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Ancient Megastructures
2011
star 8.5Examine how ancient civilisations built some of the most magnificent structures on the face of the Earth, many centuries before the industrial revolution.Bizarre Murders
2018
Bizarre Murders
2018
star 5.7Bizarre Murders reveals a true and surprisingly strange crime story. These are not serial murderers evading the FBI, but Fargo-like capers with shocking twists and unusual characters.A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054
2025
star 7.6The untold stories and human tragedy behind Latin America's deadliest air disaster are investigated in this three-part documentary series.Art Traffickers: Treasures Stolen from the Tombs
2021
star 8Through a combination of interviews and studio reconstructions, recount the gripping stories behind those who have excavated and stolen masterpieces.Queen Victoria's Children
2013
star 8With Nicholas Rowe, Helen Rappaport, Lucinda Hawksley, Matthew Sweet.Your Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets
2024
star 7How our kitchens have evolved over the years, reflecting changing tastes and styles.Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
2020
star 7.5After a lifetime of worrying about her weight, 78-year-old actress Miriam Margolyes attempts to work out why the nation is getting ever fatter.Female Spies: Courage and Espionage in WWII
2024
star 7.7It's a little-known part of World War II history: in the Allied secret services, one in ten spies was a woman. A look back at the journeys of these women of exemplary bravery, who, risking their lives, played a decisive role in supporting the Resistance.Checkpoint
2014
Checkpoint
2014
House of Kardashian
2023
House of Kardashian
2023
star 5.7A new documentary series from the Kardashians, featuring never-before-seen archival footage and interviews from the family’s inner circle, including Caitlyn Jenner.Scam Interceptors
2022
Scam Interceptors
2022
Rav Wilding is hunting down the scammers plaguing our lives. Working with ethical hackers to hack into the fraudsters' illegal call centres, Rav uses cutting-edge technology to monitor the scammers' phone calls in an effort to stop victims losing out to real-time scams.The Bollywood Story
1989
The Bollywood Story
1989
Shashi Kapoor presents a history of the Hindi film industry from its roots in 1913 to the 1980s, illustrated with clips and interviews.A History of the European Rural Life
2024
star 7.5The history of the European peasantry, which has undergone many upheavals over the centuries: from its rise in the Middle Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire, through the oppression of the nobility and the Church, to the struggles for freedom and modernization in the present era.All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
2011
star 8.2We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.Mémoires d'ex
1991
Mémoires d'ex
1991
In Search of Shakespeare
2003
star 7.8Complete four part series exploring the life of the world's greatest and most famous writer. Presenter-led, mixing travel, adventure, live action interviews and specially shot documentary and live action sequences with the RSC on the road. A history series - it focuses not on the plays, but on the history and sets the life of the poet in the extraordinary times in which he lived. We are introduced to the dark world of Queen Elizabeth's police state - a time of surveillance, militarism and foreign wars. We are reminded that Shakespeare lived through the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot, the colonisation of the New World and the beginnings of British power in America. But most importantly Shakespeare also lived through England’s Cultural Revolution: an enforced split with the old medieval English spirit world which was to lead the English people into a brave new Protestant future.Jonathan Meades on Jargon
2018
star 10In this provocative television essay, writer and broadcaster Jonathan Meades turns his forensic gaze on that modern phenomenon that drives us all up the wall - jargon. In a wide-ranging programme he dissects politics, the law, football commentary, business, the arts, tabloid-speak and management consultancy to show how jargon is used to cover up, confuse and generally keep us in the dark. He contrasts this with the world of slang, which unlike jargon actually gets to the heart of whatever it's talking about even if it does offend along the way. With plenty of what is called 'strong language', Meades pulls no punches in slaying the dragon of jargon.
