Reality.2023

American human rights lawyer Daniel Kovalik, spent almost 30 years investigating the clandestine CIA project known as MK-Ultra. Following World War II, the CIA secretly recruited over 1,100 Nazi scientists and brought them to the United States to continue their sinister experiments which was aimed at creating “super soldiers” through the use of mind-altering substances like methamphetamines.

Is what you see real? Does your mind control you? Discover how your brain really works. How does your brain create your reality? Are you in control, or is your brain controlling you? Discover the surprising answers based on the latest research in this eye-opening journey into the human brain with neuroscientist Heather Berlin. Your brain – for centuries a black box – is slowly giving up its secrets to modern neuroscience, shedding light on big questions that go to the very heart of who you are.

The new reality of artificial life. As tech companies race to dominate the artificial intelligence market, experts warn we're not prepared for what happens next. Grace Tobin investigates the misuse and abuse of generative AI.

100 years have passed since the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Although filmed records of its aftermath exist, the footage held flaws making it difficult to identify locations or times, obscuring the reality of how citizens of Tokyo faced this overwhelming disaster. To understand these details, we remastered the film and attempted to colorize it, while also making full use of audio accounts by survivors and a variety of scientific analyses by specialists. This program opens a new window into the events surrounding the disaster that had once been shrouded in mystery.

Joe Swash reveals the harsh reality of what it's like growing up in the care system, spending time with teenagers who are all at crucial stages of their life. Joe's mum Kiffy has been a foster carer for over 15 years and he wants to spend time with teens across the UK who live in foster care, in residential children's homes, and some who have left at 18 and are trying to make it alone, to show what growing up as a teenager in care is really like.

Nick Grimshaw and award-winning property expert Kunle Barker harness the latest virtual reality technology to solve real-life design dilemmas

Documentary charting the programmes that attracted the highest number of complaints in British TV history, as well as a few surprises that did not make the Top 30 list. From talent contests to reality shows, soap operas and even the news, this show sets out to explore why viewers complain in huge numbers when they're offended, upset or just irritated by something they've seen.

Since the beginning of time, generations have looked to the moon – it's a place filled with wonder, romanticism and dreams. It commands time, tide and life and has had an astonishing impact on life on Earth. It's spawned countless myths and legends, from werewolves to the belief that a full moon can make you crazy. Now, in this two-part documentary – writer, comedian, amateur astronomer and astrophotographer Dara Ó Briain explores the ways in which the moon shapes just about everything around us and how we are now looking to shape the moon in the future.

A vibrant tender cine-poem, a filmmaker collaborates with her Nisei mother as they confront the painful curious reality of wisdom ‘gone wild’ in the shadows of dementia. Made over 16 years, the film blends humor and sadness in an encounter between mother and daughter that blooms into an affectionate portrait of love, care, and a relationship transformed.