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2010
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The Joy of Stats
The Joy of Stats6.30 2010 HD
Professor Hans Rosling shares his excitement with statistics, and shows how researchers are handling the modern data deluge.
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2011
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Reggae Concert from the Edinburgh Festival
Reggae Concert from the Edinburgh Festival1 2011 HD
Live performance specially recorded for Whistle Test from the Reggae Concert at the Edinburgh Festival in 1973, featuring The Cimarons, Winston...
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2011
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Pink Floyd: Miscellany 1967-2005
Pink Floyd: Miscellany 1967-20051 2011 HD
This one-hour compilation, beginning with the Arnold Layne promo from 1967 and culminating with the reunited band's performance at Live 8 in 2005, of...
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2003
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Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse
Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse1 2003 HD
Michael Palin visits the Baltimore apartment gallery of Etta and Claribel Cone, wealthy American sisters who amassed one of the world's finest...
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2019
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For Folk’s Sake: Morris Dancing and Me
For Folk’s Sake: Morris Dancing and Me1 2019 HD
What’s the best way to save the ageing breed of male Morris dancer from extinction? Richard Macer infiltrates the endangered world of bells,...
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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 Me1 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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2019
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Rich Hall's Red Menace
Rich Hall's Red Menace1 2019 HD
2019 marks the 30th year since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. Rich Hall examines the relationship between the West and the...
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2013
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House of Surrogates
House of Surrogates1 2013 HD
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2016
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EMI: The Inside Story
EMI: The Inside Story7.00 2016 HD
One record company has been a constant presence in popular music throughout our lives. EMI brought The Beatles to the world and in every decade...
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2015
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Dawn Chorus: The Sounds of Spring
Dawn Chorus: The Sounds of Spring1 2015 HD
Uninterrupted and unspoiled by voice-over or music, the birdsong of sunrise in all its glory. Three different habitats, Britain's woodland, heathland...
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2014
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Martin Amis's England
Martin Amis's England1 2014 HD
Novelist Martin Amis, a fierce critic of contemporary society, examines his experience of Englishness. Richly illustrated with archive footage, he...
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2020
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Sacred Songs - The Secrets of Our Hearts
Sacred Songs - The Secrets of Our Hearts1 2020 HD
Award-winning British choir Tenebrae, under the direction of Nigel Short, is one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles, renowned for its...
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2023
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Mike Yarwood at the BBC
Mike Yarwood at the BBC1 2023 HD
Rory Bremner looks back at the life and career of Mike Yarwood, master of the imitation game and one of the BBC's most successful stars of the 1970s...
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2010
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The Genius of Omar Khayyam
The Genius of Omar Khayyam1 2010 HD
Sadeq Saba travels to Iran to explore the life and work of Omar Khayyam, the great medieval mathematician and poet whose philosophy continues to...
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2012
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R.E.M. at the BBC
R.E.M. at the BBC5.00 2012 HD
In September 2011 R.E.M., the rock band from Athens, Georgia, decided to call it a day after 31 years. This collection from the BBC archives includes...
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1972
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Gordon Lightfoot: BBC Four In Concert
Gordon Lightfoot: BBC Four In Concert1 1972 HD
A classic concert by Gordon Lightfoot from 1972, accompanied by Red Shea and Richard Haynes. They perform songs including Summer Side of Life,...
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2011
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Birth of the British Novel
Birth of the British Novel1 2011 HD
Author Henry Hitchings explores the lives and works of Britain's radical and pioneering 18th-century novelists who, in just 80 years, established all...
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2018
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A Scottish Soldier: A Lost Diary of WW1
A Scottish Soldier: A Lost Diary of WW11 2018 HD
Thousands of black soldiers fought in the First World War. Poet Jackie Kay tells the story of one of them - Arthur Roberts. Arthur grew up in Glasgow...
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2007
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The Lost World of Red Robbo
The Lost World of Red Robbo1 2007 HD
Documentary about the controversial 1970s union boss Derek Robinson, who led the British Leyland workers into a series of strikes