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  • 2018
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    From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature

    From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature

    7.00 2018 HD

    Dr Helen Czerski goes on a spectacular journey to the extremes of the temperature scale, where everyday laws of physics break down and a new world of...

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  • 2011
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    Art of America

    Art of America

    6.00 2011 HD

    Andrew Graham-Dixon embarks on his most ambitious journey yet, an exploration of the rich, exciting and diverse art history of the United States of...

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  • 2010
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    On Hannibal's Trail

    On Hannibal's Trail

    1 2010 HD

    Series in which three Australian brothers - Danny, Ben and Sam Wood - set out cycling on the trail of Hannibal, the warrior who marched from Spain to...

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  • 2020
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    Soul America

    Soul America

    1 2020 HD

    A three-part docuseries chronicling the journey of soul music, from its birth out of gospel and R&B in the 1960s, when it delivered an assertive,...

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  • 2020
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    The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak

    The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak

    6.50 2020 HD

    Art historian Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the greatest paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat .

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  • 2010
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    The Secret Life of the National Grid

    The Secret Life of the National Grid

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2009
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    Cowards

    Cowards

    7.00 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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  • 2014
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    Your Inner Fish

    Your Inner Fish

    1 2014 HD

    It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape. Anatomist Neil Shubin reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish,...

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  • 2009
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    Science And Islam

    Science And Islam

    8.00 2009 HD

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  • 2005
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    The Music of the Primes

    The Music of the Primes

    1 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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  • 2007
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    Wainwright Walks

    Wainwright Walks

    8.00 2007 HD

    An exploration of the work of Britain's greatest fell walker and author, Alfred Wainwright.

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  • 2019
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    James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain

    James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain

    7.50 2019 HD

    James May follows a year inside Hornby Hobbies – an iconic British toymaker on the brink of collapse.

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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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  • 2016
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    The Big Thinkers

    The Big Thinkers

    1 2016 HD

    Series of investigative science documentaries.

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  • 2007
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    Monsoon Railway

    Monsoon Railway

    1 2007 HD

    Director Gerry Troyna, painting an affectionate portrait of the Indian railway culture.

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  • 2008
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    My New Best Friend

    My New Best Friend

    1 2008 HD

    Three-part documentary series about the importance and nature of friendship among children, told from their point of view. Shot over eight months and...

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  • 2010
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    A Century of Fatherhood

    A Century of Fatherhood

    1 2010 HD

    Three-part series which tells the story of the revolution in modern fatherhood in Britain during the last hundred years, sing intimate testimony,...

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  • 2016
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    The Beginning and End of the Universe

    The Beginning and End of the Universe

    7.20 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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  • 2011
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    Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

    Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

    7.00 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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  • 2007
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    The Secret Life of the motorway

    The Secret Life of the motorway

    1 2007 HD

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