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  • 2011
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    Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury

    Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury

    1 2011 HD

    Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots to explore her own British backyard, travelling along the country's network of canals and their accompanying...

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  • 2012
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    Nature's Microworlds

    Nature's Microworlds

    1 2012 HD

    Earth is a collection of worlds within worlds, each one a self-contained ecosystem bursting with life. These microworlds depend on an intricate web...

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  • 2011
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    Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

    Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

    8.00 2011 HD

    Untrained mariner Timothy Spall has spent a fortune on technology for his new challenge - the unpredictable Irish Sea - as he and his wife continue...

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  • 2019
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    Planespotting Live

    Planespotting Live

    1 2019 HD

    The joy of a very British hobby, brought to you by Peter Snow and his team, revealing the hidden histories, engineering marvels and true pleasures of...

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  • 2009
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    Newswipe with Charlie Brooker

    Newswipe with Charlie Brooker

    7.67 2009 HD

    Newswipe with Charlie Brooker was a British news review programme broadcast on BBC Four written and presented by Charlie Brooker. It is similar to...

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  • 2021
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    Great British Photography Challenge

    Great British Photography Challenge

    1 2021 HD

    The search is on for an exciting new name in British photography. Six talented photographers from across the UK embark on the photographic...

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  • 2010
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    The Secret Life of the National Grid

    The Secret Life of the National Grid

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2019
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    I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock

    I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock

    1 2019 HD

    Offers a reappraisal of "yacht rock", a critically neglected era of music popularized by a boom in FM radio stations and its smooth sound. The...

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  • 2011
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    Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

    Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

    7.90 2011 HD

    Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force - electricity. Until fairly recently,...

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  • 2010
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    On Hannibal's Trail

    On Hannibal's Trail

    1 2010 HD

    Series in which three Australian brothers - Danny, Ben and Sam Wood - set out cycling on the trail of Hannibal, the warrior who marched from Spain to...

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  • 2017
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    Britain's Great Gay Buildings

    Britain's Great Gay Buildings

    8.00 2017 HD

    7 celebrities champion 7 buildings that have played a key role in helping to define Britain's gay history. Presented by Stephen Fry.

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  • 2011
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    The Beauty of Books

    The Beauty of Books

    1 2011 HD

    Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.

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  • 2020
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    Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    8.70 2020 HD

    Historian Lucy Worsley debunks popular myths and royal as well as anti-royal propaganda about key events from British royal history including the...

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  • 2013
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    Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

    Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines

    8.00 2013 HD

    In this "entertaining medical series" (The Sunday Times, U.K.), Dr. Michael Mosley shows how drugs have revolutionized medicine and changed the...

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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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  • 2006
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    Planet Earth: The Future

    Planet Earth: The Future

    8.60 2006 HD

    The three-part complementary series features eminent scientists, theologians and conservationists discussing the environmental and conservation...

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  • 2018
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    The NHS: A People's History

    The NHS: A People's History

    1 2018 HD

    A crowdsourced social history of the NHS, told through people's treasured mementoes, whether they be the unsung medical heroes of the staff or the...

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  • 2016
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    Dangerous Earth

    Dangerous Earth

    1 2016 HD

    Series showing how new camera technology is revealing the inner workings of the Earth's most spectacular natural wonders.

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  • 2021
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    Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

    Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

    1 2021 HD

    Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that...

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  • 2006
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    Never Mind the Full Stops

    Never Mind the Full Stops

    8.00 2006 HD

    Never Mind the Full Stops is a British television panel game based on the English language, its idiosyncrasies, and its misuse. It is hosted by the...

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