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Our Lives

Overview

Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity – as seen through the eyes of remarkable people doing extraordinary things.

Seasons

Season 1 (2017)

Powerful topical and human stories from around the United Kingdom.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Big Love
2017-06-12

Documentary providing an emotional insight into the lives of two brothers, who both have a rare form of dwarfism, as they prepare to marry their wives-to-be.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Supersize Cabbies
2017-06-19

A group of overweight cabbies try to change the habits of a lifetime and go from supersize to superfit.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Growing Up with Cancer
2017-06-26

Teenagers share their experiences of coping with the effects of cancer and chemotherapy at the Teenage Cancer Trust Unit at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Bus Wars
2017-07-03

Documentary looking at the fierce competition between the big bus tour companies in Belfast as they fight for a share of the lucrative tourist market.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 5: Mini Monet Millionaire
2017-07-10

Following 14-year-old artist Kieron Williamson as he prepares for his latest exhibition.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: The World's Oldest Family
2017-07-17

Documentary following the Donnelly family from County Armagh, thought to be the oldest group of siblings in the world, with a collective age of 1,064 years.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Jodi's Lovely Letters
2017-07-24

Aled Jones meets Jodi Ann Bickley, founder of the One Million Lovely Letters project, who has written thousands of letters to people around the world in need of support.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 8: Orkney: When the Boat Comes In
2017-07-31

Orkney is, officially, the UK’s cruise ship capital. With around 125,000 passengers expected this year, how does this small island community cope with the onslaught of tourists?

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 9: The Bug Grub Couple
2017-08-07

Documentary following insect expert Dr Sarah Beynon and award-winning chef Andy Holcroft as they try to bring insect-based food products to the mainstream market.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Land of the Giants
2017-08-23

From 20-stone pumpkins to man-sized marrows, this documentary digs into the colourful world of Welsh giant vegetable growers as they fight it out in the first show of the season.

Runtime: 29 min
Season 2 (2018)

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

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Great Cheese Chase
2018-08-06

A unique insight into one of the West Country’s craziest and most dangerous rural traditions – cheese rolling.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 9: Role Model
2018-06-27

Nineteen-year-old Kate Grant wants to be a fashion model, but she's a model with a difference. Kate has Down's syndrome. This documentary follows Kate as she pursues her dream and takes her first steps on the catwalk.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Mad about Elvis
2018-06-20

Documentary looking at Porthcawl Elvis Festival, the largest Elvis festival in the world, and exploring why the lure of Elvis is still so intoxicating 40 years on from his death.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: The Street Food Servants
2018-06-25

Randeep Singh started his small Southall charity with just a handful of volunteers but has now transformed it into a sophisticated national task force feeding thousands each week.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 8: Elephants on the Move
2018-07-23

It’s not your typical removal job - transporting a herd of elephants from the Midlands to their new seaside home. There are delays and setbacks as Elephants on the Move made by BBC Birmingham discovers why such a mammoth task is being attempted and just how successful it’s been.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 5: Lorry Ladies
2018-07-30

Documentary in which Angela Rippon travels to Northern Ireland to meet the women who drive for a living and spend their weekends at truck festivals across the country.

Runtime: 31 min
Episode 3: The Island That Saved My Life
2018-07-16

Documentary about the remote Scottish island of North Ronaldsay. The island saved Sarah Moore's life, but it is under threat, and she must do everything she can to help save it.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 2: The Pope and I - Our Lives
2018-08-20

As Pope Francis prepares to visit Ireland this August, this documentary explores people's relationship with the Holy Father and how it has changed over the decades.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Snowdonia Shepherdess
2018-08-13

In the shadow of Snowdon, 26-year-old Teleri Fielden is given an opportunity to fulfil her dream of becoming an upland hill farmer. She’s won a scholarship to run the National Trust farm Llyndy Isaf.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 4: Fight Like a Girl
2018-06-11

Documentary following Kimberly Benson - aka Viper - a top female wrestler from Scotland, as she fights in some of the most important matches of her career.

Runtime: 29 min
Season 3 (2019)

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

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Battle of the Bands
2019-05-27

Documentary celebrating brass banding in Wales. It follows the Cory and Tredegar Bands as they prepare to battle it out to be crowned Welsh Champions at the national finals.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 2: Behind the Mascara: Jamie Genevieve
2019-06-10

Jamie Genevieve is Scotland’s biggest internet personality. Here, cameras follow Jamie’s meteoric rise and the build up to her big wedding in Italy.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 3: Punjab United
2019-06-17

Our Lives follows the fortunes of Punjab United, a semi-professional football team in Gravesend run by British Sikhs, as they face their toughest season yet.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 4: Life of Pies
2019-07-24

Life of Pies celebrates the perfect pastry parcel and lifts the lid at the British Pie Awards. Bragging rights and regional pride are at stake in this Our Lives documentary.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 5: Mountain Rescue
2019-07-01

An insight into the volunteers of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team as they save lives.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 6: The Last Showmen
2019-07-22

The Cullen family have been bringing all the fun of the fair to people's doorsteps since 1860. Our Lives looks at this unique way of life and explores whether it's in danger of becoming extinct or if the next generation of Cullens can keep the family tradition alive.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 7: Taking on the Irish Sea
2019-07-29

A dozen west Wales sea rowers, eight women and four men, from all walks of life and with a 47-year age span, take on a challenge of a lifetime - a race across the Irish Sea.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 8: White Van Gogh Man
2019-08-05

Ruddy Muddy is a white van man with a difference. He's an artist who uses mud to create amazing paintings on the side of his van.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 9: Splendid Isolation - the Bardsleys
2019-08-12

Following the Scharer family, the new wardens of Bardsey, a remote island off north west Wales. Arriving alone and totally isolated, they immediately face many challenges.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 10: From Syria to Scotland
2019-08-19

This Our Lives documentary follows the new lives of the Syrian refugee families who have made the small Scottish island of Bute their home.

Runtime: 29 min
Season 4 (2020)

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

11 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Sink or Skim
2020-05-20

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.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 2: Soul Boy
2020-05-27

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

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 3: Highland Road Rescue
2020-06-03

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.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 4: Big Night at the Bingo
2020-06-10

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.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 5: Defying Gravity
2020-06-17

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.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 6: Bhangra or Bust
2020-08-05

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.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 7: Desperate to Drive
2020-08-12

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.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 8: Shankill by the Sea
2020-08-19

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.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 9: Pink Dreams
2020-08-26

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

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 10: Saving Our Eco-Village
2020-09-02

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.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 11: Zoo Mum
2020-09-09

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.

Runtime: 29 min
Season 5 (2021)

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

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Merthyr Mermaid
2021-08-10

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?

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 3: Keeping Up with the Maileys
2021-08-17

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.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 4: Aberdeen Harbour
2021-08-20

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

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 5: The City of Horses
2021-08-24

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.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 7: Lambing Life
2021-09-01

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.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 8: For Peat's Sake
2021-09-08

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

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 9: The Long Walk Home
2021-09-15

As Christian Lewis nears the finish line of his five-year-long walk round the UK, Our Lives looks back at the early stages of his remarakble journey.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 10: The Girl with the Colourful Leg
2021-09-29

Charity ambassador, model and actress, Bernadette Hagans celebrates the 'inclusion revolution' and makes history as the first amputee to take part in Miss Northern Ireland.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 11: Boots and Beards
2021-10-06

This documentary reveals the story of the Scots Asian-run hillwalking group helping people from ethnic minority backgrounds explore the great outdoors.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 12: Finding My Family
2021-10-11

Leah was abandoned as a baby in a Manchester hospital toilet. Twenty-six years later, she is determined to find out who she is and where she came from.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 6: Pride of Place
2021-08-25

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

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 2: Life on the High Wire
2021-08-11

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

Runtime: 29 min
Season 6 (2022)

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

17 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Born Deaf, Raised Hearing
2022-05-06

Jonny Cotsen is an actor and a father of two children, and he’s deaf. He wants to know why he was brought up as if he could hear and whether it’s too late to embrace his deaf identity.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 2: Speed Kids
2022-05-13

The kids dreaming of becoming motorcycle superstars. Northern Ireland has produced some of the world’s most famous racers, but have the demands of the sport gone too far?

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 3: Cornwall's Wildest Wave
2022-05-20

Cornwall has a secret giant wave. Champion surfer Tom Butler is on a mission to find this monster off the wild north Cornish coast, but will it be too dangerous to ride?

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 4: You Shall Go to the Ball
2022-05-23

The Queen Charlotte’s Ball is the most prestigious debutante ball in the world. This is the story of Jasleen, the first debutante of Indian heritage at the London season.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 5: Darts Dreams
2022-06-10

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.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 6: Supergran and the Garden of Justice
2022-06-17

Our Lives follows Dena Murphy, a wisecracking 93-year-old helping young offenders back onto the straight and narrow as they do community service on an allotment in Manchester.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 7: Sarah the Lumberjill
2022-06-24

Sarah is the fourth generation of her family to 'take up the saw', working across the forests of the Central Highlands of Scotland with her family.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 8: Wedding Day Curves
2022-07-22

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.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 9: Rescuing Dad
2022-07-25

Dai Chant, the legendary coxswain of the St Davids lifeboat, returns to the sea after 30 years ashore to revisit the scene of his most daring rescue.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 10: Who Needs Banksy
2022-08-12

An extraordinary organic explosion of street art in Port Talbot, inspired by Banksy, sees the creation of over 40 new murals that transform the town.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 11: 33 Families, One Big Build
2022-08-19

To escape rising house prices, 33 families decide to build their own street in Leeds. But sharing cars and deciding what colour to paint the front doors proves problematic.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 12: The World's Most Expensive Sheepdogs
2022-08-22

Sheepdogs from Wales are currently in demand all over the world and reach record breaking prices. We follow mid Wales's top trainers to see what makes our sheepdogs so special.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 13: Trick Pony Club
2022-08-26

Jousting knights on horseback and gun-slinging, acrobatic cowboys. Behind the scenes with Scotland’s stunt horse team.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 14: Searching for My Other Mam
2022-09-02

Years after being adopted by white Welsh parents, Gerallt Wyn Jones goes looking for the black father he’s never known, and for the young white mother who felt that she had to give him away.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 15: Hell's Belles
2022-09-05

Will the women motorcyclists of Wales be part of a successful world record attempt and inspire a new generation of bikers?

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 16: We Are Strong Women
2022-09-18

With the Wales Strong Woman competition coming up, two Aberdare women share the highs and the lows of competing in a sport that has given them so much more than physical strength.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 17: Rat Woman
2022-09-26

Patricia Page wages war on rats and other pests that are wreaking havoc across homes and business premises in Northern Ireland.

Runtime: 28 min
Season 7 (2023)

Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: My Husband the MMA Fighter
2023-06-02

Natalie Ray is a 30-year-old mum of four, married to cage-fighting pro Stevie 'Braveheart' Ray. This is the tale of his one million dollar fight, told through Natalie's eyes.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Rhys McClenaghan: Chasing Gold
2023-06-09

The stakes have never been higher for elite gymnast Rhys McClenaghan as he prepares for three major competitions that could make or break his career – but can he bring home gold?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: The Girl Who Sails with Her Breath
2023-06-16

Natasha can't use her arms or legs, but she's determined to sail the Atlantic. Her dad invents a way to control a boat with her breath, and the family set out across the world.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Yarnbombers
2023-06-23

It's knitting, but not as we know it. A warm-hearted documentary profiling the colourful lives and creations of the Swansea Yarnbombers.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: My Life-Saving Dog
2023-06-30

Koda, a gorgeous golden retriever, is training to be an assistance dog. But if she's to help her owner Mei, she needs to stay awake on the job.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Cycling Saved My Life
2023-07-28

Suicide survivor turned record-breaking cyclist Josh Quigley found redemption by cycling around the world. Now, he's pushing himself to qualify for the world championships.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Britain's Busiest Mountain
2023-08-04

Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) attracts around 750,000 visitors each year, and the race is on to prepare for the busiest season yet.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Fast Track to Glory
2023-08-11

A determined young islander chases her first season as a racing driver. Isla Mackenzie from Scotland's Outer Hebrides has been signed up by an F3 team.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: One Man and His Island
2023-08-18

Ex-aircraft engineer Simon begins a completely new life on his own as the warden of Flat Holm Island. The more he learns about the island, the more he learns about himself too.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Our Sea Forest
2023-09-08

The destruction of an underwater forest and its remarkable return to life, seen through the eyes of 74-year-old freediver Eric Smith.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: The Lottery Millionaire and the Spirit of Belfast
2023-09-15

Lottery winner Peter Lavery looks back on the day that changed his life and races to finish the ambitious conversion of the Titanic Pumphouse into a whiskey distillery.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Ballroom Dreams
2023-10-02

Train, compete, sleep, repeat! Welcome to the world of competitive ballroom, as we follow Caerphilly's top teenage dancers to Wales’s first ever world championships. (iPlayer only except Wales)

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: The Extreme Hairdresser
2023-11-24

Hairdressing, but not as you know it. Aberkenfig hairdresser Shelley Lane loves cutting her regular clients' hair, but she has a completely different side to her work – creating stunning avant-garde hair designs. She competes around the world with the best but always loves coming home to Aberkenfig. (iPlayer only except Wales)

Runtime: 30 min
Season 8 (2024)

Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity.

12 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Two Sisters, One Goal
2024-08-16

Two sisters from Brynamman, Carmarthenshire, face the challenge of their lives as they arrange a star-studded Wales v England charity football match. Will they succeed?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Darts City
2024-08-23

Four top darts players battle for a place at finals night. Can they keep their cool at the oche in one of Ireland’s oldest leagues?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: The Seal Whisperer
2024-08-30

Northumberland GP Ben Burville has struck up a unique relationship with the Farne Islands grey seals. He takes us under the waves to share the secrets of these beautiful creatures.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: The Journey to Scotland's Remotest Pub
2024-09-06

Two friends take on a journey to Scotland's remotest pub, interwoven with stories from some of the residents of the magical Knoydart peninsula.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Dinohunters
2024-09-13

Anyone can be a fossil hunter. Both amateur and professional palaeontologists are unearthing secrets from when dinosaurs walked the land and changing what we know about evolution in Wales.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Our Yorkshire Stately Home
2024-09-20

One of England's grandest stately homes, Wentworth Woodhouse, was going to rack and ruin when it was saved for local people in a former mining community. This inspiring documentary follows the dedicated workers and volunteers as they battle to restore this South Yorkshire gem to its former glory.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 7: The Omagh Hum
2024-09-27

Up against the rumour mill and conspiracy theories, Omagh locals uncover the mystery of a hum that has made headlines around the world.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 8: The Secret Lives of Lighthouse Keepers
2024-10-11

A rare glimpse into the working world of the teams who keep the lights on in 208 lighthouses round the coast of Scotland and the Isle of Man.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 9: The Lakes: Our Life on the Edge
2024-10-18

Like most couples, Anna and Mat are just trying to figure life out. Unlike most couples, they’ve decided the best way to do this is a 100-mile epic climbing challenge in the Lakes.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 10: Pets Saving Lives
2024-10-25

Family pets with a special calling. These specially trained search and rescue dogs and their volunteer handlers risk everything to help find Northern Ireland’s missing people.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 11: Secrets of the Lost Mines
2024-11-01

Historian Ioan Lord and dairy farmer Al Tansey are unlikely friends with a shared passion for the past. Together, they explore the abandoned metal mines of Mid Wales.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 12: The Boy Who Can Fly
2024-11-08

The uplifting story of a young Scotsman defying conventional expectations and gravity. Since he was young, growing up in Stonehaven, Liam Byrne has dreamt of flying like a bird.

Runtime: 28 min
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