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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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  • 2012
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    Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings

    Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings

    4.50 2012 HD

    Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated...

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 2006
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    Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

    Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

    8.10 2006 HD

    Charlie Brooker's acerbic take on recent TV contains reviews of current shows, as well as stories and commentary on how television is produced.

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  • 2004
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    The Alan Clark Diaries

    The Alan Clark Diaries

    6.50 2004 HD

    Dramatisation of the colourful memoirs of the late Conservative MP.

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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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  • 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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    Getting On

    Getting On

    6.90 2009 HD

    Darkly comic series about life on a hospital ward and a nursing team who have to get on with the job despite challenges thrown up by the modern NHS.

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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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  • 2007
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    Party Animals

    Party Animals

    6.89 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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  • 1995
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    Transatlantic Sessions

    Transatlantic Sessions

    10.00 1995 HD

    Folk musicians from both sides of the Atlantic come together in what have been called “the greatest backporch shows ever.” Collaborative...

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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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  • 2018
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    There She Goes

    There She Goes

    8.24 2018 HD

    Comedy drama that shines a light on the day-to-day life of a family looking after their severely learning disabled girl, Rosie.

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  • 2012
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    Room at the Top

    Room at the Top

    7.30 2012 HD

    Joe leaves working-class, industrial Dufton behind him and takes a job as senior audit clerk at the town hall in affluent Warley. He takes lodgings...

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  • 2017
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    Queers.

    Queers.

    6.00 2017 HD

    A series of eight monologues set in the same pub over many years of gay history in response to the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act.

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  • 2013
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    Up the Women

    Up the Women

    6.30 2013 HD

    It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage...

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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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  • 2017
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    Popular Voices at the BBC

    Popular Voices at the BBC

    1 2017 HD

    Companion programme to Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017) in which Gregory Porter introduces a selection of live performances culled from the BBC...

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