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  • 2016
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    How the Wild West was Won with Ray Mears

    How the Wild West was Won with Ray Mears

    1 2016 HD

    Bushcraft expert and survivalist Ray Mears explores the awe-inspiring landscape of that shaped the story of the Wild West. ... Discover how...

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  • 2008
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    Medical Mavericks

    Medical Mavericks

    1 2008 HD

    Dr Michael Mosley explores how pioneering doctors laid the foundations of modern medicine.

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  • 2004
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    The Atheism Tapes

    The Atheism Tapes

    8.00 2004 HD

    The Atheism Tapes is a 2004 BBC television documentary series presented by Jonathan Miller. The material that makes up the series was originally...

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  • 2011
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    Ceramics A Fragile History

    Ceramics A Fragile History

    1 2011 HD

    Ceramics are one of the oldest and most-fundamental art forms around. Ceramics are used for everything from eating and drinking to celebrating birth,...

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  • 2009
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    How the Celts Saved Britain

    How the Celts Saved Britain

    1 2009 HD

    Dan Snow shines a light into the Dark Ages after the collapse of the Roman Empire in Britain

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  • 2007
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    The Secret Life of the motorway

    The Secret Life of the motorway

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2020
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    Einstein's Quantum Riddle

    Einstein's Quantum Riddle

    10.00 2020 HD

    The story of quantum entanglement, perhaps the strangest concept in science. Mind-bending concepts and brilliant experiments lead us to a profound...

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  • 2011
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    Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

    Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

    7.00 2011 HD

    Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history, the...

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  • 2010
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    Chemistry: A Volatile History

    Chemistry: A Volatile History

    4.70 2010 HD

    Jim Al-Khalili traces the story of how the elements, the building blocks that make up our entire world, were discovered and mapped.

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  • 2009
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    The Secret Life of the Airport

    The Secret Life of the Airport

    1 2009 HD

    Documenting the rise of mass air travel, starting with a look at the advent of commercial air travel through to the dropping of prices and the rise...

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  • 2022
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    The Classical Collection

    The Classical Collection

    1 2022 HD

    A selection of memorable performances of classical music from the BBC's archives.

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  • 2010
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    Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea

    Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea

    1 2010 HD

    A mini-odyssey along the coast from Cornwall to Wales in the company of the actor Timothy Spall and his wife Shane on their Dutch barge.

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  • 2015
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    How to Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell

    How to Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell

    1 2015 HD

    An exploration of the history of bohemians - weird and wonderful artists and writers who have chosen to defy convention, from radical romantics to...

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  • 2014
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    Bunkers Brutalism and Bloodymindedness

    Bunkers Brutalism and Bloodymindedness

    1 2014 HD

    Two-part documentary in which Jonathan Meades makes the case for 20th-century concrete Brutalist architecture in an homage to a style that he sees a...

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  • 2022
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    Simon Schama Meets

    Simon Schama Meets

    1 2022 HD

    While making Simon Schama’s History of Now, Simon met several of the most influential contemporary artists working in the world today. In this...

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  • 2010
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    Art of Germany

    Art of Germany

    8.00 2010 HD

    In an absorbing study, Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of a national art that conveys passion, precision, hope and renewal. He juxtaposes...

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  • 2011
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    Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury

    Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury

    1 2011 HD

    Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots to explore her own British backyard, travelling along the country's network of canals and their accompanying...

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  • 2013
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    Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork

    Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork

    1 2013 HD

    Series looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.

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  • 2003
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    The National Trust

    The National Trust

    1 2003 HD

    Documentary series lifting the lid on the National Trust, filmed over two of the most stressful years in its more than 100-year-old life. The...

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  • 2009
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    Wainwright Walks: Coast To Coast

    Wainwright Walks: Coast To Coast

    1 2009 HD

    Julia Bradbury follows in the footsteps of guidebook writer Alfred Wainwright by walking across the whole of northern England from the west to the...

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