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  • 2009
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    Newswipe with Charlie Brooker

    Newswipe with Charlie Brooker

    7.59 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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  • 2013
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    Secret Knowledge

    Secret Knowledge

    1 2013 HD

    In a series of authored films, some of our most engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions.

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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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  • 2015
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    India's Frontier Railways

    India's Frontier Railways

    1 2015 HD

    Three-part series about trains crossing borders in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan, reconnecting families, cultures and history.

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  • 2010
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    Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea

    Timothy Spall: Somewhere at Sea

    1 2010 HD

    A mini-odyssey along the coast from Cornwall to Wales in the company of the actor Timothy Spall and his wife Shane on their Dutch barge.

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  • 2018
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    There She Goes

    There She Goes

    8.31 2018 HD

    Comedy drama that shines a light on the day-to-day life of a family looking after their severely learning disabled girl, Rosie.

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  • 2014
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    The Secrets of Quantum Physics

    The Secrets of Quantum Physics

    6.63 2014 HD

    Professor of physics Jim Al-Khalili investigates the most accurate and yet perplexing scientific theory ever - quantum physics.

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  • 2016
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    Light and Dark

    Light and Dark

    6.40 2016 HD

    Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how, by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe.

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  • 2020
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    Museums in Quarantine

    Museums in Quarantine

    1 2020 HD

    Series that explores national museum collections at a time of enforced closure.

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  • 2007
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    The Book Quiz

    The Book Quiz

    1 2007 HD

    The Book Quiz is a literary panel show. The first series, broadcast in 2007, was hosted by David Baddiel with a second 2008 series was hosted by...

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  • 2019
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    The Troubles: A Secret History

    The Troubles: A Secret History

    8.00 2019 HD

    In a landmark 7-part series, Spotlight - Northern Ireland’s leading team of investigative journalists - reveal important new discoveries about...

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  • 2009
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    An Islamic History of Europe

    An Islamic History of Europe

    1 2009 HD

    Rageh Omaar visits Spain, Sicily and France to discover the history of Islam in Europe

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  • 2016
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    Genius of the Modern World

    Genius of the Modern World

    7.60 2016 HD

    Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund...

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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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  • 2016
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    Going Forward

    Going Forward

    1 2016 HD

    Three-part dark comedy series about three days in the life of a sandwich generation couple - a care worker and a limo driver - who have put their...

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  • 2015
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    A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley

    A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley

    8.29 2015 HD

    Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance to uncover the forces shaping our very British happily ever after and how our feelings have been...

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  • 2011
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    The Gene Code

    The Gene Code

    10.00 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.

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  • 2020
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    Einstein's Quantum Riddle

    Einstein's Quantum Riddle

    10.00 2020 HD

    The story of quantum entanglement, perhaps the strangest concept in science. Mind-bending concepts and brilliant experiments lead us to a profound...

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  • 2006
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    The Martians and Us

    The Martians and Us

    1 2006 HD

    Documentary series about the history of British science fiction.

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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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