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Crime Drama
Darkness: Those Who Kill
Two abductions, ten years apart. What’s the connection?
Six months after a woman disappeared, Jan Michelsen is convinced she’s still alive.
46 minsAvailable for 1 month
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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.
Music
BBC Proms
Jonny Greenwood Curates
The Radiohead guitarist and film composer curates an evening including his new work.
90 minsAvailable for 26 days
History
Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
2/3 The Lion Man
The tale of a Nazi archaeologist and of a treasure that revealed how civilisation began.
59 minsAvailable for 24 days
Film
Summertime
A sweet-natured seventies-set romance
A farmer's daughter moves to Paris and falls in love with a radical feminist.
99 minsAvailable for 29 days
Drama
Cyprus Avenue
A hard-hitting, Belfast-set black comedy
Eric struggles with the past and fears for the future in David Ireland's acclaimed play.
96 minsAvailable for 28 days
History
Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History
1/7 New revelations
50 years on, stunning untold secrets about the decades-long conflict are revealed.
89 minsAvailable for 23 days
History
Lost Films of WWII
2/2 How world events impacted at home as well as in action
The last years of World War II brought to life by amateur film-makers' home movies.
60 minsAvailable for 5 months
Music
Pet Shop Boys: Live in Hyde Park
Their only UK gig in 2019
Neil and Chris headline Radio 2’s big day with a hit-packed set and a very special guest.
89 minsAvailable for 28 days
Crime Drama
The Disappearance
Box Set. When a girl goes missing, lives change forever
Teenager Lea Morel doesn’t return home – and the search uncovers incredible secrets.
52 minsAvailable for over a year
Comedy
Blackadder II
Box Set. Cunning comedy in Elizabethan England
The Blackadder genes resurface in a torrid time of death, opulence and turnips.
30 minsAvailable for 18 days
Documentary
Everybody in the Place
An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992
The true story of how acid house emerged as a British musical phenomenon in the 1980s.
60 minsAvailable for 28 days
Comedy
Detectorists
1/6 Two old friends hunt for lost treasures
After a chance encounter, Lance and Andy journey towards the discovery of a lifetime.
29 minsAvailable for 27 days
Science
Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy
Evan Davis decodes the formula that took Apple from suburban garage to global supremacy.
59 minsAvailable for 23 days
Science
The Sky at Night
Alien Worlds. Exploring thousands of planets
Astronomers have found more than 4000 planets. What do we know about these alien worlds?
29 minsAvailable for 25 days
Arts
Arena
Kusama: Infinity. Always breaking boundaries
How Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama’s work has always defied classification.
69 minsAvailable for 14 days
History
World War Speed
The Drugs that Won WWII
Did total war unleash the world's first pharmacological arms race?
55 minsAvailable for 6 months
Documentary
Showbands: How Ireland Learned to Party
Ardal O'Hanlon looks back at the history of the showband era in Ireland.
59 minsAvailable for 26 days

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