Our Lives — Season 6
A collection of documentaries from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
About this season
A collection of documentaries from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Episodes (17)
1. Born Deaf, Raised Hearing
Aired 6 May 2022 • 29 min
Jonny Cotsen is an actor and a father of two children, and he’s deaf. He wants to know why he was brought up as if he could hear and whether it’s too late to embrace his deaf identity.
2. Speed Kids
Aired 13 May 2022 • 29 min
The kids dreaming of becoming motorcycle superstars. Northern Ireland has produced some of the world’s most famous racers, but have the demands of the sport gone too far?
3. Cornwall's Wildest Wave
Aired 20 May 2022 • 29 min
Cornwall has a secret giant wave. Champion surfer Tom Butler is on a mission to find this monster off the wild north Cornish coast, but will it be too dangerous to ride?
4. You Shall Go to the Ball
Aired 23 May 2022 • 28 min
The Queen Charlotte’s Ball is the most prestigious debutante ball in the world. This is the story of Jasleen, the first debutante of Indian heritage at the London season.
5. Darts Dreams
Aired 10 June 2022 • 28 min
Chloe O'Brien is an 18-year-old from Perthshire, and darts is her life. She was a serial winner as a junior, but can she cope with the highs and lows of life in the adult ranks? This film follows her attempt to break into the Scottish ladies' team for the first time.
6. Supergran and the Garden of Justice
Aired 17 June 2022 • 28 min
Our Lives follows Dena Murphy, a wisecracking 93-year-old helping young offenders back onto the straight and narrow as they do community service on an allotment in Manchester.
7. Sarah the Lumberjill
Aired 24 June 2022 • 29 min
Sarah is the fourth generation of her family to 'take up the saw', working across the forests of the Central Highlands of Scotland with her family.
8. Wedding Day Curves
Aired 22 July 2022 • 28 min
Bridal shop owner Rebecca is a champion of body positivity as she helps plus-size brides-to-be celebrate their curves and find their dream wedding dresses.
9. Rescuing Dad
Aired 25 July 2022 • 28 min
Dai Chant, the legendary coxswain of the St Davids lifeboat, returns to the sea after 30 years ashore to revisit the scene of his most daring rescue.
10. Who Needs Banksy
Aired 12 August 2022 • 29 min
An extraordinary organic explosion of street art in Port Talbot, inspired by Banksy, sees the creation of over 40 new murals that transform the town.
11. 33 Families, One Big Build
Aired 19 August 2022 • 29 min
To escape rising house prices, 33 families decide to build their own street in Leeds. But sharing cars and deciding what colour to paint the front doors proves problematic.
12. The World's Most Expensive Sheepdogs
Aired 22 August 2022 • 28 min
Sheepdogs from Wales are currently in demand all over the world and reach record breaking prices. We follow mid Wales's top trainers to see what makes our sheepdogs so special.
13. Trick Pony Club
Aired 26 August 2022 • 28 min
Jousting knights on horseback and gun-slinging, acrobatic cowboys. Behind the scenes with Scotland’s stunt horse team.
14. Searching for My Other Mam
Aired 2 September 2022 • 29 min
Years after being adopted by white Welsh parents, Gerallt Wyn Jones goes looking for the black father he’s never known, and for the young white mother who felt that she had to give him away.
15. Hell's Belles
Aired 5 September 2022 • 29 min
Will the women motorcyclists of Wales be part of a successful world record attempt and inspire a new generation of bikers?
16. We Are Strong Women
Aired 18 September 2022 • 29 min
With the Wales Strong Woman competition coming up, two Aberdare women share the highs and the lows of competing in a sport that has given them so much more than physical strength.
17. Rat Woman
Aired 26 September 2022 • 28 min
Patricia Page wages war on rats and other pests that are wreaking havoc across homes and business premises in Northern Ireland.