The World Behind

Our five pairs set off on a race to Singapore without taking a single flight. They will leave behind their smartphone, internet access and credit cards, and will be armed with only the cash equivalent of a one-way airfare to Singapore, the furthest destination by land and rail from the UK

Albert: The Power Behind Victoria is a feature length drama documentary starring Gareth David-Lloyd (Torchwood) and Olivia Hallinan (Larkrise to Candleford). Narrated by Samantha Bond, the film tells the untold story of how the 20-year-old ‘Pauper Prince’ rose from obscurity in Germany to become one of the most powerful men in the world. Drawing on private letters, memoirs and historical written accounts, as well as expert insight from leading historians, Albert is revealed as a man who faced great prejudice when he first came to Britain, but then outmanoeuvred his opponents and won over both the establishment and the nation to become the People’s Prince.

Anita Rani has exclusive access to the largest Bollywood films and stars to reveal the extraordinary stories and secrets behind the biggest film industry on earth.

Documentary profile paying homage to the world’s most performed living composer, Sir Karl Jenkins, who turned 80 in 2024. His work has touched the hearts of millions globally, transcending traditional genre boundaries. The film incorporates footage from throughout his career to give a complete insight into the many influences on his music: from
the Methodist hymn-singing of his Welsh chapel upbringing to his recent commission of a saxophone concerto for Jess Gillam, which is being performed at this year’s BBC Proms.

Documentary profile paying homage to the world's most performed living composer, Sir Karl Jenkins, who turned 80 in 2024. His work has touched the hearts of millions globally, transcending traditional genre boundaries.

Documentary going behind the famous gold-and-green facade of the London retailer, to explore the store's million square feet of shopping space, as well as the secrets of its success. Viewed as a uniquely British institution for more than 150 years, items on sale range from precious gems and high-class toys to designer fashions and food. Such notoriety goes both ways however, and the store was targeted by the IRA on two occasions. Harrods was linked with further tragedy in 1997, when its owner's son, Dodi Al-Fayed, was killed in a car crash alongside Princess Diana.

As Big Ben goes silent for a multi-million restoration, architectural historian Anna Keay gains exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the work.

The poetic travelogue A Sixth Part of the World and the "visual symphony" The Eleventh Year mark the beginning of Dziga Vertov's most creative period, which peaked in the canonical film Man with the Movie Camera. This 2-disc set presents the two rare masterpieces in a new transfer and with new soundtracks by British composer Michael Nyman. The bonus features offer materials on the methods of the filmmaker, as well as an introduction to the Vienna research project on Vertov, "Digital Formalism."

This feature documentary tells the story of the story of the pioneers who founded Greenpeace and defined the modern green movement. In 1971 a brave group of young activists set sail from Vancouver in an old fishing boat. Their mission: to stop Nixon's atomic bomb tests in Amchitka, a tiny island off the west coast of Alaska. It was from these humble but courageous beginnings that the global organisation that we now know as Greenpeace was born.

Two statues, a temple, a hanging garden, two tombs and a lighthouse. This selection of monuments became known as "The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World". There are probably few who could list them right away, are even fewer who know something about each of them or the reasons for which they were labeled as Wonders. Six of those seven were destroyed by forces of nature, or by human hand. Each episode in this series describes one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and we see besides the monuments themselves the people who designed and built them, with the vision to create something wonderful.