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  Our War Series 2

  From Wednesday 29 May at 21:00

  Compelling stories from the war in Afghanistan are filmed and told by the soldiers themselves.

  Powerful and moving, these three films bring the harsh reality of war to the screens and offer a real insight into the lives and experiences of those on the front line.

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  The unseen war
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  Dragons’ Den Series 9

  Mondays at 21:00

  Evan Davis presents the popular business ideas contest, and there is a new Dragon in town, as haulage industry expert Hilary Devey joins Peter Jones, Theo Paphitis, Deborah Meaden and Duncan Bannatyne to evaluate pitches from entrepreneurs.

  In series 9 some of the standout proposals include a fancy dress venture, an unusual use for a plastic egg, a car that thinks it’s a bike and a Mexican food range. Many visitors to the Den are very particular about their requirements from a potential investor, often with mixed results and when a young businessmen tries for the biggest cash investment ever achieved on the show eyebrows are understandably raised.

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  Meet the new Dragon
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  How Sex Works

  From Friday 31 May at 22:00

  Travel inside the human body to investigate the physiological, neurological and psychological changes that happen before, during and after sex. It also illustrates the science of lust and the mechanics of sex itself, and reveals how our bodies get ready for sex both physically and mentally, how male and female orgasms work, and what happens inside the body at the moment of conception itself.

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  Stripping bare the science behind sex
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  Wonders of Life

  Fridays at 21:00

  Today there are thought to be as many as 100 million different species on Earth. Wonders of Life tells the story of the amazing diversity and adaptability of these species through the fundamental laws that govern them – light, gravity, time, matter and energy.

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  A universe of wonder
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  The Hunt for Bin Laden

  Wednesday 22 May at 21:00

  When Bin Laden was killed by American Special Forces on the 2nd May, 2011, it marked the end of the longest and most expensive manhunt in US history. The 9/11 attacks on New York and the Pentagon had brought Bin Laden to the world’s attention, but the mission to hunt and kill the terrorist leader had begun long before – when he crossed the CIA’s radar in 1991 as a terrorist financier.

  Looking at three key phases in the hunt for Bin Laden – the years before 9/11, the run up to the attacks, and the post 9/11 years – Intelligence chiefs, presidents, secretaries of state, the military and operatives on the ground tell their stories – as well as a few of those who met Bin Laden.

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  The 20-year mission to find and kill Osama