Our Lives - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
Fight Like a Girl
Documentary following Kimberly Benson, aka Viper, a top female wrestler from Scotland, as she fights in some of the most important matches of her career.
Mad about Elvis
Documentary looking at Porthcawl Elvis Festival, the largest Elvis festival in the world, and exploring why the lure of Elvis is still so intoxicating 40 years on from his death.
The Street Food Servants
Anita Rani tells the story of one man who has devoted his life to helping the homeless. Randeep Singh started his small Southall charity with just a handful of volunteers but has now transformed it into a sophisticated national task force that feeds and clothes thousands of people every week. As the charity tries to expand to other outposts they face obstacles and challenges that test their dedication. Part of the BBC's Our Lives strand.
Puppy Love
Documentary looking into Mucky Pups, Wales's first and the UK's biggest doggy boutique and spa business. Leanne has become one of Wales's most successful young female entrepreneurs, with three dog spas in Cardiff, Risca (near Newport) and Chepstow (on the Welsh border).
The Island That Saved My Life
At the age of 23 and suffering from depression and shyness, Sarah Moore moved from her family home near Edinburgh to the beautiful but remote Scottish island of North Ronaldsay, a place with a population of fewer than fifty people. As part of BBC One's Our Lives, this documentary follows Sarah's life on the island and the people she meets there. Like many remote communities, North Ronaldsay has its fair share of struggles - whether it's the cancellation of air services that bring vital supplies, extreme weather conditions or the need to hold down multiple jobs to make ends meet, Sarah has had to adapt to an entirely new way of living and thinking to survive. This character-driven documentary looks at a unique way of life in incredible place that may not be around for much longer.
Elephants on the Move
Documentary following the transportation of a herd of elephants from the Midlands to their new seaside home. As the film discovers, there are delays and setbacks, but why is such a task being attempted - and just how successful has it been?
Lorry Ladies
Angela Rippon travels to Northern Ireland to meet the women who live their lives on the open road - behind the wheel of a truck. Not content with just driving for a living, these lorry ladies spend their weekends at truck festivals across the country, competing for prizes with their huge vehicles.
The Great Cheese Chase
Every spring thousands of people from all over the world converge on the Gloucestershire village of Brockworth. They come to watch - and also to compete - in one of rural England's craziest traditions: cheese rolling.
This year, there's a new competitor lining up at the top of super-steep Cooper's Hill - Inside Out West presenter Seb Choudhury. Seb has signed up to take part in the terrifying race where 25 people throw themselves down the hill in pursuit of a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese. But as he prepares to take part, he finds out more about the race, the cheese and the people who've battled to keep it true to its roots.
Snowdonia Shepherdess
In the shadow of Snowdon, 26-year-old Teleri Fielden is given an opportunity to fulfil her dream of becoming an upland hill farmer. She has won a scholarship to run the beautiful National Trust farm Llyndy Isaf, near Beddgelert, for a year, covering more than 600 acres of mostly mountainside stocked with sheep and cattle. Physically small but big in heart and optimism, Teleri is determined to break into the male-dominated farming industry. But will she be able to cope with lambing on one of the toughest farms in Snowdonia during one of the bleakest springs in living memory? Showing as part of the Our Lives strand.
The Pope and I
As Pope Francis prepares to visit Ireland this August, this documentary explores people's relationship with the holy father and how it has changed over the decades, and examines how historically, a picture of his holiness in the home has always been a source of great comfort to thousands of Catholics across the land.
The Deer Stalker
Documentary following Alex Macdonald who, for 40 years, has stalked deer through the hills and glens above Fort William, in the same way his father, grandfather and great-grandfather did before him. Now he wants to hand his expertise on to his 15-year-old son. In this intimate portrait of a unique way of life, the programme follows Alex through the ferocity of one of Scotland's worst winters to the high heat of summer as he manages the 3,000 red deer that populate the Achnacarry estate.
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