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  • 2011
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    Everything and Nothing

    Everything and Nothing

    7.46 2011 HD

    Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing? Professor Jim Al-Khalili...

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  • 2002
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    Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy

    Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy

    6.30 2002 HD

    Over three episodes, Dawn French interviewed some of the most prolific and celebrated female comedians of the time. Later in 2006, several of the...

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  • 2016
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    Trainspotting Live

    Trainspotting Live

    1 2016 HD

    Trainspotting Live will bring three nights of spotting, joy and excitement to BBC Four as Peter Snow, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry and engineer Dick...

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  • 2008
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    Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

    Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

    10.00 2008 HD

    From the pioneering work of Galen on Roman gladiators to the latest advances in plastic surgery, this five-part series illustrates the evolution of...

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  • 2019
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    James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain

    James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain

    7.50 2019 HD

    James May follows a year inside Hornby Hobbies – an iconic British toymaker on the brink of collapse.

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  • 2019
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    Planespotting Live

    Planespotting Live

    1 2019 HD

    The joy of a very British hobby, brought to you by Peter Snow and his team, revealing the hidden histories, engineering marvels and true pleasures of...

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  • 2012
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    Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings

    Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings

    4.50 2012 HD

    Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated...

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  • 2012
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    Order and Disorder

    Order and Disorder

    6.30 2012 HD

    Professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the important concepts of energy and information.

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  • 2003
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    Time Commanders

    Time Commanders

    8.30 2003 HD

    Contest in which teams fight each other in virtual reruns of the world's greatest battles.

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  • 2006
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    The Martians and Us

    The Martians and Us

    1 2006 HD

    Documentary series about the history of British science fiction.

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  • 2022
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    Skint

    Skint

    3.00 2022 HD

    The grit, humour and courage of ordinary people in the bleakest of circumstances. Darkly comic, poignant and sometimes devastating monologues about...

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  • 2005
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    The Music of the Primes

    The Music of the Primes

    1 2005 HD

    For more than 2,000 years, a mathematical riddle has baffled the world’s greatest minds. It’s a problem of such difficulty that it has...

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  • 1995
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    Parkinson: The Interviews

    Parkinson: The Interviews

    1 1995 HD

    Michael Parkinson reflects on the most memorable subjects of his interviews from the 1970s and 1980s.

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  • 2022
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    In Conversation with Alan Yentob

    In Conversation with Alan Yentob

    1 2022 HD

    From the BFI Imax in London, Alan Yentob talks to Bob Geldof and Stephen Fry about their achievements and the challenges they have faced in their...

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  • 2020
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    CripTales

    CripTales

    5.00 2020 HD

    A life-changing moment is captured in six powerful, dramatic monologues. Written, directed and performed by disabled people and curated by Mat Fraser.

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  • 2021
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    Great British Photography Challenge

    Great British Photography Challenge

    1 2021 HD

    The search is on for an exciting new name in British photography. Six talented photographers from across the UK embark on the photographic...

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  • 2019
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    Handmade in Bolton

    Handmade in Bolton

    1 2019 HD

    Shaun Greenhalgh and Dr Janina Ramirez research and remake a selection of precious objects from the past using traditional materials and methods.

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  • 2006
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    More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

    More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

    1 2006 HD

    Dawn French, interviews her favorite comediennes and asks about their upbringing, family life, entree into comedy, routines for generating material,...

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  • 2018
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    Jonathan Meades on Jargon

    Jonathan Meades on Jargon

    10.00 2018 HD

    In this provocative television essay, writer and broadcaster Jonathan Meades turns his forensic gaze on that modern phenomenon that drives us all up...

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