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Episode 1—Paris Police, Paris Police 1910
Meg Steinheil is discovered bound and gagged, with the bodies of her husband and mother.
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In the Shadows—Beck
A fatal gang shooting leads police to a mysterious figure with unknown motives.
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Episode 1—Middlemarch, Series 1
Newly arrived Dr Tertius Lydgate is put in charge of the fever hospital in Middlemarch.
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Lawrence of Arabia
Idealistic, misfit British officer TE Lawrence leads a legendary desert campaign.
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Peter Egan Remembers... A Taste of Honey—Remembers...
Peter Egan looks back on the 1984 adaptation of Shelagh Delaney's play A Taste of Honey.
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A Taste of Honey
1984 adaptation of Shelagh Delaney's classic play.
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Episode 1—The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Series 1
When Reggie set off for work, he didn't intend to call his mother-in-law a hippopotamus.
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Buddy Holly—Arena
Documentary looking at the short but brilliant career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly.
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New World Symphony at the Proms—BBC Proms, 2026
Dvorak’s masterpiece alongside a new triple concerto from BBC Young Musician star alumni.
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13/08/1987—Top of the Pops
With Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Rick Astley, Kim Wilde and The Jesus and Mary Chain.
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10/03/2000—Top of the Pops
With All Saints, Vengaboys, Mariah Carey feat Joe, Honeyz, Kelis, *NSYNC and Madonna.
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The Hunt for Lady Olive and the German Submarine
What happened to a British ship and German U-boat that reportedly sank each other in 1917?
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Lady Antonia Fraser Remembers... The Birthday Party—Remembers...
Lady Antonia Fraser looks back on the BBC's 1987 adaptation of The Birthday Party.
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The Birthday Party
It's Stanley's birthday, but his party isn't quite what he expected. By Harold Pinter.
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Grantleigh—To the Manor Born, Series 1
Audrey fforbes-Hamilton discovers that her large country estate is almost bankrupt.
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Spencer Banks Remembers... Penda's Fen —Remembers...
Actor Spencer Banks reflects on his leading role in the 1974 Play for Today Penda's Fen.
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Copenhagen: A Prologue with Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn introduces a television adaptation of his highly successful play.
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Copenhagen
Two physicists behind the atomic bomb, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, meet in 1941.
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Mozart at the Proms—BBC Proms, 2026
Soloist Felix Klieser brings his extraordinary talent to Mozart's Third Horn Concerto.
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A Touch of Murder—I, Claudius
Historical drama series chronicling the reigns of the Roman emperors.
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City of the Sacred—Rome: A History of the Eternal City
Simon Sebag Montefiore investigates how the Romans worshipped and sacrificed to the gods.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore Remembers... Rome: A History of the Eternal City—Remembers...
Simon Sebag Montefiore talks about his joy at telling audiences the stories of Rome.
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The Fall—Kabul, Series 1
Kabul, August 2021. As American troops withdraw, the Taliban return.
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Penda's Fen—Play for Today
An awakened force in the landscape challenges a boy's clear and intense view of the world.
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