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  • 2012
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    Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies

    Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies

    1 2012 HD

    Series which celebrates an unlikely story of outstanding British aviation achievement at a time of national austerity, the breathtaking planes that...

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  • 2008
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    10 Things You Didn't Know About...

    10 Things You Didn't Know About...

    8.00 2008 HD

    Iain Stewart reveals some surprising facts about the world's most destructive and spectacular natural phenomena, from earthquakes and tsunamis to...

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  • 2022
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    How the BBC Began

    How the BBC Began

    1 2022 HD

    The often-hilarious stories of the BBC's first 50 years. The corporation's pioneers describe its evolution – which was often by accident rather...

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  • 2009
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    Games Britannia

    Games Britannia

    1 2009 HD

    Historian Benjamin Woolley unravels the cultural and social significance of popular games in Britain from the Iron Age to the Information Age.

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  • 2000
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    Talking Landscapes

    Talking Landscapes

    7.00 2000 HD

    Aubrey Manning sets out on a journey to study the changing face of Britain's countryside

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  • 2013
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    Archaeology: A Secret History

    Archaeology: A Secret History

    10.00 2013 HD

    Dr Richard Miles seeks our ancient treasures and explores our relationship with the past.

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  • 2020
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    CripTales

    CripTales

    5.00 2020 HD

    A life-changing moment is captured in six powerful, dramatic monologues. Written, directed and performed by disabled people and curated by Mat Fraser.

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  • 2009
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    Glamour's Golden Age

    Glamour's Golden Age

    1 2009 HD

    Series looking at the 1920s and 30s, which creates a portrait of an age so daring, influential and exciting that it still shapes who we are today.

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  • 2011
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    Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury

    Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury

    1 2011 HD

    Julia Bradbury dons her walking boots to explore her own British backyard, travelling along the country's network of canals and their accompanying...

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  • 2014
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    The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

    The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain

    1 2014 HD

    The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, will present the revealing and surprising story of Britain in the reigns of George I and...

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  • 2004
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    The Alan Clark Diaries

    The Alan Clark Diaries

    6.50 2004 HD

    Dramatisation of the colourful memoirs of the late Conservative MP.

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  • 2014
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    Bunkers Brutalism and Bloodymindedness

    Bunkers Brutalism and Bloodymindedness

    1 2014 HD

    Two-part documentary in which Jonathan Meades makes the case for 20th-century concrete Brutalist architecture in an homage to a style that he sees a...

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  • 2006
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    Lost Cities of the Ancients

    Lost Cities of the Ancients

    7.20 2006 HD

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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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  • 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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  • 2006
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    Never Mind the Full Stops

    Never Mind the Full Stops

    8.00 2006 HD

    Never Mind the Full Stops is a British television panel game based on the English language, its idiosyncrasies, and its misuse. It is hosted by the...

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  • 2009
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    The Secret Life of the Airport

    The Secret Life of the Airport

    1 2009 HD

    Documenting the rise of mass air travel, starting with a look at the advent of commercial air travel through to the dropping of prices and the rise...

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  • 2012
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    The Golden Age of Steam Railways

    The Golden Age of Steam Railways

    1 2012 HD

    The remarkable story of a band of visionaries and volunteers who rescued some of the narrow gauge railways that once served Britain’s...

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  • 2007
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    Crisis at the Castle

    Crisis at the Castle

    1 2007 HD

    Three British aristocratic families struggle to hang on to their historic homes. Their lifestyle is assumed to be idyllic, but constant battle with...

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  • 2013
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    Fabric of Britain

    Fabric of Britain

    1 2013 HD

    Series of documentaries exploring Britain's relationship with fabric, featuring knitting, needlework and wallpaper.

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