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  • 2017
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    Handmade in Japan

    Handmade in Japan

    7.00 2017 HD

    A look at traditional Japanese crafts and craftspeople. Each edition of the series follows the work of those making a culturally important product in...

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  • 2010
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    Johnny Kingdom's Year with the Birds

    Johnny Kingdom's Year with the Birds

    1 2010 HD

    Johnny Kingdom spends a year following and filming some of the bird species he finds near his home and on his land.

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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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  • 1993
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    Locomotion

    Locomotion

    1 1993 HD

    This television documentary in four episodes features interviews, archival footage, and scenery to trace the history of railroads from Victorian...

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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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  • 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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  • 2009
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    Art Deco Icons

    Art Deco Icons

    1 2009 HD

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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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  • 2012
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    Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures

    Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures

    1 2012 HD

    It is estimated that 99 per cent of species have become extinct and there have been times when life's hold on Earth has been so precarious it seems...

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  • 1970
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    The Britpop Story

    The Britpop Story

    1 1970 HD

    The Britpop Story is a British television documentary about the Britpop movement which occurred in Britain during the 1990s. Hosted by John Harris,...

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    In Love with Barbara

    In Love with Barbara

    1 1970 HD

    In Love with Barbara is a 2008 drama which was inspired by the life of the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland and tells the story of what made her...

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  • 2014
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    Majesty and Mortar: Britain's Great Palaces

    Majesty and Mortar: Britain's Great Palaces

    1 2014 HD

    From the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace, Dan Cruickshank tells the story of a thousand years of palace building, the mystery of why so many...

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  • 1970
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    Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

    Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

    1 1970 HD

    Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! is a 2006 BBC Four television play starring Michael Sheen as the English comic actor Kenneth Williams, based on...

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  • 2010
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    The Boats That Built Britain

    The Boats That Built Britain

    1 2010 HD

    Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring and puts some of the vessels featured in the programme through...

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  • 2012
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    Tales From The Wild Wood

    Tales From The Wild Wood

    1 2012 HD

    Writer and woodsman Rob Penn begins a year-long project to bring part of an abandoned woodland, Strawberry Cottage Wood, back to life.

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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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  • 2013
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    The Art Of Australia

    The Art Of Australia

    1 2013 HD

    Former director and chief curator of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Edmund Capon explores the story of Australian art through the country's rich...

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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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  • 2020
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    Mindful Escapes: Breathe, Release, Restore

    Mindful Escapes: Breathe, Release, Restore

    1 2020 HD

    A bold new genre of programming for our times where guided mindfulness and stunning natural history footage go hand in hand to produce a series of...

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  • 2011
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    Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture

    Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture

    1 2011 HD

    Alastair Sooke examines three periods in the history of British sculpture and the masterpieces they produced.

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