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Watch Documentary Series & Episodes on U

Top Shows to Stream on U On Demand

  • U&Dave Channel

    Documentary Special Ops: To Catch a Criminal

    A gritty factual series following the investigations of elite UK police units created to crack tough cases.

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    Documentary Aussie Road Train Truckers

    Documentary series following a cast of road train truck drivers across the Australian Outback.

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  • U&Yesterday Channel

    Documentary Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics

    Bangers & Cash spin-off series. Exclusively on U, watch each episode 7 days early.

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  • U&W Channel

    Documentary Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

    Stacey is back for another exclusive series, exploring the lives of fascinating people and their stories.

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  • U&Yesterday Channel

    Documentary Flipping Bangers

    Car enthusiasts Will Trickett and Gus Gregory try to fix neglected cars and double their selling price.

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    Documentary Canal Boat Diaries

    Robbie Cumming offers a personal take on life aboard his narrowboat while travelling through England.

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    Documentary Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

    Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse share their life experiences while fishing.

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U&Original Docuseries

  • Jamali Maddix: Follow the Leader

    Description: The comedian and documentary maker spends time with growing communities on the fringes of the mainstream.; Category: Real Stories; 4 episodes available.

  • Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

    Description: The investigative reporter spends 72 hours in the company of extraordinary characters.; Category: Real Stories; 24 episodes available.

  • Billy Connolly Does ...

    Description: Legendary comic Billy Connolly looks back at his 50-year stand-up career.; Category: UK Comedy; 13 episodes available.

  • Guy Martin: Proper Jobs

    Description: Guy Martin attempts a variety of different roles that involve hard graft and no end of skill.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 4 episodes available.

  • Alison & Larry: Billericay to Barry

    Description: Gavin & Stacey's Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb take a 210-mile road trip from Billericay to Barry Island.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 3 episodes available.

  • New Series

    Pete Wicks: For Dogs' Sake

    Description: TOWIE star Pete Wicks immerses himself in the world of dog care at Basildon's Dogs Trust rehoming centre.; Category: Real Stories; 9 episodes available.

  • Special Ops: To Catch A Criminal

    Description: A gritty factual series following the investigations of elite UK police units created to crack tough cases.; Category: Emergency Services; 12 episodes available.

  • Back From the Dead: Who Kidnapped Me?

    Description: We look at the kidnapping of Delimar Vera, an extraordinary true story that shocked America.; Category: True Crime; 3 episodes available.

  • Classic Car Kings

    Description: The team at Irv's Resto Shop in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, rescue classic cars that seem beyond repair.; Category: Motoring; 6 episodes available.

  • David Jason: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    Description: The actor discovers the machines that made America and changed the world.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 5 episodes available.

  • Special Ops: Crime Squad UK

    Description: A never-before-seen look into the real-life criminal investigations of the UK's most talented sleuths.; Category: Emergency Services; 18 episodes available.

  • Red Flag

    Description: Compelling true crime series about the perilous landscape of modern dating.; Category: True Crime; 8 episodes available.

Explore Nature's Wonders

  • Frozen Planet

    Description: ; Category: Natural History; 6 episodes available.

  • Attenborough and The Sea Dragon

    Description: The 200 million-year-old remains of an ichthyosaur found on the Jurassic Coast.; Category: Natural History; 1 episode available.

  • Wilderness with Simon Reeve

    Description: Simon Reeve travels through some of the most remote landscapes on Earth.; Category: Travel; 4 episodes available.

  • Blue Planet

    Description: David Attenborough narrates a natural history of the oceans.; Category: Natural History; 7 episodes available.

  • Operation Arctic with Simon Reeve

    Description: Kate Humble, Simon Reeve and Gordon Buchanan travel to the Arctic to study polar bears.; Category: Natural History; 4 episodes available.

  • Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

    Description: Documentary series in which the eminent naturalist explores unusual evolutionary quirks.; Category: Natural History; 27 episodes available.

  • Expedition with Steve Backshall: Unpacked

    Description: Behind-the-scenes footage from Steve Backshall's ten world-first expeditions.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 4 episodes available.

  • Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

    Description: Adventurer Simon Reeve visits some of the world's most iconic waterways.; Category: Travel; 3 episodes available.

  • The Tropic of Capricorn with Simon Reeve

    Description: Simon Reeve embarks on an epic quest to circumnavigate the globe.; Category: Travel; 4 episodes available.

  • Equator with Simon Reeve

    Description: Simon Reeve's journey along the Equator through Africa, Asia and South America.; Category: Travel; 3 episodes available.

  • The Hidden River

    Description: A team explores the lost and mysterious world of the the Essequibo River.; Category: Natural History; 3 episodes available.

Uncover the Past

  • Nuremberg - Nazis On Trial

    Description: Documentary series recreating the court cases of notorious Nazis .; Category: History; 3 episodes available.

  • The World at War

    Description: Acclaimed British documentary series from the 1970s telling the story of World War II; Category: Military & War; 26 episodes available.

  • The Great War in Numbers

    Description: Documentary series that tells the story of World War I, from outbreak to conclusion.; Category: Military & War; 6 episodes available.

  • True Evil: The Making Of A Nazi

    Description: Documentary exploring the transformation of ordinary men into Nazi criminals.; Category: Military & War; 6 episodes available.

  • Secret Nazi Bases

    Description: Documentary series uncovering and examining hidden structures built by the Nazis.; Category: Military & War; 18 episodes available.

  • Churchill's Bid to Abolish Britain

    Description: This ambitious, striking film challenges our understanding of the Second World War.; Category: History; 1 episode available.

  • England's Forgotten Queen: The Life & Death of Lady Jane Grey

    Description: The story of the woman who was the de facto Queen of England and Ireland for nine days in 1553.; Category: History; 3 episodes available.

  • Rise of the Nazis

    Description: Series examining how Adolf Hitler and the Nazi's seized power in Germany during the 1930s.; Category: Military & War; 12 episodes available.

  • Cleopatra's Lost Tomb

    Description: An archaeologist's explorations take her to a forgotten temple complex - could it be Cleopatra's lost tomb?; Category: History; 1 episode available.

Globetrotting Documentaries

  • This World: Colombia with Simon Reeve

    Description: Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve explores Colombia's precarious future.; Category: Travel; 1 episode available.

  • Great Continental Railway Journeys

    Description: Michael Portillo ventures onto the European rail network; Category: Travel; 7 episodes available.

  • Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

    Description: Anthony Bourdain travels the globe celebrating diverse cultures by exploring food and dining rituals.; Category: Travel; 95 episodes available.

  • Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve

    Description: The broadcaster travels around the edge of the Indian Ocean.; Category: Travel; 6 episodes available.

  • Martin Clunes: Islands of Australia

    Description: Actor Martin Clunes visits 16 of the 8,000 islands in Australia.; Category: Travel; 3 episodes available.

  • Australia with Simon Reeve

    Description: Simon Reeve sets off on an extraordinary adventure across Australia; Category: Travel; 3 episodes available.

  • The Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve

    Description: Presenter Simon Reeve travels around the world tracing the path of the northern tropic.; Category: Travel; 6 episodes available.

  • Our Guy in China

    Description: Guy Martin's love of industry and endeavour leads him to China as he reveals its unseen innovative side.; Category: Travel; 3 episodes available.

  • Equator with Simon Reeve

    Description: Simon Reeve's journey along the Equator through Africa, Asia and South America.; Category: Travel; 3 episodes available.

  • Gordon's Great Escape

    Description: Gordon Ramsay takes the trip of a lifetime setting out on global gastronomic adventures.; Category: Food; 7 episodes available.

  • The Tropic of Capricorn with Simon Reeve

    Description: Simon Reeve embarks on an epic quest to circumnavigate the globe.; Category: Travel; 4 episodes available.

True Crime Documentaries

  • Katie Piper: Locked Up In Louisiana

    Description: Katie meets the inmates at notorious New Orleans Parish Prison.; Category: Real Stories; 5 episodes available.

  • Deadly Waters with Captain Lee

    Description: True-crime series hosted by Below Deck fan favourite Captain Lee Rosbach.; Category: True Crime; 8 episodes available.

  • Killer Women with Piers Morgan

    Description: Piers travels across the USA to meet some of America's most notorious female killers.; Category: Real Stories; 7 episodes available.

  • Women Behind Bars with Trevor McDonald

    Description: Trevor McDonald visits US jails holding some of the most notorious female criminals; Category: Real Stories; 2 episodes available.

  • Prison Girls

    Description: Head behind the walls of the Western Massachusetts Regional Woman's Correctional Centre.; Category: Real Stories; 10 episodes available.

  • Lies, Deceit and Betrayal

    Description: Discover the most audacious scams in recent history.; Category: True Crime; 6 episodes available.

  • Death Row Stories

    Description: Documentary series focusing on murder cases that have twists and turns worthy of a crime thriller.; Category: True Crime; 38 episodes available.

  • Katie Piper's Jailhouse Mums

    Description: Katie Piper travels across America visiting prisons with different approaches to pregnancy and motherhood.; Category: Real Stories; 5 episodes available.

  • Fatal Vows

    Description: Documentary revealing how some people sought violent - and deadly - ways to end their marriages.; Category: True Crime; 62 episodes available.

  • Meet, Marry, Murder

    Description: We look at cases dealing with the most common form of murder - when a married person kills a partner.; Category: True Crime; 10 episodes available.