- Shackleton, an A & E Network presentation in association with Channel 4 and Firstsight Films ; producer, Selwyn Roberts ; written & directed by Charles Sturridge
- Resurrecting Richard III, a Darlow Smithson Production for channel Four Television corporation in association with Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET ; directed by Gary Johnstone
- Movie music man, a portrait of Lalo Schifrin, an RM Arts production in association with ARTE/ZDF/3 SAT/Channel Four
- Why ships sink, produced by Pioneer Productions for Nova/WGBH in association with Channel 4 ; produced and directed by Jonathan Challis
- The natural history of the chicken, A Mark Lewis Radio Pictures, Incorporated production in association with PBS, Channel 4 and Devillier Donegan Enterprises ; Executive producers, Ron Devillier and Brian Donegan ; producer, Mark Lewis ; written and directed by Mark Lewis
- A personal journey with Martin Scorsese through American movies, a BFI TV production for Channel 4 in association with Miramax Films ; produced by Florence Dauman ; written and directed by Martin Scorsese, Michasel Henry Wilson
- The wonderful, horrible life of Leni Riefenstahl, Omega Film, Nomad Films present ; written and directed by Ray Müller ; Channel Four ; Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
- Orfeo ed Euridice, by Christoph Willibald Gluck ; libretto, Pierre-Louis Moline after Raniero de Calzabigi ; producer, Derek Bailey ; directed for television by Hans Hulscher ; a Landseer Production for RM Arts in association with NOS and Channel 4
- Red riding, the year of our lord 1983, Studio Canal ; Channel 4 presents ; in association with Screen Yorkshire, LipSync Productions and Revolution Films ; a Revolution Filims production ; director Anand Tucker ; producers, Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland, Wendy Brazington ; writer, Tony Grisoni ; executive producers, Liza Marshall, Hugo Heppell, Alasdair MacCuish
- Galileo's battle for the heavens, a Nova production by Green Umbrella for WGBH/Boston in association with Channel 4 ; written and produced by David Axelrod ; directed by Peter Jones
- Lincoln's secret weapon, a Nova production by Zoë TV and Liquid Pictures for WGBH/Boston in association with Channel 4 ; written by Jonathan Wickham ; produced by Jonathan Wickham and D.J. Roller ; directed by Kirk Wolfinger
- The war of the world, a new history of the 20th century, a production of Blakeway Productions, a Ten Alps Company, for Channel 4 and PBS in association with Thirteen/WNET New York ; written by Niall Ferguson ; directed by Adrian Pennink and Simon Chu
- Pakistan, produced by Pilot Film and TV Productions for Channel 4 UK, Discovery International, the Travel Channel ; Pilot Productions ; producer, Victoria Bridges ; director, Luke Campbell
- The snowman, a Snowman Enterprise production for Channel 4 ; producer, John Coates ; screenwriter, Raymond Briggs ; director, Dianne Jackson
- Ebola, the plague fighters, [presented by] WGBH ; a Nova production by Associated Producers Inc. in association with WGBH/Boston, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Channel Four ; directed by Ric Esther Bienstock ; produced by Simcha Jacobovici, Elliott Halpern and Ric Esther Bienstock ; written by Elliott Halpern and Simcha Jacobovici
- The snowman, directed by Dianne Jackson ; produced by John Coates ; a Snowman Enterprises production for Channel 4
- The wives of Henry VIII, A United Production for Channel 4 ; Channel 4 Television Corporation ; series producer, Mark Fielder
- I 24 capricci, music by Nicolo Paganini ; Erato, presented by Quartier Latin and Channel Four
- Bright leaves, produced by Ross McElwee ; a Homemade Movies production in association with WGBH/Boston and Channel 4/London
- Southcliffe, a Warp Films production in association with Borderline Films for Channel 4 ; writer, Tony Grisoni ; director, Sean Durkin ; producers, Peter Carlton, Derrin Schlesinger
- The real Don Giovanni, opera singer Sir Thomas Allen searches for the truth behind Mozart's demonic phlanderer, Warner Music Entertainment ; Channel Four Television ; producer, Paul Sommers ; director, Rupert Edwards
- Sexual intelligence, directed by Catherine Annau ; produced by Amanda Enright ; written by Jeffrey Kindley, Richard Green and Amy Briamonte ; a Fertile Ground production ; in association with Channel 4 and Discovery Channel Canada
- Owen Wingrave, [music by] Benjamin Britten ; libretto [by] Myfanwy Piper ; director, Margaret Williams ; producer, Anne Beresford ; produced by MJW Productions for Channel Four Television and RM Associates
- Jenůfa, Glyndebourne Festival Opera ; music, Leǒs Janáček ; stage production by Nikolaus Lehnhoff ; producer, John Miller ; directed for television by Derek Bailey ; [co-produced by TVS in association with Channel 4 and Poorhouse Productions]
- Origins, fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution, a Pioneer Film & TV production for NOVA/WGBH and Channel 4 ; a Thomas Levenson Productions and Unicorn Projects, Inc. production for WGBH/Boston
- Indian summers, A New Pictures production for Channel 4 and Masterpiece ; produced by Dan McCulloch ; created and written by Paul Rutman ; directed by Annand Tucker
- Verónico Cruz, La deuda interna, Vanguard Cinema, Condor Media, el British Film Institute presenta en asociación con Channel Four Television y el Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía de Argentina, una co-producción de Yacoraite Film LTDA y Mainframe Film ; producida por Julio Lencina y Sasha Menocki ; dirección, Miguel Pereira ; libro cinematográfica, Eduardo Lehra Müller, Miguel Pereira
- Inside nature's giants, produced by Windfall Films in association with Channel 4 ; produced by Alex Tate ; series produced & directed by David Dugan
- Howard Goodall's organ works, the complete series, a Tiger Aspect production for NVC Arts and Channel 4 ; written and presented by Howard Goodall ; producer, Paul Sommers ; director, Rupert Edwards
- Brexit, HBO Films presents ; in association wtih Channel 4 Television ; a House production ; written by James Graham ; directed by Toby Haynes ; producer, Lynn Horsford
- Nova, an engineering triumph in Chile, produced by Pioneer Productions for Nova in association with Channel 4 ; produced & directed by Kate Dart, Nick Evans and Tom Stubberfield
- The last of England, British Screen/Channel Four/ZDF present an Anglo International film ; produced by James Mackay and Don Boyd ; directed by Derek Jarman
- Living goddess, Red Envelope Entertainment ; a Darkfibre production in association with Channel 4, Leavesley Group, Polite Storm ; produced by Marc Hawker and Andrew Curtis ; directed by Ishbel Whitaker
- Elizabeth, the acclaimed saga of England's virgin queen, produced & directed by Steven Clarke ; the History Channel ; a United Production for Channel 4
- Fireworks, a Windfall Films production for Nova/WGBH and Channel 4 ; produced and directed by Philip Smith and Michael Barnes ; co-producer for Nova, Julie Crawford ; executive producer for Windfall Films, David Dugan ; executive producer, Paula S. Apsell
- Beckett on film, Blue Angel Films ; Tyrone Productions
- The elegant universe, a Nova production for WGBH/Boston and Channel 4 in association with David Hickman Films, Sveriges Television, and Norddeutscher Rundfunk ; writers, Julia Cort and Brian Greene ; directors, Julia Cort and Joseph McMaster
- Traffik, by Simon Moore ; produced by Brian Eastman ; directed by Alastair Reid ; a Picture Partnership production for Channel 4
- Chase the devil, religious music of the Appalachian Mountains, a Harcourt Films production for Channel Four ; produced and directed by Jeremy Marre
- Afghan star, the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation in association with Channel 4 ; Redstart Media, Roast Beef Productions, Kaboora Productions ; produced & directed by Havana Marking
- The search for Robert Johnson, Channel 4. ; Iambic presents ; produced and directed by Chris Hunt
- Leaving Neverland, HBO Documentary Films presents ; an Amos Picture production in association with Channel Four ; producer, Owen Phillips ; produced and directed by Dan Reed
- Secrets of the Dark Ages, presented by Richard Rudgley ; Channel Four Television Corporation ; a Granada Production
- Beyond the clouds, photographed, directed and produced by Phil Agland ; associate producer and translations, Charlotte Ashby ; WETA ; a River Films production for the National Geographic Society ; a coproduction in association with Channel Four Television and Canal+
- Destination Mexico, Pilot Productions ; produced for Discovery International, the Travel Channel ; made by arrangement with Lonely Planet Publications ; for Channel Four, TVE Spain, Seven Network Australia
- Inside nature's giants, produced by Windfall Films in association with Channel 4 ; producer, Alex Tate ; series producer & director, David Dugan
- Winterreise, Franz Schubert ; producer, Gordon Baskerville ; director, David Alden ; a Third Eye Production for NVC Arts and Channel 4
- Red riding, IFC Films and Channel 4 present in association with Screen Yorkshire, Lip Sync Productions and Revolution Films ; a Revolution Films production ; writer, Tony Grisoni ; producers, Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland, Wendy Brazington ; director, James Marsh, 1980
- India, Pilot Film and TV Productions
- Wittgenstein, Channel Four Television and the British Film Institute ; in association with Uplink Japan present ; a Bandung production of a Derek Jarman film ; written by Derek Jarman, Terry Eagleton, Ken Butler ; produced by Tariq Ali ; directed by Derek Jarman ; executive producers, Ben Gibson, Takashi Asai