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BBC Select is a streaming service where you can watch acclaimed and award-winning BBC documentaries, many available in the US and Canada for the first time. Browse below for a selection of the many BBC programs to stream.

Global affairs documentaries

Never backing away from the big talking points, BBC Select keeps you well versed in current global affairs with this selection of BBC news documentaries.

The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN

Does the United Nations punish whistleblowers and protect abusers to cover up the truth?

The Rise and Fall of the Super League

The rise and rapid fall of soccer’s European Super League

Watch The Hunt for Russia's Superyachts on BBC Select

The Hunt for Russia’s Superyachts

A game of cat and mouse between superyacht hunters and Russia’s superrich oligarchs.

Watch Tareena: Return From ISIS on BBC Select

Tareena: Return From ISIS

The extraordinary story of Tareena Shakil, the first British woman to be jailed when returning from ISIS.

Elon Musk Superhero or Supervillain

Elon Musk – Superhero or Supervillain?

A look beyond the hype and headlines at the world’s richest man.

Trump The Comeback Documentary

Trump: The Comeback?

Could Donald Trump return to the White House in 2024?

War Crimes in Ukraine BBC

War in Ukraine: The Missing Men of Mucha

A powerful account of love in the face of terror

Leaving Afghanistan BBC

Leaving Afghanistan

Exploring attempts to end the war in Afghanistan

Ukraine Eurovision Documentary

Eurovision: Ukraine’s Victory

How war-torn Ukraine won the Eurovision Song Contest

Watch The Spy Who Fell to Earth on BBC Select

The Spy Who Fell to Earth

The incredible story of an Israeli double agent who died in mysterious circumstances.

Poaching Wars with Tom Hardy

Actor Tom Hardy is in Africa to investigate the poaching of rhinos and elephants

Watch Drowning in Plastic documentary on BBC Select

Drowning in Plastic

By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans. We must act now.

Stream House of Maxwell on BBC Select

House of Maxwell

How the Maxwells, from father Robert to daughter Ghislaine, became embroiled in scandal.

Stream The Hunt for Bin Laden on BBC Select

The Hunt for Bin Laden

How was Osama Bin Laden able to evade capture despite the intense efforts to find him?

Watch Clothes to Die For on BBC Select

Clothes to Die For

How much did our desire for fast fashion drive a tragic industrial accident in Bangladesh?

Gorbachev: The Man Who Changed the World

Cold War, Chernobyl and change. How did Mikhail Gorbachev herald a new era of politics?

Watch History's Deadliest Tsunami on BBC Select

History’s Deadliest Tsunami

How did the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami go undetected and why was it so devastating?

Watch Vladimir Putin's Russia on BBC Select

Putin’s Russia

Votes for Vladimir. Meeting Putin’s biggest fans.

Watch Zelensky: The Making of a President on BBC Select

Zelensky: The Making of a President

The transformation of Ukraine’s President Zelensky from comic to respected world leader.

Watch Civilization - Is the West History? on BBC Select

Civilization – Is the West History?

The West once ruled the world. But ‘the Rest’ caught up. Has its dominance had its day?

Watch Afghanistan: The British Lion’s Last Roar? on BBC Select

Afghanistan: The British Lion’s Last Roar?

Why did the British army’s attempts at defeating the Taliban go so disastrously wrong?

Stream What If Putin Goes Nuclear Documentary

What If Putin Goes Nuclear?

As Putin put Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert, could he really push the button?

Putin’s War in Ukraine

Exploring the invasion of Ukraine, Putin’s motives and the world’s response.

Watch The Decade the Rich Won on BBC Select

The Decade the Rich Won

How did policies following the 2008 financial crisis make the rich even richer?

Watch Prince Andrew and the Epstein Scandal: The Newsnight Interview on BBC Select

Prince Andrew and The Epstein Scandal – The Newsnight Interview

In this candid interview, Andrew reveals his connection to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Watch The Man Putin Couldn't Kill documentary on BBC Select

The Man Putin Couldn’t Kill

Did Putin really try to kill a political rival with a plot involving poisoned underpants?

Stream the Prince and the Epstein Scandal on BBC Select

The Prince and The Epstein Scandal

As Prince Andrew steps back from the public eye, the victims of Jeffrey Epstein speak out

Stream House of Saud on BBC Select

House of Saud

Meet the prince pledging to change the world in the House of Saud

Watch North Korea: Voices from the Secret State on BBC Select

North Korea: Voices from the Secret State

The real lives of people trapped in the world’s most secretive state are finally exposed.

Stream Fake News - A True History on BBC Select

Fake News: A True History

Fake news isn’t new: an entertaining look at 200 years of lies and the media

Stream Putin: A Russian Spy Story on BBC Select

Putin – A Russian Spy Story

The story of the Russian President’s rise to power.

History documentaries

From the dawn of civilization to the emergence of modern-day superpowers, BBC Select hosts a wide-ranging collection of world history documentaries.

Watch Napoleon with BBC Select

Napoleon

The story of Napoleon

Watch D-Day with BBC Select

D-Day

Explore the story behind the biggest seaborne invasion in history.

Armada: The Untold Story

The fierce naval conflict between England and Spain that changed the face of Europe.

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The World’s Biggest Bomb

Why did American then Soviet scientists race to explode the biggest bomb of all time?

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Henry VIII’s Enforcer: The Rise and Fall of Thomas Cromwell

Was Thomas Cromwell a corrupt, ambitious politician or has history unfairly maligned him?

Watch Egypt on BBC Select

Egypt

How three great explorers unlocked the mysteries of the ancient Egyptians.

Watch Jesus' Family Tree on BBC Select

Jesus’ Family Tree

The traditional view of Jesus and his family is far from an accurate representation.

Watch The Bible: A History on BBC Select

The Bible: A History

What history’s bestselling book can tell us about ourselves and our modern-day beliefs.

Watch Antiques Roadshow on BBC Select

Antiques Roadshow

What treasures will be found as antique experts appraise the public’s heirlooms?

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Christmas Carols with Lucy Worsley

From pagan fertility rituals to World War I, the story of Christmas carols is surprising.

Stream Inside Balmoral with BBC Select

Inside Balmoral

An insight into a secluded royal retreat in the Scottish Highlands.

Watch Who Killed The Princes in the Tower? on BBC Select

Who Killed The Princes in the Tower?

Did King Richard III murder two princes to ruthlessly gain the crown of England?

Watch 100 Years of BBC News on BBC Select

100 Years of BBC News

How has BBC News and the world changed over 100 years?

Watch WWI: The Final Hours on BBC Select

WWI: The Final Hours

The secret negotiations that ended World War I and changed history

Watch War's Secret Shame: Shell Shock on BBC Select

War’s Secret Shame: Shell Shock

Using previously unseen archives the hidden story of WWI soldiers is told.

Stream The Quintinshill Rail Disaster on BBC Select

The Quintinshill Rail Disaster

Reinvestigating the deadliest rail crash in British history that killed over 200 people

Watch The Normans on BBC Select

The Normans

How the extraordinary ambition of the Normans transformed the history of Europe.

Return of the Black Death

Could 25 medieval skeletons help to eradicate the Bubonic plague?

Stream The Pity of War on BBC Select

The Pity of War

Britain’s decision to enter the First World War might have been a tragic miscalculation.

Magna Carta

David Starkey explores the origins of the Magna Carta

Watch Jack the Ripper The Case Reopened

Jack the Ripper – The Case Reopened

Casting a new light on the Jack the Ripper case

Stream Rome's Invisible City on BBC Select

Rome’s Invisible City

Venture beneath the streets of Rome to explore a hidden city seen by very few

Stream The Hector: Canada's Mayflower on BBC Select

The Hector: Canada’s Mayflower

The horrific story of migrants who left Scotland in 1773 to settle in Nova Scotia

A Life In Ten Pictures: Muhammad Ali

Ten photographs show a different side of boxer Muhammad Ali

Moon Landing

Relive the drama and danger of the mission to the moon in this thrilling documentary

The Industrial Revolution

Unraveling the mysteries behind the Industrial Revolution in 19th century Britain

Death Camp Treblinka

Those who survived the Treblinka Nazi extermination camp tell their story

Italy’s Invisible Cities

The hidden history of Italian city life is uncovered.

Watch Hiroshima: The Real History on BBC Select

Hiroshima: The Real History

It ended World War II, but at what cost? Hiroshima unraveled.

Stream BBC at War on BBC Select

BBC at War

This enthralling series asks, how much did World War II shape the personality of the BBC?

Watch 1945: The Savage Peace on BBC Select

1945: The Savage Peace

Cruelty towards Germans began to escalate after World War II.

Watch 100 Days to Victory on BBC Select

100 Days to Victory

How did the Allies turn the tide and win the First World War?

Who Were The Greeks?

Explore the brutal, brilliant and still influential Ancient Greeks

Watch Nature And Us: A History Through Art on BBC Select

Nature And Us: A History Through Art

In the age of climate crisis, what can art teach us about our relationship with nature?

Watch The Bibles Buried Secrets

The Bible’s Buried Secrets

Can contemporary historical evidence confirm stories from the Bible?

Watch Treasures Of The Indus

Treasures of the Indus

Ancient treasures are used to chart the fascinating history of India and Pakistan.

Nuremberg Nazis on Trial Documentary

Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial

Could the Nuremberg trials help shed light on the motivations of leading Nazis?

Stream Edward VIII: Britain's Traitor King on BBC Select

Edward VIII: Britain’s Traitor King

The amazing story of the former British King who may have had Nazi sympathies during WWII.

The Art of Gothic

Why were Brits in the 19th-century obsessed with art that was horrific, macabre and weird?

Stream The Body Beautiful: Ancient Greeks, Good Looks and Glamour on BBC Select

The Body Beautiful: Ancient Greeks, Good Looks and Glamour

Why were the Ancient Greeks so preoccupied with images concerning the naked human form?

Watch Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific on BBC Select

Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific

The momentous impact of the West’s contact with the peoples and cultures of the Pacific.

Stream The Silk Road on BBC Select

The Silk Road

The world’s first superhighway that carried goods and ideas between Europe and China.

Stream Confucius on BBC Select

Confucius

The remarkable story of a great thinker who helped to form a nation and shape the world.

Watch The Wild West on BBC Select

The Wild West

What is the truth behind the iconic figures of the Wild West – and what is pure myth?

Watch The High Art of the Low Countries on BBC Select

The High Art of the Low Countries

Size doesn’t matter. How one small region spawned the greatest artists of all time.

Watch Simon Schama's Shakespeare and Us on BBC Select

Simon Schama’s Shakespeare and Us

A Bard’s tale. How Shakespeare united the intellectual and populist like no one else.

Watch Rallying: The Killer Years on BBC Select

Rallying: The Killer Years

How rallying’s unregulated mayhem ended in 1986 after a series of horrific tragedies.

Watch Ancient Worlds on BBC Select

Ancient Worlds

Travel on an epic quest through the birth of civilization and the development of humanity.

Ancient Treasures with Bettany Hughes

How did our ancient ancestors, and the amazing treasures they left behind, shape the modern world?

The Crusades BBC Documentary

The Crusades

Why were the Crusaders willing to endure pain, death and starvation in the name of God?

Watch Countdown to World War II documentary on BBC Select

Countdown to War

The story of the 3 days between the Nazis invading Poland and the beginning of World War II.

Stream The Six Queens of Henry VIII on BBC Select

The Six Queens of Henry VIII

Rediscover the Queens who shaped a King & his legacy in The Six Queens of Henry VIII, BBC’s new look at the King’s infamous wives.

Stream CLimate Change - Ade on the Frontline

History of Mother Earth: Gaia Uncovered

In space, you can hear the Earth scream… History of Mother Earth: Gaia Uncovered

Stream Nixon - In the Den on BBC Select

Nixon in the Den

Was President Nixon a visionary on China? Davin Reynolds investigates in Nixon in the Den

Watch Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley on BBC Select

Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley

Hitler’s Terrifying Battle of Britain Bombing. Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley, BBC’s leading historian

Stream Africa and Britain: A Forgotten History on BBC Select

Africa and Britain: A Forgotten History

From slavery to settlement, award-winning historian David Olusoga explores the history of black Britain.

Watch Harry Potter - A History of Magic on BBC Select

Harry Potter – A History of Magic

They’re the fastest-selling books in history. But what inspired the enchanting world of Harry Potter?

Watch Rome: Empire Without Limit with Mary Beard on BBC Select

Rome: Empire Without Limit with Mary Beard

World renowned historian, Mary Beard, is back to shatter myths about the Roman Empire.

Stream Russia 1917 - Countdown to Revolution on BBC Select

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

Three men rise from obscurity to unleash a bloody revolution that changed history forever.

Stream The Persians - A History of Iran on BBC Select

The Persians: A History of Iran

How was the world’s first empire born and what led to its ultimate destruction?

Stream Secret Cities on BBC Select

Secret Cities

How much can the artistic history of a great city tell us about its character?

Stream Racism - A History on BBC Select

Racism: A History

Where did the notion of racism come from and how did such an abhorrent idea develop?

Stream Filthy Cities on BBC Select

Filthy Cities

Dan Snow explores the murky histories of London, Paris and New York from the bottom up.

Stream Queen Victoria and her Nine Children on BBC Select

Queen Victoria and her Nine Children

How Queen Victoria’s grief changed her as a mother and a monarch

Archaeology: A Secret History

Better living through archeology. How can our past make sense of our present?

Stream Simon Schama's Power of Art on BBC Select

Simon Schama’s Power of Art

Eight masterpieces. Eight big names who changed the world. An electrifying feast of art.

Stream Vienna - Empire, Dynasty and Dream on BBC Select

Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream

The rise of one of the great cities and how it offers a window into power, faith and war.

The Birth of Empire - The East India Company on BBC Select

The Birth of Empire: The East India Company

The world’s first megacorp. How Britain’s East India Company grew into an imperial power.

Royal Cousins at War

It makes The Crown look like Sesame Street. The bitter regal rivalries that led to war.

Stream Genius of the Ancient World with Bettany Hughes on BBC Select

Genius of the Ancient World

The original free thinkers. The stories of the Buddha, Confucius and Socrates.

Stream Genius of the Modern World on BBC Select

Genius of the Modern World

Emigres, recluses, enemies of the state. How Marx, Nietzsche and Freud changed the world.

Stream American History's Biggest Fibs on BBC Select

American History’s Biggest Fibs

American history is fake, fact? Historian Lucy Worlsey delves deeper into US mythology.

Stream Suffragettes

Suffragettes

The violence, valor and sacrifices made by the women fighting for their right to vote.

Stream Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners on BBC Select

Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners

People as property: historian David Olusoga on the untold stories of British slavery.

True crime documentaries

BBC Select delves into the world of past and present true crime.

Stream Look Away on BBC Select

Look Away

Decades of coercion and sexual abuse within the music industry are investigated.

Stream Married to a Psychopath on BBC Select

Married to a Psychopath

The gripping true crime story of a detective’s relentless pursuit of a ruthless killer.

Stream Taken: Hunting the Sex Traffickers on BBC Select

Taken: Hunting the Sex Traffickers

Can a secret police investigation find the masterminds behind a human trafficking gang?

Stream Deepfake Porn: You Could Be Next on BBC Select

Deepfake Porn: You Could Be Next

The rise of deepfake porn, a new form of image-based sexual abuse.

Stream Louis Theroux: Dark States - Murder in Milwaukee on BBC Select

Louis Theroux: Dark States – Murder in Milwaukee

Louis Theroux is in Milwaukee to investigate the city’s spiraling homicide rate.

The Trial of Louise Woodward

Exploring the trial that gripped America, 25 years on

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Life and Death Row

A look at what it’s like to live on death row

Watch Jack the Ripper The Case Reopened

Jack the Ripper – The Case Reopened

Casting a new light on the Jack the Ripper case

I Shot My Parents

This true crime film asks, what drove a 14-year-old boy to try and kill both his parents?

Watch When Louis Met ... Jimmy Savile on BBC Select

Louis Theroux: Jimmy Savile Revisited

Louis Theroux scrutinizes his relationship with disgraced entertainer Jimmy Savile

Watch One Deadly Weekend in America: A Killing at the Carwash on BBC Select

One Deadly Weekend in America: A Killing at the Carwash

Tavin Price’s shoes were his death warrant. How life in gangland LA hangs on the trigger.

Watch Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos on BBC Select

Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos

Armed police. Outlaw gangs. Louis follows chaos and corruption in the Nigerian city.

Watch Secrets of the Falklands on BBC Select

Secrets of the Falklands

A Royal Marine walks out of a bar … and disappears without a trace.

Murder in the Badlands

Four young women. Four decades. Four brutal murders. All unsolved.

Stream Catching the Black Cab Rapist on BBC Select

Catching The Black Cab Rapist

John Worboys preyed on the women of London, drugging, raping and sexually assaulting over 100 victims in his taxi cab between 2000 and 2008.

Watch A Very British Murder on BBC Select

A Very British Murder

Lucy Worsley investigates why we are so fascinated by grisly, gruesome murders

Stream Crime & Punishment on BBC Select

Crime and Punishment

The disturbing true crime documentary series about the UK criminal justice system returns.

Stream Dark Son - Hunt for a Serial Killer on BBC Select

Dark Son: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

The fascinating story of the biggest unsolved serial murder in British criminal history.

Stream The Murder Detectives on BBC Select

The Murder Detectives

You’re in the room as detectives and suspects unravel a real-life murder mystery.

Stream The $50m Art Swindle on BBC Select

$50 Million Dollar Art Swindle

The amazing true crime case of a maverick art dealer who executed an audacious swindle.

Stream Confessions of a Serial Killer on BBC Select

Confessions of a Serial Killer

Meet Samuel Little. One of America’s most dangerous killers.

Stream Murder 24/7 on BBC Select

Murder 24/7

True crime in real time. This is how you really catch a murderer.

Travel documentaries

All aboard! Join a star-studded cast of travel guides as they take you to some of the most remote and fascinating corners of the globe. BBC Select is home to BBC travel documentaries you can watch in the US and Canada today.

Watch Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon

Joanna Lumley in the Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon

Ab Fab’s Joanna Lumley takes a personal odyssey to retrace her grandad’s steps in Bhutan.

Watch Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific on BBC Select

Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific

The momentous impact of the West’s contact with the peoples and cultures of the Pacific.

Stream The Silk Road on BBC Select

The Silk Road

The world’s first superhighway that carried goods and ideas between Europe and China.

Watch Joanna Lumley: In The Land of the Northern Lights on BBC Select

Joanna Lumley: In The Land of the Northern Lights

Can Joanna Lumley fulfill a life-long dream and track down the elusive Northern Lights?

Watch Christmas in New York: Inside the Plaza on BBC Select

Christmas in New York: Inside the Plaza

Tis the season to be swanky as the luxurious Plaza hotel gets ready for Christmas.

Watch Christmas in London on BBC Select

Christmas in London

Ever wondered what Christmas is like in one of the world’s most glamorous capitals?

Stream Rituals on BBC Select

Rituals

Some of the most incredible, intimate and grueling rituals on Earth are explored.

Watch Secrets Of The Bermuda Triangle on BBC Select

Secrets Of The Bermuda Triangle

Exploring the planet’s most notorious and mysterious body of water: the Bermuda Triangle.

Watch Joanna Lumley's Unseen Adventures on BBC Select

Joanna Lumley’s Unseen Adventures

Ab Fab legend Joanna Lumley takes viewers behind the scenes of her epic travels.

Watch Joanna Lumleys Greatest Cities of the World

Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities of the World

Joanna Lumley explores Berlin, Paris and Rome

Watch The Mekong River with Sue Perkins on BBC Select

The Mekong River with Sue Perkins

An Englishwoman abroad: Sue Perkins traverses the Mekong – one of Asia’s greatest rivers.

Watch The Art of Spain on BBC Select

The Art of Spain

Territory, politics and religious conflict: the untold history of Spain’s cultural legacy.

Watch Cuba with Simon Reeve on BBC Select

Cuba With Simon Reeve

Cubans reveal what life is like in the communist state as it flirts with capitalism.

Stream Brazil with Michael Palin on BBC Select

Brazil with Michael Palin

From the lost world of Amazonia to buzzing Rio de Janeiro, Michael Palin explores Brazil.

Watch Joanna Lumley's Britain on BBC Select

Joanna Lumley’s Britain

Explore Great Britain in this charming travel series

Watch Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean : Havana to Haiti on BBC Select

Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti

Ab Fab superstar Joanna Lumley soaks up the sun, sights and sensations of Cuba and Haiti.

Watch World’s Most Luxurious Holidays on BBC Select

The World’s Most Luxurious Holidays

Need a getaway? Discover the most exclusive holiday hotspots where the mega-rich unwind.

Write Around the World

Revisit your favourite reads with Academy Award nominee Richard E. Grant

Stream Joanna Lumley - Trans-Siberian Adventure

Joanna Lumley’s Trans-Siberian Adventure

From China, Mongolia and Russia with love: Join Joanna Lumley’s Trans-Siberian Adventure

Stream The Persians - A History of Iran on BBC Select

The Persians: A History of Iran

How was the world’s first empire born and what led to its ultimate destruction?

Stream Africa with Ade Adepitan on BBC Select

Africa with Ade Adepitan

It’s Africa, but not as you know it. Ade Adepitan explores a constantly evolving land.

Stream Secret Cities on BBC Select

Secret Cities

How much can the artistic history of a great city tell us about its character?

Archaeology: A Secret History

Better living through archeology. How can our past make sense of our present?

Stream Hotel Secrets with Richard E Grant on BBC Select

Hotel Secrets with Richard E Grant

A-list attraction: Behind-closed-doors secrets of the world’s most exclusive hotels.

Kolkata with Sue Perkins on BBC Select

Kolkata with Sue Perkins

What’s life like in an Indian megacity? The Great British Baking Show host finds out.

Stream Amazing Hotels - Life Beyond the Lobby on BBC Select

Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

How does a hotel become extraordinary? Our food critic and chef duo meet the pioneers.

Stream Joanna Lumley's Japan on BBC Select

Joanna Lumley’s Japan

A fantastic voyage around Japan with British national treasure Joanna Lumley.

Stream Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve on BBC Select

Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve

The vice, thrills and dangers that awaited those adventurers who embarked on pilgrimage.

Big thinking documentaries

From modern-day conspiracies to ancient philosophy – get your gray matter fired up.

Stream Magic Numbers on BBC Select

Magic Numbers

Brilliant mathematician Hannah Fry explores the mystery of math and the wonder of numbers.

Watch 21st Century Mythologies on BBC Select

21st Century Mythologies

What hidden meanings lurk behind the messages and media we’re exposed to every day?

Stream Confucius on BBC Select

Confucius

The remarkable story of a great thinker who helped to form a nation and shape the world.

Stream Secrets of Living: Algorithm on BBC Select

The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

You may not have noticed, but algorithms now run your life. Should we all be scared?

Watch The Joy of Winning on BBC Select

The Joy of Winning

What’s a statistically proven way to live your best life? Do the math.

Watch Don't Panic: The Truth About Population on BBC Select

Don’t Panic: The Truth About Population

Want to stop worrying about the future? Watch this exuberant statistical tour-de-force.

Stream Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness on BBC Select

Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness

Can the thoughts and ideas of history’s greatest thinkers help in our day to day lives?

Tech & future documentaries

BBC Select is home to a range of BBC future and technology documentaries that show us how the world is advancing.

Watch Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun on BBC Select

Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun

Which hopeful pilot will become the latest Top Gun and fly the RAF’s new fighter jet?

Watch Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing on BBC Select

Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing

How did a scandalous 19th-century countess help create the modern era of computing?

Stream Secrets of Living: Algorithm on BBC Select

The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

You may not have noticed, but algorithms now run your life. Should we all be scared?

Watch Click to Change your Life on BBC Select

Click to Change Your Life: Secrets of a Global Craze

‘Likes’ for cash? An investigation into the billion-dollar online selling industry.

The Instagram Effect Documentary

The Instagram Effect

What impact is Instagram having on the way we view ourselves and others around us?

Stream Hyper Evolution on BBC Select

Hyper Evolution: Rise Of The Robots

In the near future, will we be controlling robots or will the robots be controlling us?

Stream Are You Scared Yet, Human? on BBC Select

Are You Scared Yet, Human?

Should we worry about the effect that Artificial Intelligence could have on our lives?

Stream Secrets of Silicon Valley on BBC Select

Secrets of Silicon Valley

What happened to Silicon Valley’s glittering promise to build a better world?

Stream Me, My Selfie, and I on BBC Select

Me, My Selfie and I

Know thy selfie: We’re so obsessed with how we look, are we forgetting who we are?

Stream Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans on BBC Select

Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans

How can you become a social media sensation? Buy your way to the top.

Investigative documentaries

No stone is left unturned in these top-quality investigative documentaries on BBC Select.

Stream Look Away on BBC Select

Look Away

Decades of coercion and sexual abuse within the music industry are investigated.

Stream Taken: Hunting the Sex Traffickers on BBC Select

Taken: Hunting the Sex Traffickers

Can a secret police investigation find the masterminds behind a human trafficking gang?

Stream the Children of God documentary on BBC Select

Children of God

A family describes their time within a controversial cult

Watch The Hunt for Russia's Superyachts on BBC Select

The Hunt for Russia’s Superyachts

A game of cat and mouse between superyacht hunters and Russia’s superrich oligarchs.

Watch Disaster Deniers: Hunting the Trolls on BBC Select

Disaster Deniers: Hunting the Trolls

Why would anybody target survivors of terrorism and tragedy with online abuse?

Stream The Quintinshill Rail Disaster on BBC Select

The Quintinshill Rail Disaster

Reinvestigating the deadliest rail crash in British history that killed over 200 people

Stream The Secret World of Trading Nudes on BBC Select

The Secret World of Trading Nudes

The online business of sharing explicit images of women without their consent.

Stream Louis Theroux: Dark States - Murder in Milwaukee on BBC Select

Louis Theroux: Dark States – Murder in Milwaukee

Louis Theroux is in Milwaukee to investigate the city’s spiraling homicide rate.

Watch Secrets Of The Bermuda Triangle on BBC Select

Secrets Of The Bermuda Triangle

Exploring the planet’s most notorious and mysterious body of water: the Bermuda Triangle.

The Trial of Louise Woodward

Exploring the trial that gripped America, 25 years on

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Life and Death Row

A look at what it’s like to live on death row

Watch The Spy Who Fell to Earth on BBC Select

The Spy Who Fell to Earth

The incredible story of an Israeli double agent who died in mysterious circumstances.

Poaching Wars with Tom Hardy

Actor Tom Hardy is in Africa to investigate the poaching of rhinos and elephants

Stream The Hunt for Bin Laden on BBC Select

The Hunt for Bin Laden

How was Osama Bin Laden able to evade capture despite the intense efforts to find him?

Watch Starbucks & Nespresso: The Truth About Your Coffee on BBC Select

Starbucks & Nespresso: The Truth About Your Coffee

Coffee culture is big business. But is something nasty lurking in that cup of joe?

Watch History's Deadliest Tsunami on BBC Select

History’s Deadliest Tsunami

How did the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami go undetected and why was it so devastating?

Watch Secret of the Missing Princess on BBC Select

The Secret of the Missing Princess

What happened when Princess Latifa was captured? Find out in The Secret of the Missing Princess

Stream Paralympics: The Unfair Games? on BBC Select

Paralympics: The Unfair Games?

Is the Paralympic sports system unfair to certain athletes with disabilities?

Stream The Battle for Britney - Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship on BBC Select

The Battle for Britney: Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship

Overprotected? Untangle the law, fans, and hype in the case for Britney’s conservatorship.

Stream 9/11 - Truth, Lies and Conspiracies on BBC Select

9/11: Truth, Lies and Conspiracies

It shook the world. But why do some suspect darker forces were at play?

Stream Louis Theroux - Beware of the Tiger on BBC Select

Louis Theroux: Beware Of The Tiger

Before Tiger King: when Louis Theroux met Joe Exotic.

Stream Mystery of the Missing Princess on BBC Select

The Mystery of the Missing Princess

The staggering story of the Middle Eastern princess attempting to escape her life.

Music documentaries

BBC Select takes a deep dive into the hearts and minds and into the sometimes controversial lives of famous musicians. Watch BBC music documentaries on BBC Select in the US and Canada.

Elton John Interview BBC

Elton John: Uncensored

Elton John opens up to Graham Norton about his childhood, stardom and addiction battles.

Life in Ten Pictures Freddie Mercury Documentary

A Life in Ten Pictures – Freddie Mercury

The life of Queen’s Freddie Mercury told through photographs

Stream Look Away on BBC Select

Look Away

Decades of coercion and sexual abuse within the music industry are investigated.

Watch A Life In Ten Pictures: Amy Winehouse on BBC Select

A Life In Ten Pictures: Amy Winehouse

The story of Amy Winehouse told through 10 photos

Watch A Life In Ten Pictures: John Lennon on BBC Select

A Life In Ten Pictures: John Lennon

Photographs help to reveal the true nature of music icon and Beatles star John Lennon.

Ukraine Eurovision Documentary

Eurovision: Ukraine’s Victory

How war-torn Ukraine won the Eurovision Song Contest

Watch A Life In Ten Pictures: Tupac Shakur on BBC Select

A Life In Ten Pictures: Tupac Shakur

The life of Tupac Shakur told through 10 photographs

Watch It Was 50 Years Ago Today on BBC Select

It Was 50 Years Ago Today

Making a masterpiece: how The Beatles’ iconic Sgt Pepper’s album changed the world.

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Reclaiming Amy

The friends and family of Amy Winehouse reveal the truth about the British music icon.

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Mozart in London

Lucy Worsley traces the fascinating and scandalous story of Mozart’s life in London

David Bowie: Finding Fame

How did humble David Jones become David Bowie – an icon that transformed music forever?

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Avicii: True Stories

The tragic story of superstar DJ Avicii told in his own words and by those closest to him.

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Danceworks

How do you create dance? Go behind the scenes of leading dance companies to find out.

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Harry Styles Live in Manchester

The boy’s back in town: a hometown tour and blistering live set from Harry Styles.

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