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  • 2004
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    Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe

    Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe

    1 2004 HD

    William Shakespeare's darkest comedy, Measure for Measure. Live from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, this television production of the...

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  • 2012
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    Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

    Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

    1 2012 HD

    From the MG Midget, much loved by American GIs, through to the more affordable Austin Healey 'frog-eye' Sprite and the E-Type Jaguar, seen by many as...

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  • 2011
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    Everything and Nothing

    Everything and Nothing

    8.50 2011 HD

    what is everything, and what is nothing? Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing...

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  • 2017
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    Venus Uncovered: Ancient Goddess of Love

    Venus Uncovered: Ancient Goddess of Love

    1 2017 HD

    In 1914, the suffragette Mary Richardson attacked the Rokeby Venus at the National Gallery in London. But why did this painting fire such outrage?...

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  • 2018
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    The Joy of AI

    The Joy of AI

    7.00 2018 HD

    Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at how we have created machines that can simulate, augment, and even outperform the human mind - and why we shouldn't...

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  • 2023
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    Mike Yarwood at the BBC

    Mike Yarwood at the BBC

    1 2023 HD

    Rory Bremner looks back at the life and career of Mike Yarwood, master of the imitation game and one of the BBC's most successful stars of the 1970s...

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  • 2013
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    The Spy Who Went Into the Cold

    The Spy Who Went Into the Cold

    6.50 2013 HD

    A documentary about Kim Philby, a British member of MI6 who was in reality a spy and defected to the U.S.S.R.

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  • 2016
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    The Joy of Data

    The Joy of Data

    6.40 2016 HD

    A witty and mind-expanding exploration of data, with mathematician Dr Hannah Fry. This high-tech romp reveals what data is and how it is captured,...

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  • 2016
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    Botticelli's Venus: The Making of an Icon

    Botticelli's Venus: The Making of an Icon

    1 2016 HD

    Sam Roddick explores the enduring appeal of Botticelli's masterpiece The Birth of Venus, one of the most celebrated paintings in western art. A...

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  • 2019
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    Northern Ballet's Victoria

    Northern Ballet's Victoria

    1 2019 HD

    The extraordinary story of Queen Victoria, brought to life by Northern Ballet and choreographed by Cathy Marston. Victoria’s diaries revealed...

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  • 1970
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    Life and Deaf

    Life and Deaf

    9.00 1970 HD

    An immersive, experiential film about the deaf world, with its unique humour and culture - a world which most of us rarely encounter. The film is in...

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  • 2014
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    Constable: A Country Rebel

    Constable: A Country Rebel

    1 2014 HD

    The Haywain by John Constable is such a comfortingly familiar image of rural Britain that it is difficult to believe it was ever regarded as a...

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  • 2013
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    Dusty Springfield at the BBC

    Dusty Springfield at the BBC

    6.00 2013 HD

    A selection of Dusty Springfield's performances at the BBC from 1961 to 1995, from her folk beginnings with The Springfields through to her...

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  • 2022
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    Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster

    Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster

    1 2022 HD

    Follows six talented performers who interpret Mary Shelley’s classic novel from their own perspective; as young people growing up in...

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  • 2015
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    Fair Cop: A Century of British Policewomen

    Fair Cop: A Century of British Policewomen

    1 2015 HD

    With 2015 marking the 100th anniversary of the first British policewoman being given the power of arrest, this film takes us through the remarkable...

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  • 2022
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    Robbie Coltrane at the BBC

    Robbie Coltrane at the BBC

    1 2022 HD

    A look back at the life and career of Robbie Coltrane, one of Britain's best-loved stars and a giant of both the big and the small screen, through a...

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  • 2005
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    A Very English Village

    A Very English Village

    1 2005 HD

    Storyville film-maker Luke Holland , who has lived in Ditchling on the East Sussex Downs for the last ten years, explores aspects of village life...

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  • 2010
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    Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster

    Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster

    7.00 2010 HD

    Three years in the making in conjunction with the BBC. Using never seen before home movies, photos and eye witness accounts - this is the inside...

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  • 2013
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    Planet Ant: Life Inside The Colony

    Planet Ant: Life Inside The Colony

    8.20 2013 HD

    Ant colonies are one of the wonders of nature: complex, organised… and mysterious. This programme reveals the secret, underground world of the...

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  • 2018
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    Farther and Sun: A Dyslexic Road Trip

    Farther and Sun: A Dyslexic Road Trip

    5.00 2018 HD

    Could dyslexia be a gift? Or can it only ever be a disability? Documentary maker Richard Macer sets off on a road trip with his dyslexic son Arthur...

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