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  • 2018
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    Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths

    Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths

    7.50 2018 HD

    Documentary series in which Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. Is it invented like a language or is it discovered and part of the fabric of...

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  • 2004
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    Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief

    Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief

    8.00 2004 HD

    Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief – known in the United States as A Brief History of Disbelief – is a 2004 television documentary...

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  • 2003
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    Mark Lawson Talks To

    Mark Lawson Talks To

    6.00 2003 HD

    A series in which arts presenter Mark Lawson has a 60-minute in-depth conversation with a notable figure.

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  • 2016
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    James May: The Reassembler

    James May: The Reassembler

    7.10 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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  • 2003
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    Mind Games

    Mind Games

    1 2003 HD

    Quiz show hosted by Marcus Du Sautoy who poses the trickiest puzzles to bend the minds of the team members Kathy Sykes, Irving Finkel, Jim Al-Khalili...

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  • 2016
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    Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

    Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

    7.30 2016 HD

    Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to tell the extraordinary story of the dynasty that ruled the country for more than three centuries - the Romanovs.

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  • 2017
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    Popular Voices at the BBC

    Popular Voices at the BBC

    1 2017 HD

    Companion programme to Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017) in which Gregory Porter introduces a selection of live performances culled from the BBC...

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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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  • 2014
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    The Wonder of Animals

    The Wonder of Animals

    8.00 2014 HD

    Chris Packham uses groundbreaking science and brand-new behaviour to delve deep beneath the skin and discover the unique features that have made...

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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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  • 2003
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    The National Trust

    The National Trust

    1 2003 HD

    Documentary series lifting the lid on the National Trust, filmed over two of the most stressful years in its more than 100-year-old life. The...

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  • 2015
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    Colour: The Spectrum of Science

    Colour: The Spectrum of Science

    1 2015 HD

    We live in a world ablaze with colour. Rainbows and rainforests, oceans and humanity, Earth is the most colourful place we know of. But the colours...

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  • 2018
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    From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature

    From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature

    7.00 2018 HD

    Dr Helen Czerski goes on a spectacular journey to the extremes of the temperature scale, where everyday laws of physics break down and a new world of...

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  • 2008
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    The Story of Maths

    The Story of Maths

    7.20 2008 HD

    Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, escorts you through the most important of all intellectual disciplines:...

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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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  • 2007
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    The History of the World Backwards

    The History of the World Backwards

    1 2007 HD

    The History of the World Backwards is a comedy sketch show written and starring Rob Newman. It is a mock history programme set in an alternative...

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  • 2019
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    I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock

    I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock

    1 2019 HD

    Offers a reappraisal of "yacht rock", a critically neglected era of music popularized by a boom in FM radio stations and its smooth sound. The...

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  • 2013
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    Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies

    Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies

    7.50 2013 HD

    Series celebrating the art of the cinema soundtrack, as Neil Brand explores the work of the great movie composers and demonstrates their techniques.

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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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  • 2017
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    The Art of Japanese Life

    The Art of Japanese Life

    8.70 2017 HD

    Dr James Fox looks at the art and culture of Japan.

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