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  • 2004
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    Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

    Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

    4.80 2004 HD

    The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dawn French

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  • 2006
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    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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michael Sheen

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  • 2011
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    The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

    The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

    5.80 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bob Monkhouse

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  • 2010
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    Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up

    Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up

    1 2010 HD

    Despite the mantra of 'live fast, die young', Britain's first rock 'n' roll generations are now enjoying old age. What was once about youth and...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Cherie Lunghi

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  • 2018
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    The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci

    The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci

    9.00 2018 HD

    Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering what lies beneath the Mona Lisa and even how he...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Janina Ramirez

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  • 2009
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    Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop

    Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop

    6.80 2009 HD

    Fleetwood Mac are one of the biggest-selling bands of all time and still on the road. Their story, told in their own words, is an epic tale of love...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Stevie Nicks

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  • 2005
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    The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary

    The Beatles: Love Me Do - A Documentary

    8.00 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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: John Lennon

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  • 2011
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    The Mountain That Had To Be Painted

    The Mountain That Had To Be Painted

    1 2011 HD

    Documentary about the painters Augustus John and James Dickson Innes who, in 1911, left London for the wild Arenig Valley in North Wales. Over three...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Siân Phillips

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  • 2019
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    Gauguin: A Dangerous Life

    Gauguin: A Dangerous Life

    1 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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Dominic West

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  • 2013
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    The Joy of ABBA

    The Joy of ABBA

    8.50 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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Agnetha Fältskog

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  • 2011
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    Everything and Nothing

    Everything and Nothing

    8.50 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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jim Al-Khalili

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  • 2018
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    The Dead Room

    The Dead Room

    6.30 2018 HD

    Set and filmed at the iconic Maida Vale studios, The Dead Room tells the story of a long-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter and...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Simon Callow

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  • 2013
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    The World's Most Beautiful Eggs: The Genius of Carl Faberge

    The World's Most Beautiful Eggs: The Genius of Carl Faberge

    5.00 2013 HD

    Stephen Smith explores the extraordinary life and work of the virtuoso jeweller Carl Faberge. He talks to HRH Prince Michael of Kent about Faberge...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Stephen Smith

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  • 2017
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    The Real Doctor Zhivago

    The Real Doctor Zhivago

    1 2017 HD

    Dr. Zhivago is one of the best-known love stories of the 20th century, but the setting of the book also made it famous. It is a tale of passion and...

    Genre: History

    Cast: Stephen Smith

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  • 2020
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    Classic Albums: Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair

    Classic Albums: Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair

    7.70 2020 HD

    A documentary that explores the creation of the seminal, second album by Tears for Fears. Songs from the Big Chair took the gothic synth-pop...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Roland Orzabal

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  • 2019
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    Bauhaus 100

    Bauhaus 100

    8.00 2019 HD

    In 1919 an art school opened in Germany that would change the world forever. It was called the Bauhaus. A century later, its radical thinking still...

    Genre: History

    Cast: Jodie Whittaker

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  • 2014
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    Karajan's Magic and Myth

    Karajan's Magic and Myth

    1 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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Plácido Domingo

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  • 2007
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    Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays

    Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays

    7.70 2007 HD

    Documentary celebrating the triumph, tragedy and human comedy that was Manchester record company, Factory. Started by the late Tony Wilson, Alan...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: John Simm

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  • 2003
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    Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well

    Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well

    1 2003 HD

    Profile of veteran country singer Emmylou Harris, witnessing the heady success of her career while also discussing her late flowering of intensely...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Emmylou Harris

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  • 2014
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    The Genius of Bert Jansch: Folk, Blues & Beyond

    The Genius of Bert Jansch: Folk, Blues & Beyond

    1 2014 HD

    Interviews and rare archive footage weave together performances from a landmark multi-artist concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Bert Jansch

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