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2006
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!6.00 2006 HD
Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Michael Sheen
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2008
Hancock & Joan
Hancock & Joan4.90 2008 HD
Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Ken Stott
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2014
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood6.10 2014 HD
An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Michael Sheen
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2018
Stevie Wonder: A Musical History
Stevie Wonder: A Musical History1 2018 HD
Well-known fans celebrate Stevie Wonder and his music by selecting some of his best-loved songs. Wonder is one of the dominant figures in American...
Genre: Music
Cast: Emma Dabiri
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2024
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Joan Rivers at the BBC1 2024 HD
Katherine Ryan presents a celebration of one of the biggest comedy talents to ever appear on the small screens – the razor-sharp-tongued first...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Katherine Ryan
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2018
The Dead Room
The Dead Room5.70 2018 HD
Set and filmed at the iconic Maida Vale studios, The Dead Room tells the story of a long-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter and...
Genre: Horror
Cast: Simon Callow
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2018
The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci
The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci9.00 2018 HD
Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering what lies beneath the Mona Lisa and even how he...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Janina Ramirez
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2011
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse5.80 2011 HD
The extraordinary story of comedian Bob Monkhouse's life and career, told through the vast private archive of films, TV shows, letters and...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Bob Monkhouse
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2011
The Pendle Witch Child
The Pendle Witch Child8.00 2011 HD
The extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device,...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Simon Armitage
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2015
The Clash: New Year's Day '77
The Clash: New Year's Day '778.00 2015 HD
Built around the earliest, until now unseen, footage of the Clash in concert, filmed by Julien Temple as they opened the infamous Roxy club in a...
Genre: Music
Cast: Joe Strummer
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2012
Punk Britannia at the BBC
Punk Britannia at the BBC1 2012 HD
An archive celebration of studio performances from the British bands that broke through courtesy of punk between 1975 and 1982. Starting with Dr...
Genre: Music
Cast: Joe Strummer
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2015
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities4.50 2015 HD
This musical celebration charts the lives and careers of some of the biggest selling acts in Irish rock, punk and pop from Van Morrison and Thin...
Genre: Music
Cast: Bob Geldof
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2019
Martin's Close
Martin's Close5.90 2019 HD
A young squire accused of murdering a young girl that did not return his feelings of love reveals a supernatural secret at his trial.
Genre: Horror
Cast: Peter Capaldi
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2009
Synth Britannia
Synth Britannia7.90 2009 HD
Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Vince Clarke
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2010
The Secret Life of Chaos
The Secret Life of Chaos6.70 2010 HD
Chaos theory has a bad name, conjuring up images of unpredictable weather, economic crashes and science gone wrong. But there is a fascinating and...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Jim Al-Khalili
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2017
The Man Who Shot Tutankhamun
The Man Who Shot Tutankhamun6.80 2017 HD
This is the story of an unsung hero of photography: Harry Burton, the man whose images of the Tutankhamun excavation created a global sensation in...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Margaret Mountford
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2007
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story7.00 2007 HD
Adrian Edmondson narrates a documentary chronicling the story of Stiff Records, a tiny independent that took music out of the boardroom and gave it...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Adrian Edmondson
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2010
Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up
Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up1 2010 HD
Despite the mantra of 'live fast, die young', Britain's first rock 'n' roll generations are now enjoying old age. What was once about youth and...
Genre: Music
Cast: Cherie Lunghi
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2014
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II7.40 2014 HD
Deep Purple is one of the most influential and important guitar bands in history, one of the godfathers of the heavy metal genre, with over 100...
Genre: Music
Cast: Ian Gillan
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2006
Laughing With Hitler
Laughing With Hitler6.50 2006 HD
"Laughing with Hitler" is a journey into a supposedly humorless time. In the Third Reich, however, the Führer and his Nazi bigwigs were laughed...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Hubertus Bengsch