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Our Lives

  • 2017 – 2025
  • Returning Series
  • Documentary
  • ~30m / ep
  • 9 seasons

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

Latest: Series 9 · 2025

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Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity.

  1. E1. The Social Knitwork

    Jul 14, 2025 · 29m

    Northern Irish fashion designer Hope Macaulay and a team of home knitters gear up to open their first ever shop in Los Angeles. Will this handmade label make it in Hollywood?

  2. E2. The World's Oldest Railway

    Jul 15, 2025 · 29m

    At 300 years old, Tanfield in Gateshead is the world’s oldest railway. To celebrate, volunteers are working against the clock to restore engines and create their biggest event yet.

  3. E3. The Haggis Hunters

    Jul 16, 2025 · 29m

    In a fierce battle of tradition, pride and family legacy, four butchers risk it all to claim the crown at Scotland’s ultimate culinary showdown – the World Haggis Championships.

  4. E4. Dolphin Town

    Jul 17, 2025 · 29m

    Welcome to New Quay, in Wales, where the livelihoods and legacies of the community are tied to the rhythm of the bottlenose dolphins that live in the bay.

  5. E5. The Ultimate Wingwalker

    Jul 18, 2025 · 29m

    Kirsten is a wingwalker with the world’s only formation wingwalking display team. In 2025, they will perform a new move that’s more daring than anything they’ve done before.

  6. E6. Female Fishermen: Beyond the Buoys

    Jul 21, 2025 · 29m

    Britain’s boats need crew, and three young women – Brooke, Erin and Emma – are stepping up. Proud to call themselves ‘fishermen’, they show that traditions can evolve.

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