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  • 2018
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    WWI: The Last Tommies

    WWI: The Last Tommies

    1 2018 HD

    Vivid and heartbreaking stories told by the last Tommies - filmed in their 90s and 100s - remembering life and death in World War I, illustrated with...

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  • 2016
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    Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS

    Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the NHS

    1 2016 HD

    Documentary which tells the story of the thousands of Caribbean and African women who answered the call 70 years ago to come to the UK to save the...

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  • 1970
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    How to Be a Composer

    How to Be a Composer

    1 1970 HD

    Journalist and critic Paul Morley spends a year learning the art of musical composition

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  • 2008
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    Chinese School

    Chinese School

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2019
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    Charles I: Downfall of a King

    Charles I: Downfall of a King

    8.00 2019 HD

    Historian Lisa Hilton discovers how, in just fifty tempestuous days, Charles I’s rule collapsed, laying the foundations for civil war, the loss...

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  • 2017
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    Prejudice and Pride: The People's History of LGBTQ Britain

    Prejudice and Pride: The People's History of LGBTQ Britain

    0.80 2017 HD

    Stephen K. Amos and Susan Calman present a unique series in which LGBTQ people from across the UK talk about the objects that helped to define their...

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  • 1970
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    Living with the Future

    Living with the Future

    1 1970 HD

    Living with the Future is a television documentary series first broadcast on 15 January 2007 on BBC Four. It is a follow-up series to Living with...

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  • 2018
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    Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider's Guide to the Music Business

    Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider's Guide to the Music Business

    1 2018 HD

    What does it take to spot a pop genius? To break a global act, to book a million-selling tour or reunite music legends to great acclaim - and huge...

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  • 2014
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    Your Inner Fish

    Your Inner Fish

    1 2014 HD

    It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape. Anatomist Neil Shubin reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish,...

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  • 2014
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    How to Get Ahead

    How to Get Ahead

    1 2014 HD

    What you had to say, do and dress in order to get ahead at various times in history

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  • 2019
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    Rhythms of India

    Rhythms of India

    1 2019 HD

    Composer Soumik Datta travels around India exploring the country's rich and diverse culture and history through its music.

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  • 2005
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    In Search of Speed

    In Search of Speed

    1 2005 HD

    In search of World Speed Records by land, air and water

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  • 2013
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    Endeavour: Everest

    Endeavour: Everest

    1 2013 HD

    Series looking at three Everest expeditions - by balloon, canoe and climbing without oxygen.

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  • 2012
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    How does It Work?

    How does It Work?

    1 2012 HD

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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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  • 2012
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    The Joy Of...

    The Joy Of...

    1 2012 HD

    A witty and stimulating look at Chance, Logic, Data and Statistics and the roles they play in our lives.

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  • 2012
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    The King & the Playwright A Jacobean History

    The King & the Playwright A Jacobean History

    1 2012 HD

    Professor James Shapiro re-examines the work of Shakespeare during King James I's reign.

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  • 2018
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    Turtle, Eagle, Cheetah: A Slow Odyssey

    Turtle, Eagle, Cheetah: A Slow Odyssey

    1 2018 HD

    Riding onboard with a cheetah, a green turtle and a white-tailed sea eagle as they show us around their homes, with natural sounds and embedded...

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  • 2009
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    The Secret Life of the Airport

    The Secret Life of the Airport

    1 2009 HD

    Documenting the rise of mass air travel, starting with a look at the advent of commercial air travel through to the dropping of prices and the rise...

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  • 2007
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    The Man Who Walked Across the World

    The Man Who Walked Across the World

    1 2007 HD

    Series of documentary travelogues following in the footsteps of 14th Century Moroccan scholar Ibn Battutah, who covered 75,000 miles, 40 countries...

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