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  • 2006
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    Days That Shook the World

    Days That Shook the World

    6.30 2006 HD

    Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2008
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    Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

    Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

    8.33 2008 HD

    Charlie Brooker's acerbic take on recent TV contains reviews of current shows, as well as stories and commentary on how television is produced.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Charlie Brooker

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  • 2024
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    Only Connect

    Only Connect

    6.42 2024 HD

    The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where...

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    Cast: Victoria Coren Mitchell

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  • 2021
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    Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema

    Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema

    7.70 2021 HD

    Mark Kermode reveals the film-making tricks and techniques behind classic movie genres, from romcoms to horrors.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Mark Kermode

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  • 2023
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    The Sky at Night

    The Sky at Night

    8.30 2023 HD

    Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy with the latest thinking on what's out there in space and what you can see...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Professor Chris Lintott

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  • 2012
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    Twenty Twelve

    Twenty Twelve

    7.44 2012 HD

    A mock-documentary following the challenges - both personal and professional - faced by the team responsible for delivering the biggest show on...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hugh Bonneville

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  • 2024
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    Storyville

    Storyville

    7.70 2024 HD

    Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2015
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    Up the Women

    Up the Women

    7.00 2015 HD

    It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jessica Hynes

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  • 2022
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    Arena

    Arena

    6.60 2022 HD

    Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2009
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    A History Of Christianity

    A History Of Christianity

    6.80 2009 HD

    Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch - one of the world's leading historians - reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Diarmaid MacCulloch

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  • 2023
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    Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

    Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

    5.10 2023 HD

    The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2012
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    The Thick of It

    The Thick of It

    7.95 2012 HD

    Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Peter Capaldi

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  • 2006
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    Rich Hall's Cattle Drive

    Rich Hall's Cattle Drive

    6.00 2006 HD

    Rich Hall's Cattle Drive is a television sitcom starring Rich Hall and Mike Wilmot. It was broadcast in 2006 in the United Kingdom on BBC Four, and...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mike Wilmot

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  • 2011
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    Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City

    Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City

    7.50 2011 HD

    Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents a three-part series that illuminates the history of the sacred, and peerlessly beautiful city -...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Simon Sebag-Montefiore

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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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Anton Lesser

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  • 2017
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    Detectorists

    Detectorists

    8.20 2017 HD

    The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mackenzie Crook

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  • 2024
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    Tales of the Tardis

    Tales of the Tardis

    4.20 2024 HD

    Classic Doctor Who duos are reunited as they board a very special TARDIS on a nostalgic voyage through space and time.

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • 2011
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    Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

    Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

    7.90 2011 HD

    Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force - electricity. Until fairly recently,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jim Al-Khalili

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  • 2008
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    The Late Edition

    The Late Edition

    1 2008 HD

    The Late Edition was a British television programme broadcast on BBC Four. It took the form of a topical chat show in the vein of The Daily Show,...

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    Cast: Marcus Brigstocke

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  • 2019
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    Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

    Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

    8.00 2019 HD

    Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jim Al-Khalili

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