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The Birth of Empire: The East India Company
2014
Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised the British lifestyle and laid the foundations of today's global trading systems.Turn Back Time
2006
Turn Back Time
2006
Celebrity guests reveal their most memorable moments to host Dara O'Briain in the hilarious comedy chat show.Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure
2012
star 6.5Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure is a four-part British documentary television series that aired on BBC Two. Chefs Ken Hom and Ching He Huang, both Chinese food specialists, describing their travels through China and the recipes and personal stories they find there.Hom and Huang will travel to Beijing, learning about Peking Duck, and on to the Silk Road, Kashgar, and the Sichuan Province,together bringing a unique and authoritative perspective on Chinese food that will surprise and inform.Ken and Ching undertake an epic 3000-mile culinary adventure across China - not only to reveal its food, but its people, history, culture and soul.BBC Books has acquired and published the title to accompany the BBC Two series of four hour-long episodes.Monty Don’s British Gardens
2025
Monty Don travels around Britain to learn what gardens can tell us about the country's people, climate and history and asks if there such a thing as a 'British garden'.Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive
2006
star 8.4Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive is a 2006 two-part television documentary directed by Ross Wilson and featuring British actor and comedian Stephen Fry. It explores the effects of living with bipolar disorder, based on the experiences of Fry, other celebrities and members of the public with, or affected by, the disorder. It won an Emmy Award for Best Documentary at the 35th International Emmys in 2007.James May's Things You Need To Know
2011
star 7.4James May gives a straightforward guide to some of science's big ideas, explaining everything from evolution and Einstein to engineering and chemistry.The Hidden World of Hospitality with Tom Kerridge
2023
Tom Kerridge lifts the lid on the industry he knows and loves - meeting the skilled and passionate professionals taking risks to reach the top of their game.Secrets of the Castle
2014
star 9.4How do you build a medieval castle from scratch? Domestic historian Ruth Goodman and archeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold make perhaps their most ambitious foray into the past as they head to France to take part in a build that has been underway since 1997. Our intrepid history adventurers join this magnificent construction at Guédelon Castle to recreate authentic medieval castle living from within its rising walls.First Ladies of Hip-Hop
2023
The women behind the beats. The pioneers who broke barriers in Britain and the US from Sha-Rock to Speech Debelle. Neneh Cherry honours the trailblazers and game-changers.Leo Sayer
1983
Leo Sayer
1983
Leo Sayer brings us new songs and old hits, with added glamour from his dancers Total Eclipse, in this series of six episodes, featuring guest stars.What's the Right Diet for You? A Horizon Special
2015
This ground-breaking three-part series takes 75 dieters and employs the latest science to fashion a diet tailor-made to counteract the main reason they put on weight.The Poisoned Chalice
1996
The Poisoned Chalice
1996
The inside story of the often lethal impact of Europe on postwar British politics, told by both conspirators and victims.Eureka Street
1999
star 6.7Eureka Street is a BBC Northern Ireland 1999 adaptation to mini-series of Robert McLiam Wilson's 1996 novel of the same name. Set in Belfast in the six months before and after the 1994 ceasefire, it commences with an anonymous hand typing the words, "All stories are love stories." The novel opens with the same text. The story follows the lives of two friends: the Catholic Jake Jackson – struggling with a failed relationship, his job as a repossession agent and the effect of the Troubles on the world around him – and the Protestant Chuckie Lurgan, "fat" and unemployed until circumstances and a previously untapped entrepreneurial spirit lead him to a world very different from Eureka Street. The adaptation was scripted by Donna Franceschild, directed by Adrian Shergold and starred Vincent Regan as Jake and Mark Benton as Chuckie.Britain’s Housing Crisis: What Went Wrong?
2023
Britain’s housing market is broken. With spiraling prices and record rents, key figures reveal the roots of the crisis. How did we get here - and what could happen next?House of Maxwell
2022
star 8One family, fifty years of scandal. The rise and fall of a media mogul and the unravelling of his deeply troubled family. A staggering tale of money, sex, privacy and power.The Persuasionists
2010
The Persuasionists
2010
The sitcom focuses on the lives of five overpaid and underworked employees at fictional advertising agency HHH&H.Robot Wars Extreme
2001
Robot Wars Extreme
2001
Robot Wars Extreme was a series of special episodes of the television game show Robot Wars.A Picture of Britain
2005
star 6Series in which David Dimbleby journeys around Britain and considers how the landscape has inspired artists through the centuriesLouis Theroux: Life on the Edge
2020
star 7.3Louis Theroux reflects on 25 years of documentaries, featuring brand new conversations between him and his most memorable contributors.
