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2007
S1 E6
The Genius of Photography
The Genius of Photography7.20 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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1966
S59 E3
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures5.10 1966 HD
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each...
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2020
S2 E3
Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley8.50 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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2006
S5 E5
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe8.10 2006 HD
Charlie Brooker's acerbic take on recent TV contains reviews of current shows, as well as stories and commentary on how television is produced.
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2016
S1 E3
Going Forward
Going Forward1 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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2019
S1 E2
I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock
I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock1 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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2011
S1 E3
Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency7.00 2011 HD
Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history, the...
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2005
S1 E3
Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky
Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky5.30 2005 HD
A story of unrequited love set in 1930s London, against the backdrop of grimy streets and public houses.
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2009
S1 E3
Cowards
Cowards7.00 2009 HD
Four-man sketch show packed with surprise and invention - all delivered with a unique brand of joyful deadpan absurdity.
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2015
S1 E3
Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries
Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries8.00 2015 HD
Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a dazzling array of art, architecture and literature, a...
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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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2013
S1 E3
Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War7.00 2013 HD
The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and made the reputations of Edward III and...
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2023
S1 E7
Tales of the Tardis
Tales of the Tardis4.40 2023 HD
Classic Doctor Who duos are reunited as they board a very special TARDIS on a nostalgic voyage through space and time.
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2006
S4 E6
Lead Balloon
Lead Balloon7.56 2006 HD
Lead Balloon is a British television series produced by Open Mike Productions for BBC Four. The series was created and is co-written by comedian Jack...
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2013
S2 E6
Up the Women
Up the Women6.30 2013 HD
It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage...
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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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2013
S1 E3
Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork
Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork1 2013 HD
Series looking at the British genius for woodwork over the centuries.
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2011
S1 E3
The Brain: A Secret History
The Brain: A Secret History1 2011 HD
Michael Mosley embarks on three journeys to understand science's last great frontier - the human mind - as he traces the history of the attempts to...
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2009
S1 E3
Electric Dreams
Electric Dreams8.00 2009 HD
A family of six and their home are stripped of all their modern technology to live a life of decades past. In each episode, the family lives through...
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2011
S1 E2
Everything and Nothing
Everything and Nothing7.10 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...