InBritishcomedythereisalineinthesandandthatlineisBillyConnolly.Beforehefoundfameonaninternationallevel,Britishcomedywasanend-of-the-pierkindofaffair-butthroughsheertalentandforceofpersonality,ConnollyploughedadifferentanddeeplypersonalyetuniversalapproachtocomedyandindoingsohechangedthefaceofBritishcomedyforever.HehasbeencalledtheBeatlesandJesusofcomedybyhispeersandanimmature’manuremouth’bytheleaderoftheScottishZionBaptistChurch.Sosaywhatyoulikeabouthimbutyoucan’tdenyeveryonewantstoknowhim.AndthatiswhatMadeInScotlandisabout-itisBillyasyouhaveneverseenhimbefore-intimate,deeplypersonalandveryfunny.Weavedaroundpersonalaccountsandinterviewsfromfamousfaces,Billy’slifeisrevealedinallitsglory-ashaggydogstoryapproachtohiswork-andonethathasturnedhimfromBillyConnollythewelderintoBillyConnolly-TheBigYin.

Richard Hammond embarks on a global adventure to explore the world’s biggest structures and machines and discover how engineers build, maintain and use them.

A warm and honest exploration of what life’s like for students and their teachers at Harrop Fold, a secondary school at the heart of a changing community in Salford.

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ShockTrauma:EdgeofLifefollowsthedoctors,nursesandpatientsattheworld-renownedShockTraumaCenteronthecampusoftheUniversityofMarylandinBaltimore.

Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara rank history’s greatest inventions, heists and more.

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Introducing “Barely Famous”: a docu-style comedy series. This show explores the hypocrisy of reality TV by centering around two sisters who say they would never do a reality show, but…

At the height of the Cold War, newly formed NASA selects seven of the military’s best test pilots to become astronauts. Competing to be the first in space, these men…

A boy becomes a man, and a man becomes a father, in a time before coming of age was something you could Google.

Musician,composerandorchestraconductorCharlesHazlewoodgoesinsearchofminimalismbyexploringtheworkoffourgreatAmericancomposerswhorebootedclassicalmusicinthe20thcentury.

Hosted by Jason Silva, Origins: The Journey of Humankind rewinds all the way back to the beginning and traces the innovations that made us modern.