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  • 2012
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    A History of Art in Three Colours

    A History of Art in Three Colours

    7.00 2012 HD

    Dr James Fox explores how, in the hands of artists, the colours gold, blue and white have stirred our emotions, changed the way we behave and even...

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  • 2014
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    World War I at Home

    World War I at Home

    1 2014 HD

    Stories about the impact of World War I around the regions.

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  • 2012
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    Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War

    Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War

    7.00 2012 HD

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  • 2019
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    New Forest: A Year in the Wild Wood

    New Forest: A Year in the Wild Wood

    1 2019 HD

    Writer and environmentalist, Peter Owen-Jones spends a year in the enchanting landscapes of the New Forest, exploring its wildlife, history and...

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  • 2006
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    The Martians and Us

    The Martians and Us

    1 2006 HD

    Documentary series about the history of British science fiction.

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  • 2019
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    Handmade in Bolton

    Handmade in Bolton

    1 2019 HD

    Shaun Greenhalgh and Dr Janina Ramirez research and remake a selection of precious objects from the past using traditional materials and methods.

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  • 2015
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    Genius of the Ancient World

    Genius of the Ancient World

    6.67 2015 HD

    Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy - Buddha, Socrates and Confucius.

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  • 2014
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    The Man Who Makes Things From Scratch

    The Man Who Makes Things From Scratch

    1 2014 HD

    In this series, Tom is facing a new challenge, can he make 4 everyday items using only raw materials from the UK and his own handy work?

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  • 2018
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    England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey

    England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey

    7.00 2018 HD

    The rise and fall of Lady Jane Grey. England's Queen for only 9 days

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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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  • 2014
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    Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities

    Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities

    7.00 2014 HD

    Dr James Fox tells the story of three cities in three exceptional years - cities whose artists and thinkers, writers and musicians set the world on a...

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 2008
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    My New Best Friend

    My New Best Friend

    1 2008 HD

    Three-part documentary series about the importance and nature of friendship among children, told from their point of view. Shot over eight months and...

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  • 2015
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    Power to the People

    Power to the People

    1 2015 HD

    Observational documentary series following life at one of Britain's 'Big Six' energy companies, SSE. Filmed over a year, it tells the story of an...

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  • 2024
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    The Secret Genius of Plants

    The Secret Genius of Plants

    8.00 2024 HD

    Series that follows recent scientific developments as researchers across Europe explore the extraordinary capabilities of plants.

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  • 2018
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    What We Were Watching

    What We Were Watching

    7.50 2018 HD

    Join Grace Dent on a televisual trip back in time.

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  • 2008
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    The Art of Spain

    The Art of Spain

    8.00 2008 HD

    The Art of Spain is a BBC Four documentary series on Spanish art presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon. It consists of three one-hour episodes, and...

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  • 2012
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    Tales From The Wild Wood

    Tales From The Wild Wood

    1 2012 HD

    Writer and woodsman Rob Penn begins a year-long project to bring part of an abandoned woodland, Strawberry Cottage Wood, back to life.

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