If... is a series of BBC drama-documentaries broadcast on BBC Two from March to April 2004 and December 2004 to January 2005, each of which considers the potentially catastrophic political or social consequences that might arise from current trends in the United Kingdom. Using a drama with interviews from experts, then a discussion of the programme with a panel of experts from both sides of an argument. During the show a televote of opinion is cast.
The if... debate: if drugs were legal
If... the lights go out
If... things don't get better
If... the generations fall out
If... it was a woman's world
If... we don't stop eating
If... cloning could cure us
If... we could stop the violence
If... drugs were legal
If... tv goes down the tube
If... the toxic timebomb goes off
If... we stopped giving aid to africa
If... the oil runs out
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