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  • 2013
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    Shetland

    Shetland

    7.52 2013 HD

    Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the...

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  • 2011
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    If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home

    If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home

    8.00 2011 HD

    Lucy Worsley, chief curator of the historic royal palaces, takes us through 800 years of domestic history by exploring the British home through four...

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  • 2014
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    Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance

    Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance

    1 2014 HD

    Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley uncover the British love affair with dancing, exploring the nation's favourite dances from the 17th to the 20th...

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  • 2012
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    Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings

    Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings

    4.50 2012 HD

    Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated...

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  • 2011
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    The Gene Code

    The Gene Code

    10.00 2011 HD

    Dr Adam Rutherford explores the consequences of one of the biggest scientific projects of all time - the decoding of the entire human genome.

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  • 1947
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    BBC Proms

    BBC Proms

    7.70 1947 HD

    The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and...

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  • 2014
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    The Man Who Makes Things From Scratch

    The Man Who Makes Things From Scratch

    1 2014 HD

    In this series, Tom is facing a new challenge, can he make 4 everyday items using only raw materials from the UK and his own handy work?

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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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  • 1997
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    Storyville

    Storyville

    7.60 1997 HD

    Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....

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  • 2008
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    Only Connect

    Only Connect

    6.40 2008 HD

    The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where...

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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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  • 2020
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    Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    8.70 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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  • 1975
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    Arena

    Arena

    6.70 1975 HD

    Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50...

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  • 1991
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    Performance

    Performance

    6.00 1991 HD

    An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

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  • 2002
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    Timeshift

    Timeshift

    7.00 2002 HD

    Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and...

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  • 1957
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    The Sky at Night

    The Sky at Night

    8.30 1957 HD

    Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy with the latest thinking on what's out there in space and what you can see...

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  • 2005
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    The Thick of It

    The Thick of It

    8.03 2005 HD

    Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his...

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  • 2016
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    Genius of the Modern World

    Genius of the Modern World

    7.60 2016 HD

    Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund...

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  • 1987
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    After Dark

    After Dark

    1 1987 HD

    After Dark was a British late night live discussion programme broadcast on Channel 4 television between 1987 and 1997, and on the BBC in 2003....

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  • 2014
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    Detectorists

    Detectorists

    8.11 2014 HD

    The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by...

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