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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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  • 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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  • 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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    Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

    Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

    7.70 2022 HD

    In this mind-bending series, Jim Al-Khalili explores the vast range of size in the universe, from tiny atoms to gigantic, interconnected galaxies.

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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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  • 2011
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    Symphony

    Symphony

    8.00 2011 HD

    Simon Russell Beale presents a radical reappraisal of the place of the symphony in the modern world and explores the surprising way in which it has...

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  • 2009
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    Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe

    Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe

    7.00 2009 HD

    Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe was a special one-off British, video game culture show by Charlie Brooker, aired in September 2009 during the BBC's...

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  • 2009
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    Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's

    Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's

    7.70 2009 HD

    In this three-part documentary series Waldemar Januszczak discovers paintings, sculptures and architecture of the Baroque period. Starting from the...

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  • 2011
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    The Gene Code

    The Gene Code

    10.00 2011 HD

    Dr Adam Rutherford explores the consequences of one of the biggest scientific projects of all time - the decoding of the entire human genome.

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  • 2014
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    The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

    The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

    8.00 2014 HD

    The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, will present the revealing and surprising story of Britain in the reigns of George I and...

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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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  • 2017
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    Hyper Evolution: Rise of the Robots

    Hyper Evolution: Rise of the Robots

    1 2017 HD

    Evolutionary biologist Dr Ben Garrod and electronics engineer Professor Danielle George explore whether machines built to enhance our lives could one...

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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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  • 2019
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    Lost Films of WWII

    Lost Films of WWII

    1 2019 HD

    The story of what it felt like to live in Britain during World War II, told through the eyewitness accounts and cine films of ordinary people.

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  • 2017
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    Killing for Love

    Killing for Love

    1 2017 HD

    Obsessed young lovers, heinous murders, a sensational trial, and a shocking miscarriage of justice. Killing for Love is a riveting dissection of the...

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  • 2021
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    Lights Up

    Lights Up

    1 2021 HD

    A virtual theatre festival staged in lockdown. Household names join groundbreaking new talent - pushing the boundaries of what theatre can be when...

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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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  • 2006
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    Voyages Of Discovery

    Voyages Of Discovery

    1 2006 HD

    Series in which explorer Paul Rose celebrates the achievements of famous seamen and explorers

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  • 1970
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    Legends

    Legends

    1 1970 HD

    A look at some true legends from the world of music.

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    Tales from the Palaces

    Tales from the Palaces

    1 2006 HD

    Tales from the Palaces is a British television documentary series following the conservation teams inside Britain's Historic Royal Palaces: Hampton...

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