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2024
2024x1
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
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Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a lifetime: the giant skull of a prehistoric sea monster, known as a pliosaur – the Tyrannosaurus rex of the seas!
2024x2
Peaky Blinders: How We Made Them Dance
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Peaky Blinders writer and creator Steven Knight and choreographer Benoit Swan Pouffer of the celebrated Rambert Dance Company discuss the collaboration that resulted in one of the most .. show full overview
2024x3
Silverback
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Award-winning wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet has been invited by a team of conservationists from the Kahuzi-Biega National Park in Democratic Republic of the Congo to closely .. show full overview
2024x4
The Cambridgeshire Crucifixion
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In 2017, a routine archaeological dig is taking place on the site of a proposed housing development in the village of Fenstanton in the Cambridgeshire Fens. When human remains are found .. show full overview
2024x5
Liar: The Fake Grooming Scandal
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Twenty-two-year-old Ellie Williams was jailed for lying about being trafficked and raped by a vicious Asian grooming gang. Now, for the first time, the truth is laid open.
2024x6
Nuclear Armageddon: How Close Are We?
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With the Doomsday Clock the closest it's ever been to midnight, Jane Corbin investigates the proliferation of nuclear weapons across the globe and the breakdown of systems of constraint.
2024x7
American Mercenaries: Killing in Yemen
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BBC Arabic's Nawal Al-Maghafi reveals how the UAE hired mercenaries to conduct targeted assassinations of its political enemies in Yemen, with American mercenaries starting the killings in 2015.
2024x8
Pep Guardiola: Chasing Perfection
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How and why has Pep Guardiola been able to revolutionise football? This documentary offers a deep dive into Pep’s relentless pursuit of perfection and the methods and motivations that have led him to leave a lasting imprint on the beautiful game.
2024x9
Dougray Scott: Bringing Football Home
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Dougray Scott delves into Scotland's pivotal role in creating modern football. He examines how Scotland laid the groundwork for the modern style of football and uncovers the story of the .. show full overview
2024x10
Michael Longley: Where Poems Come From
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A film profile of Belfast poet Michael Longley, offering insights into his work, friendships, working process, the places that have inspired him and his relationship with the natural world.
2024x11
Gerald Dawe: Out of the Ordinary
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A film exploring how growing up in post-Second World War Belfast, the city’s thriving music scene in the 1960s and the onset of the Troubles shaped Gerald Dawe's life and work.
2024x12
Solitude
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Úna Monaghan explores the opportunities that arise when traditional folk music is confronted with new ideas, breaking all the rules. A new feature-length documentary follows the .. show full overview
2024x13
Miners' Strike: A Frontline Story
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This is the story of 15 men and women and one life-changing year on the front line of the most divisive conflict of a generation: the 1984 miners' strike. This documentary tells the .. show full overview
2024x14
Legends of Harper
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Colin Harper’s books, music and record company work are more or less unrecognised for their significance to world music in his homeplace of Northern Ireland. Colin works mostly from a .. show full overview
2024x15
Inseparable Sisters
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An uplifting insight into the lives of seven-year-old conjoined twins, who weren’t expected to live more than a few days. Cared for by their devoted father, the girls have defied all medical expectations and now attend mainstream primary school.
2024x16
The Rescue
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Chronicling the story that transfixed the world in 2018 – the daring rescue of 12 boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand. This film shines a light on .. show full overview
2024x17
Catching a Killer: The Murder of Emma Caldwell
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The murder of a young woman. A botched police inquiry. And the BBC Disclosure investigation that helped catch the killer. As the man who murdered Emma Caldwell is finally brought to .. show full overview
2024x18
Sian Phillips at 90
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Dame Siân Phillips is very much still a working actor, even at the remarkable age of 90. Now, the star of television series I, Claudius and ex-wife of Peter O’Toole opens her heart on camera for the first time about her life and career.
2024x19
Is University Really Worth It?
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Comedian Geoff Norcott investigates universities to find out if a degree is still worth it. He meets students at war with their institutions and those suing for a refund.

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