Our Lives

Our Lives Series 4

TV Show

Series 4 Plot

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

Our Lives Series 4 aired on May 20th, 2020.

Series 4 Episodes

1. Sink or Skim

May 20th, 202029 min

The World Stone Skimming Championship is held on the tiny Scottish island of Easdale every year. Two obsessed skimmers show us what it takes to become the world's best.

2. Soul Boy

May 27th, 202029 min

A teenager in care finds a home on Nottingham’s Northern Soul scene.

3. Highland Road Rescue

June 3rd, 202029 min

An intimate portrait of a family-run roadside recovery business in the Scottish Highlands, as they rescue stranded motorists on some of the most remote roads in Britain.

4. Big Night at the Bingo

June 10th, 202029 min

Our Lives goes inside a bingo hall in the heart of West Belfast, meeting some of the regulars who have known each other through thick and thin.

5. Defying Gravity

June 17th, 202029 min

When Lily Rice became the first person in Britain to land a wheelchair backflip, her life was transformed. Now she must overcome her greatest fear.

6. Bhangra or Bust

August 5th, 202029 min

Indian folk dance gets competitive in this Our Lives documentary which goes behind the silk and sequins at the world’s biggest bhangra dance contest.

7. Desperate to Drive

August 12th, 202029 min

In Cardiff, a unique driving centre has the power to decide if higher-risk drivers who’ve lost their licence through illness or accident are safe to be back behind the wheel.

8. Shankill by the Sea

August 19th, 202029 min

An intimate portrait of caravan life on the Ards Peninsula in Northern Ireland, telling the personal stories of those who leave their problems behind in the city and escape to the seaside.

9. Pink Dreams

August 26th, 202029 min

Pink Dreams follows grandmother Lorraine as she performs her tribute act to a megastar 20 years younger, Pink.

10. Saving Our Eco-Village

September 2nd, 202028 min

Off-grid with their own food, animals, power, water and waste disposal, a Welsh eco-community try to come up with a plan to save their homes and their future.

11. Zoo Mum

September 9th, 202029 min

Whatever is happening in the outside world, life in Colchester zoo goes on. Curator Sarah Forsyth is heading into the busiest summer of her life keeping countless animals happy.

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