Our Lives

Series 4

11 episodes · May 20, 2020

A collection of documentaries from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

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  • Sink or Skim
    S4E1

    Sink or Skim

    May 20, 202029m

    The World Stone Skimming Championship is held on the tiny Scottish island of Easdale every year. Two obsessed skimmers show us what it takes to become the world's best.

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  • Soul Boy
    S4E2

    Soul Boy

    May 27, 202029m

    A teenager in care finds a home on Nottingham’s Northern Soul scene.

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  • Highland Road Rescue
    S4E3

    Highland Road Rescue

    Jun 3, 202029m

    An intimate portrait of a family-run roadside recovery business in the Scottish Highlands, as they rescue stranded motorists on some of the most remote roads in Britain.

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  • Big Night at the Bingo
    S4E4

    Big Night at the Bingo

    Jun 10, 202029m

    Our Lives goes inside a bingo hall in the heart of West Belfast, meeting some of the regulars who have known each other through thick and thin.

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  • Defying Gravity
    S4E5

    Defying Gravity

    Jun 17, 202029m

    When Lily Rice became the first person in Britain to land a wheelchair backflip, her life was transformed. Now she must overcome her greatest fear.

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  • Bhangra or Bust
    S4E6

    Bhangra or Bust

    Aug 5, 202029m

    Indian folk dance gets competitive in this Our Lives documentary which goes behind the silk and sequins at the world’s biggest bhangra dance contest.

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  • Desperate to Drive
    S4E7

    Desperate to Drive

    Aug 12, 202029m

    In Cardiff, a unique driving centre has the power to decide if higher-risk drivers who’ve lost their licence through illness or accident are safe to be back behind the wheel.

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  • Shankill by the Sea
    S4E8

    Shankill by the Sea

    Aug 19, 202029m

    An intimate portrait of caravan life on the Ards Peninsula in Northern Ireland, telling the personal stories of those who leave their problems behind in the city and escape to the seaside.

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  • Pink Dreams
    S4E9

    Pink Dreams

    Aug 26, 202029m

    Pink Dreams follows grandmother Lorraine as she performs her tribute act to a megastar 20 years younger, Pink.

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  • Saving Our Eco-Village
    S4E10

    Saving Our Eco-Village

    Sep 2, 202028m

    Off-grid with their own food, animals, power, water and waste disposal, a Welsh eco-community try to come up with a plan to save their homes and their future.

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  • Zoo Mum
    S4E11

    Zoo Mum

    Sep 9, 202029m

    Whatever is happening in the outside world, life in Colchester zoo goes on. Curator Sarah Forsyth is heading into the busiest summer of her life keeping countless animals happy.

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