Our Lives
Our Lives
TV ShowReturning Series

Our Lives

2017
9 seasons
110 episodes
Documentary

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

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Seasons

Powerful topical and human stories from around the United Kingdom.

  • Big Love

    1.Big Love

    12-06-201730m

    Documentary providing an emotional insight into the lives of two brothers, who both have a rare form of dwarfism, as they prepare to marry their wives-to-be.

  • Supersize Cabbies

    2.Supersize Cabbies

    19-06-201730m

    A group of overweight cabbies try to change the habits of a lifetime and go from supersize to superfit.

  • Growing Up with Cancer

    3.Growing Up with Cancer

    26-06-201730m

    Teenagers share their experiences of coping with the effects of cancer and chemotherapy at the Teenage Cancer Trust Unit at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children.

  • Bus Wars

    4.Bus Wars

    03-07-201729m

    Documentary looking at the fierce competition between the big bus tour companies in Belfast as they fight for a share of the lucrative tourist market.

  • Mini Monet Millionaire

    5.Mini Monet Millionaire

    10-07-201730m

    Following 14-year-old artist Kieron Williamson as he prepares for his latest exhibition.

  • The World's Oldest Family

    6.The World's Oldest Family

    17-07-201730m

    Documentary following the Donnelly family from County Armagh, thought to be the oldest group of siblings in the world, with a collective age of 1,064 years.

  • Jodi's Lovely Letters

    7.Jodi's Lovely Letters

    24-07-201729m

    Aled Jones meets Jodi Ann Bickley, founder of the One Million Lovely Letters project, who has written thousands of letters to people around the world in need of support.

  • Orkney: When the Boat Comes In

    8.Orkney: When the Boat Comes In

    31-07-201729m

    Orkney is, officially, the UK’s cruise ship capital. With around 125,000 passengers expected this year, how does this small island community cope with the onslaught of tourists?

  • The Bug Grub Couple

    9.The Bug Grub Couple

    07-08-201730m

    Documentary following insect expert Dr Sarah Beynon and award-winning chef Andy Holcroft as they try to bring insect-based food products to the mainstream market.

  • Land of the Giants

    10.Land of the Giants

    23-08-201729m

    From 20-stone pumpkins to man-sized marrows, this documentary digs into the colourful world of Welsh giant vegetable growers as they fight it out in the first show of the season.

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