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  • 2023
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    The Sky at Night

    The Sky at Night

    8.30 2023 HD

    Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy with the latest thinking on what's out there in space and what you can see...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Professor Chris Lintott

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  • 2006
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    Days That Shook the World

    Days That Shook the World

    6.30 2006 HD

    Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two on 17 September 2003. The programme features various...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2012
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    The Thick of It

    The Thick of It

    7.95 2012 HD

    Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Peter Capaldi

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  • 2023
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    BBC Proms

    BBC Proms

    1 2023 HD

    Explore the breadth of music celebrated at the Proms via this weekly curated television show. The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts...

    Genre: Music

    Cast:

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  • 2022
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    BBC Young Musician

    BBC Young Musician

    10.00 2022 HD

    BBC Young Musician (Young Musician of the Year) first appeared on our TV screens in 1978. The brainchild of BBC producers Humphrey Burton, Walter...

    Genre: Reality

    Cast: Jess Gillam

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  • 2008
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    Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

    Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

    8.48 2008 HD

    Charlie Brooker's acerbic take on recent TV contains reviews of current shows, as well as stories and commentary on how television is produced.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Charlie Brooker

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  • 2010
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    We Need Answers

    We Need Answers

    8.00 2010 HD

    We Need Answers is a British television panel game presented by comedians Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne. The show features a pair of...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tim Key

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  • 2021
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    Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema

    Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema

    7.70 2021 HD

    Mark Kermode reveals the film-making tricks and techniques behind classic movie genres, from romcoms to horrors.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Mark Kermode

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  • 2021
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    Classic Albums

    Classic Albums

    8.20 2021 HD

    A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2016
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    Brian Pern: A Life in Rock

    Brian Pern: A Life in Rock

    8.50 2016 HD

    Brian Pern is an ageing rock star and former front-man of ground breaking progressive rock group Thotch. Like many artists of his age, rather than...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Simon Day

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  • 2003
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    State of Play

    State of Play

    7.51 2003 HD

    The murder of Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to uncover complex links between government and big business.

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Bill Nighy

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  • 2017
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    Detectorists

    Detectorists

    8.17 2017 HD

    The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mackenzie Crook

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  • 2015
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    Up the Women

    Up the Women

    7.00 2015 HD

    It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jessica Hynes

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  • 1987
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    The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

    The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

    8.00 1987 HD

    Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ed Asner

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  • 2024
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    Storyville

    Storyville

    7.70 2024 HD

    Showcasing the best in international documentaries, Storyville has developed an enviable reputation since its inception more than a decade ago....

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2023
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    Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

    Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

    5.10 2023 HD

    The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2010
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    A History of Horror

    A History of Horror

    7.50 2010 HD

    Mark Gatiss examines the history of the horror film, from classic Hollywood monsters to Hammer's glory days and beyond.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Mark Gatiss

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  • 2024
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    Only Connect

    Only Connect

    6.42 2024 HD

    The fiendishly difficult quiz show in which two teams of three contestants have to find the connection between seemingly unrelated clues, where...

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    Cast: Victoria Coren Mitchell

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  • 2017
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    A Timewatch Guide

    A Timewatch Guide

    6.00 2017 HD

    Series looking at how the BBC has revealed and interpreted monumental moments in our history. Using the BBC archive, the programmes examine changes...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 2004
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    The Alan Clark Diaries

    The Alan Clark Diaries

    6.50 2004 HD

    Dramatisation of the colourful memoirs of the late Conservative MP.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jenny Agutter

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