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- At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
- Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.
- The platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington (Dame Emma Thompson) and writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce) in the early twentieth century.
- A film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time.
- Royal Marines defend Government House from Argentine invaders during the events that triggered the Falklands War.
- A documentary charting the birth and growth of the Scottish nation.
- A docudrama telling the story of the events that unfolded when a Scottish army led by Robert Bruce tried to drive the English out of Scotland 700 years ago.
- Terry Jones presents the history of the medieval religious wars in the middle-east known as the Crusades.
- Documentary about the Battle of Jutland, a naval battle during World War I between the British and German fleets, which took place on 31 May and 1 June 1916 in the North Sea, off the west coast of Denmark. It re-creates the events of the battle and examines why the number of British warships that sank was so much higher than the number of German ships that were lost. Shown to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the battle.
- Lucy Worsley gets into bed with our past monarchs to uncover the Tales from the Royal Bedchamber. She reveals that our obsession with royal bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. In fact, the rise and fall of their magnificent beds reflects the changing fortunes of the monarchy itself.
- Nick Broomfield takes a distinctly personal look at his relationships with his humanist-pacifist father, Maurice Broomfield, a factory worker turned photographer of vivid images of postwar England.
- Port Royal, the 'wickedest city on Earth', famous for its Caribbean pirates, liquor, is torn apart on June 7th 1692 by quake and tsunami. Two thirds of buildings are sucked into the ocean, the rest buried where they sink. 2,000 die. Marine archaeologist Jon Henderson goes in search of what happened. Scientific data combines with computer graphics to DRAIN the waters to investigate final moments and resurrect past secrets.
- Tony Robinson examines the claims made in Dan Brown's best-selling novel, "The Da Vinci Code."
- Ada Lovelace was a most unlikely computer pioneer. In this film, Dr Hannah Fry tells the story of Ada's remarkable life. Born in the early 19th century Ada was a countess of the realm, a scandalous socialite and an 'enchantress of numbers'. The film is an enthralling tale of how a life infused with brilliance, but blighted by illness and gambling addiction, helped give rise to the modern era of computing.
- A retelling of the life of Auguste Escoffier, a chef who invented contemporary gastronomy.
- How, in the 11th century, Normans from Hauteville-la-Guichard in the Cotentin region founded a prosperous monarchy in the heart of the Mediterranean - The little-known story of the golden age of medieval Sicily.
- The filmmakers attempt to uncover the history of Tahitian high priest and navigator Tupaia's journey on Cook's HMS Endeavour; colonial history from a Polynesian perspective.
- The comedian and writer examines the history of the iconic horror character. He meets actors, film experts and historians as he explores how the Count has made the transition from page to screen.
- Documentation of discovery and deciphering of Antikythera Mechanism: the 2000 years computing device to find positions of astronomical objects and events.
- In these 4hs we get to know everything about Queen Victoria's reign during the XIX Century. We are informed about the up and downs of her life and her people. How she managed to be the governor of such an important country.
- The Burning Times is a Canadian documentary about the witchcraft trials & persecutions that swept through Europe in the 15th-17th centuries. This was a period when those accused of being heretics or witches were tortured & executed, often by fire.
- 200252mNot Rated7.7 (46)TV MovieThis documentary outlines the ways in which British policies during the First World War have contributed to the instability of the Middle East region today. Through never/before/seen documents and photos, we look at the secret agenda of the British government in WWI and its unfortunate aftermath.
- In this eagerly-awaited documentary, Phil Grabsky's biographical account of Haydn's life is a visual and aural extravaganza, including breath-taking performances by some of the world's most celebrated musicians.
- Documents the works of three generations of Gothic architects Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878), George Gilbert Scott Jr (1839-1897) and Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960). Between them they designed the Chapel of Exeter College, Oxford; the Albert Memorial; the Foreign & Commonwealth Office; Midland Grand Hotel, St Pancras Station; the churches of All Hallows, Southwark, St Agnes, Kennington, and St Mary Magdalene, East Moors, North Yorkshire; the Avenues district of Hull; St John the Baptist (Catholic) Cathedral, Norwich; Liverpool (Anglican) Cathedral; Battersea Power Station; Waterloo Bridge; Bankside Power Station which is now the Tate Modern Gallery; and the iconic K2 and K6 red telephone boxes.