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  • 2021
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    Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

    Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

    1 2021 HD

    Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that...

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  • 2007
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    Racism: A History

    Racism: A History

    7.00 2007 HD

    Racism: A History is a three-part British documentary series originally broadcast on BBC Four in March 2007. It was part of the season of programmes...

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  • 2022
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    In Conversation with Alan Yentob

    In Conversation with Alan Yentob

    1 2022 HD

    From the BFI Imax in London, Alan Yentob talks to Bob Geldof and Stephen Fry about their achievements and the challenges they have faced in their...

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  • 2019
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    Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany

    Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany

    6.70 2019 HD

    A candid look at what life was really like for those living in, and under Hitler's Swastika - at home - and abroad, a record not only of what they...

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  • 2020
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    Einstein's Quantum Riddle

    Einstein's Quantum Riddle

    10.00 2020 HD

    The story of quantum entanglement, perhaps the strangest concept in science. Mind-bending concepts and brilliant experiments lead us to a profound...

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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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  • 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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  • 2016
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    Trainspotting Live

    Trainspotting Live

    1 2016 HD

    Trainspotting Live will bring three nights of spotting, joy and excitement to BBC Four as Peter Snow, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry and engineer Dick...

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  • 2013
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    Secret Knowledge

    Secret Knowledge

    1 2013 HD

    In a series of authored films, some of our most engaging experts reveal their favourite hidden objects, forgotten places and artistic passions.

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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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  • 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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  • 2006
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    More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

    More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

    1 2006 HD

    Dawn French, interviews her favorite comediennes and asks about their upbringing, family life, entree into comedy, routines for generating material,...

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  • 2009
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    Science And Islam

    Science And Islam

    8.00 2009 HD

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  • 2004
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    Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief

    Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief

    8.00 2004 HD

    Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief – known in the United States as A Brief History of Disbelief – is a 2004 television documentary...

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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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  • 2015
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    Mumbai Railway

    Mumbai Railway

    2.00 2015 HD

    From the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn explore the science behind the world's busiest railway....

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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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  • 2007
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    The History of the World Backwards

    The History of the World Backwards

    1 2007 HD

    The History of the World Backwards is a comedy sketch show written and starring Rob Newman. It is a mock history programme set in an alternative...

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  • 2014
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    Treasures of Ancient Egypt

    Treasures of Ancient Egypt

    7.50 2014 HD

    Alastair Sooke tells the story of Ancient Egyptian art through 30 extraordinary masterpieces.

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  • 2017
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    Art of France

    Art of France

    8.00 2017 HD

    Andrew Graham-Dixon examines the history of French art, revealing how it emerged from a struggle between tradition and revolution, and rulers and...

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