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  • 1966
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    Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

    Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

    5.10 1966 HD

    The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each...

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  • 2013
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    Spies of Warsaw

    Spies of Warsaw

    6.60 2013 HD

    A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of...

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  • 2007
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    Party Animals

    Party Animals

    6.90 2007 HD

    Party Animals presents Westminster from the ground up – the young researchers and advisors shouldering huge responsibility in a frantic,...

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  • 2007
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    The Genius of Photography

    The Genius of Photography

    7.20 2007 HD

    Documentary series exploring the history of photography - from daguerreotype to digital, from portraits to photo-journalism, from art to advertising.

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  • 2008
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    Crooked House

    Crooked House

    6.80 2008 HD

    A ghost story about a cursed house. The cursed house - Geap Manor - weaves together three ghost stories set during Georgian times, the 1920s and the...

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  • 1987
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    The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

    The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

    8.00 1987 HD

    Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.

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  • 2012
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    Shakespeare Uncovered

    Shakespeare Uncovered

    7.50 2012 HD

    Celebrity hosts guide viewers through William Shakespeare's plays in performance. Each episode serves as a primer for newcomers to Shakespeare while...

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  • 2012
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    Dirk Gently

    Dirk Gently

    7.00 2012 HD

    Detective Dirk Gently operates based on the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

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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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  • 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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  • 2005
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    Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky

    Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky

    5.30 2005 HD

    A story of unrequited love set in 1930s London, against the backdrop of grimy streets and public houses.

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  • 2011
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    Women in Love

    Women in Love

    6.60 2011 HD

    Powerful adaptation of DH Lawrence's novels The Rainbow and Women in Love, focusing on the lives of two sisters as they struggle with love, passion...

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  • 2024
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    Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

    Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

    1 2024 HD

    No easy answers? Decision-makers from Kissinger to Rice revisit how the US responded to conflicts from Rwanda to Iraq. Faced with human suffering -...

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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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  • 2010
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    A History of Horror

    A History of Horror

    7.20 2010 HD

    Mark Gatiss examines the history of the horror film, from classic Hollywood monsters to Hammer's glory days and beyond.

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  • 2009
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    Britain's Best Drives

    Britain's Best Drives

    1 2009 HD

    Britain's Best Drives is a six-part 2009 British television series in which Richard Wilson travels across the UK in reviewing the best driving roads...

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  • 2012
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    The Story of Musicals

    The Story of Musicals

    1 2012 HD

    A three-part series exploring how the British musical became a driving force behind musical theatre around the world — a tale of shows, daring,...

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  • 2008
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    The Story of Maths

    The Story of Maths

    7.20 2008 HD

    Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, escorts you through the most important of all intellectual disciplines:...

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  • 2016
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    Dangerous Earth

    Dangerous Earth

    1 2016 HD

    Series showing how new camera technology is revealing the inner workings of the Earth's most spectacular natural wonders.

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  • 2009
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    We Need Answers

    We Need Answers

    8.00 2009 HD

    We Need Answers is a British television panel game presented by comedians Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne. The show features a pair of...

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