BBC Documentaries

Season 2020

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228 Episodes

In Search of Dracula with Mark Gatiss
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In Search of Dracula with Mark GatissEpisode 1
Battling for My Baby's Brain
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Battling for My Baby's BrainEpisode 2
Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter
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Billy Connolly: Life, Death and LaughterEpisode 3
Chris Packham: Forever Punk
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Chris Packham: Forever PunkEpisode 4
Being Gail Porter
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Being Gail PorterEpisode 6
Einstein's Quantum Riddle
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Einstein's Quantum RiddleEpisode 7
All Aboard! New Zealand by Rail, Sea and Land
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All Aboard! New Zealand by Rail, Sea and LandEpisode 8
Inside the Mind of Robert Burns
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Inside the Mind of Robert BurnsEpisode 9
Burns, My Dad and Me
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Burns, My Dad and MeEpisode 10
Burns in the USA
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Burns in the USAEpisode 11
Keeler, Profumo, Ward and Me
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Keeler, Profumo, Ward and MeEpisode 12
Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
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Romeo and Juliet: Beyond WordsEpisode 13
Best Before Death
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Best Before DeathEpisode 14
The Fabulous Alexander Brothers
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The Fabulous Alexander BrothersEpisode 15
The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words
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The Windermere Children: In Their Own WordsEpisode 16
Belsen: Our Story
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Belsen: Our StoryEpisode 17
Young, Sikh and Proud
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Young, Sikh and ProudEpisode 19
Sir David Jason at 80: A Lovely Jubbly Celebration
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Sir David Jason at 80: A Lovely Jubbly CelebrationEpisode 20
Talking Sex with Gran
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Talking Sex with GranEpisode 21
Football Stars In Bad Cars
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Football Stars In Bad CarsEpisode 22
Rio and Kate: Becoming a Stepfamily
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Rio and Kate: Becoming a StepfamilyEpisode 25
Playing to the Whistle
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Playing to the WhistleEpisode 26
Confronting Holocaust Denial with David Baddiel
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Confronting Holocaust Denial with David BaddielEpisode 28
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll – Animal
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Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll – AnimalEpisode 29
Shane Williams: Rugby, Concussion and Me
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Shane Williams: Rugby, Concussion and MeEpisode 30
The Capital City Sinking into the Sea
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The Capital City Sinking into the SeaEpisode 31
Global Questions: Is South Africa Afrophobic?
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Global Questions: Is South Africa Afrophobic?Episode 32
The Unshockable Dr Ronx
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The Unshockable Dr RonxEpisode 34
Dirty Streaming: The Internet's Big Secret
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Dirty Streaming: The Internet's Big SecretEpisode 35
The Village Loudspeaker
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The Village LoudspeakerEpisode 36
Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall
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Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf HallEpisode 37
Homeless in California
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Homeless in CaliforniaEpisode 38
Lost Lives
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Lost LivesEpisode 40
Alasdair Gray at Eighty
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Alasdair Gray at EightyEpisode 41
No Body's Perfect with Rankin and Alison Lapper
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No Body's Perfect with Rankin and Alison LapperEpisode 42
100 Women: Inside the Hidden World of Egg Donation
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100 Women: Inside the Hidden World of Egg DonationEpisode 43
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
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Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolEpisode 44
Resistance Women: The Fight Against Hitler in Berlin
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Resistance Women: The Fight Against Hitler in BerlinEpisode 45
Afghanistan's Open Secret
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Afghanistan's Open SecretEpisode 46
Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens and Bedlam
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Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens and BedlamEpisode 47
Taking Control: The Dominic Cummings Story
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Taking Control: The Dominic Cummings StoryEpisode 48
Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans
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Steve McQueen: The Man and Le MansEpisode 49
The Story of Ready Steady Go!
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The Story of Ready Steady Go!Episode 50
Harry Birrell Presents Films of Love and War
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Harry Birrell Presents Films of Love and WarEpisode 51
The King's Hall of Fame
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The King's Hall of FameEpisode 52
Ghosts of the Vietnam War
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Ghosts of the Vietnam WarEpisode 53
The Mysterious Murder Of Nipsey Hussle
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The Mysterious Murder Of Nipsey HussleEpisode 54
Rock n Roll Island: Where Legends Were Born
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Rock n Roll Island: Where Legends Were BornEpisode 55
Of Fish and Foe
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Of Fish and FoeEpisode 56
The Capital City Sinking Into the Sea
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The Capital City Sinking Into the SeaEpisode 57
Baghdad Cop
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Baghdad CopEpisode 58
Scandal & Beauty - Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley
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Scandal & Beauty - Mark Gatiss on Aubrey BeardsleyEpisode 59
Inside Autism: A Tiny Bit of Magic
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Inside Autism: A Tiny Bit of MagicEpisode 60
Dooman
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DoomanEpisode 61
Titian – Behind Closed Doors
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Titian – Behind Closed DoorsEpisode 62
Yellow is Forbidden
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Yellow is ForbiddenEpisode 63
Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet
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Du Fu: China's Greatest PoetEpisode 64
Nudes4Sale
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Nudes4SaleEpisode 65
Scotland: Contains Strong Language
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Scotland: Contains Strong LanguageEpisode 66
The Countess and the Russian Billionaire
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The Countess and the Russian BillionaireEpisode 68
An Address by Her Majesty The Queen
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An Address by Her Majesty The QueenEpisode 69
Terror in Paradise
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Terror in ParadiseEpisode 70
The Secret World of Japanese Bicycle Racing with Sir Chris Hoy
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The Secret World of Japanese Bicycle Racing with Sir Chris HoyEpisode 71
Free Will: Who Is Really in Charge of Our Minds?
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Free Will: Who Is Really in Charge of Our Minds?Episode 72
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather
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The Great Mountain Sheep GatherEpisode 73
Noteworthy with Chris McQueer
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Noteworthy with Chris McQueerEpisode 74
Rebuilding Notre-Dame: Inside the Great Cathedral Rescue
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Rebuilding Notre-Dame: Inside the Great Cathedral RescueEpisode 75
Eliud Kipchoge: My Sub Two-Hour Marathon
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Eliud Kipchoge: My Sub Two-Hour MarathonEpisode 76
Becoming Matisse
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Becoming MatisseEpisode 77
Peat and Diesel: That's the Way We Do It!
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Peat and Diesel: That's the Way We Do It!Episode 78
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
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Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnesEpisode 79
Priest School
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Priest SchoolEpisode 80
The 1981 London Marathon: An Historical First
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The 1981 London Marathon: An Historical FirstEpisode 81
The Price of Everything
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The Price of EverythingEpisode 82
Easter Mass
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Easter MassEpisode 83
Rebel Tongue
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Rebel TongueEpisode 84
The Shadows at Sixty
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The Shadows at SixtyEpisode 85
Burn it or Bury it? What to Do with Our Waste
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Burn it or Bury it? What to Do with Our WasteEpisode 86
Lee Miller - A Life on the Front Line
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Lee Miller - A Life on the Front LineEpisode 87
The Brewdog Story
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The Brewdog StoryEpisode 88
Dame Vera Lynn: We'll Meet Again
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Dame Vera Lynn: We'll Meet AgainEpisode 89
Eminent Monsters
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Eminent MonstersEpisode 90
Scotland's VE Day: Countdown to Victory
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Scotland's VE Day: Countdown to VictoryEpisode 91
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
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Peter Sellers: A State of Comic EcstasyEpisode 92
Dreaming Without Sleeping - The Making of From Scotland with Love
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Dreaming Without Sleeping - The Making of From Scotland with LoveEpisode 93
Lucy Worsley's Royal Photo Album
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Lucy Worsley's Royal Photo AlbumEpisode 94
Dana - The Original Derry Girl
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Dana - The Original Derry GirlEpisode 95
Return to Real Kashmir FC
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Return to Real Kashmir FCEpisode 96
Appeal Court: The End of the Line
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Appeal Court: The End of the LineEpisode 97
Climbing Blind
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Climbing BlindEpisode 98
The Scran Van
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The Scran VanEpisode 99
My Mate's a Muslim
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My Mate's a MuslimEpisode 100
Killer Kicks
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Killer KicksEpisode 101
Citizens of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown Rats
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Citizens of Boomtown: The Story of the Boomtown RatsEpisode 102
Britannia's Burning: Fire on the Bridge
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Britannia's Burning: Fire on the BridgeEpisode 103
Silicon Glen: From Ships To Microchips
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Silicon Glen: From Ships To MicrochipsEpisode 104
Men at the Barre: Inside the Royal Ballet
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Men at the Barre: Inside the Royal BalletEpisode 105
Football, Prince William and Our Mental Health
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Football, Prince William and Our Mental HealthEpisode 106
Inside the Red Zone: The Hospital at the Heart of Italy's Pandemic
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Inside the Red Zone: The Hospital at the Heart of Italy's PandemicEpisode 107
Sport and the Pandemic
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Sport and the PandemicEpisode 108
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
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Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those ThingsEpisode 109
Athletics: How Dina and Kat Struck World Gold
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Athletics: How Dina and Kat Struck World GoldEpisode 110
Ocean Autopsy: The Secret Story of Our Seas
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Ocean Autopsy: The Secret Story of Our SeasEpisode 111
Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
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Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic DeepEpisode 112
Keeping Britain Fed
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Keeping Britain FedEpisode 113
The Virus, the Lockdown and the Return of Sport
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The Virus, the Lockdown and the Return of SportEpisode 114
Return to Turin - Italia '90
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Return to Turin - Italia '90Episode 115
Racism in the Ranks
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Racism in the RanksEpisode 116
A Tribute to Dame Vera Lynn
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A Tribute to Dame Vera LynnEpisode 117
Tutankhamun in Colour
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Tutankhamun in ColourEpisode 118
Lombardy: Journey to Italy's Virus Heart
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Lombardy: Journey to Italy's Virus HeartEpisode 119
BLM: A Sporting Perspective
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BLM: A Sporting PerspectiveEpisode 120
France '98 - The Three Musketeers
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France '98 - The Three MusketeersEpisode 121
Italy's Frontline: A Doctor's Diary
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Italy's Frontline: A Doctor's DiaryEpisode 122
The Hidden Wilds of the Motorway
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The Hidden Wilds of the MotorwayEpisode 123
Pele, Argentina and the Dictators
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Pele, Argentina and the DictatorsEpisode 124
Viral: The 5G Conspiracy Theory
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Viral: The 5G Conspiracy TheoryEpisode 125
Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
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Keith Haring: Street Art BoyEpisode 126
Alex Brooker: Disability and Me
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Alex Brooker: Disability and MeEpisode 127
Trump in Tweets
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Trump in TweetsEpisode 128
The Boxer
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The BoxerEpisode 129
The Schoolgirl Who Helped to Win a War
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The Schoolgirl Who Helped to Win a WarEpisode 130
A Story of Three Health Scandals
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A Story of Three Health ScandalsEpisode 131
Duchess of Cambridge: BBC Tiny Happy People
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Duchess of Cambridge: BBC Tiny Happy PeopleEpisode 132
The Story of the Royal Welsh Show
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The Story of the Royal Welsh ShowEpisode 133
One Day: Sport's Super Sunday
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One Day: Sport's Super SundayEpisode 134
False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures
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False Hope? Alternative Cancer CuresEpisode 135
Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm
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Rockfield: The Studio on the FarmEpisode 136
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
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Bob Ross: The Happy PainterEpisode 137
Dear NHS Superstars
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Dear NHS SuperstarsEpisode 138
Fighting the Power: Britain After George Floyd
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Fighting the Power: Britain After George FloydEpisode 139
Stormont: From Parliament to Power Sharing
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Stormont: From Parliament to Power SharingEpisode 140
Nazi in the Ghaeltacht
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Nazi in the GhaeltachtEpisode 142
Surviving the Virus: My Brother & Me
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Surviving the Virus: My Brother & MeEpisode 143
Jonathan Edwards: One Giant Leap
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Jonathan Edwards: One Giant LeapEpisode 144
Behind the Mask: Tutankhamun's Last Tour
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Behind the Mask: Tutankhamun's Last TourEpisode 145
The Australian Dream
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The Australian DreamEpisode 146
Kidnapped by My Father
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Kidnapped by My FatherEpisode 147
The Trial of Alex Salmond
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The Trial of Alex SalmondEpisode 148
Full House
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Full HouseEpisode 149
Playing the Game: Garry O'Connor
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Playing the Game: Garry O'ConnorEpisode 150
Can Sex Offenders Change?
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Can Sex Offenders Change?Episode 151
Stacey Dooley: Costa del Narcos
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Stacey Dooley: Costa del NarcosEpisode 152
Echoes of Empire
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Echoes of EmpireEpisode 153
The Unbelievable Story of Carl Beech
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The Unbelievable Story of Carl BeechEpisode 154
The 'Topless Tongan's' Tokyo Quest
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The 'Topless Tongan's' Tokyo QuestEpisode 155
Is This The End Of Clubbing?
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Is This The End Of Clubbing?Episode 157
When Bob Marley Came to Britain
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When Bob Marley Came to BritainEpisode 158
Liverpool FC: The 30-Year Wait
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Liverpool FC: The 30-Year WaitEpisode 159
The Dark Shadow of Murder
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The Dark Shadow of MurderEpisode 160
Opera Mums with Bryony Kimmings
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Opera Mums with Bryony KimmingsEpisode 161
Inside Chelsea: Britain's Wealthiest Borough
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Inside Chelsea: Britain's Wealthiest BoroughEpisode 162
Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a Continent
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Africa Turns the Page: The Novels That Shaped a ContinentEpisode 163
Planet Earth: A Celebration
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Planet Earth: A CelebrationEpisode 164
I Am Not a Rapist
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I Am Not a RapistEpisode 165
Extinction: The Facts
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Extinction: The FactsEpisode 166
Plague Fiction
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Plague FictionEpisode 168
Our Weddings
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Our WeddingsEpisode 169
The People's War
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The People's WarEpisode 170
Any One Of Us
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Any One Of UsEpisode 171
Time Trial
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Time TrialEpisode 172
McQueen
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McQueenEpisode 173
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History
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Black Classical Music: The Forgotten HistoryEpisode 174
Freddie Flintoff: Living with Bulimia
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Freddie Flintoff: Living with BulimiaEpisode 175
The Virus That Killed The Jumbo Jet
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The Virus That Killed The Jumbo JetEpisode 177
25 Siblings and Me
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25 Siblings and MeEpisode 178
Bernard Haitink, The Enigmatic Maestro
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Bernard Haitink, The Enigmatic MaestroEpisode 179
Me, My Brother and Our Balls
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Me, My Brother and Our BallsEpisode 180
Wales' Black Miners
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Wales' Black MinersEpisode 181
Drama out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for Today
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Drama out of a Crisis: A Celebration of Play for TodayEpisode 182
Rob Burrow: My Year With MND
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Rob Burrow: My Year With MNDEpisode 183
Bash the Entertainer: Behind the Smile
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Bash the Entertainer: Behind the SmileEpisode 185
Strictly Amy - Crohn’s and Me
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Strictly Amy - Crohn’s and MeEpisode 186
The Billion Dollar Art Hunt
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The Billion Dollar Art HuntEpisode 187
Scotland, Slavery and Statues
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Scotland, Slavery and StatuesEpisode 188
Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me
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Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know MeEpisode 189
Maggi Hambling: Making Love with the Paint
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Maggi Hambling: Making Love with the PaintEpisode 190
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes
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Count Basie: Through His Own EyesEpisode 191
Inside the Bat Cave
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Inside the Bat CaveEpisode 192
Black and Welsh
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Black and WelshEpisode 193
Fight: The Jim Murray Story
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Fight: The Jim Murray StoryEpisode 194
Aung San Suu Kyi: The Fall of an Icon
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Aung San Suu Kyi: The Fall of an IconEpisode 195
Catch Her if You Can
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Catch Her if You CanEpisode 196
This is Our Land
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This is Our LandEpisode 197
The Disordered Eye
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The Disordered EyeEpisode 198
Being Frank: The Frank Gardner Story
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Being Frank: The Frank Gardner StoryEpisode 199
Punk and New Wave Years with Annie Nightingale
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Punk and New Wave Years with Annie NightingaleEpisode 200
Dame Vera Lynn at the BBC
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Dame Vera Lynn at the BBCEpisode 201
21st Century Mythologies with Richard Clay
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21st Century Mythologies with Richard ClayEpisode 202
Walter Tull - Forgotten Hero
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Walter Tull - Forgotten HeroEpisode 203
The Pandemic's New Poor
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The Pandemic's New PoorEpisode 204
Ronnie’s: Ronnie Scott and His World-Famous Jazz Club
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Ronnie’s: Ronnie Scott and His World-Famous Jazz ClubEpisode 205
Totally Under Control: Trump and Covid-19
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Totally Under Control: Trump and Covid-19Episode 206
Hawks and Doves
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Hawks and DovesEpisode 207
Barack Obama Talks to David Olusoga
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Barack Obama Talks to David OlusogaEpisode 208
Lockdown 1.0 - Following the Science?
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Lockdown 1.0 - Following the Science?Episode 209
Bury: Bringing Football Back
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Bury: Bringing Football BackEpisode 210
The Burning Scar
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The Burning ScarEpisode 211
Flint
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FlintEpisode 212
Survival: To the Brink and Back
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Survival: To the Brink and BackEpisode 213
Lennon Remembered: A Reporter's Journal
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Lennon Remembered: A Reporter's JournalEpisode 214
The Man Who Wanted to Fly
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The Man Who Wanted to FlyEpisode 215
Not Your Average Influencers
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Not Your Average InfluencersEpisode 216
Lily A Transgender Story
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Lily A Transgender StoryEpisode 217
The Merthyr Mermaid
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The Merthyr MermaidEpisode 219
Once Were Lions
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Once Were LionsEpisode 220
Italy's Sunken City
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Italy's Sunken CityEpisode 221
Guatemala's Lost World
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Guatemala's Lost WorldEpisode 222
In The Name of Peace - John Hume in America
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In The Name of Peace - John Hume in AmericaEpisode 223
Marcus Rashford: Feeding Britain's Children
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Marcus Rashford: Feeding Britain's ChildrenEpisode 224
My Generation
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My GenerationEpisode 225
Being Bridget Jones
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Being Bridget JonesEpisode 226
The Magical World of Julia Donaldson
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The Magical World of Julia DonaldsonEpisode 227
A Northern Irish Christmas
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A Northern Irish ChristmasEpisode 228
Maria by Callas
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Maria by CallasEpisode 229
Penguins: Meet the Family
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Penguins: Meet the FamilyEpisode 230
Clydesdale - Saving the Greatest Horse
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Clydesdale - Saving the Greatest HorseEpisode 231
The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne
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The Nine Lives of Ozzy OsbourneEpisode 232
The Student Mental Health Crisis
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The Student Mental Health CrisisEpisode 233
Bruce Dickinson: Scream for Me Sarajevo
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Bruce Dickinson: Scream for Me SarajevoEpisode 234
Kenya's Dance Discovery
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Kenya's Dance DiscoveryEpisode 235
Shooting the Darkness
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Shooting the DarknessEpisode 236
Is This Coercive Control?
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Is This Coercive Control?Episode 237
Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney
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Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartneyEpisode 238
Australia on fire: climate emergency
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Australia on fire: climate emergencyEpisode 239
Manhunt : The Raoul Moat Story
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Manhunt : The Raoul Moat StoryEpisode 240
Diana: Rhe Interview That Shocked The World
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Diana: Rhe Interview That Shocked The WorldEpisode 241
Agatha Christie: 100 years of Poirot and Miss Marole
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Agatha Christie: 100 years of Poirot and Miss MaroleEpisode 242