Series looking at changes in British society, employing archive footage from the BBC and other sources.
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Bread: A Loaf Affair
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Bread: A Loaf AffairDocumentary about the history of British food science meets a man who pioneered instant soup for Batchelors, and discovers how Quorn was invented to prevent a global food crisis.
Disappearing Dad
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Disappearing DadPaul Atterbury travels around Britain finding out how the great ocean liners made such a mark on the popular imagination and why they continue to enchant.
The North on a Plate
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The North on a PlateDocumentary looking at the unique culture that grew up in the Clyde shipyards of Scotland, where the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth and the QE2 were built.
1960: Year of the North
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1960: Year of the NorthDocumentary telling how, in the years after the Second World War and with national pride and prestige at stake, countries competed to launch the most magnificent passenger ships.
When Britain Went Wild
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When Britain Went WildIn a programme showing how to play better chess, British grandmasters Dan King and Ray Keene go through a demonstration game from opening gambit to checkmate.
Nordic Noir: The Story of Scandinavian Crime Fiction
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Nordic Noir: The Story of Scandinavian Crime FictionA celebration of the life and work of Oliver Postgate, the man behind some of Britain's best-loved children's TV programmes, including Bagpuss, the Clangers and Ivor the Engine.
Italian Noir: The Story of Italian Crime Fiction
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Italian Noir: The Story of Italian Crime FictionDocumentary which draws together interviews with the late Clement Freud - Liberal MP, cookery expert, newspaper columnist and author - from across four decades.
Bread: A Loaf Affair
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Bread: A Loaf AffairDocumentary about the rise of the popular loaf in Britain. After the holy grail of affordable white bread was achieved, dietary experts began to trumpet the virtues of brown.
Disappearing Dad
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Disappearing DadNovelist Andrew Martin takes a wry look at the way fathers are represented in fiction and film, and finds that they tend to be depicted as marginal, loopy or entirely absent.
