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2022
S3 E2
Inside Classical
Inside Classical1 2022 HD
The BBC's orchestras are joined by world-renowned singers and musicians at some of the UK's most beautiful concert halls, performing the best in...
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2019
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Canal Boat Diaries
Canal Boat Diaries9.50 2019 HD
Travelling through England’s landscapes, towns and villages, Robbie Cumming offers a personal take on life aboard his narrowboat the Naughty...
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2022
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In Conversation with Alan Yentob
In Conversation with Alan Yentob1 2022 HD
From the BFI Imax in London, Alan Yentob talks to Bob Geldof and Stephen Fry about their achievements and the challenges they have faced in their...
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2016
S2 E4
James May: The Reassembler
James May: The Reassembler7.10 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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2013
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Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies
Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies7.50 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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2018
S1 E3
Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths
Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths7.50 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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2019
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James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain
James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain7.50 2019 HD
James May follows a year inside Hornby Hobbies – an iconic British toymaker on the brink of collapse.
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2008
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Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery
Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery10.00 2008 HD
From the pioneering work of Galen on Roman gladiators to the latest advances in plastic surgery, this five-part series illustrates the evolution of...
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2008
S1 E4
The Story of Maths
The Story of Maths7.20 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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2011
S1 E2
Everything and Nothing
Everything and Nothing7.30 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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2010
S1 E4
The Beauty of Maps
The Beauty of Maps1 2010 HD
Documentary series looking at maps in incredible detail to highlight their artistic attributions and reveal the stories that they tell.
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2016
S1 E2
The Beginning and End of the Universe
The Beginning and End of the Universe7.20 2016 HD
Jim Al-Khalili tackles the greatest question in science - how the universe began. By recreating key experiments Jim unravels the mystery of science's...
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2020
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H2O: The Molecule that Made Us
H2O: The Molecule that Made Us8.00 2020 HD
A landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected to...
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2007
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Racism: A History
Racism: A History7.00 2007 HD
Racism: A History is a three-part British documentary series originally broadcast on BBC Four in March 2007. It was part of the season of programmes...
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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 Worsley7.30 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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2018
S2 E4
Vic and Bob's Big Night Out
Vic and Bob's Big Night Out8.70 2018 HD
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer provide songs, sketches and silliness in buckets.
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2007
S1 E6
The History of the World Backwards
The History of the World Backwards1 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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2005
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The Music of the Primes
The Music of the Primes1 2005 HD
For more than 2,000 years, a mathematical riddle has baffled the world’s greatest minds. It’s a problem of such difficulty that it has...
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2021
S1 E3
Nature and Us: A History Through Art
Nature and Us: A History Through Art1 2021 HD
Art historian James Fox tells the story of our ever-changing relationship with nature through the lens of some of the world’s most...
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2019
S1 E3
Victorian Sensations
Victorian Sensations1 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...