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A City Crowned with Green
How London has grown in size and spread into the surrounding country. (1964)
29 mins
Available for over a year
History
A History of Ancient Britain
Series 2: 4. Age of Romans
Neil Oliver completes his epic journey with the modern marvels of Rome.
59 mins
Available for 20 days
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History
A House Through Time
Series 4: Episode 4
David traces our house from the Second World War to the millennium.
59 mins
Available for 3 months
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History
Air Toir Manachainn Dheir/The Lost Monastery of Deer
59 mins
Available for 3 months
History
A Life in Ten Pictures
Series 1: 6. Amy Winehouse
Ten pictures, from iconic shots to private snaps, reveal the life of Amy Winehouse.
59 mins
Available for 9 months
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History
Art of Persia
Series 1: Episode 3
Samira Ahmed goes back to when Persia faced her gravest threat, Genghis Khan.
59 mins
Available for 14 days
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History
The Asian Welsh
Series 1: Episode 3
Onkar Singh Purewal explores how Indian immigration has transformed the Welsh economy.
28 mins
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Berlin 1945
Series 1: Episode 3
The British, French and Americans wait to enter Berlin.
52 mins
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Bitter Lake
Adam Curtis’s epic story of how Britain, America and Russia got lost in Afghanistan.
137 mins
Available for over a year
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Can't Get You Out of My Head
Series 1: 6. Part Six - Are We
Pigeon? Or Are We Dancer?
...
How did we get here? And how do we get out?
120 mins
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Chronicle
The Ape Man That Never Was
The story of the faked jaw and skull found in Sussex some 70 years ago. (1973)
49 mins
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Civilisations
Series 1: 9. The Vital Spark
Simon Schama explores the fate of art in the machine- and profit-driven world.
59 mins
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Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland
Documentary charting the radically changing attitudes towards Scotland's gay community.
59 mins
Available for 9 days
History
The Coronation
On the 65th anniversary of the coronation, the Queen shares her memories of the ceremony.
59 mins
Available for 6 days
History
The Crown Jewels
Clive Myrie uncovers the hidden stories of Britain’s national treasures.
58 mins
Available for 11 months
History
Digging for Britain
Series 9: Episode 6
A 3,000-year-old Bronze Age wooden coffin is found buried beneath a golf course.
59 mins
Available for 6 months
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The Disasters That Shocked Scotland
Series 1: Episode 6
Exploring the 2014 bin lorry crash and the 1971 Clarkston gas explosion.
28 mins
Available for 1 month
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Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen
The story of Queen Elizabeth II in her own words, featuring never-before-seen home movies.
77 mins
Available for 11 months
History
Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy
Worsley
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3. The Road to Revolution
Lucy investigates how the family's grip on Russia unravelled in the years 1825-1918.
59 mins
Available for 2 months
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Family Footsteps
Series 2: Episode 3
A seemingly regular family traces its roots through the centuries.
29 mins
Available for 3 months
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History
Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes
59 mins
Available for 24 days
History
Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage
8. The Cyclades
Francesco da Mosto visits the magical, mystical Greek islands known as the Cyclades.
29 mins
Available for 27 days
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Nature
Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs
Series 4: 1. Where Myths Are
Made
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Paul explores the lochs of Skye and climbs to the crest of the Cuillin ridge.
29 mins
Available for 21 days
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Great British Railway Journeys
Series 13: 10. Park Royal to
Westminster
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Michael learns about the adoption of Harry Beck's radical map for the Underground.
29 mins
Available until Sat 1:45am
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Groundbreakers
Nesca Robb
Writer and journalist Lesley Riddoch explores the forgotten story of Nesca Robb.
29 mins
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HyperNormalisation
Welcome to the post-truth world. You know it’s not real. But you accept it as normal.
167 mins
Available for over a year
History
In the Highest Tradition
Episode 6
Regimental treasures, mess traditions and loyalty in the British Army. (1989)
29 mins
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Lucy Worsley Investigates
Series 1: 4. Madness of King
George
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George III, an assassination attempt and a tale of mental illness that changed Britain.
59 mins
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Minding Our Language
Episode 2
Tim McGarry looks at Scots from the 18th century through to the present day.
29 mins
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The Misinvestigations of Romesh Ranganathan
Series 1: 1. Jimi Hendrix
Romesh Ranganathan attempts to resolve the mysterious death of Jimi Hendrix.
59 mins
Available for 8 months
History
Morning in the Streets
1959 documentary showing images of a Liverpool still recovering from the post-war gloom.
35 mins
Available for over a year
History
My Family, the Holocaust and Me
Series 1: Episode 2
Robert continues his journey and meets the last survivor of the Treblinka death camp.
58 mins
Available for 4 months
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History
Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry
Experts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry.
59 mins
Available for over a year
History
Na Drobhairean
Episode 6
Sreath air na Drobhairean Albannach. The drovers and drove roads of Scotland.
27 mins
Available until Sat 8pm
Film
Nae Pasaran
Forty years on, Scottish factory workers discover the impact of their act of solidarity.
90 mins
Available for 11 days
History
Naples '44
Norman Lewis's memoir is brought to life with archive and clips from films set in Naples.
79 mins
Available for 1 month
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