La historia de la fotógrafa Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, una modelo que se convirtió en una aclamada corresponsal de guerra de la revista Vogue durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

El legendario actor Sir Michael Gifford vive recluido en su casa de campo. Desde hace años sufre una enfermedad degenerativa que intenta ocultar al público. En otro tiempo apasionado y mujeriego, Gifford se ha convertido en una persona intratable que se niega a aceptar su condición. Su hija, Sophia, y su antigua amante y ahora ama de llaves, Milly, se desesperan buscando enfermeras. Hasta que aparece Dorottya, una joven cuidadora húngara, que secretamente aspira a convertirse en actriz. A pesar del temperamento de Sir Michael y de la desconfianza de su familia, el amor que ambos comparten por Shakespeare les ayudará a afrontar un último acto.

En 1665, la peste negra diezmó considerablemente la población de Londres. Una leyenda dice que un famoso monje y médico de la peste inició el culto del sacerdote oscuro. Uno de los lugares en los que actuó fue el orfanato de Ludgate. Casi 350 años después, una ambiciosa estudiante de arqueología obsesionada con la historia del lugar decide hacer una última incursión. Sobre el orfanato pesa una orden de demolición tras el hallazgo de la bacteria de la peste...

20th anniversary documentary on “Orphans” including interviews with cast and crew.

Una mirada única a la vida y obra del icónico cineasta británico. A través de la propia voz de Hitchcock, el film explora su extensa filmografía y su legado, revelando cómo capturó la imaginación del público con obras maestras como 'La ventana indiscreta', 'Vértigo' y 'Psicosis' con un enfoque radical para sumergir a los espectadores en la mente del maestro del suspense, proporcionando una comprensión más profunda de su arte y su impacto en la historia del cine.

Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all. But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits and ulterior motives. He felt at first hand the corruption of power. After the Iraq war Carne became disillusioned, quit his job and started searching for answers.

En 1993 se matricula en un instituto de Escocia Brandon Lee, un alumno de 16 años que rápidamente pasa a ser el mejor de la clase. Hasta que es desenmascarado.

Once again, David Graham Scott examines how some addicts use the plant medicine iboga to detox rapidly—and how, sometimes, the conditions in which they detox put them at risk.

Mark Cousins, el documentalista más importante del séptimo arte, examina las imágenes cinematográficas más impactantes de la última década para revisar su clásico "La Historia del Cine: una odisea".Una década después de su extenso y afamado viaje por la historia del celuloide del siglo pasado, Mark Cousins vuelve a celebrar el cine con una ilusionante crónica sobre las ideas más innovadoras que hemos visto en pantalla.

Belfast, it's a city that is changing, changing because the people are leaving? But one came back, a 10,000 year old woman who claims that she is the city itself.

Using only archive film and a new musical score by the band Mogwai, Mark Cousins presents an impressionistic kaleidoscope of our nuclear times – protest marches, Cold War sabre-rattling, Chernobyl and Fukishima – but also the sublime beauty of the atomic world, and how x-rays and MRI scans have improved human lives. The nuclear age has been a nightmare, but dreamlike too.

Siri wakes to find herself trapped inside a brutalist candy-coloured dreamhouse. Despite the cutesy decor, the place is far from benign, and she and her inmates are encouraged to compete for survival while being watched over by surveillance cameras, 24/7. Presiding over the group is an authoritarian diva who speaks entirely with the voice of Kenneth Clark from the 1960s BBC series Civilisation. As she forces the women to go head-to-head in a series of demeaning tasks, Siri, with the help of fellow inmate Alexa, starts subverting the rules and soon reveals the sinister truth that underpins their world.

The true story of a trans man and his remarkable struggle across genders and borders. Based on the acclaimed National Theatre of Scotland play, with Adam himself in the lead role.

A working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but is unable to escape the poverty and inequality she exposed.

Una provocadora y poética exploración de cómo el pueblo británico ha visto su propia tierra a través de más de un siglo de cine. Un viaje alucinado de inmensa belleza y brutalidad. Un ensayo caleidoscópico sobre cómo la magia y la locura han unido al ser humano con la naturaleza desde el principio de los tiempos.

Girls boarding school in the remote Scottish Highlands, 1986. Reg is a lonely 15 year old girl, who stares longingly out of her dorm window at the chainsaw wielding tree surgeon working in the school grounds. Reg and her classmates have to take part in a self defense exercise - The Attack Test. Alone, Reg must walk through the woods until she is attacked by her masked teacher, Mike, at which point she must defend herself using force. This is intended as real life preparation for these privileged and inexperienced women living in an isolated world where rape paranoia was rife. Full of trepidation, Reg walks into the woods where Mike is waiting, but the test does not go according to plan.

Janey Godley takes centre stage in this engaging and insightful documentary about the fearless and funny comic. Janey found fame for her sweary anti-Trump placards and became a social media sensation as she revoiced First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s Covid briefings. 'First I was cancelled, then I got cancer,' Janey notes as she recalls being called out for racist historic tweets, apologising and then trying to rebuild her career before receiving her diagnosis. That didn’t stop her from going on tour and director John Archer interweaves fly-on-the-wall footage with interviews from people such as Jimmy Carr, Nicola Sturgeon, and Janey's daughter, Ashley, that reveal details of a difficult Glasgow childhood.

The life and work of the documentary pioneer.

Jack Docherty brings together a jam-packed cast of comedians, actors and famous faces for a riotous celebration of Scotland's most valuable export – its sense of humour. Scotland is a small nation with a big funny bone. It's known the world over for self-deprecation, quick-witted patter and deadpan asides. But what makes it so funny? To find out the answer, this programme delves deep into the BBC Scotland archives to find a century’s worth of classic characters, catchphrases and comedy clips.

Ryan moves from one village to the next with a merry-go-round. It isn't easy to keep finding new friends.