Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
Monday 15 May 9:30 PM
This episode explores the young Norma Jeane.
While showing talent and audacity, she turned her back on her difficult childhood and put herself on the radar in Hollywood as ‘Marilyn Monroe’.
Stacey Dooley: Are You Ready For War?
Wednesday 17 May 8:30 PM
With exclusive and unprecedented access to the British Army’s covert combat programme, this documentary presented by Stacey Dooley and directed by Almudena Garcia-Parrado, follows Ukrainian civilians as they undertake training and prepare for deployment to the frontline fighting against Russia.
The World According To Kim Jong Un
Wednesday 17 May 9:30 PM
On the eve of the 75th birthday of the Korean People’s Army, Kim Jong-un is determined to make the country the world’s leading nuclear power.
Sweeping aside any possibility of disarmament, the leader rather strengthens his arsenal - by testing its ‘monster missile’ Hwasong-17.
Never has the North Korean nuclear threat been so strong.
Why such obsession with nuclear weapons? How seriously should we take this new threat? Is Kim Jong-un as unpredictable as we say, and why does he strive to provoke the entire planet? Here are the questions raised by this investigative documentary, in order to comprehend what is going on north of the 38th parallel, in the despotic world of the North Korean leader.
Thanks to archives and unpublished interviews with historians and former diplomats who defected or fought the regime - notably in South Korea and the United States - this film takes us behind the scenes of power.
It examines with precision the strategies and geopolitical manipulations operated for seven decades by the Kim dynasty.
Building The Impossible
Friday 19 May 7:30 PM
Presenter Rob Bell is on a voyage of discovery; he’ll learn the secrets of some of the greatest feats of engineering, from the Hoover Dam, to the Panama Canal.
Windsor Castle Fire: The Untold Story
Saturday 20 May 7:30 PM
Using newly discovered footage and dramatic personal stories from the firefighters who attended the Windsor Castle fire on 20th November 1992 this documentary creates a minute-by-minute account of the battle to save this iconic building.
Many who were there that day reveal what really happened behind the castle walls.
From an apprentice decorator, one of the first to see the fire, and his fearless actions to rescue priceless works of art, to the numerous firefighters who risked their lives to fight the blaze, including one who witnessed a man trapped in a roof collapse and another who thought two of his colleagues had died in a fireball.
Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors
Saturday 20 May 8:30 PM
Westminster Abbey is opening its doors to reveal the inner workings of one of the UK’s most renowned and historical buildings.
This six-part series follows the internal workings of the Abbey’s devoted staff as they prepare for special services, hold daily worship, and manage a famous world heritage site. Exploring everything from traditions and rituals to tourism and the royals, we go behind the scenes of this busy modern-day community to discover a place at the heart of Britain for almost 1000 years.It is crucial the Abbey recuperate some of these lost funds and open the doors once again.