Most Watched of 2023
The most popular documentaries of 2023 on iPlayer all in one place
Episode 1—The Met, Series 4
Detectives investigate the murder of a 17-year-old boy.
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To Catch a Rapist—Forensics: The Real CSI, Series 3
The forensics team must identify and arrest a rapist.
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Episode 1—Soldier, Series 1
Civilians get a shock to the system as they train to become frontline soldiers.
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Destiny—Serengeti, Series 1
A young hyena loses her mother and has to assume the leadership of her family.
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Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction
Busted’s Matt Willis explores his addictions and how they affect his family.
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Episode 1—Couples Therapy, Series 1
The four couples are introduced to therapist Dr Orna Guralnik.
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Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Own Words
Deborah James’s extraordinary cancer journey, told with her own and her family’s archive.
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My Life in Their Hands—Parole, Series 1
The parole board makes a decision about Colin, convicted of a brutal murder 25 years ago.
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For Queen and Country—The Warship: Tour of Duty, Series 1
HMS Queen Elizabeth sets off on her first operational deployment to the South China Sea.
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It Wasn’t Like a Movie Anymore—Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland, Series 1
When tensions between Protestants and Catholics explode, the British Army is deployed.
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ION Adventure Hotel, Iceland—Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby, Series 4
Monica Galetti and Giles Coren work behind the scenes of an adventure hotel in Iceland.
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Episode 1—The Detectives, Taking Down an OCG
An axe attack prompts a police operation to take down Rochdale’s most notorious gang.
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Inferno—Earth, Series 1
Chris Packham explores the dramatic moment nearly all life on Earth was wiped out.
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Coasts—Planet Earth III, Series 1
Where two worlds collide and animals battle to survive.
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The Making of Britain—Union with David Olusoga, Series 1
David Olusoga discovers how Scotland joined England and Wales to form Great Britain.
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Episode 1—The Moment of Proof, Series 3
A fingerprint from an old break-in solves a murder at the same factory months later.
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The Body—Body on the Beach: What Happened to Annie?, Series 1
Hazel Martin investigates the death of a woman on a Scottish beach.
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My Backyard—Putin vs the West, Path to War
When Putin first invades Crimea in 2014, the west’s top leaders struggle to respond.
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Case 1: Miss Howard—Uncanny, Series 1
Do ghosts exist? Danny Robins investigates real-life stories of the supernatural.
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Anthony Joshua—Louis Theroux Interviews, Series 2
Louis goes head-to-head with heavyweight boxer and former world champion Anthony Joshua.
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May/Johnson—Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos, Series 1
Laura Kuenssberg asks if our politics have been stretched to breaking point.
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