Long Live Life

Faking his death to escape the realities of his uneventful life worked out well for Brij Mohan – until he was sentenced to death for his own murder.

In this celebration of one of Britain's best-loved artists, the illustrator and author Sir Quentin Blake tells the story of his 70-year-long career in his own words and with his own pictures. Specially for this documentary, he has been filmed creating an extraordinary new work: a canvas 30 feet long and seven feet high, on which self-portraits and classic characters emerge in the instantly recognisable, energetic and ebullient style that has taken root in the imaginations of successive generations of children and parents.

Deep beneath the complex world of organ and tissue transplantation are the heart-wrenching stories of real people awaiting life-saving organs in Australia. Why must they wait so long? Are changes in policy required – or shifts in perception? Is it as simple as signing up and having the conversation with loved ones? And why do we avoid the topic of death? What does it take to support a family member running out of time as they await the generosity of strangers? How difficult is it to consider the death of a loved one as a chance at life for someone else? And how much love and understanding does it take to make the compassionate decision to become a physical philanthropist?

Explores life inside HMP Long Lartin in Evesham, Worcestershire, a maximum-security prison which holds some of Britain's most brutal criminals, the majority of which are serving life sentences. Some of its notorious inmates include the Suffolk Strangler, serial killer Steve Wright, who murdered five women, and Colin Ireland, the serial killer who killed five homosexual men. Female staff reveal what it's like to work around high-profile criminals who have killed women, ex-inmates share their stories of dealing and taking illegal drugs, as well as brewing up their home-made alcoholic drink called hooch and enjoying parties on the prison's wings.

Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin joins Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival. Their hour-long discussion covers Arkin's varied life and career, from his childhood ambitions to his days in a Caribbean folk trio, his time with Chicago's Second City improv comedy troupe, his successes on Broadway as an actor and director, and his long Hollywood film career, from his Oscar-nominated debut in THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING (1966) to his Oscar-nominated performance in ARGO (2012), highlighted by his Oscar win for LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006).

Ever wondered about the secrets to living a long, healthy and happy life? Jacinta Parsons cuts through the wellness hype and looks at the scientific 'hacks' that can help improve our lives.

Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted.

Series revealing Mexico's astonishing wildlife, landscape and culture in three distinct worlds - great mountain ranges, tropical forests and scorching deserts.