Factual Programmes

These are the factual programmes from which the bfi tv 100 voters were asked to choose their favourites.
  • 28 Up (ITV, 1984)
  • 1900 House (Channel 4, 1999)
  • Afghansti (First Tuesday) (ITV, 1988)
  • After Dark (Channel 4, 1987-91)
  • Alice - A Fight for Life (ITV, 1982)
  • All Our Working Lives (BBC, 1984)
  • All Our Yesterdays (ITV, 1960-73/87-89)
  • America (BBC, 1972-73)
  • Animal Hospital (BBC, 1994-)
  • Antiques Roadshow, The (BBC, 1979-)
  • Aquarius (ITV, 1970-77)
  • Arena (BBC, 1975-)
  • Ark, The (BBC, 1993)
  • Around the World in Eighty Days (BBC, 1989)
  • Ascent of Man (BBC, 1973)
  • At the Edge of the Union (Real Lives) (BBC, 1985)
  • Beauty, Bonny, Daisy, Violet, Grace and Geoffrey Morton (ITV, 1974)
  • Beyond the Clouds (Channel 4, 1994)
  • Body in Question, The (BBC, 1978)
  • Botanic Man (ITV, 1978)
  • Boy David (The Visit) (BBC, 1983)
  • Britain's Slave Trade (Untold) (Channel 4, 1999)
  • Chronicle (BBC, 1966-91)
  • Civilisation (BBC, 1969)
  • Complaint of Rape, A (Police) (BBC, 1982)
  • Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, The (BBC, 1953)
  • Creggan (ITV, 1980)
  • Crimewatch UK (BBC, 1984-)
  • Death of Yugoslavia, The (BBC, 1995)
  • Death on the Rock (This Week) (ITV, 1988)
  • Dennis Potter: The Last Interview (Without Walls Special) (Channel 4, 1994)
  • Disappearing World (ITV, 1970-91)
  • Divorce Iranian Style (Channel 4, 1999)
  • Drinking for England (Modern Times) (BBC, 1998)
  • Driving School (BBC, 1997)
  • Dying Rooms, The (Channel 4, 1995)
  • Eastern Eye (Channel 4, 1982-85)
  • Ed Murrow interviewed by Malcolm Muggeridge (BBC, 1955)
  • Elgar (Ken Russell - Monitor) (BBC, 1962)
  • Elizabeth R (BBC, 1992)
  • Equinox (Channel 4, 1986-)
  • Ethiopian Famine (Michael Buerk - 9 o'clock news) (BBC, 1984)
  • Explorers (BBC, 1975)
  • Face to Face (John Freeman) (BBC, 1959-62)
  • Family, The (BBC, 1974)
  • Fishing Party, The (Forty Minutes) (BBC, 1986)
  • Four Hours in Mai Lai (First Tuesday) (ITV, 1989)
  • Fourteen Days in May (BBC, 1987)
  • Fred Dibnah, Steeplejack (BBC, 1979)
  • Frost Programme: Emil Savundra (ITV, 1967)
  • Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales (BBC, 1997)
  • Gale is Dead (Man Alive) (BBC, 1970)
  • Gone for a Soldier (BBC, 1980)
  • Graham Taylor: The Impossible Job (Cutting Edge) (Channel 4, 1994)
  • Great War, The (BBC, 1964)
  • Green and Pleasant Land (Channel 4, 1999)
  • Heart of the Angel (BBC, 1989)
  • Hello, Do You Hear Us? (Channel 4, 1990)
  • Hollywood (ITV, 1980)
  • Home from the Hill (Forty Minutes) (BBC, 1987)
  • Horizon (BBC, 1964-)
  • House, The (BBC, 1996)
  • HRH The Princess of Wales (Panorama) (BBC, 1995)
  • Human Body, The (BBC, 1998)
  • Ibiza Uncovered (Sky One, 1997)
  • (Michael Wood) In Search of... (BBC, 1980-85)
  • Jimmy's (ITV, 1987-96)
  • Johnny Go Home (ITV, 1975)
  • Katie and Eilish: Siamese Twins (ITV, 1992)
  • Kitty - Return To Auschwitz (ITV, 1979)
  • Late Night Line Up (BBC, 1964-72)
  • Late Show, The (BBC, 1989-95)
  • Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife, The (True Stories) (Channel 4, 1991)
  • Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story (Omnibus) (BBC, 1985)
  • Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten (ITV, 1969)
  • Life of Birds (BBC, 1998)
  • Life On Earth (BBC, 1979)
  • Living Planet, The (BBC, 1984)
  • Malcolm and Barbara - A Love Story (ITV, 1999)
  • Man Alive (BBC, 1965-82)
  • Mayfair Set, The (BBC, 1999)
  • Media Show, The (Channel 4, 1987-91)
  • MI5's Official Secrets (Twenty Twenty Vision) (Channel 4, 1985)
  • Monitor (BBC, 1958-65)
  • Morning in the Streets (BBC, 1959)
  • Nationwide (BBC, 1971-84)
  • Nazis - A Warning From History, The (BBC, 1997)
  • Net, The (BBC, 1994-98)
  • Network East (BBC, 1987-)
  • Newsnight (BBC, 1980-)
  • Old Man of Hoy, The (BBC, 1967)
  • Omnibus (BBC, 1967-)
  • One Man and His Dog (BBC, 1976-99)
  • Our World (BBC, 1967)
  • Out of the Doll's House (BBC, 1988)
  • Out on Tuesday/Out (Channel 4, 1989-94)
  • Pandora's Box (BBC, 1992)
  • Panorama (BBC, 1953-)
  • People in Trouble (ITV, 1958)
  • People's Century (BBC, 1995-97)
  • Provos/Loyalists (BBC, 1997/99)
  • Question of Ulster, A (BBC, 1972)
  • Rock 'n' Roll Years, The (BBC, 1985-87)
  • Rough Justice (BBC, 1982-)
  • Royal Family, The (BBC/ITV, 1969)
  • Sailor (BBC, 1976)
  • Second Russian Revolution, The (BBC, 1991)
  • Second World War in Colour, The (ITV, 1999)
  • Secret History (Channel 4, 1991-)
  • Secret Society (BBC, 1987)
  • Secret World of Sex, A (BBC, 1991)
  • Signs of the Times (BBC, 1992)
  • Simon's War (Q.E.D.) (BBC, 1983)
  • Six English Towns (BBC, 1981-85)
  • Sky at Night, The (BBC, 1957-)
  • State Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill (ITV, 1965)
  • Station X (Channel 4, 1999)
  • South Bank Show, The (ITV, 1978-)
  • Survival (ITV, 1961-)
  • Television and Number 10 (BBC, 1986)
  • This Week (ITV, 1956-92)
  • Three Salons at the Seaside (BBC, 1994)
  • Timewatch (BBC, 1982-)
  • Tobacco Wars (BBC, 1999)
  • Tomorrow's World (BBC, 1965-)
  • Tonight (BBC, 1957-65)
  • Too Long a Sacrifice (ITV, 1984)
  • Too Long a Winter (ITV, 1973)
  • Tribe That Hides From Man, The (ITV, 1970)
  • Troubleshooter/Troubleshooter 2 (BBC, 1990/92)
  • TV Heaven (Channel 4, 1992)
  • Under the Sun (BBC, 1989-)
  • Unforgiving, The (True Stories) (Channel 4, 1993)
  • v. (Tony Harrison) (Channel 4, 1987)
  • Video Diaries (BBC, 1990-)
  • Walking With Dinosaurs (BBC, 1999)
  • War in the Air (BBC, 1954-55)
  • Washes Whiter (BBC, 1990)
  • Ways of Seeing (BBC, 1972)
  • Wedding on Saturday, A (ITV, 1964)
  • Weekend World (ITV, 1972-88)
  • What the Papers Say (ITV/BBC, 1959-)
  • Whicker's World (BBC/ITV, 1959-68/74-78/92-94)
  • Windrush (BBC, 1998)
  • World About Us, The/Natural World, The (BBC, 1967-)
  • World At War, The (ITV, 1973-74)
  • World In Action (ITV, 1963-98)
  • Year Zero - The Silent Death of Cambodia (ITV, 1979)
  • Yesterday's Men (Twenty Four Hours) (BBC, 1971)
  • Your Life in Their Hands (BBC, 1958-64/80-86)
Last Updated: Monday, 04-Sep-2006 21:53:26 BST