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We Are England

2022

2 seasons

112 episodes

Documentary

We Are England was a regional current affairs documentary programme shown on BBC One. The programme was made by six teams around England, based in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle and Norwich. It explored the issues people cared about, as told by them from across the country. It replaced the long running BBC programme "Inside Out".

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Cast

Bimini

Jayde Adams

Jassa Ahluwalia

Seasons

1.Becoming Dad
26-01-202229m
Mental Health: One in ten dads in the UK struggles with post-natal depression, yet it often goes unacknowledged. This film follows Elliott Rae's campaign to get more mental health...
Ep 2
2.Cold Swim - Tynemouth
26-01-202229m
Mental Health: Cold water swimmer Jacqui inspires two new recruits with personal life challenges to join her tribe and feel the benefits. Can the sea turn the tide and improve thei...
Ep 3
3.Fighting My Phobia - Coventry
26-01-202229m
Mental Health: Young dad Rob has grappled with social phobia his entire life, now he’s going into the boxing ring to fight in front of hundreds of people. Follow his inspirational...
Ep 4
4.Nature on My Mind – Somerset
26-01-202229m
Mental Health: A group of key workers and veterans with mental health problems sleep under the stars and learn bushcraft skills as they explore the healing power of the great outdo...
Ep 5
5.Unfiltered - Cambridge
26-01-202229m
Mental Health: Caroline Flack’s former performing arts school puts mental health in the spotlight as dancer Mia, and TV star Vicky Pattison reveal the struggles thousands of young...
Ep 6
6.Veterans Road to Recovery
26-01-202229m
Mental Health: Ex-soldier Darren supports other veterans struggling with life on civvy street. He retrains them as HGV drivers, helping them overcome challenges both on and off the...
Ep 7
7.Down at the Docks
02-02-202229m
The Night Shift: Bristol Port Company brings in huge cargo ships from around the world 24 hours a day. We meet the team working through the night making sure they're unloaded safel...
Ep 8
8.Life Blood
02-02-202229m
The Night Shift: Blood donation fell with Covid-19, now the NHS is on its biggest blood drive ever. And one NHS staffer is inspired to give even more than blood to a stranger - her...
Ep 9
9.Night Nurses - Birmingham
02-02-202229m
The Night Shift: When the rest of the world is sound asleep, the nurses battle to keep their patients alive. We follow them on a night shift at one of Birmingham's busiest intensiv...
Ep 10
10.One Night at the Fish Market - Grimsby
02-02-202229m
The Night Shift: A night shift at Grimsby Fish Market where the race is on to get the catch ready to sell. The team are part of the two-million-strong workforce in England who regu...
Ep 11
11.One Night in Newcastle
02-02-202229m
The Night Shift: The street pastors are a group of Christian volunteers who give up their free time to help the poor, the sick and the intoxicated during Friday and Saturday nights...
Ep 12
12.Our Bin Lorry Life
02-02-202229m
The Night Shift: What actually happens to our waste once it's gone in the bin? This film goes behind the scenes with the men and women who collect, sort and sell our rubbish.
Ep 13
13.Fighting for Fashion
09-02-202229m
Bossing It: Like most black entrepreneurs, Kalkidan was refused a loan to start her business. Today her brand is a big success and she now has a new idea to 'revolutionise' retail.
Ep 14
14.Photo Me Famous
09-02-202229m
Bossing It: Conor has photographed everyone from Calvin Harris to David Attenborough. As he prepares to work again after the pandemic, he revisits the people who gave him his big b...
Ep 15
15.Steffi and the Chocolate Factory
09-02-202229m
Bossing It: Steffi sells her handmade chocolate on social media. When Joe Wicks gave her a shout out, her business trebled. Can she keep up with demand and build her dream factory?
Ep 16
16.The Beauty Boss
09-02-202229m
Bossing It: Ama went into the pandemic unemployed. A year later, her new wellness business had made its first million. Can she keep it growing amid mounting challenges?
Ep 17
17.The Container King
09-02-202229m
Bossing It: Jake left school with two GCSEs but now runs a growing cargo business. He's going back to school to share his story of success against the odds.
Ep 18
18.Crisis on the Farm
16-02-202229m
Farming England: Last winter the pig industry faced a crisis like no other. Labour shortages created a backlog of animals on farms - we follow farmers in Yorkshire as they try to a...
Ep 19
19.Farming on the Spectrum - Oxfordshire
16-02-202229m
Farming England: Thirty years ago, an Oxfordshire cattle farm invited a group of autistic children through its gates. Now it's a haven for people on the autism spectrum. But can it...
Ep 20
20.First Time Farmers
16-02-202229m
Farming England: Jenny and Lenny have put every penny of their life savings into a new Cumbrian farm at a time when agriculture is at a crossroads. With a young family to support,...
Ep 21
21.My Norfolk Farm
16-02-202229m
Farming England: Young farmer Izzi comes up with new ways to make money and keep her family farm going in a post-Brexit world.
Ep 22
22.The Crisp Farmers - Hereford
16-02-202229m
Farming England: Mark and Sean are farmers whose background is growing and selling potatoes. Together, they're making their own environmentally friendly crisps, but the investment...
Ep 23
23.When the Boats Come In
16-02-202229m
Farming England: The oystermen of the River Fal estuary have been knocked sideways by Brexit. With their future under threat they must battle to save their precarious way of life.
Ep 24
24.Cornwall's Last Raceway
23-02-202229m
Belonging: It's race day at the United Downs stock car track. But beyond the rivalries on the circuit, a bigger battle is being fought by a passionate community trying to save thei...
Ep 25
25.Our Derby Dance School
23-02-202229m
Belonging: Nadia opened a dance studio in Derby 20 years ago, not realising that it would become a refuge and safe haven for youths. The studio helps many students overcome social...
Ep 26
26.Our Fight Club - Middlesbrough
23-02-202229m
Belonging: Nathan runs a mixed martial arts academy in Middlesbrough. He believes the training he offers to people from disadvantaged backgrounds gives them confidence to face life...
Ep 27
27.Our Skate Park Life
23-02-202229m
Belonging: Riders in Hastings prepare for one of England's top BMX competitions. Will their captain, Stu, be able to take the heat and take his team to victory?
Ep 28
28.The Real Phoenix Nights
23-02-202229m
Belonging: John has run the Clacton Railway Working Men's Club for decades. It's a local institution. Now, supported by his two daughters, he tries to modernise.
Ep 29
29.The Real Vicars of Dibley
23-02-202229m
Belonging: Leah and Sarah are trainee vicars in the north of England. How will they settle into their new parishes as they prepare for their first services since being ordained?
Ep 30
30.Fighting for our Homes
07-03-202229m
A Place Called Home: Neighbours on a Leeds housing estate fight to keep their community together. They are faced with eviction from their privately rented homes, that have stood si...
Ep 31
31.Hanging on to Home
07-03-202229m
A Place Called Home: Yacob owns his home on an estate, but the council wants to knock it down and build a new development. Now they're the last family left in the block, fighting t...
Ep 32
32.Homes for the Homeless - Nottingham
07-03-202229m
A Place Called Home: A Nottingham charity are putting homeless people into their own properties. But adjusting to living in a house is harder than it seems.
Ep 33
33.Staying Afloat
07-03-202229m
A Place Called Home: Jess can't get on the property ladder, so she's bought a 30 foot boat. Will life on England's waterways work out for her?
Ep 34
34.Students in Suburbia - Newcastle
07-03-202229m
A Place Called Home: Once a quiet residential suburb on the outskirts of Newcastle, Jesmond is being taken over by students and anti-social behaviour is on the rise. But residents...
Ep 35
35.Van Life
07-03-202229m
A Place Called Home: Van Life follows the people escaping soaring living costs by living in vehicles on the streets of Bristol as they navigate the difficulties that come with livi...
Ep 36
36.Bouncing Back
14-03-202229m
Sporting Heroes: Underdog wheelchair basketball team the Bath Romans take on one of the best squads in the country. But with many new and inexperienced players, do they stand a cha...
Ep 37
37.Fighting for Me
14-03-202229m
Sporting Heroes: Portsmouth boxer Ebonie gets back in the ring after a relationship that knocked her confidence, and starts living her sporting dreams again.
Ep 38
38.Football Fat Fighters
14-03-202229m
Sporting Heroes: Three overweight Carlisle men take to the football pitch. Their goal is to shed the lockdown pounds and feel better about their bodies. Can they put it in the back...
Ep 39
39.Make Me a Jockey
14-03-202229m
Sporting Heroes: Young horse riders from under-represented communities take the reins to pursue their dreams of being top jockeys at a new academy inspired by Magnolia Cup winner,...
Ep 40
40.Mick Walks For England
14-03-202229m
Sporting Heroes: A man from Liverpool walks 2,500 miles around Britain in a pair of swimming trunks to give back to the charities who helped him through his battle with addiction a...
Ep 41
41.Swim School
14-03-202229m
Sporting Heroes: Swim tutor Annalize is determined to get more people from the black community to enjoy swimming and be safer in the water.
Ep 42
42.A Very British Bike Factory
21-03-202229m
Made in England: Can apprentices learning the traditional welding technique of brazing stand the heat as they join an iconic folding bike company during a period of unprecedented d...
Ep 43
43.Inside the Jet Engine Factory - Derby
21-03-202229m
Made in England: After a year when the pandemic brought the aviation industry to a standstill, Derby's famous Rolls-Royce factory is investing in technology and people for the futu...
Ep 44
44.Make Mine a 99 - Crewe
21-03-202229m
Made in England: We meet the people behind a family-run ice cream van factory, seeing how they hand-build the vans and how they're innovating to deal with tough economic conditions...
Ep 45
45.Our Northern Jacket Empire
21-03-202229m
Made in England: Waxed jackets have been handmade in a north east factory for over 100 years. We meet the workers keeping these traditional skills alive and bringing old jackets ba...
Ep 46
46.The 007 Shoe Factory
21-03-202229m
Made in England: It's one of England's last family-run traditional shoemakers and it has just dressed James Bond. But can it survive the trainer trend?
Ep 47
47.The Biggest Smallest Car Company
21-03-202229m
Made in England: We meet the workers behind the two Mini factories that run 24/7, producing nearly 1,000 cars a day
Ep 48
48.Finding Michelle Bettles
28-03-202229m
True Crime: Michelle disappeared from Norwich's red light district. Her body was discovered two days later. Twenty years on, her killer hasn't been found. Now, her father retraces...
Ep 49
49.Knife Angels
28-03-202229m
True Crime: With stabbings on the rise, Barney Green, a vascular surgeon in Middlesbrough, and the Madgin family from Wallsend, who lost their daughter Samantha to knife crime, ban...
Ep 50
50.Our Adam
28-03-202229m
True Crime: Four years ago, Adam Ellison was killed on a night out. We follow his family as they continue to raise awareness about his case in the hope that they can finally get ju...
Ep 51
51.Who Killed Barry Rubery
28-03-202229m
True Crime: On 28 April 2010, 68-year-old grandfather Barry Rubery returned home from an evening out at a Masonic dinner, where he was subjected to a violent and sustained attack.
Ep 52
52.Who Killed Dad
28-03-202229m
True Crime: On April 22, 1986, Peter Thurgood and Lindy Benstead were found dead near their car just off the A3 in Rake, Hampshire, near the Sussex border.
Ep 53
53.Why Did My Brother End Up Dead?
28-03-202229m
True Crime: In 2001, Damean Vernon was found dead by his mother near a Birmingham canal. He was frozen, half naked, with multiple superficial cuts and abrasions around his body.
Ep 54
54.Bimini Bon Boulash: Homecoming Queen
04-04-202229m
My Home Town: Celebrity drag queen Bimini Bon Boulash returns to their childhood hometown of Great Yarmouth on a nostalgic journey, exploring a story of success and self-discovery.
Ep 55
55.Graft: Uncovering My Roots
04-04-202229m
My Home Town: MOBO-winning rap artist Graft has seen a rapid rise to fame after winning the Rap Game. Now he's embarking on a new journey to trace his ancestral roots whilst develo...
Ep 56
56.Jassa Ahluwalia: Am I English?
04-04-202229m
My Home Town: Jassa Ahluwalia has mixed Indian and English heritage, and he looks white. He goes on a journey to explore his identity to try and answer his question: am I English?
Ep 57
57.Jayde Adams: Coming Home
04-04-202229m
My Home Town: Jayde Adams has made a name for herself in comedy, but what's the secret of her success? She goes back to her hometown of Bristol to find out.
Ep 58
58.Kema Kay: My Hometown
04-04-202229m
My Home Town: Kema Kay takes a journey through his hometown of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, looking at the way in which immigration and race impacted his identity and his sense of home.
Ep 59
59.Livvy Haydock: My Hometown
04-04-202229m
My Home Town: Investigative journalist Livvy Haydock reveals how her past led her to chase down violent criminals.
Ep 60
60.The Crypto-Millionaire
09-02-202229m
Broadcast cancelled at last minute. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/feb/10/bbc-cryptocurrency-documentary-pulled-from-air-at-last-minute
Ep 61
61.Bodyworks Dance School - Cambridge
16-02-202229m
Broadcast cancelled. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/feb/14/bbc-pulls-another-episode-of-we-are-england-current-affairs-show

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