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  • 2003
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    State of Play

    State of Play

    7.50 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 Musician

    10.00 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
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    Days That Shook the World

    Days That Shook the World

    6.30 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
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    A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

    A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

    8.33 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
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    The Code

    The Code

    7.11 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
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    The Read

    The Read

    1 2022 HD

    Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.

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  • 2012
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    Room at the Top

    Room at the Top

    7.30 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
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    A Timewatch Guide

    A Timewatch Guide

    7.50 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
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    Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief

    Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief

    8.00 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
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    Mind Games

    Mind Games

    1 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
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    Inside Classical

    Inside Classical

    1 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
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    H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

    H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

    8.00 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
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    Planet Earth: The Future

    Planet Earth: The Future

    8.60 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 Lives

    9.00 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 Twelve

    7.20 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 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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  • 1998
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    The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs

    The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs

    1 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
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    Bucket

    Bucket

    5.80 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
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    American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    8.00 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
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    Brian Pern: A Life in Rock

    Brian Pern: A Life in Rock

    8.50 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...

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