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  • 2003
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    Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse

    Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse

    1 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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  • 2010
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    Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey

    Gods and Monsters: Homer's Odyssey

    5.50 2010 HD

    Virginia Woolf said that Homer's epic poem the Odyssey was 'alive to every tremor and gleam of existence'. Following the magical and strange...

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  • 2014
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    TB: Return of the Plague

    TB: Return of the Plague

    4.00 2014 HD

    TB is the most deadly infectious disease in history - it has killed over a billion people in the last 200 years. Multi-BAFTA winning film-maker,...

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  • 2002
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    Ragtime

    Ragtime

    1 2002 HD

    A new production of EL Doctorow's historical novel, recorded at the Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre. Broadcast as part of BBC4's...

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  • 2016
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    Chef vs. Science: The Ultimate Kitchen Challenge

    Chef vs. Science: The Ultimate Kitchen Challenge

    1 2016 HD

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

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  • 2013
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    Whaam! Roy Lichtenstein at Tate Modern

    Whaam! Roy Lichtenstein at Tate Modern

    1 2013 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

    Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

    1 2013 HD

    The documentary tracks the diva's difficult progress as she emerges from the tough, testosterone-fuelled world of the big bands of the 30s and 40s,...

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  • 2008
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    Memento Mori

    Memento Mori

    1 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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  • 2011
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    John Steinbeck: Voice of America

    John Steinbeck: Voice of America

    1 2011 HD

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

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  • 2013
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    The Genius of Turner: Painting the Industrial Revolution

    The Genius of Turner: Painting the Industrial Revolution

    7.00 2013 HD

    A film that looks at the genius of JMW Turner in a new light. There is more to Turner than his sublime landscapes - he also painted machines,...

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  • 2019
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    Dark Son: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

    Dark Son: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

    7.00 2019 HD

    It is the biggest unsolved serial murder case in British criminal history - the so-called 'Jack the Stripper' murders took place in Swinging Sixties...

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  • 2010
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    The Joy of Stats

    The Joy of Stats

    6.30 2010 HD

    Professor Hans Rosling shares his excitement with statistics, and shows how researchers are handling the modern data deluge.

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  • 2003
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    Dylan Thomas: From Grave to Cradle

    Dylan Thomas: From Grave to Cradle

    1 2003 HD

    Born in 1914, Dylan Thomas was an unruly and undisciplined child who was interested only in English at school and was determined from childhood to...

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  • 2011
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    The Secret Life of Waves

    The Secret Life of Waves

    1 2011 HD

    Documentary-maker David Malone delves into the secrets of ocean waves. In an elegant and original film, he finds that waves are not made of water,...

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  • 2002
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    Goya: Crazy Like a Genius

    Goya: Crazy Like a Genius

    7.50 2002 HD

    Join art historian Robert Hughes for a fascinating journey into the life of Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Using the artist's works as the...

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  • 2007
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    The Lost World of Red Robbo

    The Lost World of Red Robbo

    1 2007 HD

    Documentary about the controversial 1970s union boss Derek Robinson, who led the British Leyland workers into a series of strikes

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  • 2012
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    Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

    Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

    1 2012 HD

    From the MG Midget, much loved by American GIs, through to the more affordable Austin Healey 'frog-eye' Sprite and the E-Type Jaguar, seen by many as...

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  • 2011
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    Reggae Concert from the Edinburgh Festival

    Reggae Concert from the Edinburgh Festival

    1 2011 HD

    Live performance specially recorded for Whistle Test from the Reggae Concert at the Edinburgh Festival in 1973, featuring The Cimarons, Winston...

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  • 2022
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    Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry

    Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry

    7.00 2022 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    Mini: A Life Revisited

    Mini: A Life Revisited

    1 2013 HD

    1975 documentary about 11-year-old serial arsonist Michael 'Mini' Cooper, followed by Cooper and the film's director Franc Roddam in conversation...

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