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  • 2012
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    The Joy Of...

    The Joy Of...

    1 2012 HD

    A witty and stimulating look at Chance, Logic, Data and Statistics and the roles they play in our lives.

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  • 2009
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    Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's

    Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's

    7.70 2009 HD

    In this three-part documentary series Waldemar Januszczak discovers paintings, sculptures and architecture of the Baroque period. Starting from the...

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  • 2012
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    ...Sings Bond

    ...Sings Bond

    1 2012 HD

    Perfomances of James Bond theme tunes from a variety of different shows in the BBC archives.

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  • 2016
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    Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS

    Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS

    1 2016 HD

    Documentary which tells the story of the thousands of Caribbean and African women who answered the call 70 years ago to come to the UK to save the...

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  • 2024
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    The Secret Genius of Plants

    The Secret Genius of Plants

    8.00 2024 HD

    Series that follows recent scientific developments as researchers across Europe explore the extraordinary capabilities of plants.

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  • 2020
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    How to Make

    How to Make

    1 2020 HD

    Zoe Laughlin, designer, maker and materials engineer, is fascinated by the science and technology hidden within the everyday objects we take for...

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  • 2010
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    Churches: How to Read Them

    Churches: How to Read Them

    10.00 2010 HD

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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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  • 1970
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    100 Years of Girl Guides

    100 Years of Girl Guides

    1 1970 HD

    100 Years of Girl Guides is a BBC television documentary. It was shown on the digital television station BBC Four on Sunday 16 August 2009 at 21:00....

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  • 2010
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    Art of the Sea

    Art of the Sea

    1 2010 HD

    Writer and poet Owen Sheers explores British art and literature inspired by the high seas.

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  • 2025
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    Japan’s Master of Restoration

    Japan’s Master of Restoration

    1 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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  • 2019
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    Charles I: Downfall of a King

    Charles I: Downfall of a King

    8.00 2019 HD

    Historian Lisa Hilton discovers how, in just fifty tempestuous days, Charles I’s rule collapsed, laying the foundations for civil war, the loss...

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  • 2010
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    Come Clog Dancing: Treasures of English Folk Dance

    Come Clog Dancing: Treasures of English Folk Dance

    1 2010 HD

    Presenter Charles Hazlewood stages a 140-person flashmob clog dance and explores the history of this folk dance that originated in the collieries and...

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  • 2010
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    Shooting the War

    Shooting the War

    6.00 2010 HD

    Series looking at how WW2 was documented by German and British amateur home movie makers.

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  • 1970
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    The Brian Epstein Story: The Sun Will Shine Tomorrow Part 1

    The Brian Epstein Story: The Sun Will Shine Tomorrow Part 1

    5.00 1970 HD

    Documentary on the life of Brian Epstein, the man who brought The Beatles to fame. First in a two-part documentary examining the turbulent life and...

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  • 2009
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    Art Deco Icons

    Art Deco Icons

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2020
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    Being Beethoven

    Being Beethoven

    1 2020 HD

    Marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth in 1770, a documentary series that focuses on the real, complex and often difficult man behind the...

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  • 2010
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    Les secrets de la matière

    Les secrets de la matière

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2013
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    Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited

    Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited

    1 2013 HD

    Archaeologist Julian Richards returns to some of his most important digs to discover how science, conservation and new finds have changed our...

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    Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

    Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

    1 1970 HD

    Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! is a 2006 BBC Four television play starring Michael Sheen as the English comic actor Kenneth Williams, based on...

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