DOCUMENTARIES

GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED 2009
Documentary about the 'Glastonbury for petrolheads', which is part car show, part race and 100 per cent speed meet. Adrenalin junkies only need apply.
EXTREME MALE BEAUTY
Nowadays it's not just women who are feeling the pressure to look good. In this post-Beckham age men have to shape up, too. This series follows journalist Tim Shaw in his efforts to lose weight, tone up and beat the ladies at their own game.
IMAGINE: DAMON AND JAMIE'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
Alan Yentob goes behind the scenes at Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's (the duo behind Gorillaz) operatic adaptation of Wu Cheng'en's epic novel Monkey: Journey to the West. The pair travel to China to find inspiration and a cast to bring their work to life.
JAMES MAY ON THE MOON
The Top Gear man commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings, meeting three of the astronauts who walked on the moon, as well as experiencing G force. Then dons his own space suit to fly to the edge of space in a surprisingly moving scene that sees May lost for words.
JAMIE'S AMERICAN ROAD TRIP:LOUISIANA
Jamie Oliver's off to the States where, rather than visit fancy restaurants and top chefs, will be meeting and learning from, real cooks making honest food for working people at street stalls, off-road diners and down-to-earth local restaurants.
MANCHESTER UNITED PREMIER CUP 2009
A documentary about the MUPC, which gives talented under-15s a chance to show off their skills on an international stage and meet and compete with the best of their class.
PREMIER LEAGUE WORLD
Full to the brim with club profiles, player interviews and match footage from what is arguably the best football league in the world.
REHAB: VICTORIA SELLERS
The series that shows celebrities battling their addictions at the established Passages clinic in Malibu, California. Those involved have a variety of destructive dependencies including painkiller addiction, bulimia and alcoholism, and must confront the underlying reasons for their problem in emotional and often heart wrenching ways. In this episode, Victoria Sellers, daughter of Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland, battles her drug addiction.
ROSS KEMP ON GANGS
Bafta-winning, no-holds-barred look into the frightening reality of gang culture, presented by Ross Kemp. In this instalment, Kemp visits Los Angeles where he meets the Crips and the Bloods.
THE SECRET CARIBBEAN WITH TREVOR MCDONALD
This epic series sees the much-loved, award-winning newsman Sir Trevor McDonald trekking the 2,000 miles across the Caribbean to see for himself the incredible extremes that make this region so unique. In this episode Sir Trevor travels to Richard Branson’s Necker Island and in contrast visits the capital of Cuba, Havana.
TOP GEAR
Clarkson, May and Hammond are back for tons more four-wheeled fun and frolics as the team set out to find out what Top Gear would have been like 60 years ago and The Stig is at last revealed - or is he? Watch it and find out.
TOTAL RELAXATION
Sit back and enjoy a meditative journey.
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