Our Lives — Season 7
Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity.
About this season
Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity.
Episodes (13)
1. My Husband the MMA Fighter
Aired 2 June 2023 • 30 min
Natalie Ray is a 30-year-old mum of four, married to cage-fighting pro Stevie 'Braveheart' Ray. This is the tale of his one million dollar fight, told through Natalie's eyes.
2. Rhys McClenaghan: Chasing Gold
Aired 9 June 2023 • 30 min
The stakes have never been higher for elite gymnast Rhys McClenaghan as he prepares for three major competitions that could make or break his career – but can he bring home gold?
3. The Girl Who Sails with Her Breath
Aired 16 June 2023 • 30 min
Natasha can't use her arms or legs, but she's determined to sail the Atlantic. Her dad invents a way to control a boat with her breath, and the family set out across the world.
4. Yarnbombers
Aired 23 June 2023 • 30 min
It's knitting, but not as we know it. A warm-hearted documentary profiling the colourful lives and creations of the Swansea Yarnbombers.
5. My Life-Saving Dog
Aired 30 June 2023 • 30 min
Koda, a gorgeous golden retriever, is training to be an assistance dog. But if she's to help her owner Mei, she needs to stay awake on the job.
6. Cycling Saved My Life
Aired 28 July 2023 • 30 min
Suicide survivor turned record-breaking cyclist Josh Quigley found redemption by cycling around the world. Now, he's pushing himself to qualify for the world championships.
7. Britain's Busiest Mountain
Aired 4 August 2023 • 30 min
Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) attracts around 750,000 visitors each year, and the race is on to prepare for the busiest season yet.
8. Fast Track to Glory
Aired 11 August 2023 • 30 min
A determined young islander chases her first season as a racing driver. Isla Mackenzie from Scotland's Outer Hebrides has been signed up by an F3 team.
9. One Man and His Island
Aired 18 August 2023 • 30 min
Ex-aircraft engineer Simon begins a completely new life on his own as the warden of Flat Holm Island. The more he learns about the island, the more he learns about himself too.
10. Our Sea Forest
Aired 8 September 2023 • 30 min
The destruction of an underwater forest and its remarkable return to life, seen through the eyes of 74-year-old freediver Eric Smith.
11. The Lottery Millionaire and the Spirit of Belfast
Aired 15 September 2023 • 30 min
Lottery winner Peter Lavery looks back on the day that changed his life and races to finish the ambitious conversion of the Titanic Pumphouse into a whiskey distillery.
12. Ballroom Dreams
Aired 2 October 2023 • 30 min
Train, compete, sleep, repeat! Welcome to the world of competitive ballroom, as we follow Caerphilly's top teenage dancers to Wales’s first ever world championships. (iPlayer only except Wales)
13. The Extreme Hairdresser
Aired 24 November 2023 • 30 min
Hairdressing, but not as you know it. Aberkenfig hairdresser Shelley Lane loves cutting her regular clients' hair, but she has a completely different side to her work – creating stunning avant-garde hair designs. She competes around the world with the best but always loves coming home to Aberkenfig. (iPlayer only except Wales)