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  • 2019
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    The Troubles: A Secret History

    The Troubles: A Secret History

    8.00 2019 HD

    In a landmark 7-part series, Spotlight - Northern Ireland’s leading team of investigative journalists - reveal important new discoveries about...

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  • 2017
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    The Live Lounge Show

    The Live Lounge Show

    1 2017 HD

    Clara Amfo takes us behind the scenes of Radio 1's Live Lounge - the biggest live studio showcase in the world.

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  • 2015
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    A Timewatch Guide

    A Timewatch Guide

    6.00 2015 HD

    Series looking at how the BBC has revealed and interpreted monumental moments in our history. Using the BBC archive, the programmes examine changes...

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  • 2017
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    Bucket

    Bucket

    5.80 2017 HD

    Reserved history teacher Fran has long had a strained relationship with her eccentric, free-spirit mother Mim. When Mim announces that she is dying...

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  • 2003
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    Rich Hall's Fishing Show

    Rich Hall's Fishing Show

    7.00 2003 HD

    Rich Hall's Fishing Show was a comedy programme written by and starring Rich Hall and Mike Wilmot. It was first broadcast on 11 November 2003 in the...

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  • 2011
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    Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

    Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

    1 2011 HD

    Untrained mariner Timothy Spall has spent a fortune on technology for his new challenge - the unpredictable Irish Sea - as he and his wife continue...

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  • 2011
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    Unnatural Histories

    Unnatural Histories

    1 2011 HD

    Unnatural Histories is a 3-part British television documentary series produced by the BBC and BBC Natural History Unit. It takes a new look at three...

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  • 2012
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    Nature's Microworlds

    Nature's Microworlds

    1 2012 HD

    Earth is a collection of worlds within worlds, each one a self-contained ecosystem bursting with life. These microworlds depend on an intricate web...

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  • 2013
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    Secret Knowledge

    Secret Knowledge

    1 2013 HD

    In a series of authored films, some of our most engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions.

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  • 2012
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    She-Wolves: England's Early Queens

    She-Wolves: England's Early Queens

    8.00 2012 HD

    Historian Dr Helen Castor explores the lives of seven English queens who challenged male power, the fierce reactions they provoked and whether the...

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  • 2006
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    Folk Britannia

    Folk Britannia

    1 2006 HD

    Three 1-hour films exploring British folk music from the rebirth of English romance to the latter day revival.

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  • 2020
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    Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    10.00 2020 HD

    Historian Lucy Worsley debunks popular myths and royal as well as anti-royal propaganda about key events from British royal history including the...

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  • 2009
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    Britain's Best Drives

    Britain's Best Drives

    1 2009 HD

    Britain's Best Drives is a six-part 2009 British television series in which Richard Wilson travels across the UK in reviewing the best driving roads...

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  • 2012
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    Room at the Top

    Room at the Top

    6.90 2012 HD

    Joe leaves working-class, industrial Dufton behind him and takes a job as senior audit clerk at the town hall in affluent Warley. He takes lodgings...

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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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  • 2006
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    Rich Hall's Cattle Drive

    Rich Hall's Cattle Drive

    6.00 2006 HD

    Rich Hall's Cattle Drive is a television sitcom starring Rich Hall and Mike Wilmot. It was broadcast in 2006 in the United Kingdom on BBC Four, and...

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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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  • 2007
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    The Genius of Photography

    The Genius of Photography

    7.20 2007 HD

    Documentary series exploring the history of photography - from daguerreotype to digital, from portraits to photo-journalism, from art to advertising.

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  • 2024
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    Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

    Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

    1 2024 HD

    No easy answers? Decision-makers from Kissinger to Rice revisit how the US responded to conflicts from Rwanda to Iraq. Faced with human suffering -...

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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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