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  • 2011
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    Everything and Nothing

    Everything and Nothing

    7.30 2011 HD

    Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing? Professor Jim Al-Khalili...

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  • 2015
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    The Quizeum

    The Quizeum

    1 2015 HD

    Part quiz, part panel show which celebrates the UK's unique and fascinating museums.

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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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  • 2016
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    Britain's Lost Masterpieces

    Britain's Lost Masterpieces

    1 2016 HD

    Series tracking down lost, hidden, and misattributed paintings from local museums and galleries across Britain.

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  • 2015
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    Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore

    Blood and Gold: The Making of Spain with Simon Sebag Montefiore

    7.50 2015 HD

    Simon Sebag Montefiore embarks on a fascinating journey to unlock 2,000 years of Spain's history.

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  • 2006
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    More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

    More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

    1 2006 HD

    Dawn French, interviews her favorite comediennes and asks about their upbringing, family life, entree into comedy, routines for generating material,...

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  • 2014
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    Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures

    Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures

    1 2014 HD

    Professor Richard Fortey travels to some of the greatest fossil sites on earth to discover more about the distant past.

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  • 2016
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    James May: The Reassembler

    James May: The Reassembler

    7.13 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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  • 2010
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    Indian Hill Railways

    Indian Hill Railways

    1 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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  • 2008
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    What Happened Next?

    What Happened Next?

    1 2008 HD

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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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  • 2009
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    Cowards

    Cowards

    7.00 2009 HD

    Four-man sketch show packed with surprise and invention - all delivered with a unique brand of joyful deadpan absurdity.

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  • 2014
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    The Man Who Makes Things From Scratch

    The Man Who Makes Things From Scratch

    1 2014 HD

    In this series, Tom is facing a new challenge, can he make 4 everyday items using only raw materials from the UK and his own handy work?

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  • 2010
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    Come Clog Dancing: Treasures of English Folk Dance

    Come Clog Dancing: Treasures of English Folk Dance

    1 2010 HD

    Presenter Charles Hazlewood stages a 140-person flashmob clog dance and explores the history of this folk dance that originated in the collieries and...

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  • 2016
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    Handmade: By Royal Appointment

    Handmade: By Royal Appointment

    1 2016 HD

    Four-part series following the making of four beautiful objects, handcrafted by companies with a royal warrant.

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  • 2008
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    Jonathan Meades - Magnetic North

    Jonathan Meades - Magnetic North

    9.00 2008 HD

    Jonathan Meades travels from the flatlands of Flanders to Germany's spectacular Baltic coast in an attempt to decipher exactly what northernness...

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  • 2016
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    Art of Scandinavia

    Art of Scandinavia

    10.00 2016 HD

    Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the history of Scandinavia through its art.

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  • 2019
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    Victorian Sensations

    Victorian Sensations

    1 2019 HD

    Victorian Sensations transports us to the thrilling era of the 1890s. Dr Hannah Fry, Paul McGann, and Philippa Perry explore a decade of rapid change...

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  • 2012
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    A History of Art in Three Colours

    A History of Art in Three Colours

    7.00 2012 HD

    Dr James Fox explores how, in the hands of artists, the colours gold, blue and white have stirred our emotions, changed the way we behave and even...

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  • 2018
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    A Stitch in Time

    A Stitch in Time

    1 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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