Our Lives (2017)

Synopsis

Celebrating life in the UK in all its diversity – as seen through the eyes of remarkable people doing extraordinary things.

First Air Date: 2017-06-12

Last Air Date: 2025-12-15

Number of Seasons: 10

Number of Episodes: 123

Networks: BBC One

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Top Cast

Meera Syal as Self - Narrator
Dot Davies as Self - Narrator
Tara Lynne O'Neill as Self - Narrator
Lisa Gwilym as Self - Narrator
Bill Buckley as Self - Narrator
Declan Lawn as Self - Presenter
Martin Shaw as Self - Narrator
Angela Scanlon as Self - Presenter
Aled Jones as Self - Presenter
Sue Perkins as Self - Narrator

Seasons

Series 1 (2017)

Series 2 (2018)

Series 3 (2019)

Series 4 (2020)

Series 5 (2021)

Series 6 (2022)

Series 7 (2023)

Series 8 (2024)

Series 9 (2025)

Series 10 (2026)

Series 1 (2017)

Powerful topical and human stories from around the United Kingdom.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Big Love (2017-06-12)

Documentary providing an emotional insight into the lives of two brothers, who both have a rare form of dwarfism, as they prepare to marry their wives-to-be.
Ep. 2: Supersize Cabbies (2017-06-19)

A group of overweight cabbies try to change the habits of a lifetime and go from supersize to superfit.
Ep. 3: Growing Up with Cancer (2017-06-26)

Teenagers share their experiences of coping with the effects of cancer and chemotherapy at the Teenage Cancer Trust Unit at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Children.
Ep. 4: Bus Wars (2017-07-03)

Documentary looking at the fierce competition between the big bus tour companies in Belfast as they fight for a share of the lucrative tourist market.
Ep. 5: Mini Monet Millionaire (2017-07-10)

Following 14-year-old artist Kieron Williamson as he prepares for his latest exhibition.
Ep. 6: The World's Oldest Family (2017-07-17)

Documentary following the Donnelly family from County Armagh, thought to be the oldest group of siblings in the world, with a collective age of 1,064 years.
Ep. 7: Jodi's Lovely Letters (2017-07-24)

Aled Jones meets Jodi Ann Bickley, founder of the One Million Lovely Letters project, who has written thousands of letters to people around the world in need of support.
Ep. 8: Orkney: When the Boat Comes In (2017-07-31)

Orkney is, officially, the UK’s cruise ship capital. With around 125,000 passengers expected this year, how does this small island community cope with the onslaught of tourists?
Ep. 9: The Bug Grub Couple (2017-08-07)

Documentary following insect expert Dr Sarah Beynon and award-winning chef Andy Holcroft as they try to bring insect-based food products to the mainstream market.
Ep. 10: Land of the Giants (2017-08-23)

From 20-stone pumpkins to man-sized marrows, this documentary digs into the colourful world of Welsh giant vegetable growers as they fight it out in the first show of the season.