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  • 2016
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    Light and Dark

    Light and Dark

    6.40 2016 HD

    Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how, by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe.

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  • 2015
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    How to Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell

    How to Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell

    1 2015 HD

    An exploration of the history of bohemians - weird and wonderful artists and writers who have chosen to defy convention, from radical romantics to...

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  • 2006
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    The Martians and Us

    The Martians and Us

    1 2006 HD

    Documentary series about the history of British science fiction.

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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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  • 2015
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    Rock 'n' Roll America

    Rock 'n' Roll America

    9.00 2015 HD

    A three-part series tracing the history of American rock 'n' roll music from the 1950s onwards.

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  • 2008
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    Crooked House

    Crooked House

    6.78 2008 HD

    A ghost story about a cursed house. The cursed house - Geap Manor - weaves together three ghost stories set during Georgian times, the 1920s and the...

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  • 2012
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    Dirk Gently

    Dirk Gently

    7.00 2012 HD

    Detective Dirk Gently operates based on the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

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  • 2010
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    Come Clog Dancing: Treasures of English Folk Dance

    Come Clog Dancing: Treasures of English Folk Dance

    1 2010 HD

    Presenter Charles Hazlewood stages a 140-person flashmob clog dance and explores the history of this folk dance that originated in the collieries and...

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  • 2018
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    Size Matters

    Size Matters

    6.00 2018 HD

    Hannah Fry takes a spectacular look at the science of size by imagining a parallel world in which everything is made bigger or smaller.

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  • 2019
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    The Troubles: A Secret History

    The Troubles: A Secret History

    8.00 2019 HD

    In a landmark 7-part series, Spotlight - Northern Ireland’s leading team of investigative journalists - reveal important new discoveries about...

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  • 2021
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    Winter Walks

    Winter Walks

    7.50 2021 HD

    Take a gentle walk as familiar faces explore landscapes in Yorkshire and Cumbria in this series of immersive and intimate documentaries.

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  • 2010
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    The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea

    The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea

    1 2010 HD

    Legend has it that Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's first female pharaoh, sent ships to the land of Punt. Cheryl Ward sets out to recreate the voyage, in...

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  • 2009
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    It's Only a Theory

    It's Only a Theory

    1.50 2009 HD

    It's Only a Theory is a British television panel game show, first aired on BBC Four in 2009. It was conceived by and starred Andy Hamilton and...

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  • 2020
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    Art of Persia

    Art of Persia

    8.40 2020 HD

    Broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed goes on a remarkable journey to places rarely seen, as she travels through Iran, telling the story of a...

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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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  • 2018
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    Vic and Bob's Big Night Out

    Vic and Bob's Big Night Out

    8.00 2018 HD

    Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer provide songs, sketches and silliness in buckets.

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  • 2007
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    Atom

    Atom

    7.91 2007 HD

    The story of the discovery that everything is made from atoms, one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs in history, and the brilliant minds...

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  • 2013
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    Insect Worlds

    Insect Worlds

    1 2013 HD

    Steve Backshall explores the world of insects and their close relatives, the arachnids and crustaceans, in order to find out more about their habits...

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  • 2020
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    The Mole - Infiltrating North Korea

    The Mole - Infiltrating North Korea

    8.20 2020 HD

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  • 2011
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    Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

    Timothy Spall: Back At Sea

    1 2011 HD

    Untrained mariner Timothy Spall has spent a fortune on technology for his new challenge - the unpredictable Irish Sea - as he and his wife continue...

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