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  • 2007
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    Let the Music Play: The Barry White Story

    Let the Music Play: The Barry White Story

    7.00 2007 HD

    Barry White gave the world some of its most joyous music, and that voice mesmerised women everywhere, but his death was isolated and painful....

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  • 2016
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    Bricks!

    Bricks!

    8.00 2016 HD

    In 1976, the Tate Gallery exhibited an experimental artwork that became a national sensation - Carl Andre's Equivalent VIII, or, to its detractors,...

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  • 2013
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    Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre

    Richard Thompson: Goodbye Television Centre

    1 2013 HD

    Filmed before a small studio audience in the bare style of some of the previous BBC music shows on which Thompson has appeared, this concert...

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  • 2014
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    The Perfect Suit

    The Perfect Suit

    1 2014 HD

    Alastair Sooke explores the evolution of the gentleman's suit, which has evolved from working man's Sunday best to the casual wear of royalty over...

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  • 2021
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    Daniel Barenboim: In his Own Words

    Daniel Barenboim: In his Own Words

    1 2021 HD

    Legendary conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim speaks more candidly than he has ever done before about his life and music. Told entirely through...

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  • 2018
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    Indie & Beyond with Shaun Ryder and Alan McGee

    Indie & Beyond with Shaun Ryder and Alan McGee

    1 2018 HD

    Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder and Creation Records boss Alan McGee reveal a selection of their all-time favourite tracks. Theirs is a blistering...

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  • 2016
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    Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match

    Rich Hall's Presidential Grudge Match

    7.00 2016 HD

    An examination of the sordid machinations involved in becoming president of the United States. Rich Hall looks back at some of the dirtiest and...

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  • 2018
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    The Old Grey Whistle Test: Live for One Night Only

    The Old Grey Whistle Test: Live for One Night Only

    1 2018 HD

    Hosted by Bob Harris, this live studio show features music, special guests and rare archive to mark 30 years since the legendary series was last...

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  • 2015
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    The Joy of Mozart

    The Joy of Mozart

    1 2015 HD

    Tom Service delves into the life and times of Mozart to try and rediscover his greatness.

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  • 2023
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    Mike Yarwood at the BBC

    Mike Yarwood at the BBC

    1 2023 HD

    Rory Bremner looks back at the life and career of Mike Yarwood, master of the imitation game and one of the BBC's most successful stars of the 1970s...

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  • 2019
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    Anni Albers: A Life in Thread

    Anni Albers: A Life in Thread

    1 2019 HD

    How Walter Gropius's decision to relegate Anni Albers to the weaving class of the Bauhaus created the greatest textiles artist the world has ever...

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  • 2018
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    Captain Jack and the Furious Few

    Captain Jack and the Furious Few

    1 2018 HD

    The remarkable story of a pioneering aviator from Ulster during World War I.

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  • 2008
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    Lost Horizons: The Big Bang

    Lost Horizons: The Big Bang

    1 2008 HD

    Professor Jim Al Khalili delves into over 50 years of the BBC science archive to tell the story behind the emergence of one of the greatest theories...

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  • 2018
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    Synth & Beyond

    Synth & Beyond

    1 2018 HD

    New Order's Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert unpack a playlist of electro, pop and new wave classics spanning four decades. Stephen and Gillian...

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  • 2005
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    The Gunpowder Plot

    The Gunpowder Plot

    1 2005 HD

    A BBC Timewatch documentary examining history's first major attempted terrorist attack. His attempt to blow up Parliament has seen Guy Fawkes go down...

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  • 2012
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    Immortal? A Horizon Guide to Ageing

    Immortal? A Horizon Guide to Ageing

    1 2012 HD

    Is there any way to slow or even prevent the ravages of time? Veteran presenter Johnny Ball looks back over the 45 years that Horizon, and he, have...

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  • 2016
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    Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick

    Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick

    1 2016 HD

    Tom Service presents 40 years of great BBC archive featuring the French composer, conductor and musical icon Pierre Boulez, who died on 5th January...

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  • 2019
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    A Victorian Scandal: The Rudest Book in Britain

    A Victorian Scandal: The Rudest Book in Britain

    1 2019 HD

    Dr Fern Riddell is a young historian and author who goes back to the archives to challenge more traditional historical views of Victorian society....

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  • 2001
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    Free Will And Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story

    Free Will And Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story

    1 2001 HD

    Robert Wyatt is one of the best-kept secrets of contemporary British music. Drummer and vocalist in Soft Machine which played with Hendrix and Pink...

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  • 2010
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    Around The World By Zeppelin

    Around The World By Zeppelin

    8.00 2010 HD

    Documentary Film which uses the letters and diaries of passenger Lady Grace Drummond-Hay and archival footage to document the Graf Zeppelin airship's...

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