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2008
Memento Mori
Memento Mori1 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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2013
Planet Ant: Life Inside The Colony
Planet Ant: Life Inside The Colony8.20 2013 HD
Ant colonies are one of the wonders of nature: complex, organised… and mysterious. This programme reveals the secret, underground world of the...
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2011
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse5.80 2011 HD
The extraordinary story of comedian Bob Monkhouse's life and career, told through the vast private archive of films, TV shows, letters and...
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2011
Everything and Nothing
Everything and Nothing8.50 2011 HD
what is everything, and what is nothing? Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing...
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2014
Karajan's Magic and Myth
Karajan's Magic and Myth1 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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2013
The Joy of ABBA
The Joy of ABBA8.50 2013 HD
Combining European musical influences, perfect production and lyrics of love and loss, ABBA made us fall in love with the sound of Swedish...
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2003
Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse
Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse1 2003 HD
Michael Palin visits the Baltimore apartment gallery of Etta and Claribel Cone, wealthy American sisters who amassed one of the world's finest...
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2003
Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well
Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well1 2003 HD
Profile of veteran country singer Emmylou Harris, witnessing the heady success of her career while also discussing her late flowering of intensely...
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2024
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Joan Rivers at the BBC1 2024 HD
Katherine Ryan presents a celebration of one of the biggest comedy talents to ever appear on the small screens – the razor-sharp-tongued first...
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2016
Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility
Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility1 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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2019
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life
Gauguin: A Dangerous Life1 2019 HD
Gauguin’s vivid artworks sell for millions. He was an inspired and committed multi-media artist who worked with the Impressionists and had a...
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2014
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood6.10 2014 HD
An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with...
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2010
Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure in Stone
Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure in Stone1 2010 HD
The exquisite Rosslyn Chapel is a masterpiece in stone. It used to be one of Scotland's best-kept secrets, but it became world-famous when it was...
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2005
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary
The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary8.00 2005 HD
On October 5th 1962, the Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do. It was a moment that changed music history and popular culture forever. It...
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2006
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!5.90 2006 HD
Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome...
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2009
The Great Contemporary Art Bubble
The Great Contemporary Art Bubble7.00 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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2016
Goya Exposed with Jake Chapman
Goya Exposed with Jake Chapman1 2016 HD
Jake Chapman explores why Goya's The Disasters of War etchings are so central to his own art and explains why, for him, there is a fundamental...
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2023
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles8.00 2023 HD
The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform a live soundtrack in this premier stage adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes thriller.
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2003
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised1 2003 HD
Gil Scott-Heron was one of the most influential musicians and poets of the last 50 years. In Don Letts's documentary, Gil tells his own story for the...
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1985
Mick Jagger - Whistle Test Special: It's Only Rock and Roll
Mick Jagger - Whistle Test Special: It's Only Rock and Roll1 1985 HD
David Hepworth interviews Mick Jagger about his career with The Rolling Stones and his solo work. Includes film clips and videos spanning Jagger's...