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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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  • 2007
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    Travels with a Tangerine

    Travels with a Tangerine

    1 2007 HD

    Arabic scholar Tim Mackintosh-Smith journeys 75,000 miles through 40 countries in the footsteps of 14th century traveller Ibn Battutah, who was born...

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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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  • 2019
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    Charles I: Killing a King

    Charles I: Killing a King

    1 2019 HD

    Documentary series that investigates a momentous event in history, the trial and execution of King Charles I, an act that changed politics and power...

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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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  • 2015
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    Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

    Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

    1 2015 HD

    Dr Sam Willis charts the history of the British outlaws.

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  • 2012
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    BBC RICL 2012 The Modern Alchemist

    BBC RICL 2012 The Modern Alchemist

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2010
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    South Africa Walks

    South Africa Walks

    1 2010 HD

    Julia Bradbury sets out on four walks that explore South Africa's claim to be 'a world in one country', going far beyond the normal tourist...

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  • 2008
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    The Thirties In Colour

    The Thirties In Colour

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2023
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    Spring Walks

    Spring Walks

    1 2023 HD

    Take a gentle walk as familiar faces explore landscapes in the north of England in this series of immersive and intimate documentaries.

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  • 2014
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    Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story

    Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story

    1 2014 HD

    Adam Nicolson looks at how and why whale populations were so drastically reduced in the 20th century, and attempts to see whaling through the eyes of...

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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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  • 2008
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    Travellers' Century

    Travellers' Century

    1 2008 HD

    Travellers' Century is a 2008 BBC Television documentary series presented by Benedict Allen that profiles the lives of three influential 20th century...

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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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  • 2018
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    Discovering...

    Discovering...

    1 2018 HD

    Four extraordinary pieces of music performed in full by BBC orchestras.

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  • 2017
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    Handmade in Mexico

    Handmade in Mexico

    1 2017 HD

    An intricate look at the creation process of three Mexican art forms.

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  • 2016
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    Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution

    Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution

    1 2016 HD

    Three-part series in which Professor Richard Fortey investigates why islands are natural laboratories of evolution and meets some of the unique and...

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  • 1970
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    What Darwin Didn't Know

    What Darwin Didn't Know

    1 1970 HD

    What Darwin Didn't Know is a documentary show on BBC Four presented by Armand Marie Leroi which charts the progress in the field of Evolutionary...

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  • 2014
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    Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance

    Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance

    1 2014 HD

    Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley uncover the British love affair with dancing, exploring the nation's favourite dances from the 17th to the 20th...

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  • 2018
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    Handmade in the Pacific

    Handmade in the Pacific

    1 2018 HD

    A series which shows the manufacture of some traditional artefacts in Australia, Rurutu, New Zealand and Hawaii.

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