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  • 2013
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    The High Art of the Low Countries

    The High Art of the Low Countries

    1 2013 HD

    This 3 part series is presented by the British Art Critic, Andrew Graham-Dixon. He explores the Low Countries of the Netherlands and Belgium and how...

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  • 2010
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    Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession

    Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession

    1 2010 HD

    Map expert Professor Jerry Brotton uncovers how maps aren't simply about getting from A to B, but are revealing snapshots of defining moments in...

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  • 2011
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    Agony & Ecstasy: A Year with English National Ballet

    Agony & Ecstasy: A Year with English National Ballet

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2012
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    Metalworks!

    Metalworks!

    6.00 2012 HD

    Series looking at aspects of British metalworking over the centuries, including the art of the silversmith, the history of armour and the work of the...

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  • 2012
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    Order & Disorder

    Order & Disorder

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2015
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    Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

    Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

    1 2015 HD

    The cover version has always been a staple of the pop charts. Yet it's often been viewed as the poor relation of writing your own songs. This film...

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  • 2013
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    Fabric of Britain

    Fabric of Britain

    1 2013 HD

    Series of documentaries exploring Britain's relationship with fabric, featuring knitting, needlework and wallpaper.

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  • 2020
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    Age of the Image

    Age of the Image

    8.00 2020 HD

    Documentary series in which art historian James Fox explores how the power of images has transformed the modern world.

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  • 2019
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    The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story

    The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story

    7.00 2019 HD

    The case of the Yorkshire Ripper is re-examined by film-maker Liza Williams.

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  • 2010
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    Chemistry: A Volatile History

    Chemistry: A Volatile History

    4.70 2010 HD

    Jim Al-Khalili traces the story of how the elements, the building blocks that make up our entire world, were discovered and mapped.

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  • 2015
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    Rock 'n' Roll America

    Rock 'n' Roll America

    9.00 2015 HD

    A three-part series tracing the history of American rock 'n' roll music from the 1950s onwards.

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  • 2016
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    Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century

    Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century

    1 2016 HD

    In this series Suzy Klein examines how music transformed throughout the 19th century. The host discusses the political history and the industrial...

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  • 2017
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    Art of France

    Art of France

    8.00 2017 HD

    Andrew Graham-Dixon examines the history of French art, revealing how it emerged from a struggle between tradition and revolution, and rulers and...

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  • 2016
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    UK's Best Part-Time Band

    UK's Best Part-Time Band

    1 2016 HD

    Rhod Gilbert enlists the help of a series of musical legends to scour the country in search of the best of the UK's unsung musicians - who regularly...

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  • 2016
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    Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution

    Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution

    1 2016 HD

    Three-part series in which Professor Richard Fortey investigates why islands are natural laboratories of evolution and meets some of the unique and...

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  • 2018
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    Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific with James Fox

    Oceans Apart: Art and the Pacific with James Fox

    1 2018 HD

    Art historian Dr James Fox traces the momentous impact of the west's contact with the peoples and cultures of the Pacific. It is a story of...

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  • 2015
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    Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story

    Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story

    7.50 2015 HD

    Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story

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    How to Be a Composer

    How to Be a Composer

    1 1970 HD

    Journalist and critic Paul Morley spends a year learning the art of musical composition

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  • 2010
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    Al Murray's German Adventure

    Al Murray's German Adventure

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2018
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    Handmade in the Pacific

    Handmade in the Pacific

    1 2018 HD

    A series which shows the manufacture of some traditional artefacts in Australia, Rurutu, New Zealand and Hawaii.

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