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2013
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Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines8.00 2013 HD
In this "entertaining medical series" (The Sunday Times, U.K.), Dr. Michael Mosley shows how drugs have revolutionized medicine and changed the...
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2010
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Chemistry: A Volatile History
Chemistry: A Volatile History4.70 2010 HD
Jim Al-Khalili traces the story of how the elements, the building blocks that make up our entire world, were discovered and mapped.
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2011
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Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency7.00 2011 HD
Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history, the...
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2003
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Visions of Space
Visions of Space1 2003 HD
Robert Hughes tackles the work and lives of three remarkable 20th-century architects: Albert Speer, Mies van der Rohe, and Antonio Gaudi - whose work...
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2018
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Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village
Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village3.00 2018 HD
Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the story of the village from Norman times to the present day. With ancient churches, castles, market places and...
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2017
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Killing for Love
Killing for Love1 2017 HD
Obsessed young lovers, heinous murders, a sensational trial, and a shocking miscarriage of justice. Killing for Love is a riveting dissection of the...
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2009
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Cowards
Cowards7.00 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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2009
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A History Of Christianity
A History Of Christianity7.00 2009 HD
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch - one of the world's leading historians - reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a...
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2014
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The Man Who Makes Things From Scratch
The Man Who Makes Things From Scratch1 2014 HD
In this series, Tom is facing a new challenge, can he make 4 everyday items using only raw materials from the UK and his own handy work?
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2015
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How to Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell
How to Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell1 2015 HD
An exploration of the history of bohemians - weird and wonderful artists and writers who have chosen to defy convention, from radical romantics to...
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2019
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Victorian Sensations
Victorian Sensations1 2019 HD
Victorian Sensations transports us to the thrilling era of the 1890s. Dr Hannah Fry, Paul McGann, and Philippa Perry explore a decade of rapid change...
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2011
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The Story of Variety with Michael Grade
The Story of Variety with Michael Grade1 2011 HD
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2010
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Britain by Bike
Britain by Bike1 2010 HD
Clare Balding embarks on a pedal-powered odyssey across Britain to rediscover the magical world of 1950s cycling
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2011
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If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home
If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home1 2011 HD
Lucy Worsley, chief curator of the historic royal palaces, takes us through 800 years of domestic history by exploring the British home through four...
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2017
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Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand
Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand1 2017 HD
Composer and musician Neil Brand presents a series on musical theatre evolution over the last century.
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2019
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James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain
James May's Big Trouble in Model Britain7.50 2019 HD
James May follows a year inside Hornby Hobbies – an iconic British toymaker on the brink of collapse.
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2014
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Secrets of Bones
Secrets of Bones7.00 2014 HD
Evolutionary biologist and master skeleton builder Ben Garrod looks at how bones have enabled vertebrates to colonise and dominate practically every...
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2015
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Rock 'n' Roll America
Rock 'n' Roll America9.00 2015 HD
A three-part series tracing the history of American rock 'n' roll music from the 1950s onwards.
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2022
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Simon Schama Meets
Simon Schama Meets1 2022 HD
While making Simon Schama’s History of Now, Simon met several of the most influential contemporary artists working in the world today. In this...
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2011
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The Brain: A Secret History
The Brain: A Secret History1 2011 HD
Michael Mosley embarks on three journeys to understand science's last great frontier - the human mind - as he traces the history of the attempts to...