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Best Documentary Movies and TV Shows to Watch Now on BBC iPlayer Available in the UK

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Planet Earth III Poster

Planet Earth III (2023)

Planet Earth Poster

Planet Earth (2006)

Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues Poster

Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues (2015)

Nail Bar Boys Poster

Nail Bar Boys (2021)

When Blondie Came to Britain Poster

When Blondie Came to Britain (2023)

The Stones and Brian Jones Poster

The Stones and Brian Jones (2023)

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Attenborough's Wonder of Song (2022)

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Sir Richard Eyre Remembers... King Lear

Sir Richard Eyre Remembers... King Lear (2023)

The Monkey Haters

The Monkey Haters (2023)

Talking Doctor Who Poster

Talking Doctor Who (2023)

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song Poster

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song (2023)

Margi Clarke Remembers... Making Out

Margi Clarke Remembers... Making Out (2023)

Attenborough's Paradise Birds Poster

Attenborough's Paradise Birds (2015)

Under Poisoned Skies Poster

Under Poisoned Skies (2022)

Soul America Poster

Soul America (2020)

Maximum Security

Maximum Security (2022)

Earth from Space Poster

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Changing Landscapes

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Doctor Who: Unleashed Poster

Doctor Who: Unleashed (2023)

Secrets of the Aquarium Poster

Secrets of the Aquarium (2023)

Sir Richard Eyre Remembers... King Lear

Sir Richard Eyre Remembers... King Lear (2023)

The Stones and Brian Jones Poster

The Stones and Brian Jones (2023)

Gairm le Gaeilge

Gairm le Gaeilge (2023)

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song Poster

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song (2023)

Talking Doctor Who Poster

Talking Doctor Who (2023)

Margi Clarke Remembers... Making Out

Margi Clarke Remembers... Making Out (2023)

Helen Mirren Remembers... As You Like It

Helen Mirren Remembers... As You Like It (2023)

Planet Earth III Poster

Planet Earth III (2023)

Hugh Quarshie Remembers... Othello

Hugh Quarshie Remembers... Othello (2023)

Damian Lewis, Matthew Macfadyen & Peter Kosminsky Remember... Warriors

Damian Lewis, Matthew Macfadyen & Peter Kosminsky Remember... Warriors (2023)

Russell T. Davies Remembers... A Midsummer Night's Dream

Russell T. Davies Remembers... A Midsummer Night's Dream (2023)

Sir Simon Russell Beale Remembers... The Hollow Crown

Sir Simon Russell Beale Remembers... The Hollow Crown (2023)

Gregory Doran Remembers... Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Gregory Doran Remembers... Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2023)

Big Little Journeys Poster

Big Little Journeys (2023)

Union with David Olusoga Poster

Union with David Olusoga (2023)

David Tennant Remembers... Hamlet

David Tennant Remembers... Hamlet (2023)

Janet Suzman Remembers... The Wars of the Roses

Janet Suzman Remembers... The Wars of the Roses (2023)

Drama Documentary Movies & TV Shows

Biography Documentary Movies & TV Shows

Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues Poster

Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues (2015)

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song Poster

Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song (2023)

Agnetha: Abba & After Poster

Agnetha: Abba & After (2013)

Who Do You Think You Are? Poster

Who Do You Think You Are? (2007)

Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television Poster

Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television (2002)

A House Through Time Poster

A House Through Time (2018)

Summoned by Bells

Summoned by Bells (1976)

Storyville Poster

Storyville (1997)

Karen Dalton: In My Own Time Poster

Karen Dalton: In My Own Time (2021)

Muhammad Ali Poster

Muhammad Ali (2021)

Who Do You Think You Are? Poster

Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)

Omnibus Poster

Omnibus (1967)

Dolly Parton: Here I Am Poster

Dolly Parton: Here I Am (2019)

Definitely Dusty Poster

Definitely Dusty (1999)

My Life as a Rolling Stone Poster

My Life as a Rolling Stone (2022)

Hemingway Poster

Hemingway (2021)

Hilary Mantel - Return to Wolf Hall Poster

Hilary Mantel - Return to Wolf Hall (2020)

Defending Digga D Poster

Defending Digga D (2020)

I Am Greta Poster

I Am Greta (2020)

The Crash Reel Poster

The Crash Reel (2013)

History Documentary Movies & TV Shows

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The Rainhill Story: Stephenson's Rocket (1979)

Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways

Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways (2013)

The Ascent of Man Poster

The Ascent of Man (1973)

A History of Britain Poster

A History of Britain (2000)

British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley Poster

British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley (2017)

Treblinka's Last Witness Poster

Treblinka's Last Witness (2015)

Escape from Kabul Poster

Escape from Kabul (2022)

Close to Vermeer Poster

Close to Vermeer (2023)

Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley Poster

Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley (2021)

Hame (2018)

Stonehenge: The Lost Circle Revealed Poster

Stonehenge: The Lost Circle Revealed (2021)

Scotland's Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle