This drama-documentary evokes what it was like to work closely with Churchill in the Cabinet War Rooms during the dark days of the Blitz and the later bombing raids on London.

The programme combines superb archive film from the Imperial War Museum's vast collection, with atmospheric dramatisations actually filmed inside the Cabinet War Rooms -- the real locations from where Churchill led the nation.

The programme includes first-hand accounts which reveal the challenges of working with Britain's bullish war leader at close quarters. The programme then traces the key stages of the war from Churchill's viewpoint -- his relationship with President Roosevelt, the turning point at El Alamein, D-Day and the final journey to victory. At his finest hour he is defeated in the General Election in the summer of 1945. It is a dramatic story of how one man's leadership rallied the nation and turned almost certain defeat into victory.

In Manchester, will she pick Jamie the ‘enigma’, who likes to explore and try anything and everything, from guitar to art and piano, and keeps his mind completely open? Or could it be 9 year old Aisha, who has a passion for history, culture and travel but has a tendency to hesitate and hold herself back at school because she’s afraid of getting things wrong? Or will it be multilingual Xin Xin, who after only a few years in Britain is fantastic at English and is fluent in Chinese too, but despite all these great achievements tends to put pressure on herself if she encounters something she can’t master straight away? One child gets the chance to have an intensive brain training programme that teaches them how learning different kinds of languages gives them a fresh insight into how their brain actually works; posture and how you stand can impact how you feel via a process of bio-feedback; how to deal with tough problems and take control to succeed and achieve; and how having a passion and gift in an area that doesn’t rest in the main core areas of the national curriculum doesn’t mean you should give it up. But will all this training and advice come together for this child’s final challenge?

In London, will she go for 11 year old Aaliyah, a shy girl who is afraid to put her hand up in the classroom but reveals an amazing hidden gift for abstract thinking while she is drawing a picture, minus any artistic training? Or could it be 9 year old Luke, whose mature creative writing ability is masked by poor handwriting and presentation? Using cutting edge brain training techniques anyone can try Bernadette shows the child she chooses how to improve left/right brain connectivity by putting words to actions and music, making learning more fun and effective, shows the child how to take ownership of their learning when they have research homework to do, and how to get the brain in the mood for homework by giving the brain mental triggers that help them develop good habits for learning. But will all this be enough for the child to pull off their final challenge to show how brilliant they can really be?

In Nottingham, will she choose John whose tinkering and experimenting may not have any chance to shine within the creative restraints of the National Curriculum, or might it will be 11 year old Molly, who has a really curious mind but hasn’t figured out a way to organise and remember all the information she is constantly gathering? With lots of techniques you can try at home she trains one child’s brain to pull off something absolutely brilliant… it involves an audience of over 150 people… a long table of props and a ten minute presentation to deliver with no adult help … can they pull it off?

The Diana movie, starring Naomi Watts, is set to be released in September 2013 and said to be first and foremost a love story. With all eyes and thoughts returning to the tragic story, we are able to deliver on this heartfelt documentrary examining the conspiracy theories and revealing the truths behind the mystery of her untimely death in 1997.

Following Diana's sudden death in Paris, August 31 1997, many doubts have surrounded the official story that she was killed in a tragic accident. No event since the assassination of President Kennedy has attracted more conspiracy theories than the death of Princess Diana. This film tries to get behind the theories and uncover the mystery of Diana's untimely death.
At the last count, there were 36,000 websites devoted to conspiracy theories about her death and according to one poll, 78% of the British public believes her death was no accident. This view is apparently common throughout the Islamic world too.

In this one-hour film, we examine the main conspiracy theories and look at the evidence. Did she fake her own death to escape the paparazzi? Did the British Secret Service kill her to stop a Muslim connection to the Royal Family?

We tell the story of what actually did happen on that August weekend and ask if the facts do or do not support the idea that the death of Diana was no accident.

In Brighton, will she pick quick witted Emily, who some may see as a giggler but Bernadette sees as having signs of a quick intellect at work.…? Or will she go for 11 year old Connor who is so creative that he finds it hard to focus on anything in the long term and follow his ideas through? Whoever she chooses will need intense brain training to give them the tools to pull off the challenge she has set them. Using techniques you can try at home, she shows them how to pre-programme the brain to recognize and deal with distractions before they occur; give their brain a photographic image of them already succeeding, giving the brain a new and positive target to work towards; teaches them how to break things down into small steps to achieve goals, and shows the remarkable impact on the brain of changing a child’s perspective by taking a different view of themselves and the opportunity life can give them when they see their house from the new vantage point of their highest local viewpoint. All goes well with the brain training, but will the loving and caring child’s mother be able to be brave enough to step back and give them the chance to succeed and fly on their own…?

In Liverpool, will she pick 9 year old Sophie who’s been labelled as bossy but Bernadette sees as a real leader? Or could it be 8 year old Harris, who’s a bit of a chatterbox but Bernadette can see is someone who may get bored easily and likes to chat because his mind works that fast? One child gets the chance to have an intensive brain training programme that teaches them how trampolining can help them tone their brain as well as their body, how having a game of football in between coming home from school and starting on tough homework can help them get into the right relaxed yet alert brain state for learning; and how using tangible things such as cutting up a cake or writing on a window, playing with numbers, can make tricky maths problems more transparent and easier to crack. Will all the hard work pay off when it comes to the big challenge that Bernadette has set them… has she made them brilliant?

Expert in gifted children Bernadette Tynan is making it her mission to prove that brain training really works by showing how she can go into any school and spot a seemingly ordinary child whose gifts are being missed. In Leeds, will she pick 10 year old Nicholas who reveals entrepreneurial ability during her challenges but whose struggles with literacy and approach to learning have left him bottom of the class? Or could it be quietly focused Ben, who has a passion for gardening, an ability that lies beyond the school gates? The child she eventually picks in this school has a tendency toward being a hands-on or ‘kinaesthetic’ learner. This is the way in which a lot of people like to learn but they may not always realise this and don’t realise and learn how to turn it to their advantage. This episode is packed with take home information about how to spot children’s individual gifts and work with their strengths to attack problem areas, using really fun and easy activities that any one can do…. Diving for letters in a swimming pool, using household objects to learn how to structure a story… as well as guiding them to pull off a brilliant challenge… Dad’s final assessment of his son’s brain training journey? ‘If every kid had just a little bit of this, think how far they could go.’

This film follows some very special babies who undergo lifesaving surgery inside the womb. In Cardiff, Sonja has overcome physical disability and several miscarriages to become pregnant with her first child. However, her body's antibodies are attacking the foetus and it now needs multiple live-saving donor transfusions in the womb to take it to term. In Glasgow, baby Olivia has developed severe infections in her lungs placing pressure on her heart. Dr Alan Cameron has placed a shunt in her lung but Olivia has pulled it out inside the womb. And over in Belgium, a mum-to-be finds out that her unborn baby has developed a life-threatening condition. The only man who can help is Professor Jan Deprest who's pioneering the use of a new technique where a balloon is guided through the mouth of the foetus blocking its windpipe.

Robert Jensen has a massive cancerous tumour growing deep inside his brain. His only chance of survival - an operation to cut out the tumour while Robert's fully awake. Without the surgery he'll die. In the UK, a procedure called Deep Brain Stimulation rewires the brains of patients suffering intolerable conditions. Parkinson sufferer Mike Robins literally switches off the tremors which nearly drove him to suicide. Simon Cooke has suffered brutal epileptic seizures since he was three-years-old. They have destroyed his life and made him a prisoner in his own home. Deep Brain Stimulation is his last hope to regain a life. Three years ago, Shannon Wilkes was an ordinary happy little girl. But then her brain began to tell her body to twist into painful, unnatural shapes .Locked in a body she can't control, her only hope is Deep Brain Stimulation

Mike Osborne almost lost his life when his plane exploded in a fireball leaving him with 80% burns. This film follows Mike's recovery and his painful search to restore the face that once was. His search will take him to Paris where half the skin on his face will be replaced with 'artificial skin', and then back to London and a new treatment -- the 'Isolagen' process. We meet Katherine Dowling, the first burns patient to receive this new treatment. Her face, terribly scarred in a house fire, has been successfully 'grown back' to how it was before the fire.

Joseph Merrick, 'The Elephant Man', suffered from Proteus Syndrome -- a rare genetic disorder where parts of the body grow out of all proportion. We meet 4 year old sufferer Abigail Lider and her family as they travel to Maryland USA for a week of tests. They also travel to meet other Proteus sufferers learning to live with this incurable condition. In the UK 31 year old Mandy Sellars has a rare form of Proteus Syndrome which causes her legs to be giant while the rest of her body remains petite.

Faces that would have been horribly scarred are being saved by surgeons using 21st century technology. Ian Smith's lower jaw is rotting away because the radiotherapy that cured his cancer has killed healthy bone and tissue. Now a computer generated 3-d model of his jaw will help his surgeon rebuild the dying jaw.

At the Royal London hospital, a new 3-D scanner is helping maxillae-facial consultant Simon Holmes save the faces of his trauma patients including teenager Steven whose face was ripped off by a falling wall and Esther who suffered horrific injuries in a motorbike accident.

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