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  • 2009
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    It's Only a Theory

    It's Only a Theory

    1.50 2009 HD

    It's Only a Theory is a British television panel game show, first aired on BBC Four in 2009. It was conceived by and starred Andy Hamilton and...

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  • 2020
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    The Mole - Infiltrating North Korea

    The Mole - Infiltrating North Korea

    8.20 2020 HD

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  • 2016
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    James May: The Reassembler

    James May: The Reassembler

    7.10 2016 HD

    When we look around our homes, sheds and garages we see an array of household objects that with one click of a button or twist of a knob will spring...

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  • 2020
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    H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

    H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

    8.00 2020 HD

    A landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected to...

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  • 2008
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    What Happened Next?

    What Happened Next?

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Beauty of Maps

    The Beauty of Maps

    1 2010 HD

    Documentary series looking at maps in incredible detail to highlight their artistic attributions and reveal the stories that they tell.

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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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  • 2014
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    Bunkers Brutalism and Bloodymindedness

    Bunkers Brutalism and Bloodymindedness

    1 2014 HD

    Two-part documentary in which Jonathan Meades makes the case for 20th-century concrete Brutalist architecture in an homage to a style that he sees a...

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  • 2018
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    Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village

    Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village

    3.00 2018 HD

    Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the story of the village from Norman times to the present day. With ancient churches, castles, market places and...

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  • 2006
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    Time

    Time

    8.00 2006 HD

    Time is a 2006 documentary television series first broadcast on BBC Four in the United Kingdom. It is written and presented by Michio Kaku.

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  • 2015
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    A Timewatch Guide

    A Timewatch Guide

    7.50 2015 HD

    Series looking at how the BBC has revealed and interpreted monumental moments in our history. Using the BBC archive, the programmes examine changes...

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  • 2019
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    American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    8.00 2019 HD

    British historian Lucy Worsley reveals how some of the biggest moments in US history are actually fibs and stories concocted by pop culture, politics...

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  • 2016
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    The Beginning and End of the Universe

    The Beginning and End of the Universe

    7.20 2016 HD

    Jim Al-Khalili tackles the greatest question in science - how the universe began. By recreating key experiments Jim unravels the mystery of science's...

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  • 2016
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    Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

    Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

    7.30 2016 HD

    Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to tell the extraordinary story of the dynasty that ruled the country for more than three centuries - the Romanovs.

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  • 2019
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    James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain

    James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain

    7.50 2019 HD

    James May follows a year inside Hornby Hobbies – an iconic British toymaker on the brink of collapse.

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  • 2007
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    The History of the World Backwards

    The History of the World Backwards

    1 2007 HD

    The History of the World Backwards is a comedy sketch show written and starring Rob Newman. It is a mock history programme set in an alternative...

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  • 2015
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    Mumbai Railway

    Mumbai Railway

    2.00 2015 HD

    From the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn explore the science behind the world's busiest railway....

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  • 2003
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    Time Commanders

    Time Commanders

    8.30 2003 HD

    Contest in which teams fight each other in virtual reruns of the world's greatest battles.

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  • 2009
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    Newswipe with Charlie Brooker

    Newswipe with Charlie Brooker

    7.60 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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  • 2011
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    Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City

    Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City

    7.50 2011 HD

    Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents a three-part series that illuminates the history of the sacred, and peerlessly beautiful city -...

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