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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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  • 2010
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    Johnny Kingdom's Year with the Birds

    Johnny Kingdom's Year with the Birds

    1 2010 HD

    Johnny Kingdom spends a year following and filming some of the bird species he finds near his home and on his land.

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  • 2007
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    The Protestant Revolution

    The Protestant Revolution

    1 2007 HD

    This is a story of a revolution which has affected every person in the West, and nearly every country in the world. It is a revolution which...

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  • 2003
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    Meades Eats

    Meades Eats

    1 2003 HD

    Meades asks if Britain really has suffered a "Gastronomic Revolution", and offers an A-Z of British food.

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  • 2004
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    Light Fantastic

    Light Fantastic

    1 2004 HD

    Light Fantastic is the title of a television documentary series that explores the phenomenon of light and aired in December 2004 on BBC Four. The...

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  • 2013
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    Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome

    Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome

    8.00 2013 HD

    Professor Catharine Edwards explores the dramatic story of the women who tasted power in the Roman Empire.

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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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  • 2010
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    Birds Britannia

    Birds Britannia

    1 2010 HD

    Birds Britannia is a four-part BBC Four television series about the birds of the United Kingdom, first shown in 2010. It was produced by Stephen...

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  • 2009
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    Mud Sweat and Tractors: The Story of Agriculture

    Mud Sweat and Tractors: The Story of Agriculture

    1 2009 HD

    Series looking at the history of 20th-century farming in Britain.

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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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  • 2011
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    World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel

    World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel

    8.00 2011 HD

    English historian David Reynolds reassesses Stalin's role in the life-and-death struggle between the Soviet Union and Germany in World War II.

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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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  • 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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  • 2025
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    Albert Speer

    Albert Speer

    1 2025 HD

    A series of programmes about Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister.

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  • 1987
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    After Dark

    After Dark

    1 1987 HD

    After Dark was a British late night live discussion programme broadcast on Channel 4 television between 1987 and 1997, and on the BBC in 2003....

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  • 2025
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    Japan’s Master of Restoration

    Japan’s Master of Restoration

    10.00 2025 HD

    Where broken beauty is reborn. How legendary art restorer Koji Mayuyama is preserving ancient treasures, one divine touch at a time.

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  • 2020
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    Kermode and Mayo’s Home Entertainment Service

    Kermode and Mayo’s Home Entertainment Service

    6.00 2020 HD

    Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo host a weekly guide to the best (and worst) of streaming culture in the 21st century, across film and premium television.

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  • 2010
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    Churches: How to Read Them

    Churches: How to Read Them

    10.00 2010 HD

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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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  • 2013
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    Brushing Up On...

    Brushing Up On...

    1 2013 HD

    Danny Baker uses archive material to look at aspects of British manufacturing.

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