Find your next favourite
British programmes, presenters and online creators, gathered by theme. Mainstream and independent side by side, each with where to watch.
- Food and cookingThe baking tent, the professional kitchen and the friends testing recipes on YouTube. Picked for what you'll cook afterwards, not just what you'll watch.
- Making and homeRestorers, builders, potters and inventors: television and online channels about making things by hand, from a family heirloom to a hoverbike.
- Science and technologyAstronomy on BBC Four since 1957, and the online channels that explain one idea properly. All of these leave you understanding something you didn't before.
- History and documentariesArchaeology on BBC Two and on YouTube, one house told through its residents, and comic films about maps. Britain's past, from the trench up.
- Travel and outdoorsRacing across continents without a plane, walking a straight line across Wales, and the wildlife at the bottom of the garden.
- Gaming and entertainmentThe British YouTubers families already know by name, from Minecraft builds to comedy and challenges. Most are aimed at a younger audience, so worth a look before the kids find them.