| Episode # | Date first broadcast | Title | Description | Source |
| 23 | | My Mother the Secret Baby | Daisy Asquith tells the story of her mother's conception after a dance in 1940s Ireland | |
| 22 | | Masterspy of Moscow - George Blake | Film about the spy George Blake, who escaped from jail and fled to the Soviet Union | |
| 21 | | The Lost Gold of the Highlands | A man searches a mysterious Scottish loch for a lost fortune he believes is hidden there | |
| 20 | | Rocking Cambodia: Rise of a Pop Diva | Documentary telling the story of the rise of the band Cambodian Space Project | |
| 19 | | India's Daughter | The story of the brutal gang rape and murder of 23-year-old medical student Jyoti on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012, and the unprecedented protests and riots which this horrific event ignited throughout India | |
| 18 | | 1.7 Billion Dollar Fraud: Full Exposure | In October 2011, Olympus Corporation, a multibillion-dollar Japanese optical company, dismissed its president and CEO, British-born Michael Woodford, over cultural differences in management style | |
| 17 | | The Great European Disaster Movie | Authored documentary by Italian director Annalisa Piras and former editor of The Economist Bill Emmott, which explores the crisis facing Europe. | |
| 16 | | The Great Sex Addict Heist: The Dog | Documentary about John Wojtowicz who is the inspiration for the 1975 movie Dog Day Afternoon | |
| 15 | | Love Hotel | Documentary about a love hotel in Osaka, day-to-day life of its staff and its patrons. | |
| 14 | | Love Is All: 100 Years of Love and Courtship | A magical and moving archive trip through the universal theme of love, set to a stunning soundtrack by Richard Hawley. | |
| 13 | | Bulldozers, Paving Stones and Power: The Chinese Mayor | Documentary which looks into how power works in the Chinese Communist Party, focused through the mission of one local mayor. | |
| 12 | | Mugabe and the Democrats | Political documentary thriller set in Zimbabwe, following two political enemies forced on a joint mission. | |
| 11 | | | Documentary which explores the life of Aaron Swartz, an activist for social justice and political organising on the internet, and the circumstances that led to his early death. | |
| 10 | | The Arabian Motorcycle Adventures | Documentary about an American man, Matt Van Dyke's, multi-year, 35,000-mile motorcycle trip through northern Africa and the Middle East, which saw him fight in the Libyan conflict against Gaddafi. | |
| 9 | | Panto! Mayhem, Make Up and Magic | Film following a cast of Nottingham amateur actors who are staging a production of Puss in Boots, reflecting the vital and life-changing role the theatre plays in people's lives. | |
| 8 | | Exposed: Magicians, Psychics and Frauds | How magician James Randi has debunked faith healers, fortune tellers and psychics. | |
| 7 | | 112 Weddings | A filmmaker finds out what happened to some of the couples whose wedding videos he shot. | |
| 6 | | Particle Fever: The Hunt for the Higgs Boson | Documentary which follows six scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider. | |
| 5 | | Arms Dealer: The Notorious Mr Bout | Documentary following Viktor Bout - entrepreneur, arms smuggler and amateur film-maker. | |
| 4 | | Web Junkies - China's Addicted Teens | Film following Chinese teenagers in a Beijing rehabilitation centre for internet addicts. | |
| 3 | | Velorama | Documentary using BFI archive footage to look back at a century of cycling. | |
| 2 | | The Lance Armstrong Story - Stop at Nothing | Film telling the story of the man behind the greatest fraud in recent sporting history. | |
| 1 | | Searching for Sugar Man | How the forgotten 1960s American rocker Rodriguez became a phenomenon in South Africa. | |
| Episode # | Date first broadcast | Title | Description | Source |
| . | | Russia's Toughest Prison: The Condemned | | |
| . | | The Gatekeepers | | |
| . | | The Himalayan Boy and the TV Set | | |
| . | | The Legend of Billie Jean King - Battle of the Sexes | The story of the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. | |
| . | | Which Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington | Film about Tim Hetherington, the war photographer killed during the Libyan civil war. | |
| 24 | | Shooting Bigfoot: America's Monster Hunters | Documentary about the obsessive, competitive and divided cult of Bigfoot hunting. | |
| . | | Brakeless: Why Trains Crash | Documentary exploring one of Japan's biggest train crashes in modern history. | |
| . | | "Muscle Shoals: The Greatest Recording Studio in the World" | Film about the town with two recording studios where some of America's most creative and defiant music was made. | |
| . | | The Village that Fought Back: Five Broken Cameras | The video diary of a Palestinian farmer who films unrest in his West Bank village. | |
| . | | Soccer Coach Zoran and his African Tigers | A Serbian coach attempts to forge South Sudan's first national football team. | |
| . | | Cutie and the Boxer | Documentary about the chaotic 40-year marriage of two Japanese artists in New York. | |
| . | | K2: The Killer Summit | Documentary looking at how 11 climbers were killed during a descent of K2 in August 2008. | |
| . | | Mad Dog: Gaddafi's Secret World | Insiders who gave shape to Gaddafi's dark dreams talk about his terrifying regime. | |
| . | | The Big Melt - How Steel Made Us Hard | Archive footage and a live score tell the story of steel and the story of Sheffield. | |
| . | | ' | Learning about Chinese artists Ai Weiwei, whose works have brought him notoriety and a prison sentence. | |
| . | | Mandela, The Myth and Me | Examining questions regarding the legacy of Nelson Mandela. | |
| . | | Fame in China | How the senior class at China's top drama academy staged the musical, Fame. | |
| . | | Blackfish - The Whale that Killed | | |
| . | | The Spy who Went into the Cold: Kim Philby, Soviet Super Spy | | |
| . | | The Disappeared | | |
| . | | Hotel Folly - Folie à Deux | Filmed over five years, this is an emotional rollercoaster of a documentary which explores the sometimes extreme highs and lows of one of life's biggest gambles - buying a home. Part black comedy, part nail-biting journey, this shows the human cost of the mortgage crisis. | |
| . | | The Great Hip Hop Hoax | Californian hip-hop duo Silibil N' Brains were going to be massive. No one knew the pair were really Scottish, with fake American accents and made up identities. | |
| 8 | | Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers | Documentary about a gang of diamond thieves called the Pink Panthers. | |
| 7 | | ' | How a group of young, feminist punk rockers known as Pussy Riot captured the world's attention by protesting against Putin's Russia. | |
| . | | I Will Be Murdered | A murdered Guatemalan lawyer foretells his death and names the culprits. | |
| . | | How Hackers Changed the World: We Are Legion | Documentary about the radical online 'hacktivist' collective Anonymous. | |
| . | | The Pirate Bay | How the founders of a file sharing site were taken to court by the entertainment industry. | |
| . | | Google and the World Brain | Documentary about a campaign by authors to stop the Google Books website. | |
| . | | Expedition to the End of the World | A group of scientists and artists venture by ship into uncharted territory. | |
| . | | Death on the Staircase: The Last Chance | Documentary which follows the hearing of a murder case which split a family. | |
| . | | The Queen of Versailles | The story of a couple whose plans of building a mansion are hit by the economic crisis. | |
| . | | Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song | Documentary surveying the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. | |
| . | | The House I Live In | Film looking at America's War on Drugs, painting a portrait of individuals at all levels. | |
| . | | The Other Irish Travellers | Documentary looking at the history of Ireland's vanished Anglo-Irish classes. | |
| . | | From the Sea to the Land Beyond: Britain's Coast on Film | A meditation on Britain's unique coastline and the role it plays in our lives. | |
| . | | The Chef Who Conquered New York: Serving Up Paul Liebrandt | A look at the driven and talented British celebrity chef, Paul Liebrandt. | |
| . | | JFK's Road to White House: Primary 1960 | Film following John F Kennedy during his 1960 Wisconsin presidential primary run. | |
| . | | Olympic Massacre: One Day In September | Recounting the tragic events of the 1972 'Munich Massacre'. | |
| . | | The $750 Million Thief | Film about Marc Stuart Dreier, a Manhattan attorney who orchestrated a fraud that netted over $750 million. | |
| . | | Racing Dreams | Film about three children competing in the World Karting Association's national series. | |
| . | | The Queen of Africa: The Miriam Makeba Story | Film about the life of South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba. | |
| . | | Hitler, Stalin and Mr Jones | Was a Welsh journalist killed in 1935 for revealing Stalin's policies in the Ukraine? | |
| . | | Albino Witchcraft Murders | Two people with albinism try to follow their dreams in the face of prejudice in Tanzania. | |
| . | | Girl Model | Documentary exposing the supply of ever younger girls to the Japanese modelling industry. | |
| . | | Surviving Progress | Documentary about the grave risks we pose to our own survival in the name of progress. | |
| . | | The Real Great Escape | The story of the mastermind behind World War II's Great Escape, Roger Bushel. | |
| . | | Murderball | Documentary exploring the sport of wheelchair rugby, unofficially known as murderball. | |
| . | | ' | The story of the 1974 kidnap of teenage newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. | |
| . | | When China Met Africa | A historic gathering of over fifty African heads of state in Beijing reverberates in Zambia where the lives of three characters unfold. | |
| . | | Cod Wars | Film about the disputes between Iceland and the UK over ownership of fishing zones. | |
| . | | Barbados at the Races: Bajan Born and Bred | An exploration of what it is to be Bajan. | |
| . | | Barbados at the Races: The Jockey's Prayer | A look at the lives of three Bajan jockeys. | |
| . | | Barbados at the Races: Run Cat Run! | How a new breed of small trainer is determined to break into the exclusive Turf Club. | |
| . | | Barbados at the Races: The Favourite | The build-up to the Derby seen through the eyes of those responsible for the favourite. | |
| . | | ' | Documentary film by Kurt Kuenne which chronicles the murder of Andrew Bagby and the efforts of his parents to gain custody of his child from his alleged killer. | |
| . | | Hi Society - The Wonderful World of Nicky Haslam | Documentary about the British socialite and wit Nicky Haslam. | |
| . | | The Jazz Baroness | Documentary about the British baroness who fell in love with jazz genius Thelonious Monk. | |
| . | | Robert Capa - In Love and War | A look at the life, loves and career of iconic war photographer Robert Capa. | |
| . | | Prostitution Behind the Veil | Documentary following the lives of two Iranian women who have resorted to prostitution. | |
| . | | Fashion Victim | How fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered on the steps of his Miami mansion. | |
| . | | Blast! | Scientists launch a revolutionary telescope to try and explain the formation of galaxies. | |
| . | | I'm Not Dead Yet | Documentary about the inheritance of a Gothic home and a family's unspoken past. | |
| . | | Prodigal Sons | Transsexual filmmaker Kim and her brother Marc meet up at their high school reunion. | |
| . | | When Borat Came to Town | Romanian villagers attempt to clear their name after being portrayed in the film Borat. | |
| . | | Shot in Bombay | Documentary on Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, after conviction for firearms offences. | |
| . | | ' | Re-examining Polanski's conviction for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. | |
| . | | Dirty Tricks: The Man Who Got the Bushes Elected | Profile of Lee Atwater, who became chairman of the GOP and mentor to George W Bush. | |
| . | | Martin Luther King: Citizen King 1967-1968 | Documentary about the final five years of civil rights activist Martin Luther King's life. | |
| . | | 1968 | Documentary exploring what happened throughout the world in the seminal year of 1968. | |
| . | | The Day after Peace | Documentary charting filmmaker Jeremy Gilley's attempts to establish a Day of Peace. | |
| . | | : Episode 2 | A filmmaker reassesses her life by talking to women around the world about theirs. | |
| . | | : Episode 1 | A filmmaker reassesses her life by talking to women around the world about theirs. | |
| . | | The Burning Season | One young Australian entrepreneur's attempt to save the rainforests, and make a fortune. | |
| . | | The Chuck Show | Documentary exploring the contradictions and passions of painter Chuck Connelly. | |
| . | | Wheel of Time | Documentary by Werner Herzog exploring the Buddhist Kalachakra movement for world peace. | |
| . | | The Father, the Son and the Housekeeper | Documentary about Father Michael Cleary, an Irish priest who had his own TV chat show. | |
| . | | Death of a WAG | Documentary about the murder of an Iranian football star's wife by his mistress. | |
| . | | The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World: Compilation | Owner Qin Linzi and her staff show how to run a successful restaurant business in China. | |
| . | | The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World: Bright Future | There's a banquet for a new baby and an anniversary show to celebrate its third year. | |
| . | | The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World: Family Duties | Exploring the strong sense of duty implicit in family relationships in China. | |
| . | | The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World: A Good Match | Examining attitudes towards marriage in contemporary China. | |
| . | | The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the World: Enterprise | What it takes to run a successful restaurant business in China. | |
| . | | Bob Dylan's Indian Birthday | The village of Shillong, North India, comes together each year to celebrate Bob Dylan. | |
| . | | Flipping Out - Israel's Drug Generation | Why so many young Israelis have fallen victim to drug culture while backpacking in India. | |
| . | | My Israel | How an Israeli woman who survived a terrorist attack has come to deal with the situation. | |
| . | | The Battle for Jerusalem | Liran Atzmor's film documents a battle that took place in Jerusalem's Old City in 1948. | |
| . | | My Secret Agent Auntie | How apparent heroine Baroness Moura Budberg may have actually been a callous Soviet agent. | |
| . | | Somebody Has to Live: The Journey of Ariel Dorfman | Documentary about author Ariel Dorfman, who survived the bloody 1973 coup in Chile. | |
| . | | Standing in the Shadows of Motown | Documentary that tells the story of The Funk Brothers, the successful Motown musicians. | |
| . | | Dolce Vita Africana | Documentary about celebrated Malian photographer Malick Sidibé. | |
| . | | Tito's Ghost | Documentary revealing how the worship of Marshal Tito continues in the former Yugoslavia. | |
| . | | "Dance with a Serial Killer" | French homicide cop Jean Francois Abgrall recounts bringing serial killer, Francis Heaulme to justice. | |
| . | | Very Russian Geniuses | How the political changes of the 1980s affected the intellectual elite in Russia. | |
| . | | Orthodox Stance | Film about Dmitriy Salita - Russian immigrant, professional boxer and religious Jew. | |
| . | | The Polish Ambulance Murders | How a cabal of undertakers bribed paramedics and doctors into murdering their patients. | |
| . | | Hitler's Secretary | Hitler's private secretary from Autumn 1942 talks about her role in the Third Reich. | |
| . | | The Devil Came on Horseback | A look at how the Arab Sudanese government seems intent on destroying its black citizens. | |
| . | | Jonestown: The World's Biggest Mass Suicide | In 1978, 900 members of the Jonestown cult died in possibly history's biggest mass suicide | |
| . | | Cannibals in the Andes: Stranded! | The survivors of a famous plane crash relive their experiences 30 years later. | |
| . | | ' | The story of a cameraman imprisoned in Baghdad, accused of plotting to kill Tony Blair. | |
| . | | ' | Documentary about an 82-year-old man who has never known love, and a young Russian nun. | |
| . | | My Life as a Spy | Leslie Woodhead recalls his time as a Russian-speaking sleuth during the Cold War. | |
| . | | 444 Days | The story of the 1979 hostage crisis at the American Embassy in Tehran. | |
| . | | Hammer and Tickle | Documentary telling the real history of Communism through jokes told by ordinary people. | |
| . | | The Russian Newspaper Murders | Documentary about the murders of six Russian journalists between 1995 and 2003. | |
| . | | Startup.com | Documentary following two high-school friends as they begin an internet startup. | |
| . | | Little Dieter Needs to Fly | Werner Herzog's film recreates the ordeal of US pilot Dieter Dengler, shot down over Laos. | |
| . | | The Madrid Connection | Documentary about the men lead the terrorist cell behind the 2004 Madrid train bombings. | |
| . | | Wednesday | A revealing portrait of a generation growing up in a changing Russia. | |
| . | | Power Trip | Documentary telling the story of the chaotic post-Soviet transition in Tbilisi, Georgia. | |
| . | | Gods of Brazil | Documentary telling the story of legendary Brazilian footballers Pelé and Garrincha. | |
| . | | Barca - The Inside Story | Documentary following the fortunes of Barcelona Football Club over a year of crisis. | |
| . | | Gimme Shelter | Documentary recalling the events surrounding a free concert by the Rolling Stones in 1969. | |
| . | | New York Doll | Documentary which details the turbulent history of the New York Dolls. | |
| . | | Etre et avoir | Documentary portrait of life in a tiny one-class primary school in France's Auvergne. | |
| . | | The Ministry of Truth | Documentary about Richard Symons' campaign for truth in the Houses of Parliament. | |
| . | | Oona and Me | Documentary about ex-Labour MP Oona King. | |
| . | | Sitting for Parliament | Belfast artist Noel Murphy paints all 108 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
| . | | Bloody Cartoons | Karsten Kjaer looks at the events when a small Danish newspaper chose to print a selection of cartoons depicting Muhammad. | |
| . | | Dinner with the President | President Musharraf explores the different influences on political life in Pakistan. | |
| . | | Looking for the Revolution | Looking at President Evo Morales' struggles building socialist policies in Bolivia. | |
| . | | Taxi to the Dark Side | Documentary investigating a young man's death just days after his arrest by US forces. | |
| . | | Russia's Village of Fools | Documentary about Russian patriot and businessman Mikhail Morozov. | |
| . | | Campaign! The Kawasaki Candidate | Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda follows his friend Yamauchi on the campaign trail in Japan. | |
| . | | Egypt: We Are Watching You | Three Egyptian women start a movement to educate and empower the public | |
| . | | Please Vote for Me | A group of Chinese schoolchildren learn about democracy for the first time. | |
| . | | Iron Ladies of Liberia | Documentary about Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. | |
| . | | Belgrade Radio Warriors - Turn On, Tune In, Slob Out | Documentary about the Belgrade youth radio station, B92. | |
| . | | Iraq in Fragments | Documentary which illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts. | |
| . | | The Undertaking | Documentary about American-Irish poet-philosopher, essayist and undertaker, Thomas Lynch. | |
| . | | This Film is Not Yet Rated | Documentary about the Motion Picture Association of America's rating system. | |
| . | | Glow of White Women | Examination of the personal impact of discriminatory laws in Apartheid era South Africa. | |
| . | | Hollywood Overnight | Documentary about the rise and fall of film maker Troy Duffy. | |
| . | | Riot On! | Award-winning documentary about the spectacular failure of a Finnish media company. | |
| . | | Andrew and Jeremy Get Married | The extraordinary love story between a retired bus driver and a retired teacher. | |
| . | | Children and Cancer - A Lion in the House | Documentary following the challenges facing five families with children who have cancer. | |
| . | | TV Junkie | Documentary about drug addiction, edited from home videos of a drug addict. | |
| . | | Every Good Marriage Begins with Tears | Bengali sisters travel from London to Bangladesh to undertake arranged marriages. | |
| . | | ' | Players, coaches and journalists recall the all-star New York Cosmos of the seventies. | |
| . | | Kike Like Me | Jamie Kastner finds out what it means to be Jewish in the modern world. | |
| . | | Office Tigers: Part 4 | Series which goes inside the closed world of Western corporate outsourcing. | |
| . | | Office Tigers: Part 3 | Series which goes inside the closed world of Western corporate outsourcing. | |
| . | | Office Tigers: Part 2 | Series which goes inside the closed world of Western corporate outsourcing. | |
| . | | Office Tigers: Part 1 | Series which goes inside the closed world of Western corporate outsourcing. | |
| . | | Paris Brothel | Mark Kidel's film looks at the unique licensed brothels of Paris which existed until 1946. | |
| . | | Winged Migration | Oscar-nominated documentary on the migratory patterns of birds. | |
| . | | The Natural History of the Chicken | Documentary expanding the frontiers of popular awareness over the chicken's many virtues. | |
| . | | Laughing with Hitler | Examining the history of the Third Reich through the jokes told about the Nazis. | |
| . | | Why We Fight | Film exploring the joint venture between the US government and the arms industry. | |
| . | | Journeys with George | Alexandra Pelosi's informal portrait of George W. Bush, filmed over nearly a year. | |
| . | | Heirs to an Execution | Ivy Meeropol tells how her family was torn apart when her grandparents were executed. | |
| . | | RFK | David Grubin's biography reassesses the remarkable and tragic life of Bobby Kennedy. | |
| . | | How Vietnam Was Lost | The story of two seemingly unconnected events that changed the course of the Vietnam War. | |
| . | | Children of the Chinese Circus | Documentary looking at Shanghai Circus school. | |
| . | | Black Sun | Documentary about a blind man who travels the world alone. | |
| . | | How Much is Your Life Worth? | Documentary about the work of attorneys and adjusters involved in cases of wrongful death. | |
| . | | Oswald's Ghost | Documentary which deconstructs the mythologies surrounding the JFK assassination. | |
| . | | Cuba! Africa! Revolution: Part 2 | Second of a two-part documentary telling the story of Cuba's interventions in Africa. | |
| . | | Cuba! Africa! Revolution: Part 1 | Two-part documentary about Cuban intervention in Africa from the 1960s onwards. | |
| . | | A Story of People in War and Peace | Documentary about the Nagorno-Karabakh War. | |
| . | | In Search of Gandhi | Indian filmmaker Lalit Vachani retreads the route of Mahatma Gandhi's famous Salt March. | |
| . | | Law of the Dragon | Series following the work of Judge Chen and his travelling court in China | |
