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Documentary
Mark Kermode's Disaster Movies
Secrets of the spectaculars
How stunts, special effects and storytelling create jaw-dropping visions of destruction.
59 minsAvailable for 27 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.
Crime Drama
Follow the Money
Beware of the path you choose... A new role for Alf
Nicky is back in Denmark working for the mysterious Marco – and hears surprising news.
56 minsAvailable for 11 days
Arts
Looking for Rembrandt
2/3 As he paints his iconic work, his wife lies dying
How Rembrandt’s work fell out of fashion, and his bankruptcy defined him after his death.
59 minsAvailable for 21 days
Arts
BBC Young Dancer
South Asian Dance Final from The Lowry, Salford
Five talented dancers aim to impress a distinguished panel in classical Indian Dance.
60 minsAvailable for 24 days
Documentary
Woody Guthrie: Three Chords and the Truth
A legendary songwriter
How his hard-hitting lyrics are still inspiring generations, 50 years after his death.
59 minsAvailable for 24 days
History
Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History
1. Cut & Thrust
Dr Sam Willis discovers how medieval weapons shaped Britain.
59 minsAvailable for 29 days
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 25 days
Documentary
Janet Baker - In Her Own Words
Our finest classical singer
An emotional look back at a sensational career, and the challenges of her life now.
90 minsAvailable for 19 days
Science
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
How nothing means everything
Film following researchers as they try to take the first-ever picture of a black hole.
59 minsAvailable for 15 days
Lifestyle
Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure
Series 1: Episode 1
Alice Morrison journeys into the history of ancient and modern Morocco.
59 minsAvailable for 29 days
Documentary
Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau
1. Paris
Cultural correspondent Stephen Smith explores the objects of Parisian Art Nouveau.
59 minsAvailable for 28 days
Documentary
Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels
An irreverent trip into the world of the influential avant-garde art movement Dada.
58 minsAvailable for 28 days
Film
Storyville
The Age of Stupid
Drama-documentary-animation about a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055.
85 minsAvailable for 23 days
Documentary
Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
How it changed music forever
From the Beatles to Bowie, how Lonnie Donegan’s skiffle smash influenced rock royalty.
59 minsAvailable for 17 days
Science
The Sky at Night
Marsquake! The secrets below its surface
How Insight, NASA’s latest mission, hopes to reveal how the Red Planet was formed.
29 minsAvailable for 23 days
Documentary
Our Classical Century
3/4 How Britain fell in love with classical music
From Brief Encounter to the Proms, how TV and film brought the classics to the masses.
59 minsAvailable for 12 days
Storyville
Pervert Park. The people no-one wants as a neighbour
Inside the trailer park that is home to sex offenders. Can they reintegrate into society?
74 minsAvailable for 13 days

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