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Sir Antonio Pappano tells the story of Wagner's opera cycle, The Ring of the Nibelungen.

Yellowstone

Steve Backshall looks for the answer to a puzzle involving wolves and beavers.

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Traders try to tempt customers to their stalls over the lucrative festive season.

Actress Charlotte Ritchie lifts the lid on a typical day for three Regency-era people.

Country Living

How new technologies and production methods changed the face of agriculture in the 1960s.

How Britain is still defined by the battle between metaphorical Cavaliers and Roundheads.

Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams

A fresh look at the legendary 1943 mission that, extraordinarily, almost never happened.

Series 1 - Episode 2

Jasmine helps 79-year-old engineer Jeff reclaim his home from the chaos of his hoard.

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Documentary revealing the tube's hidden history as it celebrates being 150 years old.

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Revealing how Bradford's long tradition as a magnet for economic migrants lives on today.

Series 4 - Goes to Ireland - Killarney to Cobh

Michael Portillo witnesses the rugged beauty of County Kerry and the rural Irish Midlands.

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Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men

Lucy Worsley explores the medical histories of the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.

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Following those trying to find somewhere to live as a matter of urgency.

Series 4 - Sgìre a'Mheatailt/Heavy Metal

Looking at how the small town of Fengjiang, located south of Shanghai deal with recycling.

Risking It All

The inside story of how the banking industry deals with risk.

Out of the Darkness (1939-1966)

Documentary series unlocking the archives to tell the story of the birth of modern art.

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Sacred Women of the Iron Age

Julian Richards returns to the excavation of two very different Iron Age women.

North Yorkshire Moors

Richard Wilson takes a car journey from Scarborough to Whitby via the Yorkshire moors.

Series 4 - Exmouth to Newton Abbot

Michael Portillo takes to sea with the RNLI and visits a stormy coastal railway.

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Animal Magic

A look at 1960s short films documenting Britain's ambiguous relationships with animals.