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2003
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State of Play
State of Play7.50 2003 HD
The murder of Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to uncover complex links between government and big business.
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1978
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BBC Young Musician
BBC Young Musician10.00 1978 HD
BBC Young Musician (Young Musician of the Year) first appeared on our TV screens in 1978. The brainchild of BBC producers Humphrey Burton, Walter...
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2003
S3 E2
Days That Shook the World
Days That Shook the World6.30 2003 HD
Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various...
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2013
S1 E3
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley8.33 2013 HD
This documentary takes a look at some of the most horrible and despicable murders in modern British history. From Jack the Ripper in the 1880s to...
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2014
S2 E6
The Code
The Code7.11 2014 HD
The Code is a drama series which tells tells the story of two brothers who discover some information that those at the highest levels of political...
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2022
S3 E4
The Read
The Read1 2022 HD
Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.
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2012
S1 E2
Room at the Top
Room at the Top7.30 2012 HD
Joe leaves working-class, industrial Dufton behind him and takes a job as senior audit clerk at the town hall in affluent Warley. He takes lodgings...
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2015
S4 E4
A Timewatch Guide
A Timewatch Guide7.50 2015 HD
Series looking at how the BBC has revealed and interpreted monumental moments in our history. Using the BBC archive, the programmes examine changes...
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2004
S1 E3
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief8.00 2004 HD
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief – known in the United States as A Brief History of Disbelief – is a 2004 television documentary...
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2003
S3 E20
Mind Games
Mind Games1 2003 HD
Quiz show hosted by Marcus Du Sautoy who poses the trickiest puzzles to bend the minds of the team members Kathy Sykes, Irving Finkel, Jim Al-Khalili...
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2022
S3 E2
Inside Classical
Inside Classical1 2022 HD
The BBC's orchestras are joined by world-renowned singers and musicians at some of the UK's most beautiful concert halls, performing the best in...
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2020
S1 E3
H2O: The Molecule that Made Us
H2O: The Molecule that Made Us8.00 2020 HD
A landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected to...
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2006
S1 E3
Planet Earth: The Future
Planet Earth: The Future8.60 2006 HD
The three-part complementary series features eminent scientists, theologians and conservationists discussing the environmental and conservation...
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2018
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Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives
Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives9.00 2018 HD
Monologues inspired by women who have spoken out, challenged the status quo or made a stand – often at great personal cost.
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2011
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Twenty Twelve
Twenty Twelve7.20 2011 HD
A mock-documentary following the challenges - both personal and professional - faced by the team responsible for delivering the biggest show on...
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2008
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Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery
Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery10.00 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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1998
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The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs
The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs1 1998 HD
The main decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia and the US tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict.
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2017
S1 E4
Bucket
Bucket5.80 2017 HD
Reserved history teacher Fran has long had a strained relationship with her eccentric, free-spirit mother Mim. When Mim announces that she is dying...
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2019
S1 E3
American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley8.00 2019 HD
British historian Lucy Worsley reveals how some of the biggest moments in US history are actually fibs and stories concocted by pop culture, politics...
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2014
S3 E3
Brian Pern: A Life in Rock
Brian Pern: A Life in Rock8.50 2014 HD
Brian Pern is an ageing rock star and former front-man of ground breaking progressive rock group Thotch. Like many artists of his age, rather than...