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  • 2007
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    Art of Eternity

    Art of Eternity

    1 2007 HD

    How should art depict the relationship between man and God? How can art best express eternal values? Can you, and should you, portray the face of...

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  • 2014
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    Castles: Britain's Fortified History

    Castles: Britain's Fortified History

    10.00 2014 HD

    Historian Sam Willis traces the story of Britain's castles and their unique role in our history, art and literature.

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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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  • 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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  • 2012
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    Jonathan Meades On France

    Jonathan Meades On France

    1 2012 HD

    Jonathan Meades scrutinises the 95 per cent of France that Brits drive through and don't notice en route to the 5 per cent that conforms to their...

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  • 2008
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    The Department Store

    The Department Store

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2020
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    Soul America

    Soul America

    1 2020 HD

    A three-part docuseries chronicling the journey of soul music, from its birth out of gospel and R&B in the 1960s, when it delivered an assertive,...

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  • 1987
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    After Dark

    After Dark

    1 1987 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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  • 2008
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    Jonathan Meades - Magnetic North

    Jonathan Meades - Magnetic North

    9.00 2008 HD

    Jonathan Meades travels from the flatlands of Flanders to Germany's spectacular Baltic coast in an attempt to decipher exactly what northernness...

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  • 2010
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    South Africa Walks

    South Africa Walks

    1 2010 HD

    Julia Bradbury sets out on four walks that explore South Africa's claim to be 'a world in one country', going far beyond the normal tourist...

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  • 1995
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    Showstoppers

    Showstoppers

    1 1995 HD

    A series of shows featuring songs from stage and screen musicals.

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  • 1970
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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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  • 1970
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    Nightmare in the City That Never Sleeps

    Nightmare in the City That Never Sleeps

    1 1970 HD

    Today New York is America's greatest city. But 30 years ago this summer, they couldn't even keep the lights on. A blackout plunged seven million...

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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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  • 2020
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    Museums in Quarantine

    Museums in Quarantine

    1 2020 HD

    Series that explores national museum collections at a time of enforced closure.

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  • 2012
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    Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau

    Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau

    1 2012 HD

    How the Art Nouveau movement flourished in the burgeoning cities of Europe at the end of the 19th century.

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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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  • 2022
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    New Generation Artists Presents

    New Generation Artists Presents

    1 2022 HD

    Stunning and intimate showcases of Radio 3 New Generation Artists performing much-loved works of music.

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  • 2013
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    The Art Of Australia

    The Art Of Australia

    1 2013 HD

    Former director and chief curator of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Edmund Capon explores the story of Australian art through the country's rich...

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  • 2015
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    Children Talking

    Children Talking

    1 2015 HD

    A captivating insight into British life straight from the mouths of school children from the 1960s and '70s.

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