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2011
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Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency7.00 2011 HD
Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history, the...
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2015
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Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries
Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries8.00 2015 HD
Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a dazzling array of art, architecture and literature, a...
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2018
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What We Were Watching
What We Were Watching7.50 2018 HD
Join Grace Dent on a televisual trip back in time.
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2009
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A History Of Christianity
A History Of Christianity7.00 2009 HD
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch - one of the world's leading historians - reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a...
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2017
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Killing for Love
Killing for Love1 2017 HD
Obsessed young lovers, heinous murders, a sensational trial, and a shocking miscarriage of justice. Killing for Love is a riveting dissection of the...
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2018
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A Stitch in Time
A Stitch in Time1 2018 HD
Fashion historian Amber Butchart fuses biography, art and the history of fashion as she explores the lives of historical figures by examining the...
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1970
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Heist
Heist1 1970 HD
Heist is a one-off 2008 television comedy-drama, written by Peter Harness and directed by Justin Hardy. It was completed at the end of 2006 and first...
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2008
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Medical Mavericks
Medical Mavericks1 2008 HD
Dr Michael Mosley explores how pioneering doctors laid the foundations of modern medicine.
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2006
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The Martians and Us
The Martians and Us1 2006 HD
Documentary series about the history of British science fiction.
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2024
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The Truth About AI
The Truth About AI1 2024 HD
Professor Mike Wooldridge explores the nature of artificial intelligence. By using experiments and demonstrations, he investigates how AI learns and...
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2010
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Indian Hill Railways
Indian Hill Railways1 2010 HD
From the Himalayas in the north to the Nilgiris in the south - for a hundred years these little trains have climbed through the clouds and into the...
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2003
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Rich Hall's Fishing Show
Rich Hall's Fishing Show7.00 2003 HD
Rich Hall's Fishing Show was a comedy programme written by and starring Rich Hall and Mike Wilmot. It was first broadcast on 11 November 2003 in the...
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2015
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The Inca: Masters of the Clouds
The Inca: Masters of the Clouds7.50 2015 HD
Dr Jago Cooper travels through Peru and Ecuador to reassess the origins, accomplishments and nature of one of the greatest empires the world has ever...
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2007
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The Twenties In Colour
The Twenties In Colour1 2007 HD
Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War takes black-and-white films from the era and colourises the footage, bringing the past vividly back to life.
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2021
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This Cultural Life
This Cultural Life1 2021 HD
John Wilson speaks to leading names in art and culture about their formative influences and inspirations.
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2018
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Jonathan Meades on Jargon
Jonathan Meades on Jargon10.00 2018 HD
In this provocative television essay, writer and broadcaster Jonathan Meades turns his forensic gaze on that modern phenomenon that drives us all up...
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2010
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Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession
Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession1 2010 HD
Map expert Professor Jerry Brotton uncovers how maps aren't simply about getting from A to B, but are revealing snapshots of defining moments in...
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2014
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Art of China
Art of China8.30 2014 HD
Andrew Graham-Dixon undertakes an epic journey to uncover the art of China.
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2011
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Ceramics A Fragile History
Ceramics A Fragile History1 2011 HD
Ceramics are one of the oldest and most-fundamental art forms around. Ceramics are used for everything from eating and drinking to celebrating birth,...
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2011
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The Gene Code
The Gene Code10.00 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.