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Drama
Spiral: Series 7
The team investigate a crime against one of their own
Police Chief Herville is dead – and Gilou takes on the case with a new recruit.
62 minsAvailable for 2 months
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BBC Four Collections
Delve into the archives
From game shows to the space race and Gothic literature, enjoy some BBC classics from across the decades.
History
France 1939: One Last Summer
Fascinating footage
Home movies reveal how in the long, hot summer of 1939, thoughts of war were far away.
59 minsAvailable for 11 months
Documentary
Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True History
Has it always been with us?
From profit to propaganda, Ian explores how the idea of fake news dates back centuries.
59 minsAvailable for 23 days
History
Handmade in Bolton
1/4 Art forger Shaun Greenhalgh recreates treasures
Janina challenges reformed forger Shaun to keep the secrets of the ancients alive.
30 minsAvailable for 23 days
Science
The Sky at Night
Question Time. Mysteries of the universe
An audience of astronomy enthusiasts challenge the team to answer some testing questions.
59 minsAvailable for 11 months
Music
Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes
A treasure trove of tunes
Priceless archive is uncovered from Randy's Studio 17 – home of the golden age of reggae.
84 minsAvailable for 27 days
Science & Nature
Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal
1/2 Its chilling legacy
Angela Saini and Adam Pearson uncover how eugenic beliefs permeated Britain.
59 minsAvailable for 19 days
Documentary
Storyville
Tiananmen: The People v The Party
The final bloody days of the world's biggest, longest pro-democracy demonstrations.
89 minsAvailable for 16 days
Music
The Live Lounge Show
2/4 With Lana Del Rey
Clara Amfo introduces unique, intimate performances from Jax Jones and Sam Fender.
29 minsAvailable for 26 days
Arts
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Beware of Mr Baker
A memorable encounter with Ginger Baker, one of the most influential drummers in rock.
90 minsAvailable for 27 days
Arts
Paris is Burning
The real Pose – a glimpse of New York ball culture
A classic documentary follows ‘The Children’, who live for the glamorous nights.
70 minsAvailable for 22 days
Documentary
Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History
5/7 Anger and insurrection
How unionist anger grew as IRA attacks killed members of their community.
59 minsAvailable for over a year
Arts
Van Meegeren: The Forger Who Fooled the Nazis
With Andrew Graham-Dixon
He was the 20th century's greatest forger – but was he a hero or a ruthless collaborator?
90 minsAvailable for 25 days
History
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
A unique collaboration
How Churchill’s friendship with film producer Alexander Korda was pivotal in WWII.
59 minsAvailable for 11 days
History
Spitfire
The magnificent planes – and their incredible pilots
Surviving veterans explain how an extraordinary plane became an international icon.
91 minsAvailable for 12 days
Documentary
Betty Davis: Godmother of Funk
A musical pioneer
She was 'Madonna before Madonna’ – but then disappeared. What happened next?
52 minsAvailable for 20 days
Crime Drama
Darkness: Those Who Kill
Box Set. What connects two abductions, ten years apart?
Six months after a woman disappeared, Jan Michelsen is convinced she’s still alive.
46 minsAvailable for 7 days

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