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  • 2009
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    The Great Contemporary Art Bubble

    The Great Contemporary Art Bubble

    7.00 2009 HD

    On September 15th 2008, the day of the the collapse of Lehmans, the worst financial news since 1929, Damien Hirst sold over £60 million of his...

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  • 2018
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    Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music: A Musical History

    Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music: A Musical History

    1 2018 HD

    Documentary exploring the music of rock band Roxy Music, who have a good claim to be one of the UK's most influential bands. Led by charismatic front...

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  • 2014
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    Karajan's Magic and Myth

    Karajan's Magic and Myth

    1 2014 HD

    Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan remains an enigma. He was the most...

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  • 2019
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    A Slow Odyssey: The Great Wall of China

    A Slow Odyssey: The Great Wall of China

    7.00 2019 HD

    A spectacular aerial journey following the world’s longest monument, the Great Wall. In slow-TV style, fly 2,500 kilometres along the wall,...

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  • 2013
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    The Spy Who Went Into the Cold

    The Spy Who Went Into the Cold

    6.50 2013 HD

    A documentary about Kim Philby, a British member of MI6 who was in reality a spy and defected to the U.S.S.R.

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  • 2005
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    A Very English Village

    A Very English Village

    1 2005 HD

    Storyville film-maker Luke Holland , who has lived in Ditchling on the East Sussex Downs for the last ten years, explores aspects of village life...

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  • 2016
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    Botticelli's Venus: The Making of an Icon

    Botticelli's Venus: The Making of an Icon

    1 2016 HD

    Sam Roddick explores the enduring appeal of Botticelli's masterpiece The Birth of Venus, one of the most celebrated paintings in western art. A...

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  • 2018
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    Stevie Wonder: A Musical History

    Stevie Wonder: A Musical History

    1 2018 HD

    Well-known fans celebrate Stevie Wonder and his music by selecting some of his best-loved songs. Wonder is one of the dominant figures in American...

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  • 2007
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    Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

    Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

    8.00 2007 HD

    Crime writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Starting with Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmare in September 1885,...

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  • 2019
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    Bauhaus Rules

    Bauhaus Rules

    1 2019 HD

    Presented by Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, Bauhaus Rules brings the radical principles of the Bauhaus to a new generation, to discover if the...

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  • 2016
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    Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility

    Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility

    1 2016 HD

    Dr Michael Mosley investigates Britain's most secretive and controversial military research base, Porton Down, on its 100th anniversary. He comes...

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  • 2010
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    The Joy of Stats

    The Joy of Stats

    6.30 2010 HD

    Professor Hans Rosling shares his excitement with statistics, and shows how researchers are handling the modern data deluge.

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  • 2019
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    For Folk’s Sake: Morris Dancing and Me

    For Folk’s Sake: Morris Dancing and Me

    1 2019 HD

    What’s the best way to save the ageing breed of male Morris dancer from extinction? Richard Macer infiltrates the endangered world of bells,...

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  • 2014
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    Constable: A Country Rebel

    Constable: A Country Rebel

    1 2014 HD

    The Haywain by John Constable is such a comfortingly familiar image of rural Britain that it is difficult to believe it was ever regarded as a...

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  • 2008
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    Memento Mori

    Memento Mori

    1 2008 HD

    Profile of the band who has helped to save Irish traditional music from disappearing, spreading its sound and popularity across the world for more...

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  • 2004
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    Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe

    Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe

    1 2004 HD

    William Shakespeare's darkest comedy, Measure for Measure. Live from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, this television production of the...

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  • 2011
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    The Secret Life of Waves

    The Secret Life of Waves

    1 2011 HD

    Documentary-maker David Malone delves into the secrets of ocean waves. In an elegant and original film, he finds that waves are not made of water,...

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  • 2013
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    Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre

    Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre

    1 2013 HD

    Filmed before a small studio audience in the bare style of some of the previous BBC music shows on which Thompson has appeared, this concert...

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  • 2009
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    Francis Bacon in His Own Words

    Francis Bacon in His Own Words

    1 2009 HD

    A collection of BBC archive material about painter Francis Bacon, including a previously unseen interview recorded in 1965.

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  • 2018
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    The Joy of Winning

    The Joy of Winning

    7.40 2018 HD

    How to have a happier life and a better world all thanks to maths, in this witty, mind-expanding guide to the science of success with Hannah Fry. ...

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