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Nigellissima
2012
star 6Nigella Lawson shows how easy it is to bring the spirit of Italy into the kitchen and on to the plate - using ingredients available a little closer to home.Pandora's Box
1992
star 7.1Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The episodes deal, in order, with communism in The Soviet Union, systems analysis and game theory during the Cold War, economy in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, the insecticide DDT, Kwame Nkrumah's leadership in Ghana during the 1950s and 1960s and the history of nuclear power.Tropic of Cancer
2010
star 8Tropic of Cancer is a BBC television documentary presented by Simon Reeve. It was first broadcast on BBC Two in 2010. It follows his previous series Equator and Tropic of Capricorn.The Family Brain Games
2019
Dara O Briain hosts the ultimate test of collective, cross-generational intelligence.Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time
2021
star 7.8Brian Cox tackles some of the most challenging and intriguing questions facing science today by using his best material from past programmes and the latest scientific research.Earth Story
1998
star 7Earth Story is a 1998 BBC documentary series on geology presented by Aubrey Manning.Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2010
star 8Comedy starring Dawn French and Alfred Molina following their lives as a middle-aged couple and their first half an hour back homeRaymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets
2010
Legendary chef Raymond Blanc welcomes the cameras into his kitchen to share his cooking secrets. Filmed in the lively surroundings of his Oxfordshire restaurant kitchen, this programme features a range of achievable and inspirational recipes for cooks of all abilities.The Story of China
2016
star 8Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive character and genius over four thousand years.A Life In Pieces
1990
A Life In Pieces
1990
Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling chooses his 12 Christmas gifts in conversation with Ludovic Kennedy.Eyewitness
2010
Eyewitness
2010
Eyewitness was a BBC series which examined how the police investigate crimes and the techniques they use to find their way through the complex web of memory. Ten people were secretly filmed as they witnessed what they believed to be a real crime - a knife attack in a Manchester pub. But when they were later interviewed by the police, their memories were radically different to each other's and to what really happened. In an extraordinary experiment with the Greater Manchester Police, the problem of eyewitness recollection was dramatically brought into focus, alongside the remarkable techniques used by the modern police to counter our unreliable memories.Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music
2002
Three part BBC series about the history of Jamaican music and it's influence on modern charts in the UK and America. Traces the story of how Caribbean island conquered the world through its music. With interviews and commentary from reggae legends as well as people on the ground, Lloyd Bradley takes up the story from the late 1950s and the development of ska, then follows the music’s journey overseas in the 1960s. But it was in the 1970s that reggae exploded into an international phenomenon with the super-stardom of Bob Marley and artists like Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff, and Third World. Since then, reggae has continued to reinvent itself as a powerful musical and cultural force.Michael Palin: The Art of Travel
1989
Short travelogues in which Michael Palin experiences a bygone age of rail travel in the UK.Jimmy's Farm
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Jimmy's Farm
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Jimmy's Farm was a documentary series, in 2002. It featured the story of Jimmy Doherty setting up the Essex Pig Company, a rare breeds piggery on the outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk. The drama revolved around Jimmy's previous lack of hands-on experience of farming, the financial struggles involved in starting a small business, and Jimmy's relationships with employees, friends and his girlfriend, Michaela Furney.Australia with Simon Reeve
2013
star 8Simon Reeve sets off on an extraordinary adventure across Australia. This mad adventure, involving specially adapted off-road vehicles and a chopper, is part of an ongoing effort to stop the damaging spread of up to a million feral camels across the country.Black and British: A Forgotten History
2016
star 9Historian David Olusoga explores the enduring relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Africa.Versailles
2009
Versailles
2009
Symbol of France’s glory, Versailles is probably the most splendid royal palace in Europe. From 1643 to 1792 it was the stage on which the most glorious period of the French Monarchy played out, until the darkest days, at the fall of the Bourbon dynasty. This collection offers a sensitive and endearing portrait of the monarchs and recreates their life, loves and political willpower.Knowitalls
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Knowitalls
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Knowitalls was a British quiz show hosted by Gyles Brandreth. It was first shown on BBC Two in 2009. Filming took place between 15 and 21 June 2009. It was first broadcast on 27 July 2009. The show's strapline is that it's "the quiz without questions". The team that wins overall will win £15,000, the Knowitalls trophy and the title of "Britain's Biggest Knowitalls".
