Best of 2025
The roundup is here. All the biggest and best documentaries of 2025, all in one place.
It's Never What They Came in With—Change Your Mind, Change Your Life, Series 1
Nicole tackles her driving anxiety, and Muna faces her fear of being home alone.
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The Settlers—Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux returns to the West Bank to meet some of the Israeli settlers living there.
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Episode 1—Rose Ayling-Ellis: Old Hands, New Tricks, Series 1
After a rocky start, Rose finds a surprising way to encourage her students.
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Inside Our ADHD Minds—Inside Our Minds
Chris helps a tour guide connect with his parents and a project manager process her grief.
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The Waimaha—Tribe with Bruce Parry, Series 1
Deep in the Amazon, Bruce Parry prepares to take the powerful drug ayahuasca.
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Poison Water
A mass poisoning of tap water in Cornwall leads to a desperate search for truth.
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America First—Once Upon a Time in Space, Series 1
A pioneering class of astronauts is recruited by NASA to fly aboard its new space shuttle.
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Murder in a Brothel—Forensics: The Real CSI, Series 5
West Midlands Police track a violent killer after a man is fatally stabbed in a brothel.
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The Gold: The Inside Story
The true story of Britain's biggest bullion heist, told by the police who were there.
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Bryan Cranston—Who Do You Think You Are? USA
Bryan Cranston traces his father’s family line, uncovering a pattern of desertion.
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Episode 1—Thailand: The Dark Side of Paradise, Series 1
Zara McDermott explores backpacker life and begins her Thai adventure.
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Part One - The Land of Make Believe—Shifty, Series 1
The dream world that Mrs Thatcher promised. And the ghosts that came back to disrupt it.
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Free Cash—Scam Land: Money, Mayhem and Maseratis, Series 1
Mobeen Azhar investigates rumours of a scam involving a student who handed out cash.
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Lockerbie: Our Story
Families of six Lockerbie bombing victims tell the story of their lost loved ones.
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Gloucester Prison—Daisy May and Charlie Cooper's NightWatch, Series 1
Daisy May and Charlie Cooper spend the night alone in Gloucester’s former prison.
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The DPD Murder, Part 1—Murder 24/7, Series 2
A delivery driver is killed in a brutal daytime attack. Detectives launch a manhunt.
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Episode 1—Expedition with Steve Backshall, Series 1
Naturalist Steve Backshall visits uncharted territory in pursuit of new discoveries.
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The Atlantic Coast—The Americas, Series 1
Wild and urban worlds intersect in unexpected ways along North America's Atlantic coast.
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I Caught a Big One—Stacey & Joe, Series 2
Joe’s lake plans dry up, whilst Stacey’s birthday plans make quite a splash.
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Episode 1—Pilgrimage, The Road Through the Alps
Seven celebrities experience an emotional pilgrimage in the Austrian and Swiss Alps.
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Episode 1—Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury, Series 1
Tommy’s at rock bottom after the worst year of his life, but he’s planning a comeback.
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The Contestant—Storyville
A man spends 15 months alone in a room, naked, unaware he is being broadcast on live TV.
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Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges
Amol Rajan makes a personal pilgrimage to the largest religious festival in history.
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Episode 1—Confessions of a Steroid Gang, Series 1
A father and son launch a global steroid lab from a shed in North Wales. It can't last.
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