Our Lives - Season 2

First aired: 8/6/2018 10 episodes

A collection of documentaries from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

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Episodes

1. The Great Cheese Chase

Aired: 8/6/2018

A unique insight into one of the West Country’s craziest and most dangerous rural traditions – cheese rolling.

9. Role Model

Aired: 6/27/2018

Nineteen-year-old Kate Grant wants to be a fashion model, but she's a model with a difference. Kate has Down's syndrome. This documentary follows Kate as she pursues her dream and takes her first steps on the catwalk.

6. Mad about Elvis

Aired: 6/20/2018

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.

10. The Street Food Servants

Aired: 6/25/2018

Randeep Singh started his small Southall charity with just a handful of volunteers but has now transformed it into a sophisticated national task force feeding thousands each week.

8. Elephants on the Move

Aired: 7/23/2018

It’s not your typical removal job - transporting a herd of elephants from the Midlands to their new seaside home. There are delays and setbacks as Elephants on the Move made by BBC Birmingham discovers why such a mammoth task is being attempted and just how successful it’s been.

5. Lorry Ladies

Aired: 7/30/2018

Documentary in which Angela Rippon travels to Northern Ireland to meet the women who drive for a living and spend their weekends at truck festivals across the country.

3. The Island That Saved My Life

Aired: 7/16/2018

Documentary about the remote Scottish island of North Ronaldsay. The island saved Sarah Moore's life, but it is under threat, and she must do everything she can to help save it.

2. The Pope and I - Our Lives

Aired: 8/20/2018

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.

7. Snowdonia Shepherdess

Aired: 8/13/2018

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’s won a scholarship to run the National Trust farm Llyndy Isaf.

4. Fight Like a Girl

Aired: 6/11/2018

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.