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2003
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Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse
Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse1 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 Odyssey5.50 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 Plague4.00 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
Ragtime1 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 Challenge1 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 Modern1 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 Divas1 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 Mori1 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 America1 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 Revolution7.00 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 Killer7.00 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 Stats6.30 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 Cradle1 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 Waves1 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 Genius7.50 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 Robbo1 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 Car1 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 Festival1 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 Tapestry7.00 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 Revisited1 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...