Bbc Documentary 2024

They are some of the most famous and mysterious monuments on the planet. Nearly 900 giant stone heads scattered across a remote island in the middle of the Pacific. Now, brand new evidence is challenging everything we thought we knew about Easter Island’s awe-inspiring statues – and those who made them. Drawing on the latest science, this authoritative documentary radically rewrites the story of Easter Island.

Documentary that tells the story of the inspiring, thriving, Scottish village of Inverie on the Knoydart peninsula. In 1999 the local community pulled together to buy the land from private owners, securing its future for them and the many who travel there.

Alison Lapper – an artist, a muse, a mother – explores her life through art and archive in this visually rich and emotionally intimate documentary as she emerges from the most difficult period of her life after the loss of her son Parys.

Kris got a late cancer diagnosis but was determined to prevent it happening to others. This documentary shows how her infectious energy, drive and ambition has left an important legacy.

In April 2019, a seemingly tame beluga whale approaches a Norwegian fishing boat seeking help. It is wearing a harness fitted with a camera mount. When the words 'Equipment St Petersburg' are discovered printed on the buckle, speculation breaks out that he has been engaged in some kind of sinister undercover activity.

No one quite understands exactly how a pigeon finds its way home, having been driven hundreds of miles in the back of a lorry to be released and race back to its loft. But across the UK thousands of fanciers are staring into the sky awaiting the arrival of their treasured birds.

The story of Britain's postwar atomic weapons programme and its devastating legacy. The film reveals the full extent of the British government's nuclear tests in Australia and the South Pacific in the 1950s and 1960s. 39,000 British and Commonwealth servicemen witnessed 45 atomic and hydrogen bombs and hundreds of radioactive experiments. The documentary exposes the debilitating health conditions that have blighted the lives of veterans, descendants and indigenous communities ever since.

Five-year-old Veeru has to endure relentless bullying and discrimination. Born to an Indian mother and a Nepalese father, in the Indian Himalayan village where he lives, he is taunted for being mixed race. The documentary follows the little boy over five transformative years as he grapples with the profound effects of racism, never retaliating, finally triumphing when he discovers a talent for a sport that turns his 'enemies' into his teammates.

Documentary about the 15th-century polymath, exploring one of history's most curious and innovative minds though his paintings, drawings and writing.

Powerfully honest documentary following Strictly pro Amy Dowden’s battle for her health, a future family and a return to dance after a breast cancer diagnosis blows apart her world.