Best Documentary TV Shows to Watch Now on BBC iPlayer (Free) Available in the UK

The Americas (2025)

Tropic of Cancer (2010)

Dark Land (2020)

Far Eastern Odyssey (2009)

Life and Death Row (2014)

DIY Deadly with Steve Backshall (2020)

Rick Stein's India (2013)

Ancient Invisible Cities (2018)

Planet Earth (2006)

The Incredible Human Journey (2009)

Critical Incident (2019)

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

Art of Persia (2020)

Just Another Day (1983)

Timewatch (1982)

Monitor (1958)

Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies (2022)

Rick Stein's Fruits of the Sea (1997)

Welsh Greats (2008)

Joanna Page's Wild Life (2025)

Israel and the Palestinians: The Road to 7th October (2025)

The Americas (2025)

Uncanny: Post Mortem (2025)

Wynne & Joanna: All at Sea (2025)

Simon Schama's Story of Us (2025)

Joanna Page's Wild Life (2025)

Lost and Found in the Lakes (2025)

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty (2024)

Leonardo da Vinci (2024)

Andi Oliver’s Fabulous Feasts (2024)

Lucan (2024)

Asia (2024)

Inside Barlinnie (2024)

Solar System (2024)

Paddy and Chris: Road Tripping (2024)

Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar (2024)

Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music (2024)

Nadiya's Cook Once Eat Twice (2024)

Mozart: Rise of a Genius (2024)

Salmond & Sturgeon: A Troubled Union (2024)

Mozart: Rise of a Genius (2024)

Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty (2024)

Shakespeare, Rise of a Genius (2023)

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (2021)

The Devil's Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes (2022)

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial (2006)

Going to Work (1960)

Radio 1 Stories (2017)

Cunk on Earth (2022)

How to with John Wilson (2020)

The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook (2006)

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (2018)

Eat the Town (2023)

Streets of Gold: Mumbai (2024)

Brickies (2022)

Last Woman on Earth with Sara Pascoe (2020)

Nigella Express (2007)

The Repair Shop (2017)

Lost and Found in the Lakes (2025)

God Shave the Queens (2020)

Nadiya Bakes (2020)

Idris Elba's Fight School (2022)

Crazy Rich Agents (2023)

Money for Nothing (2015)

Amanda & Alan's Italian Job (2023)

The Great House Revival (2018)

Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams (2022)

Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby (2017)

The Nine To Five With Stacey Dooley (2019)

When Louis Met... (2000)

Angels of the North (2019)

Antiques Road Trip (2010)

Homes Under the Hammer (2003)

Welsh Greats (2008)

Andy Warhol's America (2022)

Omnibus (1967)

Black Is the New Black (2016)

Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022)

Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)

Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)

Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal (2018)

The Zelensky Story (2024)

The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty (2020)

Who Do You Think You Are? (2007)

This Is Your Life (1955)

A House Through Time (2018)

Storyville (1997)

A Change of Sex (1980)

The Americas (2025)

Dark Land (2020)

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

Art of Persia (2020)

Timewatch (1982)

Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley (2020)

The Ascent of Woman (2015)

The Romantics and Us (2020)

Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley (2016)

Israel and the Palestinians: The Road to 7th October (2025)

D-Day: The Unheard Tapes (2024)

Lost Worlds and Hidden Treasures (2021)

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (2012)

Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (2022)

Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit (2016)

Rise of the Nazis (2019)

Berlin 1945 (2020)

BBC 2: Aids - The Unheard Tapes (2022)

Inside the Factory (2015)

Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator (2023)

Critical Incident (2019)

The Insider: Reggie Yates (2016)

Lucan (2024)

The Detectives: Murder on the Streets (2017)

A Killing in Tiger Bay (2021)

Ibiza: Secrets of the Party Island (2024)

Murder Case - The Disappearance of Julie Reilly (2019)

Our World (2007)

A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley (2013)

SAS: Catching the Criminals (2024)

Murder 24/7 (2020)

Ministry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo (2019)

Forensics: The Real CSI (2019)

High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule (2021)

Shadow of Truth (2016)

Body on the Beach: What Happened to Annie? (2023)

Hometown (2019)

Moment of Truth (2021)

The Shipman Files: A Very British Crime Story (2020)

Escaping Utopia (2024)

Fake or Fortune (2011)

The Americas (2025)

Planet Earth (2006)

Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom (2015)

Zoo Quest (1954)

Life Story (2014)

The Great Rift: Africa's Greatest Story (2010)

Countryfile (1988)

Natural World (1983)

A Perfect Planet (2021)

Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)

Blue Planet II (2017)

Africa (2013)

Dynasties (2018)

Planet Earth II (2016)

Frozen Planet (2011)

Life (2009)

The Blue Planet (2001)

Seven Worlds One Planet (2019)

Life in the Undergrowth (2005)

Big Cats 24/7 (2024)

Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997)

Liz Bonnin's Wild Caribbean (2023)

Expedition with Steve Backshall (2019)

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (2021)

Pole to Pole (1992)

Around the World in 80 Days (1989)

Canal Boat Diaries (2019)

Blue Planet II (2017)

Paddy and Chris: Road Tripping (2024)

Robson Green's Weekend Escapes (2023)

Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip (2022)

Cornwall with Simon Reeve (2020)

Incredible Journeys with Simon Reeve (2021)

Wilderness with Simon Reeve (2024)

Robbie Savage: Making Macclesfield FC (2021)

Gazza (2022)

Step Into the Ring (2020)

Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story (2023)

Man in the Arena (2021)

Gods of Tennis (2023)

Legends of Welsh Sport (2022)

The Adventure Show (2007)