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Vivid and heartbreaking stories told by the last Tommies - filmed in their 90s and 100s - remembering life and death in World War I, illustrated with...

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From the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace, Dan Cruickshank tells the story of a thousand years of palace building, the mystery of why so many...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dan Cruickshank

Historian Dr Helen Castor explores the lives of seven English queens who challenged male power, the fierce reactions they provoked and whether the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Helen Castor

The Britpop Story is a British television documentary about the Britpop movement which occurred in Britain during the 1990s. Hosted by John Harris,...

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The Great Outdoors was a British television sitcom. The show follows the friendships of a misfit rambling club in Southern England in which...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ruth Jones

Light Fantastic is the title of a television documentary series that explores the phenomenon of light and aired in December 2004 on BBC Four. The...

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With intimate, behind-the-stage access, these short films explore the creative process of extraordinary dancers and choreographers as they rehearse...

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Living with Modernism is a television documentary series first broadcast on BBC Four in 2006. It is a companion series to Marvels of the Modern Age...

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This series looks at the career of the multiple Grammy-award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, as Nile Rodgers shares a lifetime of experience...

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An art magazine show guest-edited by a different personality each week.

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Fossil Detectives is a 2008 BBC Television documentary series in which presenter Hermione Cockburn travels across Great Britain exploring fossil...

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Tales from the Palaces is a British television documentary series following the conservation teams inside Britain's Historic Royal Palaces: Hampton...

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Companion programme to Gregory Porter's Popular Voices (2017) in which Gregory Porter introduces a selection of live performances culled from the BBC...

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Cast: Leonard Cohen

Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British kings were a father, son and grandson who lived over a thousand years ago during...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Wood

The Worst Journey in the World is a 2007 BBC Television docudrama based on the memoir of the same name by polar explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard. The...

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The grit, humour and courage of ordinary people in the bleakest of circumstances. Darkly comic, poignant and sometimes devastating monologues about...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Saoirse-Monica Jackson

Tory! Tory! Tory! is a 2006 BBC television documentary series on the history of the people and ideas that formed Thatcherism told through the eyes of...

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Three 1-hour films exploring British folk music from the rebirth of English romance to the latter day revival.

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Mark Miodownik reveals how the properties of materials are made to work for us

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Cast: Mark Miodownik