Episode 1
The Merthyr Mermaid
2021-08-10 • 29 min
At the age of 47, Cath Pendleton has decided to try to swim a mile in the icy waters of Antarctica. With no real money or support team behind her, will her determination be enough to see her through?
TV season
2021-08-10
A collection of documentaries from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Episode 1
2021-08-10 • 29 min
At the age of 47, Cath Pendleton has decided to try to swim a mile in the icy waters of Antarctica. With no real money or support team behind her, will her determination be enough to see her through?
Episode 2
2021-08-11 • 29 min
High wire walker Chris Bullzini risks death to wow the crowds. Now he faces his biggest challenge yet.
Episode 3
2021-08-17 • 29 min
Tricia Mailey and two of her children were born with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. Their experiences have given them a very different perspective on the world.
Episode 4
2021-08-20 • 28 min
Documentary following the expansion of Aberdeen Harbour, one of Britain’s busiest ports.
Episode 5
2021-08-24 • 28 min
For generations horses have been part of life around Swansea. Times are changing, but there’s one thing that still binds the horse communities together – the drives.
Episode 6
2021-08-25 • 29 min
Documentary following an LGBTQ+ committee planning the first rural Pride parade in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland's conservative and evangelical heartland.
Episode 7
2021-09-01 • 29 min
Young sheep farmer Chloe Hallam has to juggle her beauty therapy business with delivering over a thousand new lambs in the hope of preserving the future of the family farm.
Episode 8
2021-09-08 • 29 min
The stories of interwoven lives during the peat-cutting season on the stunning Isle of Lewis.
Episode 9
2021-09-15 • 29 min
As Christian Lewis nears the finish line of his five-year-long walk round the UK, Our Lives looks back at the early stages of his remarakble journey.
Episode 10
2021-09-29 • 29 min
Charity ambassador, model and actress, Bernadette Hagans celebrates the 'inclusion revolution' and makes history as the first amputee to take part in Miss Northern Ireland.
Episode 11
2021-10-06 • 29 min
This documentary reveals the story of the Scots Asian-run hillwalking group helping people from ethnic minority backgrounds explore the great outdoors.
Episode 12
2021-10-11 • 29 min
Leah was abandoned as a baby in a Manchester hospital toilet. Twenty-six years later, she is determined to find out who she is and where she came from.