BBC Three

Across Merseyside, there is a name which has been whispered for decades – "Purple Aki". Benjamin Zand goes in search of the truth behind one of the UK's strangest stories.

Football icon Paul Gascoigne is at the end of his playing career, heading to the Gansu the poorest province in China's remote north-west to play for the local team Gansu Tianma football club. Paul wants to show he can still offer a lot to football and battle his inner demons and addictions along with feeling isolated in his new home in China.

Support for the far right is growing in Britain’s post-industrial towns and cities. This factual drama from the BAFTA-winning team behind Killed By My Debt and the Murdered by… films tells the story of a young man with no secure job, housing or future as he is drawn into a devastating hate crime. A steel-tipped state of the nation drama based on deep research into the realities of life in ‘forgotten Britain.’

At 18, George Ward left the Gypsy community. He had felt rejected having come out as gay. Leaving his Gypsy identity behind, he invented Cherry Valentine, a drag alter-ego. Now he wants to find out if he can be accepted as a queer Gypsy and feel proud.

The jaw-dropping story of the spectacular rise and dramatic fall of British music and festival company Pollen. The company was launched in 2014 by two young British brothers, Callum and Liam Negus-Fancey. Riding the wave of the tech boom which saw start-ups like Deliveroo, Airbnb and Uber become ‘unicorn’ giants valued at $1bn or more, the brothers created a simple idea that soon attracted huge investment. Beginning as a ticketing platform – giving festivals goers the chance to earn VIP rewards for selling tickets to their friends – the company tapped into a lucrative area when music festivals and Instagram influencing were flourishing. They promised their customers a ‘bigger life’, gave staff a glamorous, party-fuelled workplace and soon went global.

Otto Baxter wants the same things as most 21-year-olds, with sex currently at the top of his list. He is confident, funny, and determined to experience all life has to offer. But Otto also has Down's Syndrome. In this documentary, he charts his coming-of-age year and his search for love and adventure in a society which treats him like a child.

Jordan North asks, should I quit vaping? Is it bad for me or not? To find out, he uncovers the truth about vaping and realises there’s a lot he didn’t know.

Nicky Taylor hits the drinking circuits of Britain to investigate what's going on with women on their nights out, asking how big is the problem, is the binge drinking to blame and what the link is between alcohol and aggression.