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For the Love of Dogs
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For the Love of Dogs
Join Paul as he takes a look behind the gates of the famous home for pets.
For the Love of Dogs 2012
Gardeners' World
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Gardeners' World
Gardeners' World is a long-running BBC Television programme about gardening, first broadcast in 1968 and still running as of 2013. Its first episode was presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens. The magazine BBC Gardeners' World is a tie-in to the programme. Most of its episodes have been 30 minutes in length, although there are many specials that last longer. The 2008 and 2009 series used a 60-minute format.
Gardeners' World 1968
Grand Designs
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Grand Designs
British television series which features unusual and often elaborate architectural homebuilding projects.
Grand Designs 1999
Countryfile
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Countryfile
The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.
Countryfile 1988
Antiques Roadshow
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Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow is a British television show in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom to appraise antiques brought in by local people. It has been running since 1979. There are also international versions of the programme.
Antiques Roadshow 1979
Royal Autopsy
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Royal Autopsy
Royal Autopsy investigates the cause of death of two of Britain’s most famous monarchs: Queen Elizabeth I and King Charles II, in an entirely new and realistic way. Professor Alice Roberts will bring together a blend of historical and medical expertise and by using contemporaneous accounts and documents piece together how and why these monarchs died.
Royal Autopsy 2023
Coast
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Coast
The nation's love affair with the coast will be reawakened for this entertaining and ambitious exploration of the entire UK coastline. Every part of the 9,000-mile coast is covered to explore how we've shaped it - and how it shapes us. Hosted by a team of history and geography experts who investigate everything from life on a nuclear submarine; rebuilding the Titanic using computer images; the story behind the first Butlins holiday camp; and the birth of the Severn Bore. Discover the curious, sometimes dysfunctional, relationship between the British and the seas.
Coast 2005
The Up Series
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The Up Series
A series of documentaries that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old.
The Up Series 1964
Dunkirk
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Dunkirk
Major factual drama telling the story of history's greatest maritime evacuation, after the World War II Battle of Dunkirk in May and June 1940.
Dunkirk 2004
Springwatch
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Springwatch
Springwatch is an annual BBC television series which charts the fortunes of British wildlife during the changing of the seasons in the United Kingdom.
Springwatch 2005
24 Hours in Police Custody
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24 Hours in Police Custody
The landmark documentary series that captures real life drama at its most intense, following police detectives around the clock as they investigate major crimes.
24 Hours in Police Custody 2014
Reel Britannia
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Reel Britannia
Comedian Nick Helm narrates this bold new documentary series exploring the dramatic history of British cinema. Discover how cinema held a mirror up to society from 1960 through to the 00s.
Reel Britannia 2022
Redemption
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Redemption
DI Colette Cunningham's no nonsense approach to policing has earned her the respect of her Merseyside Police colleagues. She seems unflappable, until she gets a call from the Garda in Dublin after the body of a young woman is discovered.
Redemption 2022
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Turning points in ancient Roman history and some of the Empire's greatest stories are brought to life in this drama documentary series.
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire 2006
Monarchy
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Monarchy
Monarchy is a Channel 4 British TV series, 2004-2006, by British academic David Starkey, charting the political and ideological history of the English monarchy from the Saxon period to modern times. The show also aired on PBS stations throughout the United States, courtesy of PBS-member station WNET. In Australia, all four seasons were broadcast on ABC1 from May 2005 onwards.
Monarchy 2004
In the Footsteps of Killers
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In the Footsteps of Killers
Emilia Fox and Professor David Wilson, Britain's leading criminologist, investigate famous unsolved murder cases. By visiting the scenes of the crimes and reinvestigating the evidence, they attempt to get to the bottom of what really happened.
In the Footsteps of Killers 2021
The Café
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The Café
The Café is a British sitcom written by and starring Ralf Little and Michelle Terry broadcast by Sky1.
The Café 2011
Civilisation
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Civilisation
Sir Kenneth Clarke guides us through the ages exploring the glorious rise of civilisation in western man. Beginning with the bleakness of the dark ages to the present day, we consider civilisation's articulations and expressions in some of man's finest works of art.
Civilisation 1969
Winterwatch
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Winterwatch
Live coverage as our wildlife faces up to the most challenging time of year.
Winterwatch 2013
This Farming Life
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This Farming Life
Documentary series following the struggles and triumphs of five very different farming families in some of Scotland's most beautiful and remote landscapes.
This Farming Life 2016
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
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A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
This documentary takes a look at some of the most horrible and despicable murders in modern British history. From Jack the Ripper in the 1880s to Agatha Christie's best known stories.
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley 2013
The Queen's Palaces
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The Queen's Palaces
Fiona Bruce fronts this eye-opening new three-part series on the stories behind Britain's official royal residences: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Palace of Holyroodhouse.
The Queen's Palaces 2011
Simply Nigella
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Simply Nigella
Relaxed, inspiring and as mouthwatering as ever, Nigella Lawson's latest series shows us that what - and how - we cook really can make us feel better and more alive. Packed with new recipes and tips designed to make our lives easier, Nigella proves that whatever the occasion, food, in the eating and the making, should always be pleasurable.
Simply Nigella 2015
Hairy Bikers Everyday Gourmets
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Hairy Bikers Everyday Gourmets
Hairy Bikers Everyday Gourmets 2013
A History of Ancient Britain
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A History of Ancient Britain
Neil Oliver tells the epic story of how Britain and its people came to be over thousands of years of ancient history—the beginnings of our world forged in ice, stone, and bronze
A History of Ancient Britain 2011
The Edible Garden
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The Edible Garden
Alys Fowler attempts to avoid shop-bought fruit and vegetables and live off her own, home-grown produce.
The Edible Garden 2010
The Truth About My Murder
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The Truth About My Murder
Forensic pathologist and author Dr Richard Shepherd uncovers the truth behind horrific crimes as told through the victims' bodies to separate fact from fiction and ensure the truth always prevails.
The Truth About My Murder 2022
Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein
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Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein
In this new series plantswoman Carol Klein shares with us a year in her garden at Glebe Cottage in north Devon. Carol has looked after her garden for over thirty years and each year brings with it its own rewards and delights, as well as problems and challenges. Follow Carol as her garden grows, flourishes, dies and is reborn.
Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein 2011
Around the World in 80 Treasures
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Around the World in 80 Treasures
Cruickshank takes a five-month world tour visiting his choices of the eighty greatest man-made treasures, including buildings and artifacts. His tour takes him through 34 countries and 6 of the 7 continents. In addition to seeing some of the world's greatest treasures, Cruickshank tries many different kinds of food including testicle, brain, and insects. His means of transportation included airplanes, trains, camel, donkey, foot, bicycle, scooter, hang glider, and boats.
Around the World in 80 Treasures 2005
Inside Claridge's
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Inside Claridge's
Inside Claridge's 2012
The Monarchy
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The Monarchy
A documentary series which takes a searching look at the public and private lives of the British Royal Family. The programmes offer a revealing insight into the world's most famous family looking at how the monarchy works, how it has evolved over the centuries and the challenges it faces in the present and the future.
The Monarchy 1992
Around the World in 80 Faiths
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Around the World in 80 Faiths
Pete Owen Jones presents the definitive guide to faith on earth, with eighty rituals across six continents in the space of a year.
Around the World in 80 Faiths 2009
The Lie Murder in Suburbia
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The Lie Murder in Suburbia
The dramatic twists and turns of the investigation into Rachel O’Reilly’s murder in 2004, and the devastating impact it had on her loved ones, featuring testimony from those who were closest to the case.
The Lie Murder in Suburbia 2021
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