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  • 1971
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    James Taylor in Concert - BBC Studios

    James Taylor in Concert - BBC Studios

    7.20 1971 HD

    Music concert from 1971 featuring American singer-songwriter James Taylor, with a special guest appearance by Carole King.

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  • 2007
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    Doris Day: Virgin Territory

    Doris Day: Virgin Territory

    7.00 2007 HD

    Doris Day has often been dismissed as an actress and overlooked as a singer, despite career highs such as Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk. Covering her...

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  • 2016
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    Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility

    Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility

    1 2016 HD

    Dr Michael Mosley investigates Britain's most secretive and controversial military research base, Porton Down, on its 100th anniversary. He comes...

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  • 2018
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    The Joy of Winning

    The Joy of Winning

    7.80 2018 HD

    How to have a happier life and a better world all thanks to maths, in this witty, mind-expanding guide to the science of success with Hannah Fry. ...

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  • 2003
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    Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well

    Emmylou Harris: From a Deeper Well

    1 2003 HD

    Profile of veteran country singer Emmylou Harris, witnessing the heady success of her career while also discussing her late flowering of intensely...

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  • 2019
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    A Slow Odyssey: The Great Wall of China

    A Slow Odyssey: The Great Wall of China

    7.00 2019 HD

    A spectacular aerial journey following the world’s longest monument, the Great Wall. In slow-TV style, fly 2,500 kilometres along the wall,...

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  • 2013
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    Mini: A Life Revisited

    Mini: A Life Revisited

    1 2013 HD

    1975 documentary about 11-year-old serial arsonist Michael 'Mini' Cooper, followed by Cooper and the film's director Franc Roddam in conversation...

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  • 2017
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    The Last Pirates: Britain's Rebel DJs

    The Last Pirates: Britain's Rebel DJs

    10.00 2017 HD

    Rapper Rodney P. presents the story of Britain's second wave of pirate radio DJs. In the 1980s a new generation of pirate radio stations appeared...

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  • 2015
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    The Art of the Impossible: M.C. Escher and Me

    The Art of the Impossible: M.C. Escher and Me

    1 2015 HD

    Dutch graphic artist MC Escher created some of the most famous graphic illusions in 20th century popular culture. He inspired artists, designers and...

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  • 2014
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    Karajan's Magic and Myth

    Karajan's Magic and Myth

    1 2014 HD

    Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan remains an enigma. He was the most...

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  • 2014
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    Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock

    Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock

    7.50 2014 HD

    The definitive documentary record of one of Jimi Hendrix's most celebrated performances. It includes such signature songs as Purple Haze, Voodoo...

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  • 2010
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    Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster

    Deadliest Crash: The Le Mans 1955 Disaster

    7.00 2010 HD

    Three years in the making in conjunction with the BBC. Using never seen before home movies, photos and eye witness accounts - this is the inside...

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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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  • 2012
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    Squeeze: Take Me I'm Yours

    Squeeze: Take Me I'm Yours

    1 2012 HD

    Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, the men behind Squeeze, have been called everything from the new Lennon and McCartney to the godfathers of Britpop....

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  • 2005
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    Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

    Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet

    8.00 2005 HD

    Sun Ra was born on the planet Saturn some time ago. The best accounts agree that he emerged on Earth as Herman Blount, born in Birmingham, Alabama in...

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  • 2014
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    More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On

    More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On

    1 2014 HD

    More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played On features previously banned songs by the BBC including "Lola" by the Kinks, "Jackie" by Scott Walker...

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  • 2004
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    Roy Lichtenstein: Pop Idol

    Roy Lichtenstein: Pop Idol

    1 2004 HD

    Paul Morley investigates the lasting appeal of art's very own Pop Idol. From failed Abstract Expressionist to pioneering Pop Art hero, Roy...

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  • 2019
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    Showbands: How Ireland Learned to Party

    Showbands: How Ireland Learned to Party

    1 2019 HD

    Ardal O'Hanlon looks at what started the showband era in Ireland, the people involved, and how it came to an end in the 1980s.

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  • 2010
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    Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure in Stone

    Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure in Stone

    1 2010 HD

    The exquisite Rosslyn Chapel is a masterpiece in stone. It used to be one of Scotland's best-kept secrets, but it became world-famous when it was...

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  • 2002
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    Goya: Crazy Like a Genius

    Goya: Crazy Like a Genius

    7.50 2002 HD

    Join art historian Robert Hughes for a fascinating journey into the life of Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Using the artist's works as the...

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