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  • 2011
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    The Brain: A Secret History

    The Brain: A Secret History

    1 2011 HD

    Michael Mosley embarks on three journeys to understand science's last great frontier - the human mind - as he traces the history of the attempts to...

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  • 2013
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    Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork

    Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork

    1 2013 HD

    Series looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.

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  • 2010
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    The Boats That Built Britain

    The Boats That Built Britain

    1 2010 HD

    Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring and puts some of the vessels featured in the programme through...

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  • 2010
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    On Hannibal's Trail

    On Hannibal's Trail

    1 2010 HD

    Series in which three Australian brothers - Danny, Ben and Sam Wood - set out cycling on the trail of Hannibal, the warrior who marched from Spain to...

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  • 2005
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    In Search of Speed

    In Search of Speed

    1 2005 HD

    In search of World Speed Records by land, air and water

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  • 2025
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    Albert Speer

    Albert Speer

    1 2025 HD

    A series of programmes about Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister.

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  • 2010
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    Julia Bradbury's German Wanderlust

    Julia Bradbury's German Wanderlust

    1 2010 HD

    Julia Bradbury takes her boots and backpack to the Continent to explore the landscape of Germany and the cultural movement that made it famous -...

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  • 2013
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    Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome

    Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome

    8.00 2013 HD

    Professor Catharine Edwards explores the dramatic story of the women who tasted power in the Roman Empire.

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  • 2008
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    Travellers' Century

    Travellers' Century

    1 2008 HD

    Travellers' Century is a 2008 BBC Television documentary series presented by Benedict Allen that profiles the lives of three influential 20th century...

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  • 2010
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    The Highland Sessions

    The Highland Sessions

    1 2010 HD

    Series celebrating the historical and contemporary links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song by bringing together top exponents of both traditions...

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  • 2025
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    Japan’s Master of Restoration

    Japan’s Master of Restoration

    10.00 2025 HD

    Where broken beauty is reborn. How legendary art restorer Koji Mayuyama is preserving ancient treasures, one divine touch at a time.

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  • 2018
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    Beach Live: Jurassic Coast Revealed

    Beach Live: Jurassic Coast Revealed

    1 2018 HD

    Dan Snow and wildlife experts Lucy Cooke and Niall Strawson uncover historical, geological and wildlife treasures live from the Jurassic Coast in...

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  • 2018
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    The NHS: A People's History

    The NHS: A People's History

    1 2018 HD

    A crowdsourced social history of the NHS, told through people's treasured mementoes, whether they be the unsung medical heroes of the staff or the...

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  • 2011
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    The Secret World of Whitehall

    The Secret World of Whitehall

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney

    The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney

    1 2014 HD

    Series which follows Martha Kearney's bee-keeping year and explores the science, art and culture of the honeybee, the most ingenious insect known to...

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