Our Lives
Our Lives: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

June 12, 2017

Episodes

10 episodes

Our Lives

Season 1

Overview

Powerful topical and human stories from around the United Kingdom.

Episodes

Big Love

1. Big Love

June 12, 2017
30 min

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

June 19, 2017
30 min

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

June 26, 2017
30 min

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

July 3, 2017
29 min

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

July 10, 2017
30 min

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

July 17, 2017
30 min

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

July 24, 2017
29 min

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

July 31, 2017
29 min

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

August 7, 2017
30 min

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

August 23, 2017
29 min

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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