With over 1.3 million reports of cruelty and mistreatment of animals made to the RSPCA every year, the charity is under increasing pressure to safeguard our pets

Scarborough Prison had been empty for over 100 years, but for ten days one spring it reopened its cell doors for a unique social experiment

In many ways Maurice Simpson is just a regular guy, but there’s also something that sets him apart

Shaun Foggett has an unconventional family. He lives with partner Lisa, their three children, and more than 20 deadly crocodiles

A revealing new series that goes behind the scenes at one of Britain’s most extraordinary aristocratic estates

Six years ago, a boy named Deepak was born in India with a parasitic twin

Scarborough Prison had been empty for over 100 years, but for ten days one spring it reopened its cell doors for a unique social experiment

Mahendra Ahirwar suffers from a rare condition that makes his head hang from his body at a 180 degree angle

The year 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of America’s most notorious white supremacist group, the Ku Klux Klan

Kaleem was born with a condition which caused his hands and arms to continuously grow and now they weigh a massive two stone between them

Connie Jackson is a woman who was trapped in a 619-pound (280kg) body.

NHS doctor Oscar Duke, who has albinism, embarks on a journey to discover what life is like for people who share his condition in East Africa

Meet the four women who have a combined hip circumference of almost 27 foot! In this documentary we learn how Mikel, Denise, Marlena and Claudia all use their extreme curves to their advantage and refuse to bow to the fashion industry's demands

Introducing the grandmother lovers - the young men who only date elderly women

Looking for love can be hard at the best of times, but when you’re supersized it can be even tougher

Carl Thompson weighed 65 stone and couldn’t move from his bed

Britain is bulging at the seams. Two thirds of us are overweight – and a quarter of us are now obese. In this episode, we meet the people with a big appetite

We know them as the young men in suits who knock on our doors, young missionaries whose job is to convert us to their particular brand of Christianity

Britain’s getting bigger but are we also becoming more small minded?

16 year old Jon is your typical teenage boy in all respects except one - he was born a girl.

Meet the obese people who say they’re either too fat to work or that no one will give them a job because of their size

Tambudzai Makinzi was a young model and beauty queen who lived in Cape Town, South Africa, when she was struck down by an aggressive tumour

Terry Noble weighs 30 stone but has refused a gastric band so he can stay the size he is – despite an ever-growing list of ailments and medication

Four presenters head off round the globe to look at strange and bizarre stories and meet some of the world’s most unusual and interesting characters

Being overweight isn’t easy. So what happens when you have piled on the pounds and have an embarrassing incident on holiday?

The United States locks up more women than anywhere else on Earth. Sir Trevor McDonald investigates two of the US’s most infamous female prisons

Four presenters head off round the globe to look at strange and bizarre stories and meet some of the world’s most unusual and interesting characters

The United States locks up more women than anywhere else on Earth

A remarkably intimate and moving film that offers an insight into the extreme Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Getting bitten by a venomous snake is the stuff of nightmares, so why on earth would people choose to inject themselves with deadly venom

Punished like adults but still teenagers. In Kids Behind Bars, we meet some of America’s youngest and most dangerous criminals growing up inside

Four presenters head off round the globe to look at strange and bizarre stories and meet some of the world’s most unusual and interesting characters

Four presenters head off round the globe to look at strange and bizarre stories and meet some of the world’s most unusual and interesting characters

Four presenters head off round the globe to look at strange and bizarre stories and meet some of the world’s most unusual and interesting characters

Making ends meet is a struggle for many families, but when there are more mouths to feed than days in the week, how do you balance the books?

Four presenters head off round the globe to look at strange and bizarre stories and meet some of the world’s most unusual and interesting characters

Picture perfect pugs, cutesy kittens and beautiful baby rabbits - the world is awash with adorable pets

When you have up to a dozen brothers and sisters, do they form a support network or make up your biggest enemies?

This humorous and highly entertaining documentary offers an access-all-areas pass to the ‘dressing room’ kennels, the ‘artist suite’ menageries, and the ‘green room’ paddocks as it goes behind the scenes of the glamorous world of animal performers and their dedicated trainers

Four presenters head off round the globe to look at strange and bizarre stories and meet some of the world’s most unusual and interesting characters