In this revealing observational series, six young Brits, whose privileged lives have left them with the idea that homelessness is often the result of the victim's own actions, and they could fix it if they really wanted to, have agreed to sleep rough on the streets of London for three nights. The rich kids want to prove that it's easy to escape homelessness, and they all have a plan to make money and get off the streets. They'll beg, get jobs and even start a business while surviving as rough sleepers during the winter months. Will meeting the real homeless people change their perspective on homelessness?
As the former British Colonies on the east coast became the United States of America, their sights were now set on what lay west. A ludicrously good land deal with France unlocks a vast wilderness seemingly open for the taking.
Sex and Shopping was a documentary series on the global sex industry. The series examines contemporary attitudes concerning commercial sex, censorship and experimentation. Each episode explores aspects of the legal international commercial sex industry, finance and lifestyles. It was produced for Channel 5 and three series were made. The first aired in 1998, second in 2000 and the third in 2001 in the United Kingdom.
We meet some of the UK’s most unequal households, in which one partner – usually the woman – is taking on more of the domestic load than anyone else in the home.
Documentary series about people with excessive or now-regretted tattoos. Mel thought she could win back her man by getting a tattoo dedicated to the love of his life on her wrist, Shola got the F-word tattooed on her middle finger when she was a rebellious teen, and Shaun's brother teases him about his incorrectly spelled football club tattoo.
Britain's Worst Driver was a British television series created and hosted by ex-Top Gear host Quentin Willson made by Mentorn and shown on Five in the United Kingdom from 2002 to 2003. In 30-minute episodes, the worst drivers chosen by viewers "earned back" their driving licences by performing various driving challenges. The driver who performed the worst was awarded Britain's Worst Driver. The success of the series led to localized versions of the show, and creation of the Worst Driver television franchise.
Travelling back to the high street of yesteryear to celebrate the favourite shop brands that Britain loved and lost, from Woolworths to Wimpy, Top Shop to Tammy Girl, and Blockbuster to BHS.
Former Royal Marine Arthur Williams walks across Britain to learn about World War II, including details of women who became spies, teenagers who went down the mines, and inventors who created new weapons used in the conflict.
Series following students working within the sex industry as they attempt to pay off their student debt by stripping, escorting and filming pornography.
Bad Habits, Holy Orders is a series that sees young women swapping their modern lives to spend a month living in a working convent in East Anglia where home comforts, smartphones and alcohol are banned.
It documents the efforts of a youth organisation to bring history to life and engage young people in a groundbreaking way – namely by learning history through real-life simulations and first-hand experience. The brainchild of a group of former paratroopers and youth workers, Battle of Arnhem is a phenomenally ambitious and daring project. The plan is to take a group of typical teenagers and train them to recreate the famous September 1944 aerial parachute assault on Arnhem in the Netherlands.
Following eviction specialists as they attempt to remove nightmare tenants from buildings and the elite council teams as they seek put rogue landlords who are providing unsuitable living conditions.