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The Hairy Bikers Go North
2021
Simon King and Dave Myers explore the best of northern British food on a road trip from east to west.Cornwall with Simon Reeve
2020
Simon Reeve travels through glorious Cornwall as the county emerges from lockdown and investigates what the future holds for one of Britain’s favourite tourist destinations.A Band for Britain
2010
A Band for Britain
2010
Series following presenter Sue Perkins as she attempts to breathe new life into Dinnington Colliery Brass Band.Cuba with Simon Reeve
2012
Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Cuba to find a communist country in the middle of a capitalist revolution. Two years ago Cuba announced the most sweeping and radical economic reforms the country has seen in decades.Miriam's Big Fat Adventure
2020
After a lifetime of worrying about her weight, 78-year-old actress Miriam Margolyes attempts to work out why the nation is getting ever fatter.The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook
2016
Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 1980s Britain changed in everything from politics and sport to fashion and popular culture.Victoria Derbyshire
2015
Victoria Derbyshire
2015
With original stories, exclusive interviews, audience debate and breaking news, Victoria Derbyshire presents the BBC's daily news and current affairs programme.Casanova
1971
star 4The Italian adventurer and libertine Giovanni Jacopo Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798, but in this six-part series Dennis Potter attempted to find a contemporary relevance through his central themes of sex and religion. He commented that Casanova "was concerned with religious and sexual freedom, and these are the things we have to address ourselves to now." Casanova was imprisoned in Venice in 1755, and Potter used that event as a central device, constantly inter-cutting to contrast Casanova's amorous escapades, radiant, joyful and brightly lit, with his oppressive solitary confinement in the gloom of a half-darkened cell.Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You
2015
Dominic Sandbrook explores British post-war culture, arguing that it is a crucial part of Britain's modern identity - yet one firmly indebted to our Victorian past.Dear Ladies
1983
star 5.5Dear Ladies is a series of half-hour episodes starring Dame Hilda Bracket and Doctor Evadne Hinge, portraying a genteel English inter-war world of cucumber sandwiches, bell ringing, bowls tournaments, church fetes and old-fashioned values recalled through the ladies, who live in the small town of Stackton Tressell.To Boldly Go
2012
star 5Doctor of extreme medicine, Kevin Fong uses his own body to demonstrate how unsuited our biology is to much of the planet - and how we have had to develop the technology to let us survive thereOperation Snow Tiger
2013
star 9The Siberian tiger is one of Earth's rarest and most elusive animals, with as few as 300 remaining. It is so rare, more scientists have been to space than have seen one in the wild. In this series, Liz Bonnin, a former tiger biologist herself, travels to the frozen forests of the Russian Far East to help a team of scientists studying these big cats. Their goal is to uncover the hidden world of this mysterious predator, determine why they are declining and what can be done to save them.Meet the Humans
2017
Meet the Humans
2017
Human volunteers are placed into a plush country house that's rigged with surveillance cameras, while Michael Mosley watches from a secret observational room to analyse their behaviour.Climate Change: Ade on the Frontline
2021
star 7.5Ade Adepitan travels to the frontline of climate change. He discovers how life is being affected even now and scours the globe for potential solutions.Scotland and the Battle for Britain
2016
Andrew Marr discovers why the Scotland he grew up in has changed so much politically, and whether, after the Brexit vote, we will see Scottish independence and the break-up of the UK.The Detectives: Fighting Organised Crime
2021
star 8Behind the scenes access to Greater Manchester Police and their efforts to tackle organised crime. Offering insight into the frontline battle one police force to battle against organised crime including kidnapping and drug and people smuggling.Clarissa
1991
star 4.6Clarissa is a 1991 British period drama television miniseries starring Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham and Lynsey Baxter. It aired on the BBC in three hour-long episodes between 27 November and 11 December 1991. It was based on the 1749 novel Clarissa by Samuel Richardson.Snow Wolf Family and Me
2014
star 10Gordon Buchanan travels to the remote Canadian Arctic in search of wolves that have never seen people.Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes
2016
Andrew Marr deconstructs detective fiction, fantasy epics and spy novels - the books we really read. He unpicks their conventions to show how these books keep us turning the page.
