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    Real Life Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

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

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    Pets from across the country receive cutting-edge care from Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, the 'Bionic Vet'.

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    Katie travels to Louisiana to meet the inmates of the notorious New Orleans Parish Prison.

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    Series following the dedicated crews who work in extreme conditions to repair trains across the Australian network.

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Frontline Heroes

  • Inside The Ambulance

    Description: Reality series following paramedics from the West Midlands Ambulance Service.; Category: Emergency Services; 149 episodes available.

  • 999 Rescue Squad

    Description: Reality series following the work of Yorkshire's Hazardous Area Response Team.; Category: Emergency Services; 49 episodes available.

  • First Responders

    Description: Ride alongside ambulances, helicopters and boats in New Zealand.; Category: Emergency Services; 20 episodes available.

  • Border Force America's Gatekeepers

    Description: 28 bridges cross the Rio Grande, providing a lucrative pipeline for illegal contraband.; Category: Emergency Services; 64 episodes available.

  • Bradford on Duty

    Description: This series follows the people dedicated to making Bradford a better place.; Category: Emergency Services; 5 episodes available.

  • Ambulance Australia

    Description: Head behind the scenes of Australia's busiest ambulance service in Sydney.; Category: Emergency Services; 32 episodes available.

  • Brit Cops Down Under

    Description: Seven UK police officers uproot their lives and move across the world to become Western Australian cops.; Category: Emergency Services; 8 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; 9 episodes available.

  • Highland Cops

    Description: Documentary series following Police Scotland's Highlands and Islands division.; Category: Emergency Services; 5 episodes available.

  • Cops On The Rock

    Description: Gibraltar's police and customs forces enforce the law on land and sea - they are the cops on the rock.; Category: Emergency Services; 10 episodes available.

  • Fast Justice

    Description: Observational documentary series following Suffolk Police's specially-trained officers.; Category: Motoring; 9 episodes available.

  • The Force: Behind the Line

    Description: A real-life Australian drama that offers an unprecedented window into everyday police operations.; Category: Emergency Services; 40 episodes available.

Real Lives on U

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    The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick

    Description: Pets from across the country receive cutting-edge care from Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, the 'Bionic Vet'.; Category: Real Stories; 52 episodes available.

  • Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind the Lens

    Description: Documentary series following the unfiltered lives of celebrity couple Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Marquez.; Category: Family Life; 9 episodes available.

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    Dog School

    Description: A peek behind the fence at Bruce's Doggy Day Care in Surrey and Dogs Country Club in Warrington.; Category: Real Stories; 3 episodes available.

  • At Home with Katherine Ryan

    Description: Comedian and mother-of-three Katherine Ryan explores out-of-the-box parenting ideas.; Category: Family Life; 9 episodes available.

  • Katie Piper: Locked Up In Louisiana

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

  • The Young Midwives of Essex

    Description: Combined documentary and reality series following the lives of young midwives in Essex.; Category: Real Stories; 8 episodes available.

  • Side Hustlers

    Description: Six women have 40 days to transform their side hustles into full-time businesses.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 10 episodes available.

  • Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

    Description: Emma Willis experiences the training process on a maternity ward by working four shifts a week.; Category: Family Life; 28 episodes available.

  • Sort Your Life Out

    Description: Stacey Solomon and her crack team help families transform their homes with a life-changing declutter.; Category: Family Life; 11 episodes available.

  • Cape Carnage: Killer Catch

    Description: This series follows the Davey family as they conduct hand line fishing off of the northern coast of Australia.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 10 episodes available.

  • Wedding Valley

    Description: A UKTV original series about the thriving wedding industry of Lancashire's Ribble Valley.; Category: Dating & Relationships; 10 episodes available.

Medical Marvels

  • Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

    Description: Emma Willis experiences the training process on a maternity ward by working four shifts a week.; Category: Family Life; 28 episodes available.

  • Nurses on the Ward

    Description: An engaging, funny and dedicated team of nurses reveal the realities of life on the ward.; Category: Emergency Services; 20 episodes available.

  • Inside the Ambulance: Wonder Women

    Description: One-off special featuring the incredible women who have featured in the series over the past five years.; Category: Factual Entertainment; 1 episode available.

  • One Born Every Minute

    Description: Documentary series where cameras record the day-to-day activity in a maternity hospital.; Category: Family Life; 98 episodes available.

  • Inside The Ambulance

    Description: Reality series following paramedics from the West Midlands Ambulance Service.; Category: Emergency Services; 149 episodes available.

  • 999 Rescue Squad

    Description: Reality series following the work of Yorkshire's Hazardous Area Response Team.; Category: Emergency Services; 49 episodes available.

  • Ambulance Australia

    Description: Head behind the scenes of Australia's busiest ambulance service in Sydney.; Category: Emergency Services; 32 episodes available.

  • Emergency: First Time Medics

    Description: Follow real-time shifts of newly-qualified doctors at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.; Category: Emergency Services; 10 episodes available.

  • Dr Christian: Special Clinics

    Description: Dr Christian Jessen helps people with health problems in his state-of-the-art clinic; Category: Emergency Services; 6 episodes available.

  • Nurses Down Under

    Description: Witness medical dramas through the eyes of nurses at three of Sydney's busiest hospitals.; Category: Emergency Services; 10 episodes available.

  • Dr Ranj's Food Phobics

    Description: Dr Ranj Singh and his team offer help and support to the UK's most severe food phobics.; Category: Real Stories; 10 episodes available.

  • Inside the Operating Theatre

    Description: A unique view of what goes on behind the curtains and under the knife at a surgery unit.; Category: Emergency Services; 20 episodes available.

Must Watch Documentaries

  • Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

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

  • Katie Piper: Locked Up In Louisiana

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

  • Surviving Jeffrey Epstein

    Description: Survivors and members of Epstein's inner circle reveal the horrors of his sex trafficking network.; Category: True Crime; 4 episodes available.

  • 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.

  • Louis Theroux: Forbidden America

    Description: Louis meets the latest online incarnation of the American far right.; Category: Real Stories; 2 episodes available.

  • Stuff the British Stole

    Description: Join Marc Fennell as he unravels the mysteries behind iconic objects taken by the British Empire.; Category: History; 6 episodes available.

  • Red Flag

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

  • Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood

    Description: Joe Wicks discovers how his parents' mental health issues affected him as a child.; Category: Real Stories; 1 episode 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.

  • Louis Theroux Americas Most Dangerous Pets

    Description: In America's heartlands, Louis looks at private collections of tigers and chimpanzees.; Category: Real Stories; 1 episode available.

  • Lies, Deceit and Betrayal

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

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