Our Lives

At the age of 47, Cath Pendleton has decided to try to swim a mile in the icy waters of Antarctica. With no real money or support team behind her, will her determination be enough to see her through?

High wire walker Chris Bullzini risks death to wow the crowds. Now he faces his biggest challenge yet.

Tricia Mailey and two of her children were born with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. Their experiences have given them a very different perspective on the world.

Documentary following the expansion of Aberdeen Harbour, one of Britain's busiest ports.

For generations horses have been part of life around Swansea. Times are changing, but there's one thing that still binds the horse communities together – the drives.

Documentary following an LGBTQ+ committee planning the first rural Pride parade in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland's conservative and evangelical heartland.

Young sheep farmer Chloe Hallam has to juggle her beauty therapy business with delivering over a thousand new lambs in the hope of preserving the future of the family farm.

The stories of interwoven lives during the peat-cutting season on the stunning Isle of Lewis.

Christian Lewis has been walking for four years. He's over 10,000 miles away from his home in Wales, but his journey around the coast of the UK is far from over.

Jonny Cotsen is an actor and a father of two children, and he's deaf. Though he was born deaf, he was made to adapt to be part of the hearing world, and this hasn't always been easy. This is his story as he tries to understand the life-changing decisions his mother took when he was a child, and what it means to live in two different worlds.

As a child, he was given analogue hearing aids, learned to lip-read and was taught to speak, which has left him traumatised. He had no deaf role models and no deaf identity, and he didn't even learn sign language. Now he wants to understand why his mum made the life-changing decision to raise him as if he was hearing. What was she thinking at the time, and what were the experts telling her?

Northern Ireland has produced some of the world's most famous racers, who have inspired a new generation of boys and girls who are revving at the grid and hoping to follow in their footsteps. This fast-paced documentary immerses viewers in the lives of the children who dream of becoming the next generation of motorcycle stars - and the families who juggle nerves and excitement as they support these young riders.

Featuring children aged between six and fourteen racing at speeds of up to 135mph, this action-packed film gives a personal insight into a sporting culture that is unique to Northern Ireland.

At the centre of the action is eight-year-old Max, son of racing superstar Paul Robinson who is one of Ireland's most decorated racers. Max takes part in the Bam Bam class for children aged between six and ten. His determination on the track and fearless attitude has meant that, despite his age, some people are already comparing him to his grand-uncle, the legendary Joey Dunlop. Could this be our first glimpse of a future racing superstar?

Standing in Max's way is nine-year-old Paige from County Tyrone, who is part of a new wave of girls who want to be involved in the sport. Softly spoken Paige is determined to beat her male rivals and follow in the footsteps of her eleven-year-old brother Lewis, who has overcome disappointment to be picked for a top UK team and is tipped for future stardom.

Also featured is rising star Peter from County Antrim. During filming, he had his first major accident while racing, and we follow his recovery and return to the track. Aged just thirteen, he races in the British Talent Cup and hopes one day to race at the highest level. The summer of 2021 saw a number of tragedies in Spain, in which two teenagers lost their lives while racing, and our families discuss the dangers of the sport they love and the unthinkable consequences of an accident.

Heart-warming and insightful, Speed Kids takes viewers into a world where children and their families experience an emotional roller-coaster as they pursue the sport they love. 

Thirty-three-year-old Tom Butler is a big wave surfer. For the last ten years, he has ridden some of the largest waves in the world, but he has been ignoring what's in his backyard, off Cornwall's wild north coast. There are legends of monster waves, and now Tom is spending the winter searching for them. A deadly reef two miles off St Ives, known as The Stones, could deliver him ‘the ultimate Cornish monster wave', but he needs wind and weather conditions to perfectly align.

The film is a beautiful celebration of Cornwall, its wild weather and extraordinary waves, and a window on to Tom's determination and passion for Cornwall and the sea.

The Queen Charlotte's Ball is the most prestigious debutante ball in the world and the pinnacle of the London season. For centuries, it's been a rite of passage for the privileged daughters of the British aristocracy.

But in recent times, the London season has been fighting for its future. Now it's opening its doors and accepting debutantes from unlikely backgrounds, making this a dream come true for Jasleen from Cardiff, the first debutante of Indian heritage in its 250 year old history.

Will Jasleen be able to pass off as a princess - and can the London season really change?

Chloe O'Brien is an 18-year-old from Perthshire, and darts is her life. She was a serial winner as a junior, but can she cope with the highs and lows of life in the adult ranks? This film follows her attempt to break into the Scottish ladies' team for the first time.

Welcome to the inspiring world of Dena Murphy and a charity-run vegetable allotment in Manchester, where everyone gets a second chance.

Our Lives follows Dena Murphy, a wise-cracking 93-year-old helping young offenders back onto the straight and narrow by supervising them as they serve court-appointed hours on an allotment in Manchester as part of a Community Payback scheme.

Sarah the Lumberjill is the fourth generation of her family to 'take up the saw', working across the forests of the Central Highlands of Scotland, where her family have worked for 150 years.

After some of the worst storms to hit Scotland in a lifetime, Sarah, her dad Ralph and brother Ralphy are busier than ever - though with Ralph's health in decline, Sarah has a lot to learn before taking over one day.

Bridal shop owner Rebecca is a champion of body positivity as she helps plus-size brides-to-be celebrate their curves and find their dream wedding dresses.

When a sudden stroke robbed Dai Chant of some of his most precious memories, his son set out to restore them

Dai Chant was the legendary coxswain of the St Davids lifeboat. It is 30 years since he last went to sea. When the stroke hit him, his son Mike noticed that objects connected to the sea stirred up old memories in his dad. Determined to restore his father's memory, Mike began to take his dad to key places in his life, including an emotional visit to the lifeboat station Dai had not entered for three decades. Gradually, memories began to return, but one was missing.

On 26 February 1989, a fishing boat, the Stephanie Jane, lost control close to the rocks beneath the Bishop Rock lighthouse. Dai and his crew put to sea facing a force 12 gale and 30 foot waves and succeeded in bringing her safely into Milford Haven harbour. Later, Dai received a medal for bravery from the RNLI.

Mike and his brother Will arrange to take Dai on a lifeboat, back to sea for the first time in three decades. It's an emotional experience, topped only by the news that both of his sons have been appointed as professional lifeboat crew members at St Davids - following in their father's footsteps.