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  • 1970
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    After Dark

    After Dark

    1 1970 HD

    After Dark was a British late night live discussion programme broadcast on Channel 4 television between 1987 and 1997, and on the BBC in 2003....

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  • 2013
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    Endeavour: Everest

    Endeavour: Everest

    1 2013 HD

    Series looking at three Everest expeditions - by balloon, canoe and climbing without oxygen.

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  • 2010
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    The First Men in the Moon

    The First Men in the Moon

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2015
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    Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

    Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

    1 2015 HD

    Dr Sam Willis charts the history of the British outlaws.

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  • 1970
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    Doctors to Be: 20 Years On

    Doctors to Be: 20 Years On

    1 1970 HD

    Doctors to Be: 20 Years On is a biographical documentary series first broadcast on BBC Four by the BBC in 2007. It is a sequel to the series about...

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  • 2009
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    Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

    Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

    1 2009 HD

    During the reign of Henry VIII much was created buildings, music, artworks. Did this compensate for the destruction of the monastries and their...

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  • 2007
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    BBC Four Sessions

    BBC Four Sessions

    6.00 2007 HD

    Leading musical artists perform live for the cameras

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  • 2006
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    Rich Hall's Cattle Drive

    Rich Hall's Cattle Drive

    6.00 2006 HD

    Rich Hall's Cattle Drive is a television sitcom starring Rich Hall and Mike Wilmot. It was broadcast in 2006 in the United Kingdom on BBC Four, and...

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  • 2014
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    Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story

    Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story

    1 2014 HD

    Adam Nicolson looks at how and why whale populations were so drastically reduced in the 20th century, and attempts to see whaling through the eyes of...

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  • 2018
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    What We Were Watching

    What We Were Watching

    7.50 2018 HD

    Join Grace Dent on a televisual trip back in time.

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  • 2005
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    In Search of Speed

    In Search of Speed

    1 2005 HD

    In search of World Speed Records by land, air and water

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  • 2016
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    Masters of the Pacific Coast: The Tribes of the American Northwest

    Masters of the Pacific Coast: The Tribes of the American Northwest

    8.00 2016 HD

    Dr Jago Cooper explores the extraordinary and resilient culture of the American Northwest, revealing one the most inspiring stories in human history.

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  • 2018
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    Discovering...

    Discovering...

    1 2018 HD

    Four extraordinary pieces of music performed in full by BBC orchestras.

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  • 1970
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    The Battle That Made Britain

    The Battle That Made Britain

    1 1970 HD

    The Battle That Made Britain is a 2006 BBC Television documentary telling the Battle of Culloden.

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  • 2020
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    Mindful Escapes: Breathe, Release, Restore

    Mindful Escapes: Breathe, Release, Restore

    1 2020 HD

    A bold new genre of programming for our times where guided mindfulness and stunning natural history footage go hand in hand to produce a series of...

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  • 2012
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    Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures

    Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures

    1 2012 HD

    It is estimated that 99 per cent of species have become extinct and there have been times when life's hold on Earth has been so precarious it seems...

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  • 2007
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    Travels with a Tangerine

    Travels with a Tangerine

    1 2007 HD

    Arabic scholar Tim Mackintosh-Smith journeys 75,000 miles through 40 countries in the footsteps of 14th century traveller Ibn Battutah, who was born...

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  • 2018
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    The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

    The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story

    1.00 2018 HD

    In 1955 Ruth Ellis was the last woman hanged in Britain for the murder of her lover. In this investigative three-part series film-maker Gillian...

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  • 2010
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    The Boats That Built Britain

    The Boats That Built Britain

    1 2010 HD

    Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring and puts some of the vessels featured in the programme through...

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  • 2025
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    Albert Speer

    Albert Speer

    1 2025 HD

    A series of programmes about Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister.

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