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Drama
Below The Surface II
Box Set. Norgaard is back – with the nation at stake
When a woman finds Danish soldiers have been fighting ISIS in Syria, her life is at risk.
44 minsAvailable for 8 days
ARCHIVE
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
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Belshazzar's Feast
Walton's cantata of biblical proportions is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
94 minsAvailable for 28 days
Science
Revolutions: The Ideas that Changed the World
5/6 The Telescope
How it took a seashore plant to give us the machine that discovered the universe.
59 minsAvailable for 25 days
Documentary
Bauhaus 100
The art school that would change the world forever
How Walter Gropius and his radical thinking in design still shapes our lives today.
59 minsAvailable for 26 days
History
Woodstock - Three Days that Defined a Generation
An extraordinary gathering
How a concert that defined a cultural revolution almost ended in total disaster.
82 minsAvailable for 21 days
Documentary
Bauhaus Rules with Vic Reeves
Challenging a new generation
Does its groundbreaking approach to training artists still hold its power 100 years on?
59 minsAvailable for 26 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
Entertainment
Susan Calman's Fringe Benefits
2/3 Daniel Portman pops in
Susan has a natter with Phoebe Robinson, Gary McNair and Love Island’s Iain Stirling.
44 minsAvailable for 26 days
Arts
Rams: Principles of Good Design
Designing a way of life
Dieter Rams has left an indelible mark on product design. But why does he now regret it?
59 minsAvailable for 24 days
Arts
Merely Marvelous
The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon
A celebration of the life and artistry of Broadway's greatest ever dancing star.
76 minsAvailable for 8 days
Documentary
Anni Albers: A Life in Thread
The master of textiles
How the Bauhaus movement unintentionally created the world's greatest textiles artist.
29 minsAvailable for 27 days
Science
Chasing the Moon
Box Set. The millions of steps towards one giant leap
Robert Stone’s acclaimed documentary of the battle to put a man on the Moon.
48 minsAvailable for 4 months
History
The Vietnam War
Series 1: 1. Deja Vu (1858-1961)
Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end French colonial occupation.
55 minsAvailable for 15 days
Nature
The Private Life of...
1. Cows
Jimmy Doherty visits a farm in Devon to find out what goes on inside the brain of a cow.
59 minsAvailable for 29 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 7 days
Music
Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map of Britain and Ireland
Series 1: Episode 1
Midge Ure and Kim Appleby explore London's new romantic movement.
59 minsAvailable for 28 days
History
Brighton: 50 Years of Gay
Simon Fanshawe examines the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which legalised male homosexuality.
29 minsAvailable for 9 days

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