lewis.

Sep 15, 2021

As Christian Lewis nears the finish line of his five-year-long walk round the UK, Our Lives looks back at the early stages of his remarakble journey.

Sep 29, 2021

Charity ambassador, model and actress, Bernadette Hagans celebrates the 'inclusion revolution' and makes history as the first amputee to take part in Miss Northern Ireland.

Oct 6, 2021

This documentary reveals the story of the Scots Asian-run hillwalking group helping people from ethnic minority backgrounds explore the great outdoors.

Oct 11, 2021

Leah was abandoned as a baby in a Manchester hospital toilet. Twenty-six years later, she is determined to find out who she is and where she came from.

May 6, 2022

Jonny Cotsen is an actor and a father of two children, and he’s deaf. He wants to know why he was brought up as if he could hear and whether it’s too late to embrace his deaf identity.

May 13, 2022

The kids dreaming of becoming motorcycle superstars. Northern Ireland has produced some of the world’s most famous racers, but have the demands of the sport gone too far?

May 20, 2022

Cornwall has a secret giant wave. Champion surfer Tom Butler is on a mission to find this monster off the wild north Cornish coast, but will it be too dangerous to ride?

May 23, 2022

The Queen Charlotte’s Ball is the most prestigious debutante ball in the world. This is the story of Jasleen, the first debutante of Indian heritage at the London season.

Jun 10, 2022

Chloe O'Brien is an 18-year-old from Perthshire, and darts is her life. She was a serial winner as a junior, but can she cope with the highs and lows of life in the adult ranks? This film follows her attempt to break into the Scottish ladies' team for the first time.

Jun 17, 2022

Our Lives follows Dena Murphy, a wisecracking 93-year-old helping young offenders back onto the straight and narrow as they do community service on an allotment in Manchester.

Jun 24, 2022

Sarah is the fourth generation of her family to 'take up the saw', working across the forests of the Central Highlands of Scotland with her family.

Jul 22, 2022

Bridal shop owner Rebecca is a champion of body positivity as she helps plus-size brides-to-be celebrate their curves and find their dream wedding dresses.

Jul 25, 2022

Dai Chant, the legendary coxswain of the St Davids lifeboat, returns to the sea after 30 years ashore to revisit the scene of his most daring rescue.

Aug 12, 2022

An extraordinary organic explosion of street art in Port Talbot, inspired by Banksy, sees the creation of over 40 new murals that transform the town.

Aug 19, 2022

To escape rising house prices, 33 families decide to build their own street in Leeds. But sharing cars and deciding what colour to paint the front doors proves problematic.

Aug 22, 2022

Sheepdogs from Wales are currently in demand all over the world and reach record breaking prices. We follow mid Wales's top trainers to see what makes our sheepdogs so special.

Aug 26, 2022

Jousting knights on horseback and gun-slinging, acrobatic cowboys. Behind the scenes with Scotland’s stunt horse team.

Sep 2, 2022

Years after being adopted by white Welsh parents, Gerallt Wyn Jones goes looking for the black father he’s never known, and for the young white mother who felt that she had to give him away.

Sep 5, 2022

Will the women motorcyclists of Wales be part of a successful world record attempt and inspire a new generation of bikers?

Sep 18, 2022

With the Wales Strong Woman competition coming up, two Aberdare women share the highs and the lows of competing in a sport that has given them so much more than physical strength.

Sep 26, 2022

Patricia Page wages war on rats and other pests that are wreaking havoc across homes and business premises in Northern Ireland.

Jun 2, 2023

Natalie Ray is a 30-year-old mum of four, married to cage-fighting pro Stevie 'Braveheart' Ray. This is the tale of his one million dollar fight, told through Natalie's eyes.

Jun 9, 2023

The stakes have never been higher for elite gymnast Rhys McClenaghan as he prepares for three major competitions that could make or break his career – but can he bring home gold?

Jun 16, 2023

Natasha can't use her arms or legs, but she's determined to sail the Atlantic. Her dad invents a way to control a boat with her breath, and the family set out across the world.

Jun 23, 2023

It's knitting, but not as we know it. A warm-hearted documentary profiling the colourful lives and creations of the Swansea Yarnbombers.

Jun 30, 2023

Koda, a gorgeous golden retriever, is training to be an assistance dog. But if she's to help her owner Mei, she needs to stay awake on the job.

Jul 28, 2023

Suicide survivor turned record-breaking cyclist Josh Quigley found redemption by cycling around the world. Now, he's pushing himself to qualify for the world championships.

Aug 4, 2023

Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) attracts around 750,000 visitors each year, and the race is on to prepare for the busiest season yet.

Aug 11, 2023

A determined young islander chases her first season as a racing driver. Isla Mackenzie from Scotland's Outer Hebrides has been signed up by an F3 team.

Aug 18, 2023

Ex-aircraft engineer Simon begins a completely new life on his own as the warden of Flat Holm Island. The more he learns about the island, the more he learns about himself too.

Sep 8, 2023

The destruction of an underwater forest and its remarkable return to life, seen through the eyes of 74-year-old freediver Eric Smith.

Sep 15, 2023

Lottery winner Peter Lavery looks back on the day that changed his life and races to finish the ambitious conversion of the Titanic Pumphouse into a whiskey distillery.

Oct 2, 2023

Train, compete, sleep, repeat! Welcome to the world of competitive ballroom, as we follow Caerphilly's top teenage dancers to Wales’s first ever world championships. (iPlayer only except Wales)

Nov 24, 2023

Hairdressing, but not as you know it. Aberkenfig hairdresser Shelley Lane loves cutting her regular clients' hair, but she has a completely different side to her work – creating stunning avant-garde hair designs. She competes around the world with the best but always loves coming home to Aberkenfig. (iPlayer only except Wales)

Aug 16, 2024

Two sisters from Brynamman, Carmarthenshire, face the challenge of their lives as they arrange a star-studded Wales v England charity football match. Will they succeed?

Aug 23, 2024

Four top darts players battle for a place at finals night. Can they keep their cool at the oche in one of Ireland’s oldest leagues?

Aug 30, 2024

Northumberland GP Ben Burville has struck up a unique relationship with the Farne Islands grey seals. He takes us under the waves to share the secrets of these beautiful creatures.

Sep 6, 2024

Two friends take on a journey to Scotland's remotest pub, interwoven with stories from some of the residents of the magical Knoydart peninsula.

Sep 13, 2024

Anyone can be a fossil hunter. Both amateur and professional palaeontologists are unearthing secrets from when dinosaurs walked the land and changing what we know about evolution in Wales.

Sep 20, 2024

One of England's grandest stately homes, Wentworth Woodhouse, was going to rack and ruin when it was saved for local people in a former mining community. This inspiring documentary follows the dedicated workers and volunteers as they battle to restore this South Yorkshire gem to its former glory.

Sep 27, 2024

Up against the rumour mill and conspiracy theories, Omagh locals uncover the mystery of a hum that has made headlines around the world.

Oct 11, 2024

A rare glimpse into the working world of the teams who keep the lights on in 208 lighthouses round the coast of Scotland and the Isle of Man.

Oct 18, 2024

Like most couples, Anna and Mat are just trying to figure life out. Unlike most couples, they’ve decided the best way to do this is a 100-mile epic climbing challenge in the Lakes.

Oct 25, 2024

Family pets with a special calling. These specially trained search and rescue dogs and their volunteer handlers risk everything to help find Northern Ireland’s missing people.

Nov 1, 2024

Historian Ioan Lord and dairy farmer Al Tansey are unlikely friends with a shared passion for the past. Together, they explore the abandoned metal mines of Mid Wales.

Nov 8, 2024

The uplifting story of a young Scotsman defying conventional expectations and gravity. Since he was young, growing up in Stonehaven, Liam Byrne has dreamt of flying like a bird.

Jul 14, 2025

Northern Irish fashion designer Hope Macaulay and a team of home knitters gear up to open their first ever shop in Los Angeles. Will this handmade label make it in Hollywood?

Jul 15, 2025

At 300 years old, Tanfield in Gateshead is the world’s oldest railway. To celebrate, volunteers are working against the clock to restore engines and create their biggest event yet.

Jul 16, 2025

In a fierce battle of tradition, pride and family legacy, four butchers risk it all to claim the crown at Scotland’s ultimate culinary showdown – the World Haggis Championships.

Jul 17, 2025

Welcome to New Quay, in Wales, where the livelihoods and legacies of the community are tied to the rhythm of the bottlenose dolphins that live in the bay.

Jul 18, 2025

Kirsten is a wingwalker with the world’s only formation wingwalking display team. In 2025, they will perform a new move that’s more daring than anything they’ve done before.

Jul 21, 2025

Britain’s boats need crew, and three young women – Brooke, Erin and Emma – are stepping up. Proud to call themselves ‘fishermen’, they show that traditions can evolve.

Jul 22, 2025

Dani Robertson, the UK’s first dark sky officer, is on a mission to reduce light pollution in Eryri (Snowdonia) and raise awareness of its impact.

Jul 23, 2025

Four friends, 32 days and one small boat - an epic quest to row around Ireland and into the record books. Witness the endurance, camaraderie and beauty of Ireland’s coastline.

Jul 24, 2025

In a dreamy Welsh village built like an Italian town, fans gather to celebrate a TV show – and something much deeper about story, place and belonging.

Aug 1, 2025

Documentary that follows mountain biker Sean Green as he reaches the final stages of an eight-year challenge to take his bike up – and down – all 282 of Scotland’s highest mountains.

Aug 8, 2025

Rope access crews take on the jobs no-one else can - scaling cliffs, towers and ships across Northern Ireland. This is high stakes, big heights and serious skill.

Aug 29, 2025

Dave Steele, the 'Blind Poet', faces final sight loss but finds purpose in spoken-word poetry. His journey explores resilience, family and legacy in Manchester.

Jul 15, 2025

Volunteers fight to reawaken a forgotten Welsh island. As storm clouds gather, personal stories, a gull called Meep and a cannon collide in a powerful tale of hope and survival.

Jul 14, 2025

Metal detectorists Sam Moss and Nikki Foster from north Wales are on a quest to uncover the lost Roman fort of Varis.

Dec 15, 2025

Six Pembrokeshire women train to make history by swimming the fierce St George’s Channel, finding courage, resilience and unbreakable sisterhood as they battle cold seas and powerful tides.

Jul 16, 2026

The life of a football legend as told by those who make the pilgrimage to his family home. Diving into football fandom at its most heartfelt - and obsessive.

An intimate portrait of Northern Irish dancer Melissa Hamilton, charting her late start, fierce determination and rise to principal with the Royal Ballet against all expectations.

Jul 14, 2026

Laura Davies faces her biggest challenge yet - flying her late husband's hot-air balloon at a festival held in his memory and battling grief to keep the family legacy alive.

Jul 17, 2026

Quick hands, sharp instincts and a custom-built race car. Follow Scotland's first wheelchair-using racing driver as he prepares for his debut season.

Off Northern Ireland’s coast, Atlantic bluefin tuna, one of the largest fish in the sea, are making a surprise comeback, sparking an ambitious new vision for local fishing.

Jamie McGregor and the passionate community helping to revive Scotland’s ancient tradition of stone lifting.

Builder by day and big cat investigator by night, Gary Ridley is on a quest to solve one of Britain's enduring mysteries. Are big cats roaming freely in the countryside?

Former miner Peter is the heart of Durham’s Easington Colliery Band. Seventy-five years ago, the band united the community after a pit disaster. But now there are concerns for its future.

South Wales punk band The NaNaz are redefining ageing. Juggling busy lives and caring duties, these six women gear up for the adventure of a lifetime: a gig in New York City.

For centuries, horses were integral to our working landscape, but horse logger Kate Mobbs-Morgan believes they still have a key role to play in our woodlands.

Documentary following Joe Swiffen and her remarkable junior team at Mynydd Sleddog Adventures, as they fight for qualification to represent Great Britain at the IFSS European championships in Sweden.

Jul 10, 2026

Ashington AFC is one of England's historic football teams. With the threat of relegation and financial pressures, can they keep their place in the league and secure their future?

Jul 13, 2026

After securing a performance as soloist with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, blind pianist Ethan Loch wonders if a move to London is needed to progress his career.