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  • 2014
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    Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story

    Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story

    1 2014 HD

    Adam Nicolson looks at how and why whale populations were so drastically reduced in the 20th century, and attempts to see whaling through the eyes of...

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  • 2014
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    World War I at Home

    World War I at Home

    1 2014 HD

    Stories about the impact of World War I around the regions.

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 2011
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    Sandhurst

    Sandhurst

    1 2011 HD

    Documentary series shot at the Royal Military Academy over the course of a year, following the journey of one intake of cadets through the...

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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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  • 2006
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    Tales from the Palaces

    Tales from the Palaces

    1 2006 HD

    Tales from the Palaces is a British television documentary series following the conservation teams inside Britain's Historic Royal Palaces: Hampton...

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  • 2018
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    Smashing Hits! The 80's Pop Map of Britain & Ireland

    Smashing Hits! The 80's Pop Map of Britain & Ireland

    1 2018 HD

    Midge Ure and Kim Appleby explore the distinct sounds that came out of different parts of Britain and Ireland in one of pop's golden decades.

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  • 2023
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    Spring Walks

    Spring Walks

    1 2023 HD

    Take a gentle walk as familiar faces explore landscapes in the north of England in this series of immersive and intimate documentaries.

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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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  • 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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  • 2015
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    Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie

    Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie

    1 2015 HD

    A look at the development of British indie music, born in the 1970s when the music industry was controlled by the major record labels and releasing a...

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  • 2007
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    Travels with a Tangerine

    Travels with a Tangerine

    1 2007 HD

    Arabic scholar Tim Mackintosh-Smith journeys 75,000 miles through 40 countries in the footsteps of 14th century traveller Ibn Battutah, who was born...

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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