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  • 2018
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    Handmade in the Pacific

    Handmade in the Pacific

    1 2018 HD

    A series which shows the manufacture of some traditional artefacts in Australia, Rurutu, New Zealand and Hawaii.

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  • 2014
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    Lost Kingdoms of Central America

    Lost Kingdoms of Central America

    8.00 2014 HD

    Dr Jago Cooper explores the rise and fall of the forgotten civilisations of Central America.

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  • 2012
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    Order & Disorder

    Order & Disorder

    1 2012 HD

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  • 1970
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    Nightmare in the City That Never Sleeps

    Nightmare in the City That Never Sleeps

    1 1970 HD

    Today New York is America's greatest city. But 30 years ago this summer, they couldn't even keep the lights on. A blackout plunged seven million...

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  • 2010
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    Shooting the War

    Shooting the War

    6.00 2010 HD

    Series looking at how WW2 was documented by German and British amateur home movie makers.

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  • 2011
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    The Secret World of Whitehall

    The Secret World of Whitehall

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2018
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    Turtle, Eagle, Cheetah: A Slow Odyssey

    Turtle, Eagle, Cheetah: A Slow Odyssey

    1 2018 HD

    Riding onboard with a cheetah, a green turtle and a white-tailed sea eagle as they show us around their homes, with natural sounds and embedded...

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  • 1995
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    Showstoppers

    Showstoppers

    1 1995 HD

    A series of shows featuring songs from stage and screen musicals.

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  • 2015
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    Children Talking

    Children Talking

    1 2015 HD

    A captivating insight into British life straight from the mouths of school children from the 1960s and '70s.

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  • 2012
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    How It Works

    How It Works

    1 2012 HD

    Mark Miodownik reveals how the properties of materials are made to work for us

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  • 2008
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    Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury

    Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury

    7.00 2008 HD

    Julia Bradbury takes a series of walks following the old tracks, overgrown cuttings and ancient viaducts of Britain's lost rail empire.

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  • 2014
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    How to Get Ahead

    How to Get Ahead

    1 2014 HD

    What you had to say, do and dress in order to get ahead at various times in history

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  • 2017
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    Britain in Focus: A Photographic History

    Britain in Focus: A Photographic History

    1 2017 HD

    Eamonn McCabe celebrates Britain's greatest photographers, sees how science allowed their art to develop, and explores how they have captured the...

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  • 1970
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    Venice 24/7

    Venice 24/7

    1 1970 HD

    Venice 24/7 is a British documentary series about the emergency services in Venice. It is shown on BBC Four and comprises six episodes.

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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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  • 1970
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    How to Be a Composer

    How to Be a Composer

    1 1970 HD

    Journalist and critic Paul Morley spends a year learning the art of musical composition

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  • 2010
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    Johnny Kingdom's Year with the Birds

    Johnny Kingdom's Year with the Birds

    1 2010 HD

    Johnny Kingdom spends a year following and filming some of the bird species he finds near his home and on his land.

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  • 2017
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    Prejudice and Pride: The People's History of LGBTQ Britain

    Prejudice and Pride: The People's History of LGBTQ Britain

    0.80 2017 HD

    Stephen K. Amos and Susan Calman present a unique series in which LGBTQ people from across the UK talk about the objects that helped to define their...

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  • 1970
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    100 Years of Girl Guides

    100 Years of Girl Guides

    1 1970 HD

    100 Years of Girl Guides is a BBC television documentary. It was shown on the digital television station BBC Four on Sunday 16 August 2009 at 21:00....

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    In Love with Barbara

    In Love with Barbara

    1 1970 HD

    In Love with Barbara is a 2008 drama which was inspired by the life of the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland and tells the story of what made her...

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