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2008
2008x24
All About Thunderbirds
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02, 2008
Documentary telling the story of enduring 1960s children's animated marionette show, Thunderbirds. Creator Gerry Anderson, as well as cast, crew and fans, reveal how space travel and new .. show full overview
2008x98
Pop! What Is It Good For?
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08, 2008
Writer and pop addict Paul Morley explores and celebrates the beauty and mystery of the pop single.
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How Pop Songs Work
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09, 2008
Celebration of the magic of pop music and the skill and musical dexterity that goes into writing, performing and producing hit records. Conductor Charles Hazlewood explores the mechanics .. show full overview
2008x54
The Whisky Dream
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15, 2008
This new documentary takes a side-ways look at one of Scotland's highest profile industries, Scotch whisky production. The Whisky Dream, made by Demus Productions, is a wry look at .. show full overview
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The Voice
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20, 2008
David Howard, professor of music technology at the University of York, presents a documentary about the human voice, explaining just how it works and why replicating it is such a .. show full overview
2008x126
Re-United
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04, 2008
Re-United follows Munich Air Crash survivor Harry Gregg on an intensely personal journey that re-unites the former Manchester United goalkeeper with the people and places inextricably .. show full overview
2008x100
Caledonia Dreamin'
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11, 2008
Documentary charting the success of Scottish pop bands in the 1980's and 90's.Featuring acts such as; Orange juice, The Associates , The Bluebells and The Proclaimers
2008x59
Goya: Crazy Like a Genius
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15, 2008
Documentary in which art critic Robert Hughes travels across Spain in search of the reality beyond the mythology of Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Goya has long been Hughes' favourite .. show full overview
2008x78
John McDouall Stuart: The Scot Who Opened Up Australia
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16, 2008
John McDouall Stuart was Australia's greatest inland explorer. His maps enabled Charles Todd to construct a telegraph line through the continent, which allowed Australia to communicate .. show full overview
2008x25
The Jet Stream and Us
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17, 2008
Documentary tracing how human understanding of the jet stream - a ribbon of fast moving air high in the atmosphere - has grown. It has been responsible for bewildering effect on bomber .. show full overview
2008x72
Portillo on Thatcher: The Lady's Not for Spurning
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25, 2008
Former cabinet minister Michael Portillo assesses the legacy and continued influence of Margaret Thatcher on the Conservative Party. He talks with former colleagues about the highs of .. show full overview
2008x71
Rivers of Blood
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01, 2008
A documentary looking at Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech on the 40th anniversary of its delivery. The documentary charts sacking from the Cabinet of Edward Heath after the .. show full overview
2008x70
Political Mavericks
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03, 2008
As three unconventional politicians - Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson and Brian Paddick - battle it out to be Mayor of London, John Sergeant tells the story of Westminster's lone riders, .. show full overview
2008x28
Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
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07, 2008
Documentary looking at how Detroit became home to a musical revolution that captured the sound of a nation in upheaval. In the early 60s, Motown transcended Detroit's inner city to .. show full overview
2008x53
What's Going On: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye
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07, 2008
Jeremy Marre tells the story of Marvin Gaye, one of the great and enduring figures of soul music. His life was one of sexual confusion, bittersweet success and death by the hand of his .. show full overview
2008x117
George Clinton - Tales of Dr Funkenstein
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08, 2008
Don Letts's hilarious and colourful profile of the godfather of funk, whose 50-year career has defined the genre. From his 1950s days running a doo-wop group out of the back of his .. show full overview
2008x69
Prime Ministers and Press Barons
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10, 2008
For a century, Britain's newspapers have been run by a handful of extraordinary men - the press barons. Andrew Neil tells the remarkable story of Britain's newspaper proprietors and .. show full overview
2008x4
The Lost Gospels
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15, 2008
Anglican priest Peter Owen Jones explores the huge number of ancient Christian texts that didn't make it into the New Testament. Shocking and challenging, these were works in which .. show full overview
2008x12
The Lost Gospels
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15, 2008
Documentary presented by Anglican priest Pete Owen Jones which explores the huge number of ancient Christian texts that didn't make it into the New Testament. Shocking and challenging, .. show full overview
2008x84
Tin Sandwich Anyone? A History of the Harmonica
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15, 2008
Documentary which reveals how the humble mouth-organ has been bent to different forms of music-making, featuring interviews and demonstrations from the world's leading players. With over .. show full overview
2008x94
Auntie's War on Smut
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18, 2008
Documentary about the evolution of innuendo on the BBC and how it led to the collapse of the corporation's prim and proper attitudes.
2008x5
Shroud of Turin: Material Evidence
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22, 2008
This year sees the 20th anniversary of the Carbon 14 dating of the Shroud of Turin that deemed the most famous relic in Christendom a fake. But since then, despite many attempts, no one .. show full overview
2008x14
Should I Smoke Dope?
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26, 2008
Journalist Nicky Taylor travels to Amsterdam to investigate the growing debate about the legal classification of cannabis. While there she helps out in a coffee shop that sells the drug, .. show full overview
2008x18
Martin Luther King - American Prophet
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29, 2008
Since his assassination in 1968, Martin Luther King has become known and celebrated throughout the world as a champion of freedom. But there's another side to this man that's in danger .. show full overview
2008x129
Vivaldi's Women
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29, 2008
In the early 18th century, Antonio Vivaldi composed music for La Pieta in Venice, a home for children who were abandoned at birth. The institution had its own all-female orchestra and .. show full overview
2008x124
Marty Feldman - Six Degrees of Separation
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31, 2008
Marty Feldman was one of the greats of British comedy. He was a splendid physical clown who hoped to emulate Buster Keaton , but the system that made him a star withdrew its support when .. show full overview
2008x1
The Harp with Catrin Finch
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04, 2008
Harpist Catrin Finch takes a musical journey to discover the ancient and fascinating history of the harp in Wales and the world, with interviews and performances from .. show full overview
2008x109
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
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05, 2008
Tribute to the prolific television and film producer, who was involved in making such shows as the original Doctor Who, Jonathan Creek , Minder and Eldorado.
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Clowns
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08, 2008
Daisy Asquith investigates the mysterious world of children's entertainers. The idea for the film came to her whilst on a typical seaside holiday where a different children's .. show full overview
2008x127
Who Killed Kirsty MacColl
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11, 2008
Documentary investigating the mystery behind the death of singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl, killed by a speedboat in Mexico in 2000. The boat, travelling at high speed in an area .. show full overview
2008x23
The Machine That Made Us - Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press
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14, 2008
Stephen Fry examines the story behind the first media entrepreneur, printing press inventor Johann Gutenberg, to find out why he did it and how, a story which involves both historical .. show full overview
2008x93
The Saint and the Hanged Man
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16, 2008
Rob Brydon narrates a dramatised/animated documentary which reveals the clash at the heart of the Medieval mind - between the reason and the supernatural - using rational process to .. show full overview
2008x46
Amy: My Body for Bucks
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20, 2008
Documentary which follows 19-year-old Amy Hall, full-time drama student, single mum and lap dancer. She can make up to 300 pounds a night dancing but the money doesn't go far, with food .. show full overview
2008x36
How to Build a Cathedral
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21, 2008
The great cathedrals were the wonders of the Medieval World - the tallest buildings since the pyramids and the showpieces of Medieval Christianity. Yet they were built at a time when .. show full overview
2008x50
Heist
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23, 2008
Drama based on the true story of an outrageous medieval heist, told in the style of Ocean's 11. When Dick Puddlecote is released from a Flanders jail in 1302 to discover his friends, .. show full overview
2008x116
The Great Girona Gold Hunt
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28, 2008
On a wild autumn night in 1588 a gold-laden warship from the Spanish Armada was wrecked on Antrim's treacherous north coast. For nearly four centuries the Girona lay undiscovered, until .. show full overview
2008x9
The Birth of Israel
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04, 2008
Documentary examining the the events leading up to the Israeli war of Independence in 1949, its continuing impact on Arab/Israeli relations and the implications for the Middle East peace process.
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The Birth of Israel
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04, 2008
Documentary examining the the events leading up to the Israeli war of Independence in 1949, its continuing impact on Arab/Israeli relations and the implications for the Middle East peace process.
2008x27
Christina: A Medieval Life
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05, 2008
Historian Michael Wood delves through medieval court records to follow the fortunes of a village in Hertfordshire and, more particularly, the family of peasant Christina Cok. The 14th .. show full overview
2008x31
Illuminations: Treasures of the Middle Ages
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07, 2008
Art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon visits an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, which contains a treasure trove of the world's most important illuminated manuscripts. Germaine .. show full overview
2008x56
Secrets of the Forbidden City
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10, 2008
Documentary detailing the creation of Ming Emperor Yongle's palace, the Forbidden City. Forged from hundreds of thousands of timbers felled in the remote corners of his empire, and .. show full overview
2008x128
What Happened Next? Living in the Past
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20, 2008
Remember Living in the Past? It was the 1970s documentary series in which six families spent a year living in the Iron Age, working, sleeping and eating as their ancestors would have .. show full overview
2008x76
The Passions of Vaughan Williams
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23, 2008
Fifty years after his death, this musical and psychological portrait of Ralph Vaughan Williams explores the passions that drove a giant of 20th-century English music. It explores the .. show full overview
2008x62
Graham Hill: Driven
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26, 2008
Portrait of the eccentric, charismatic British motor racing legend Graham Hill, a man who lived and died during a time when sex was safe and racing was dangerous. Uniquely, he won the .. show full overview
2008x96
The Bonzos
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28, 2008
Documentary using archive footage, eye-witness testimony and contributions from some of the world's most distinguished historians to tell the story of the British wartime operation that .. show full overview
2008x40
Florence Nightingale
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01, 2008
Drama about the life of Florence Nightingale, based largely on her own words, which tells the true and unexpected story behind this most unusual woman - adored by the masses, hated by .. show full overview
2008x33
The Making of the Iron Lady
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08, 2008
Using unseen archive footage, new filming and interviews with those closest to the action, Michael Cockerell tells the inside story of the 20 years that took Margaret Thatcher from .. show full overview
2008x32
Rich Hall's 'How the West Was Lost'
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14, 2008
Comedian Rich Hall goes west to find out what killed off that most quintessentially American of all film genres, the western. Through films such as The Searchers, The Man Who Shot .. show full overview
2008x77
Welsh Way of Life
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17, 2008
Documentary looking at how life in the Welsh countryside has changed in the last 50 years. Long-lost archive clips give a rare glimpse of the sights and characters.
2008x11
Page Three Teens
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18, 2008
Documentary following Chelsea White, a teenager considering a career as a Page 3 girl. She began modelling when she was six but at 17 is too old to be a teenage model and too small for .. show full overview
2008x125
The Flapping Track
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19, 2008
The story of South Yorkshire's Highgate Greyhound Stadium, which each week attracts a motley crowd of characters to the world of flapping - independent, unregulated greyhound .. show full overview
2008x30
British B Movies: Truly, Madly, Cheaply
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21, 2008
Film historian Matthew Sweet presents a documentary reappraising over half a century of British B movies, from John Mills on the wrong end of a whipping in The Lash through to the giant .. show full overview
2008x103
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi
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29, 2008
With a passion for art that is rivalled only by travel, Michael Palin combines both in a European journey to discover more about Vilhelm Hammershoi, an enigmatic Danish artist that has .. show full overview
2008x123
The NHS: A Difficult Beginning
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05, 2008
Britain's National Health Service celebrates its sixtieth birthday on 5 July this year. Serving over one and a half million patients and their families every day, the NHS is the biggest .. show full overview
2008x45
Alesha: Look but Don't Touch
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07, 2008
Documentary in which singer Alesha Dixon, concerned about the increasing pressure on women to conform to an ideal body type, investigates the practice of airbrushing and retouching that .. show full overview
2008x83
Black Power Salute
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09, 2008
Film about one of the most iconic images of the 20th century, when the radical spirit of the Sixties upstaged the greatest sporting event in the world. Two men made a courageous gesture .. show full overview
2008x79
The Unseen Alistair Cooke
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17, 2008
Marking the 2008 centenary of Alistair Cooke's birth, this documentary is a revealing portrait of one of the most celebrated broadcasters of the 20th Century, whose Radio 4 programme .. show full overview
2008x55
Hadrian
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19, 2008
As the British Museum prepares to launch its spectacular exhibition on the Emperor Hadrian, Dan Snow takes us on a journey around Hadrian's vast empire. Immortalised in the UK after .. show full overview
2008x10
Addicted to Boob Jobs
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21, 2008
Fashion journalist Louise Roe goes on a journey to discover why women have boob jobs not just once but, in some cases, again and again. She meets four women in their twenties who have gone under the knife to get the perfect pair of boobs.
2008x105
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
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25, 2008
Respect Yourself is an authoritative film about one of the great stories in rock and roll. The story is about Stax Records whose hits include Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay, Soul Man, If .. show full overview
2008x35
Don't Panic! The Dad's Army Story
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02, 2008
Victoria Wood presents the true story behind Britain's timeless comedy (and the Queen Mother's favourite show), with footage of the cast on location and incredible personal tales about .. show full overview
2008x99
Marc Bolan: The Final Word
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02, 2008
Thirty-one years after his death, the elfin, glam rock star Marc Bolan 's rise to fame is retold with a mixture of rare concert footage, home movies and contributions from friends.
2008x13
I'm Kylie's Body Double
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04, 2008
Documentary introducing the world of the body-part double: men and women who have such perfect hands, feet, legs - even bottoms - that they earn a living modelling them and standing in .. show full overview
2008x120
Moscow 1980: The Cold War Olympics
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04, 2008
Back in 1980, a teenage Steve Cram was part of a team of British athletes who defied their government to go behind the iron curtain and compete in the Olympic Games. Steve Cram .. show full overview
2008x74
Jimmy and the Wild Honey Hunters
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10, 2008
Jimmy Doherty, pig farmer and star of Jimmy's Farming Heroes, travels to Nepal to meet an ancient group of people who risk their lives to farm their local honey. A keen beekeeper with .. show full overview
2008x115
The John Akii-Bua Story: An African Tragedy
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10, 2008
Documentary. At the Munich Olympics of 1972, Ugandan John Akii Bua powered round the inside lane in the 400m hurdles, past English favourite and reigning Olympic Champion David .. show full overview
2008x82
The Real 'Life on Mars'!
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11, 2008
A look at pre-1980s British policing techniques, and whether the "old-style" policing techniques were as bad as their portrayal in "Life on Mars" (2006) or whether they may have proved more effective than modern-day political correctness.
2008x29
Passport to Liverpool
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18, 2008
Documentary looking at the history of Liverpool, the former gateway to the British Empire whose character was built on the dockside by seafarers and immigrants who came from around the .. show full overview
2008x64
The Rebel Physician: Nicholas Culpeper's Fight for Medical Freedom
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28, 2008
Benjamin Woolley presents the gripping story of Nicholas Culpeper, the 17th century radical pharmacist who took on the establishment in order to bring medicine to the masses. Culpeper .. show full overview
2008x2
The Big Bang Machine
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04, 2008
Professor Brian Cox visits Geneva to take a look around Cern's Large Hadron Collider before this vast, 27km long machine is sealed off and the experiment begins. When up and running, .. show full overview
2008x61
Lost Horizons: The Big Bang
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04, 2008
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 of modern science, the Big .. show full overview
2008x111
They Came from Manchester: The Story of Mancunian Pop
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05, 2008
A compilation of BBC studio performances of some of the great Manchester bands from the 1960s to the present, including Freddie and the Dreamers, The Hollies, 10CC, the Buzzcocks, The Fall, Joy Division, James, M-People, Oasis and many more.
2008x67
Clarissa and the King's Cookbook
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06, 2008
Documentary in which self-confessed medieval foodie Clarissa Dickson Wright tracks down Britain's oldest known cookbook - The Forme of Cury, a 700-year-old scroll written during the .. show full overview
2008x97
Hey Mr DJ - The Rise And Rise Of The Disc Jockey
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06, 2008
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2008x104
Kings of Rock and Roll
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06, 2008
A journey back to the 1950s for a look at the wildest pop music of all time in a film that tells the stories of Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis .. show full overview
2008x17
Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights
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07, 2008
An amazing journey in Norway's Far North as Joanna Lumley pursues a lifelong dream to track down the elusive, stunningly beautiful Northern Lights - 'the true wonder of the world,' as .. show full overview
2008x42
Last Man Hanging
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08, 2008
In 1961 Newry man Robert McGladdery was convicted and executed for the brutal murder of local girl Pearl Gamble. His trial caused a media storm and proved a landmark in the debate on .. show full overview
2008x86
Pedigree Dogs Exposed
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19, 2008
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2008x108
More Than This: The Story of Roxy Music
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19, 2008
Profile of the 1970s glam band Roxy Music, who reformed after 25 years to make a new album. The film traces the musical development of the group from 1972 up to the present day, as .. show full overview
2008x43
Merlin the Legend
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20, 2008
A look at the mythical roots in art and literature of Merlin - magician, hero and historical mystery. Merlin is the archetypal wizard, Welsh and Celtic in origin but with connections .. show full overview
2008x47
Ian Hislop Goes Off the Rails
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02, 2008
Ian Hislop brings his customary humour, analysis and wit to the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a third of the nation's railway lines and stations and forced tens of thousands of people into the car and onto the road.
2008x22
In Search of Spanish Flu
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06, 2008
Documentary in which a team of top UK virologists exhume the body of statesman, military officer and diplomat Sir Mark Sykes from a country churchyard in an attempt to detect the genetic .. show full overview
2008x39
The Day the Troubles Began
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06, 2008
Northern Ireland has had many historic days in the last 40 years. October 5th, 1968 could be the most important. In this documentary, many of those who took part in the Civil Rights .. show full overview
2008x26
Super Rich: The Greed Game
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07, 2008
As the credit crunch bites and a global economic crisis threatens, Robert Peston reveals how the super-rich have made their fortunes, and the rest of us are picking up the bill.
2008x87
Jack - A Soldier's Story
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07, 2008
Following on from the BAFTA-shortlisted Panorama programme ]Taking on the Taliban, and the critically acclaimed follow up, What happened after taking on the Taliban, Ben Anderson catches .. show full overview
2008x110
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
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09, 2008
Documentary celebrating the marvellously mirthful saga of Edmund Blackadder. Featuring interviews with key cast and crew members, and rare rehearsal footage.
2008x65
Cracking Up
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12, 2008
In 1986, Alastair Campbell had a mental breakdown, the culmination of months of intensive stress at work, too much alcohol, and myriad complex issues. Campbell believes that speaking .. show full overview
2008x37
High Anxieties: The Mathematics Of Chaos
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14, 2008
A discussion of the mathematics of chaos that tries to tie it to climate change and fluctuating financial markets.
2008x7
Ian Fleming - Where Bond Began
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19, 2008
Former Bond girl Joanna Lumley investigates the life of Ian Fleming to coincide with the centenary of his birth and the UK release of the 22nd Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. On a .. show full overview
2008x58
Armistice
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03, 2008
Professor David Reynolds takes a fresh look at the extraordinary events and personalities that brought about the armistice of 1918, venturing beyond the familiar British account of .. show full overview
2008x88
Walter Tull - Forgotten Hero
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03, 2008
Walter Tull was a pioneering black British footballer and the first black officer in the British army, who died heroically fighting in the First World War and yet is virtually unheard of .. show full overview
2008x121
Michael Portillo: Death of a School Friend
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07, 2008
Michael Portillo revisits the family of a school friend who committed suicide as a teenager, discovering how the tragedy has coloured their lives ever since. His friend Gary was .. show full overview
2008x6
Inside The Saudi Kingdom
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08, 2008
Lionel Mill's film has unique access to Prince Saud bin Abdul Mohsen, one of the rulers of the rich, powerful and secretive Saudi royal family. This is a fascinating insight into the .. show full overview
2008x21
Charles at 60 - The Passionate Prince
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12, 2008
For a year, BBC cameras have filmed the Prince of Wales at home, abroad, at work and on duty. Now, for the first time, we can see and hear for ourselves the private and passionate man .. show full overview
2008x81
Bryony Makes a Zombie Movie
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16, 2008
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2008x113
Kings of Glam
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22, 2008
Profiling the leading men of the glam rock era, Lisa Tarbuck guides us through the glittering careers of Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Noddy Holder, Brian Ferry, Elton John and honorary glam .. show full overview
2008x41
Kafka Uncovered
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25, 2008
Documentary in which novelist James Hawes attempts to demolish a number of myths and misconceptions about the life and work of cult writer Franz Kafka. The programme was filmed on location in Prague and Frankenstein in the Czech Republic.
2008x63
France on a Plate
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29, 2008
Cultural historian Andrew Hussey goes on a gastronomic tour through French history, from Versailles, the spiritual centre of French power politics and the birthplace of French cuisine, .. show full overview
2008x80
A' Dol Dhachaigh
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01, 2008
In December 1938, Eilean nan Ron was abandoned by its people. This film accompanies one of the few surviving residents, 90-year-old Kitty Ann MacQueen, as she takes to the air in a .. show full overview
2008x49
How to Rob a Bank
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04, 2008
Documentary telling the story of Lee Barnes, a student who took the banks at their word and helped himself to 40,000 pounds of their credit in just over a year. Lee shows how he got away .. show full overview
2008x34
Who Is Kurt Wallander?
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06, 2008
John Harvey presents a documentary about writer Henning Mankell, Sweden's most popular author internationally and the creator of the Kurt Wallander detective series.
2008x48
The Story of Asthma Island
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09, 2008
Documentary about how Tristan da Cunha, the most remote inhabited island in the world and a seven-day boat trip from Africa, could hold the key to unlocking one of the great mysteries of modern medicine - the genetic basis for asthma.
2008x107
The Medici: Makers of Modern Art
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10, 2008
Documentary in which Andrew Graham-Dixon reveals how the Medici family transformed Florence through sculpture, painting and architecture and created a world where masterpieces fetch .. show full overview
2008x112
Isteach Chun an Oileain (Into the Island)
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11, 2008
An Irish language documentary featuring the natives of Inishbofin Island off the coast of Donegal, which is only habitable during the summer months, whether by humans or by the rare and .. show full overview
2008x60
Blondie: One Way or Another
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13, 2008
Blondie is perhaps the most commercially successful band to emerge from the 1970s punk scene. The original lineup consisted of Deborah Harry (vocals), Clem Burke (drums / percussion), .. show full overview
2008x114
Carluccio and the Leopard
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13, 2008
Antonio Carluccio travels to Sicily to discover more about Lampedusa's novel The Leopard.
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Innocent - The Colin Stagg Story
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15, 2008
In July 1992, Rachel Nickell was murdered on Wimbledon Common in front of her two-year-old son. What followed was one of the nation's most controversial murder investigations. Police .. show full overview
2008x57
The Perfect House: The Life and Work of Palladio
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17, 2008
Documentary to mark the 500th anniversary of arguably the world's most influential architect, Andrea Palladio. The villas, palaces and public buildings he designed for the aristocrats .. show full overview
2008x8
From WAGs to Riches
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18, 2008
What happens when young women pursue the glamorous lifestyle of WAGs? Is it all it's cracked up to be? Radio 1's Annie Mac meets the winners and losers of the WAGs' world and discovers .. show full overview
2008x68
The Swing Thing
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19, 2008
Documentary telling the story of swing, an obscure form of jazz that became the first worldwide pop phenomenon, inspired the first ever youth culture revolution and became a byword for .. show full overview
2008x73
Sacred Music: The Story of Allegri's Miserere
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21, 2008
Simon Russell Beale tells the story behind Allegri's Miserere, one of the most popular pieces of sacred music ever written. The programme features a full performance of the piece by the .. show full overview
2008x66
Comedy Songs: The Pop Years
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22, 2008
Documentary tracing the modern history of the comedy pop song from the birth of the charts in 1952 to its reinvention in the new millennium. We discover that George Martin was the .. show full overview
2008x106
I'm Dreaming of a TV Christmas
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23, 2008
The Two Ronnies, Noel Edmonds, Andre Previn, Morecambe & Wise and Tony Blackburn are among the famous faces on this nostalgic feast - from soap-opera cliffhangers to tension on Top of the Pops. Presented by Phill Jupitus
2008x44
Star of Bethlehem
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24, 2008
In one of the most magical stories ever told, a bright star led the wise men from the east to the new Messiah. Now scientists are looking back into the skies of the ancient world to find .. show full overview
2008x118
Absolutely Chuffed: The Men Who Built a Steam Engine
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24, 2008
Documentary about the 18-year odyssey of a group of enthusiasts who set out to build a brand new mainline steam engine from scratch in 1990.
2008x51
The Truth About Christmas Carols
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25, 2008
There could be nothing more sweet and sentimental than the sound of traditional carols performed by a velvet-voiced choir at Christmas. Or so you would think. Composer Howard Goodall .. show full overview
2008x52
The Man Who Made Eric and Ernie
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26, 2008
During the 1970s, BBC shows like Morecambe and Wise, the Two Ronnies, the Generation Game, Dad's Army and Parkinson transformed the world of television entertainment and delighted .. show full overview
2008x102
University Challenge - The Story So Far
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27, 2008
Documentary looking at the history of the iconic quiz show University Challenge. Featuring famous ex-contestants such as Stephen Fry, John Simpson, Julian Fellowes and Miriam Margoyles .. show full overview
2008x38
The Real Italian Job - James Martin's Mille Miglia
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28, 2008
James Martin sets his sights on the gruelling Mille Miglia, the annual 1000-mile race through Italy in which over 300 classic cars compete. In its infamous history, the race has tested .. show full overview
2008x119
Around the World in 20 Years
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30, 2008
Around the World in 20 Years is a BBC television travel documentary first broadcast in December 2008, presented by Michael Palin. It follows him as he retraces the Dubai - Mumbai leg of .. show full overview

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