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  • 2004
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    Mozart Uncovered

    Mozart Uncovered

    1 2004 HD

    Charles Hazlewood and a period instrument orchestra delve deeper into Mozart's music in programmes immediately following BBC Two's Genius of Mozart...

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  • 2017
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    Bucket

    Bucket

    5.80 2017 HD

    Reserved history teacher Fran has long had a strained relationship with her eccentric, free-spirit mother Mim. When Mim announces that she is dying...

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  • 2015
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    Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

    Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries

    8.00 2015 HD

    Janina Ramirez discovers how monasteries shaped all aspects of medieval Britain and created a dazzling array of art, architecture and literature, a...

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  • 2003
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    Mark Lawson Talks To

    Mark Lawson Talks To

    6.00 2003 HD

    A series in which arts presenter Mark Lawson has a 60-minute in-depth conversation with a notable figure.

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  • 2022
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    The Read

    The Read

    1 2022 HD

    Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.

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  • 2016
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    Art of Scandinavia

    Art of Scandinavia

    10.00 2016 HD

    Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the history of Scandinavia through its art.

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  • 2020
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    H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

    H2O: The Molecule that Made Us

    8.00 2020 HD

    A landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected to...

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  • 2015
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    A Timewatch Guide

    A Timewatch Guide

    7.50 2015 HD

    Series looking at how the BBC has revealed and interpreted monumental moments in our history. Using the BBC archive, the programmes examine changes...

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  • 2013
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    A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

    A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

    8.30 2013 HD

    This documentary takes a look at some of the most horrible and despicable murders in modern British history. From Jack the Ripper in the 1880s to...

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  • 2017
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    An Art Lovers' Guide

    An Art Lovers' Guide

    1 2017 HD

    With sumptuous palaces, exquisite artworks and stunning architecture, every great city offers a dizzying multitude of cultural highlights. So what...

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  • 2007
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    Party Animals

    Party Animals

    6.89 2007 HD

    Party Animals presents Westminster from the ground up – the young researchers and advisors shouldering huge responsibility in a frantic,...

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  • 2015
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    In and Out of the Kitchen

    In and Out of the Kitchen

    1 2015 HD

    Damien Trench is a neurotic cookery writer, living in Queen's Park with his partner, Anthony. The show focuses on Damien and everything that happens...

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  • 2008
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    Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

    Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery

    10.00 2008 HD

    From the pioneering work of Galen on Roman gladiators to the latest advances in plastic surgery, this five-part series illustrates the evolution of...

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  • 2010
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    The Beauty of Maps

    The Beauty of Maps

    1 2010 HD

    Documentary series looking at maps in incredible detail to highlight their artistic attributions and reveal the stories that they tell.

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  • 2003
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    Mind Games

    Mind Games

    1 2003 HD

    Quiz show hosted by Marcus Du Sautoy who poses the trickiest puzzles to bend the minds of the team members Kathy Sykes, Irving Finkel, Jim Al-Khalili...

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  • 2009
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    Cowards

    Cowards

    7.00 2009 HD

    Four-man sketch show packed with surprise and invention - all delivered with a unique brand of joyful deadpan absurdity.

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  • 2019
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    American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

    8.00 2019 HD

    British historian Lucy Worsley reveals how some of the biggest moments in US history are actually fibs and stories concocted by pop culture, politics...

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  • 2018
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    Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths

    Magic Numbers: Hannah Fry's Mysterious World of Maths

    7.50 2018 HD

    Documentary series in which Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. Is it invented like a language or is it discovered and part of the fabric of...

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  • 2005
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    Europe: A Natural History

    Europe: A Natural History

    8.00 2005 HD

    A series chronicling the events which shaped the continent of Europe as we now know it.

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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,...

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