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  • 2021
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    Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

    Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

    1 2021 HD

    Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that...

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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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  • 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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  • 2015
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    In and Out of the Kitchen

    In and Out of the Kitchen

    1 2015 HD

    Damien Trench is a neurotic cookery writer, living in Queen's Park with his partner, Anthony. The show focuses on Damien and everything that happens...

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  • 2019
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    American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    8.00 2019 HD

    British historian Lucy Worsley reveals how some of the biggest moments in US history are actually fibs and stories concocted by pop culture, politics...

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  • 2003
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    Time Commanders

    Time Commanders

    8.30 2003 HD

    Contest in which teams fight each other in virtual reruns of the world's greatest battles.

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  • 2007
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    Party Animals

    Party Animals

    6.89 2007 HD

    Party Animals presents Westminster from the ground up – the young researchers and advisors shouldering huge responsibility in a frantic,...

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  • 2019
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    Handmade in Bolton

    Handmade in Bolton

    1 2019 HD

    Shaun Greenhalgh and Dr Janina Ramirez research and remake a selection of precious objects from the past using traditional materials and methods.

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  • 2008
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    Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

    Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

    10.00 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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  • 2020
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    H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

    H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

    8.00 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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  • 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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  • 1987
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    The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

    The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

    8.00 1987 HD

    Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.

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  • 2022
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    Inside Classical

    Inside Classical

    1 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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  • 2014
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    Treasures of Ancient Egypt

    Treasures of Ancient Egypt

    7.50 2014 HD

    Alastair Sooke tells the story of Ancient Egyptian art through 30 extraordinary masterpieces.

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  • 2018
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    Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives

    Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives

    9.00 2018 HD

    Monologues inspired by women who have spoken out, challenged the status quo or made a stand – often at great personal cost.

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  • 2019
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    Planespotting Live

    Planespotting Live

    1 2019 HD

    The joy of a very British hobby, brought to you by Peter Snow and his team, revealing the hidden histories, engineering marvels and true pleasures of...

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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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  • 2011
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    Women in Love

    Women in Love

    6.60 2011 HD

    Powerful adaptation of DH Lawrence's novels The Rainbow and Women in Love, focusing on the lives of two sisters as they struggle with love, passion...

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  • 1997
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    Classic Albums

    Classic Albums

    7.70 1997 HD

    A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a...

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  • 2005
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    Europe: A Natural History

    Europe: A Natural History

    8.00 2005 HD

    A series chronicling the events which shaped the continent of Europe as we now know it.

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