Look at Life: Market Place

Two Bangladeshi girls born and raised in London have weddings arranged for them against their will by their family. Shahanara, the rebel of the family...

1961 documentary about the history and seedy reality of the sex industry in London's Soho.

Based on Geoffrey Fletcher’s book, this captivating documentary exposes the real London of the swinging sixties. Turning its back on familiar sights,...

Emilia Fox and Britain’s top criminologist, Professor David Wilson, cast new light on the Jack the Ripper case. Together, they examine the Ripper’s mo...

A new piazza proposed for Leicester market is met by public opposition. This is a city described by one local historian as unromantic, so what do the...

A Ghanaian fashion student and a Nigerian squash player are among the Africans making a life in 70s Britain.

In the racially turbulent UK of the early 70s, a group of black musicians came together in South London with a common love of rhythms and a message of...

Born in Portugal, Paula Rego is one of Britain's leading artists. This intimate film follows the artist from her retrospective in Madrid to the privac...

Take a revealing tour along a coast of contrasts, from the folksy freshness of Whitby to the coaly Tyne, queen of all rivers.

Chief curator of historic royal palaces Lucy Worsley provides an exclusive tour of London’s most extraordinary palaces: the Tower of London, Hampton C...

A documentary on the post-war redevelopment in the City of London — focusing on the attempt to build an ambitious network of elevated walkways through...

As the modernisation of London Underground continues, long serving A-Stock and C-Stock trains have been withdrawn from service, and their differing ch...

Aspects of a London day, including prostitutes on street corners, a striptease show and the 2i's Coffee Bar.