On-demand recommendations

Yesterday

Australia with Simon Reeve

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Australia with Simon Reeve
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New series. The adventurer embarks on a journey across the country, meeting a diverse array of people and...

Ice Age Giants

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Land of the Sabre Tooth
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New series. Alice Roberts examines the latest discoveries from the northern hemisphere to shed light on the...

The Man Who Shot Beautiful Women

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The Man Who Shot Beautiful Women
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Documentary on the life and work of influential photographer Erwin Blumenfeld, who captured countless iconic...

Antiques Roadshow

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Stowe House 2
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Fiona Bruce and the team are at Stowe House in Buckinghamshire, where members of the public bring along their...

This Week

Mary Queen of the High Street

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Mary Queen of the High Street
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Retail expert Mary Portas visits Margate, Kent, where one in four shops has closed down in recent years....

Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day

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Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day
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The concluding film looks at heart disease, the nation's single biggest killer. In Manchester, a specialist team...

Great Artists in Their Own Words

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Great Artists in Their Own Words
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Footage from the BBC's archive collections is unlocked to reveal the story of the birth of modern art, as told...

24 Hours in A&E

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24 Hours in A&E
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Eight-year-old Abby has had an accident at a diving pool and needs to have her head and neck scanned for serious...

Unreported World

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Bangladesh Woman's Driving School
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Clemency Burton-Hill takes to the roads of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with a group of young women...

The Aristocrats

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The Aristocrats: Lord Shaftesbury
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First of a two-part documentary exploring modern-day high society, with access to the daily lives of...

The Last Days of Anne Boleyn

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The Last Days of Anne Boleyn
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Drama-documentary exploring the dramatic downfall and execution of Anne Boleyn in 1536, featuring contributions...

The Dambusters: 70 Years On

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The Dambusters: 70 Years On
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Dan Snow presents live coverage of a tribute to the aircrews involved in the bombing raids of May 16, 1943, when...

Frost on Sketch Shows

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Frost on Sketch Shows
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David Frost charts the history of comedy sketch shows over the past 50 years. He hears from performers Ronnie...

The Prisoners

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Pentonville and Holloway
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The documentary about repeat offenders follows prisoners from both Pentonville and Holloway. Chloe and her...

This month

Bankers

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Fixing the System
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New series. Bosses, regulators and politicians give first-hand accounts of how the balance of power may have...

The True Story

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Star Trek: The True Story
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The documentary about the inspiration behind classic films and TV programmes returns with a look at the origins...

Bradford: City of Dreams

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Bradford: City of Dreams
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The first of two programmes about life in contemporary Bradford explores how, in defiance of gloomy economic...

Brushing Up On

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Brushing Up On - British Factories
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Danny Baker investigates British factories, from the products manufactured to the people who work in them,...

The Fantastic Mr Feynman

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The Fantastic Mr Feynman
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A profile of American physicist Richard Feynman, featuring interviews with the man himself as well as his...

Rory Bremner's Great British Views

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London
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The comedian continues his mission to find the best British vantage points, heading to London, where he...

Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

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Australia
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Ben Fogle meets people who have moved to inhospitable parts of the world after leaving the rat race behind. He...

Archaeology: A Secret History

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In the Beginning
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Richard Miles charts the history of archaeological breakthroughs in a mission to understand the ancient past. In...

Motor Morphers

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Concrete Mixer
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Jason Bradbury invites two teams to transform old vehicles into machinery capable of completing specific tasks....

Iceland: Ash Cloud Apocalypse

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Iceland: Ash Cloud Apocalypse
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Documentary using the latest scientific research to reveal the effects Iceland's volcanos have had on the...

Edward VIII's Murderous Mistress

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Edward VIII's Murderous Mistress
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Documentary exploring the story behind an affair Edward VIII is said to have had before becoming king and the...

The Repo Man

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The Repo Man
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Part one of two. In recession-hit Britain, many people are turning to finance companies to purchase items they...

SuperScrimpers

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SuperScrimpers: Spring Clean
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In an extended edition, Mrs Moneypenny and her team of scrimpers show the public how to bolster bank balances...

The Flying Archaeologist

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Stonehenge: The Missing Link
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Ben Robinson flies over Wiltshire to uncover new discoveries in the Stone Age landscape of Stonehenge. Sites...