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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Francis Bacon

Novelist Martin Amis, a fierce critic of contemporary society, examines his experience of Englishness. Richly illustrated with archive footage, he...

Genre: Documentary

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Materialist scientist Professor Mark Miodownik challenges two-Michelin-star chef Marcus Wareing to the ultimate cookery competition. Over the course...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Marcus Wareing

Historian Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old masterpiece in glass. At 78 feet in height, the famous East Window at York Minster...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Janina Ramirez

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ben Lewis

Legendary conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim speaks more candidly than he has ever done before about his life and music. Told entirely through...

Genre: Music

Cast: Daniel Barenboim

A BBC documentary on the life & music of Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tom Service

A BBC Timewatch documentary examining history's first major attempted terrorist attack. His attempt to blow up Parliament has seen Guy Fawkes go down...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alice Hogge

Alastair Sooke takes us on an exclusive personal tour of the Roy Lichtenstein Retrospective at Tate Modern. Offering an in-depth look at one of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alastair Sooke

Rory Bremner looks back at the life and career of Mike Yarwood, master of the imitation game and one of the BBC's most successful stars of the 1970s...

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Cast: Rory Bremner

An immersive, experiential film about the deaf world, with its unique humour and culture - a world which most of us rarely encounter. The film is in...

Genre: Documentary

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Melvyn Bragg travels from Oklahoma to California to examine the enduring legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.

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Cast: Melvyn Bragg

The Bayeux Tapestry is a remarkable and unique work of art that has survived for almost 1,000 years. Made in the 11th century, it tells the story of...

Genre: Documentary

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Follows six talented performers who interpret Mary Shelley’s classic novel from their own perspective; as young people growing up in...

Genre: Music

Cast: Tyler Worthington

It is five times hotter than the sun and turns sand to glass in an instant. It can shoot 80 kilometres up above storm clouds. And it may even have...

Genre: Documentary

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DJ and broadcaster Cerys Matthews and acclaimed blues photographer Val Wilmer select their favorite blues musicians, several of whom Val has met and...

Genre: Music

Cast: Cerys Matthews

Will Hutton presents an impassioned argument on the British economy, claiming that business leaders and politicians are selling off some of the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Will Hutton

Professor Jim Al Khalili delves into over 50 years of the BBC science archive to tell the story behind the emergence of one of the greatest theories...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Al-Khalili

This one-hour compilation, beginning with the Arnold Layne promo from 1967 and culminating with the reunited band's performance at Live 8 in 2005, of...

Genre: Music

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The cliché of classic rock guitar is one of riffs, solos and noise. But write a list of great guitarists and their finest moments and a...

Genre: Documentary

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