Hero 2022

Pattie, an ambitious and daring mouse has big dreams to be an adventurer and a hero. When her homeland in Ancient Greece is threatened by Poseidon himself, Pattie is determined to save her city.

In 1960, Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum invented the Titan badge - a device that enables humans to have a particular super power. He took in three down-on-their-luck youths, creating an unusual family of superheroes and they quickly rose to fame and prestige. Over time, however, the commercial family fractured and the Professor replaced the team with a new set of super hero teens. Cut to 1979 when two of the original superheroes are all grown up and wanting their Titan badges back, even if it means robbing the Professor's museum and taking a few hostages accidentally.

Paul Murton sets off downstream to explore five rivers over six programmes from source to sea.

Anita Rani returns to travel across the country and discover the remarkable secret history of Britain's beaches.

He is the face of Ukraine’s resistance against Putin’s invading forces and he is determined to fight. But, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was catapulted into power with little traditional political experience. From his beginnings as a TV show actor to his spectacular campaign, his election and his rivalry with Russia’s president, here's the story of an incredible journey and an undisputed hero.

Lindsay Johns reframes the history of the Caribbean to tell a new story. Not the traditional narrative of suffering and adversity but a celebratory one of superheroes and epic wars, unceasing resistance and never-ending rebellion, told through the stories of four inspirational leaders and their modern-day spiritual descendants.