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(45 programmes)

  1. Coast Series 4, Inner Hebrides to Faroe Islands

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    Available since yesterday with 6 days left.

    In the Faroe Islands, Neil Oliver finds out about 'Operation Valentine'.

  2. Victorian Farm Episode 4

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    Available since Monday with 6 days left.

    4/6. Alex and Peter need to master animal midwifery. Can the team save their struggling crops?

  3. Who Do You Think You Are? Series 6, Rory Bremner

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    Rory Bremner delves into the wartime experiences of the father he didn't know very well.

  4. Coast Series 4, Anglesey to Blackpool

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    In Anglesey, Neil Oliver takes to the sky with an instructor from the RAF's pilot factory.

  5. Coast Series 4, Cork to Dublin

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    In Cork, Neil Oliver explores Titanic's last port of call.

  6. Private Life of a Masterpiece The Mystic Nativity

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    Available since Thursday with 7 days left.

    The Mystic Nativity is a vision of maternal love, but the painting has a dark side too.

  7. Russia: A Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby Far from Moscow

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    Available since Fri, 18 Dec 2009 with 15 hours left.

    Jonathan reflects on his journey before completing his exploration in Vladivostok.

  8. Victorian Farm Episode 3

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    Available since last Wednesday with 7 hours left.

    3/6. Ruth has a go at some traditional remedies, and Alex and Peter join a pheasant hunt.

  9. Who Do You Think You Are? Series 4, Griff Rhys Jones

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    Available since last Tuesday with 6 hours left.

    3/7. Series in which celebrities trace their ancestry.

  10. Animal 24:7 Series 3, Episode 11

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    Available since last Wednesday with 4 hours left.

    The RSPCA race to save a starving dog from squalid conditions.

  11. Rhodri Morgan: Portrait of a First Minister

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    Available since Tue, 15 Dec 2009 with 3 days left.

    Gareth Jones provides a unique insight into the life of Rhodri Morgan.

  12. Life Primates

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    Available since last Tuesday with 2 days left.

    10/10. The nature documentary series examines primates.

  13. Life Plants

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    Available since Thu, 17 Dec 2009 with 2 days left.

    9/10. A look at plants and the ingenious and manipulative ways they counter life's challenges.

  14. Life Creatures of the Deep

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    Available since Wed, 9 Dec 2009 with 2 days left.

    8/10. A look at marine invertebrates, including Humboldt squid, starfish and giant octopi.

  15. Wonderland Series 2, The Alzheimer's Choir

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    Available since Thu, 10 Dec 2009 with 23 days left.

    8/8. Ted and wife Hilda belong to a choir made up of Alzheimer's sufferers and their spouses.

  16. Life Hunters and Hunted

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    Available since Fri, 4 Dec 2009 with 2 days left.

    7/10. Unique footage of a killer whale engaging in sneaky behaviour to hunt elephant seal pups.

  17. Life Insects

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    Available since Fri, 27 Nov 2009 with 2 days left.

    6/10. Super-slow motion shows a bombardier beetle firing boiling liquid at its enemies.

  18. Life Birds

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    Available since Fri, 20 Nov 2009 with 2 days left.

    5/10. A slow-motion camera captures the unique flight of the marvellous spatuletail hummingbird.

  19. Wonderland Series 2, Can We Get Married?

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    Available since Thu, 19 Nov 2009 with 26 days left.

    5/8. Documentary about Emma and Ben, a young couple with Down's syndrome, who hope to marry.

  20. Life Fish

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    Available since Fri, 13 Nov 2009 with 2 days left.

    4/10. The nature documentary looks at fish as they dominate the planet's waters.

  21. Life Mammals

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    Available since Fri, 6 Nov 2009 with 2 days left.

    3/10. How mammals dominate the planet through having warm blood and by caring for their young.

  22. Wonderland Series 2, The Ghostman of Skye

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    Available since Sat, 31 Oct 2009 with 26 days left.

    2/8. On the rugged Isle of Skye, Donald Angus Maclean collects the locals' ghost stories.

  23. Life Reptiles and Amphibians

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    Available since Fri, 30 Oct 2009 with 2 days left.

    2/10. A look at the strategies used by reptiles and amphibians to conquer their shortcomings.

  24. Natural World 2009-2010, Bearwalker of the Northwoods

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    Available since Thu, 29 Oct 2009 with 3 months left.

    1/14. A portrait of the lives of black bears in northern Minnesota, with biologist Lynn Rogers.

  25. Life Challenges of Life

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    Available since Thu, 22 Oct 2009 with 2 days left.

    1/10. A look at how some animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance to breed.

  26. Panorama Dying to Be Treated?

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    Available since Wed, 30 Sep 2009 with 9 months left.

    Panorama investigates use of the private sector to cut NHS waiting lists. Was it worth it?

  27. Panorama Swine Flu: Everything You Need To Know

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    Available since Wed, 16 Sep 2009 with 9 months left.

    Jeremy Vine, Sophie Raworth and Fergus Walsh expose the myths and the dangers of swine flu

  28. What's Really in Our Food?

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    Available since Tue, 14 Jul 2009 with 9 months left.

    Can we trust the food we eat? Reporters Tom Heap and Simon Boazman try to find out.

  29. Who's Watching You? Episode 3

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    Available since Tue, 30 Jun 2009 with 6 months left.

    3/3. Richard Bilton speaks to leading figures from the shadowy world of secret intelligence.

  30. Who's Watching You? Episode 2

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    Available since Thu, 2 Jul 2009 with 6 months left.

    2/3. Richard Bilton meets those who have made our private lives their business.

  31. Who's Watching You? Episode 1

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    Available since Mon, 29 Jun 2009 with 6 months left.

    1/3. Richard Bilton explores the hidden world of surveillance.

  32. Panorama Britain's Homecare Scandal

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    Available since Sun, 12 Apr 2009 with 3 months left.

    Panorama goes undercover to expose chaos and alleged neglect in the care of the elderly.

  33. Panorama Slumdogs and Millionaires

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    Available since Mon, 6 Apr 2009 with 3 months left.

    An undercover investigation into the construction of luxury developments in Dubai.

  34. Panorama The Gunmen Who Never Went Away

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    Available since Mon, 30 Mar 2009 with 3 months left.

    Panorama offers a detailed analysis of the resurgent terrorist threat in Northern Ireland.

  35. Panorama Who Will Save the Savers?

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    Available since Mon, 23 Mar 2009 with 3 months left.

    Panorama takes a look at Britain's long-running pensions and savings time-bomb.

  36. Panorama Crime Pays

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    Available since Mon, 16 Mar 2009 with 3 months left.

    Panorama looks at how organised crime is defeating attempts to claw back its profits.

  37. Panorama Immigration - Time for an Amnesty?

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    Available since Mon, 9 Mar 2009 with 2 months left.

    Panorama looks at a proposed amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.

  38. Panorama What Happens After Sorry?

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    Panorama tells the story of the Royal Bank of Scotland's dramatic fall from grace.

  39. Panorama Credit Where It's Due

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    Available since Mon, 23 Feb 2009 with 2 months left.

    Are the banks and the government are doing enough to help small businesses survive?

  40. Panorama Muslim First, British Second

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    Available since Mon, 16 Feb 2009 with 2 months left.

    Asking whether the government should be isolating or talking to the country's extremists.

  41. Panorama Gaza: Out of the Ruins

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    Available since Mon, 9 Feb 2009 with 1 month left.

    Jeremy Bowen visits Gaza to ask where the recent conflict leaves the region's future.

  42. Panorama Tax Me if You Can

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    Available since Mon, 2 Feb 2009 with 1 month left.

    John Sweeney asks if it is time to close down the tax havens used by the super-rich.

  43. Panorama Have I Got Bad Language For You?

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    Available since Mon, 26 Jan 2009 with 1 month left.

    Frank Skinner considers if the Ross-Brand storm was a watershed in the offence debate.

  44. Panorama What Now, Mr President?

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    Available since Mon, 19 Jan 2009 with 24 days left.

    Can new US President Barack Obama change the world's most powerful country?

  45. Panorama Jailed for a Knife

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    Available since Mon, 12 Jan 2009 with 17 days left.

    Raphael Rowe goes inside prisons to interview young offenders convicted of knife crimes.

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