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  • 2020
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    Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    8.70 2020 HD

    Historian Lucy Worsley debunks popular myths and royal as well as anti-royal propaganda about key events from British royal history including the...

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  • 2020
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    Soul America

    Soul America

    1 2020 HD

    A three-part docuseries chronicling the journey of soul music, from its birth out of gospel and R&B in the 1960s, when it delivered an assertive,...

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  • 2017
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    Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand

    Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand

    1 2017 HD

    Composer and musician Neil Brand presents a series on musical theatre evolution over the last century.

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  • 2009
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    The Art of Russia

    The Art of Russia

    8.00 2009 HD

    Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon travels through time to unlock the world of Russian art.

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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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  • 2006
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    Asian Invasion

    Asian Invasion

    7.00 2006 HD

    Asian Invasion is a three-part mini-series presented by Jonathan Ross which aired on BBC Four in January 2006. Focusing on East Asian cinema, the...

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  • 2018
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    Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema

    Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema

    7.10 2018 HD

    Mark Kermode reveals the film-making tricks and techniques behind classic movie genres, from romcoms to horrors.

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  • 2013
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    Archaeology: A Secret History

    Archaeology: A Secret History

    10.00 2013 HD

    Dr Richard Miles seeks our ancient treasures and explores our relationship with the past.

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  • 2011
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    Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

    Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

    8.00 2011 HD

    Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force - electricity. Until fairly recently,...

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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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  • 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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  • 2018
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    A Stitch in Time

    A Stitch in Time

    1 2018 HD

    Fashion historian Amber Butchart fuses biography, art and the history of fashion as she explores the lives of historical figures by examining the...

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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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  • 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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  • 2003
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    Rich Hall's Fishing Show

    Rich Hall's Fishing Show

    7.00 2003 HD

    Rich Hall's Fishing Show was a comedy programme written by and starring Rich Hall and Mike Wilmot. It was first broadcast on 11 November 2003 in the...

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  • 2017
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    Popular Voices at the BBC

    Popular Voices at the BBC

    1 2017 HD

    Companion programme to Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017) in which Gregory Porter introduces a selection of live performances culled from the BBC...

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  • 2015
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    Mumbai Railway

    Mumbai Railway

    2.00 2015 HD

    From the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn explore the science behind the world's busiest railway....

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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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  • 2003
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    Visions of Space

    Visions of Space

    1 2003 HD

    Robert Hughes tackles the work and lives of three remarkable 20th-century architects: Albert Speer, Mies van der Rohe, and Antonio Gaudi - whose work...

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