Michael Palin in the Philippines

A quietly unsettling travelogue where every smile feels staged, leaving you watchful and uneasy as the presenter navigates a carefully managed spectacle.

A polished, talky history lesson that peels back glamour to reveal centuries of scheming, wealth and quiet rebellion.

A genial, curious travelogue through a scarred and complicated land, mixing warm human encounters with sobering reminders of conflict.

A sober, lecture-like documentary that walks you through economic history with charts and talking heads, informative but dry.

A warm, archival-rich portrait that lets you bask in sporting genius while quietly registering the politics pressing in around it.

A calm, thoughtful presenter walks you through grand old buildings while quietly unpacking a difficult history.

A sober, talking-heads political chronicle that walks through a spectacular rise and a dramatic fall with journalistic patience.

A sober, illuminating history lesson that makes colonial plunder feel urgent and alive through vivid colour and sharp storytelling.

A sober, interview-driven chronicle that unpacks decades of political machinery with a measured, analytical tone.

A sober, sweeping history lesson that connects distant imperial trade and conquest to the present with quiet moral force.

A thoughtful, eye-opening road trip through a fractured nation, mixing curiosity with quiet dismay.

A thoughtful, interview-driven documentary that unpacks a familiar institution with calm curiosity and a touch of wry scepticism.