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- In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.
- In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
- An art auctioneer mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.
- Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.
- Juggling angry Russians, the British Mi5, and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part-time rogue Charlie Mortdecai races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost gold.
- Alex Godman has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of his family's past. But when a murder unearths their past, Alex is drawn into the criminal underworld where he must confront his values to protect those he loves.
- An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.
- A portrait of the broken lives of four people (a vigilante detective, a worried parent, an awkward man looking for love and a suicidal artist) as they all struggle to cope in their religiously-dystopian city.
- At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try to stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
- In London, a wisecracking spy investigates the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists while dealing with the constraints of his agency's bureaucracy.
- A young British officer resigns his commission just before his regiment is sent to battle and soon receives four white feathers from his friends and fiancee as symbols of what they view as his cowardice.
- Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.
- A TV-movie about Britain's real-life ghost hunter and skeptic Harry Price, who investigated tales of the paranormal and supernatural.
- Follows the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibition in history, "China: Through The Looking Glass," an exploration of Chinese-inspired Western fashions by Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton.
- After decades as a politician's wife, 85-year-old Lady Slane retires to a cottage after her husband dies. Struggling to rediscover her identity, she contends with intrusive family members.
- Across Africa and London, an American woman struggles with recent tragic events, resulting in impromptu rendezvous with a naive Irishman, who takes on more than he bargained for.
- Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane (1941), despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
- A comprehensive historical survey of the British Isles.
- A dramatization of Mark Chapman's plan to murder John Lennon.
- Humanity has survived - but only in the dystopian underground facility, Securos, where the air supply is depleting. Sacrifices are enforced, but a lifetime of imaginging an alternative existence inspires Alex to determine her own fate.
- George Westcott arrives in London from India to claim a sizeable inheritance, only to discover his grandfather's will is missing. A film star, a window cleaner and a police inspector help him defeat the disinherited branch of the family and find the will, but is George all he seems?
- An analysis of the famous Venus painting by Botticelli and its enduring significance in popular cultures
- Today, few people's clothes attract as much attention as the royal family, but this is not a modern-day paparazzi-inspired obsession. Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces reveals that it has always been this way. Exploring the royal wardrobes of our kings and queens over the last four hundred years, Lucy shows this isn't just a public fascination, but an important and powerful message from the monarchs. From Elizabeth I to the present Queen Elizabeth II, Lucy explains how the royal wardrobe's significance goes far beyond the cut and color of the clothing. Royal fashion is, and has always been regarded as a very personal statement to reflect their power over the reign. Most kings and queens have carefully choreographed every aspect of their wardrobe; for those who have not, there have sometimes been calamitous consequences. As much today as in the past, royal fashion is as much about politics as it is about elegant attire.
- Documentary comparing the lives of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II, neither of whom was expected to become queen, shown on the occasion when the length of Queen Elizabeth's reign exceeded that of Queen Victoria's, making her Britain's longest-reigning monarch.
- Documentary series which sees Fred Dibnah touring Britain's great building feats.
- City of London, with all its wonders, in a series of 15 episodes of 10 minutes each.
- Two gods make a vengeful deal, on the fate of those who dishonour them.
- A focus on sleep and the best methods to get it. Also with a look at beds, mattresses and how they have changed over time.
- A behind the scenes look at the Victoria and Albert Museum. A toy elephant gets some TLC. A selection of Christian Dior gowns are showcased and given a new lease of life and the secrets of Kylie Minogue's dressing room are revealed.
- Secrets of priceless Raphael paintings are discovered while Queen Victoria's coronet and Beyonce's ring are meticulously examined.
- Queen Victoria's writing case goes on display while a mini dress by Mary Quant undergoes a deep clean and the acquisition of banners of Extinction Rebellion by the Museum.
- Curator Kate is interested in photographs taken by Lewis Carroll, for a new exhibition about Alice in Wonderland. The Alice of the book was based on a real person, and now Kate has invited in her great granddaughter, Vanessa Tait, to help.
- A headpiece for an original Star Wars costume is needed. A rare David Bowie photo is added to the collection.
- We join Catherine Sargent as she prepares a new exhibition devoted to cars. She must ensure these large objects are displayed at their best, but it's imperative that each one is moved into the museum without a scratch.
- MI-5 is approached by Mohammed Khordad, the number 3 man in Al Qaeda, for a meeting. Under normal circumstances, they wouldn't even think of meeting the leader of a terrorist group but Harry Pearce is convinced that they should look at any opportunity to reduce the threat of attacks. Khordad is keeping his cards close to his chest and insists that they have to trust one another before they can deal. He tells Harry that a bomb will go off at 3 pm that afternoon unless the Home Secretary publicly absolves two suspected terrorists of any wrongdoing. If he can do that, he will then have more important information for him. As the MI-5 team try find the location of the bomb and Harry tries to convince the Home Secretary of the necessity of making a statement, they also have to deal with another problem: the CIA, which also has a interest in Khordad.
- After receiving shocking news, Jane resolves to find out exactly what Edward knows about Emma's fate. Meanwhile, the police pick apart the story of Emma's assault.
- When a highly-skilled trio of Chinese agents arrive in London for 48 hours only, the team must find out why they are here.
- In 2007 lecturer Richard Symes fell off a roof at the university where he taught and died. An open verdict was recorded but Brian feels that suicide was unlikely as Symes had just taken a whole load of books out of the London Library. Brian loves going undercover at the library ("It smells of books") where he is befriended by the Urquharts, a couple of elderly lecturers who knew the dead man. Symes' widow Paula tells Sandra her husband was regarded as a dinosaur and sacked by vice-chancellor Ventham,but he claims that Symes was stealing books from the university library to sell in Paula's shop,which Paula admits. Her young lover Tim was also part of the racket. Brian works out that the Urquharts are trying to locate one of the books Symes stole,a priceless first edition which he hid somewhere in the London Library. But several other interested parties are also after it - including the murderer.
- Wind Power, Solar Energy, Battery-powered mega-ships: As the world grapples with the challenge of climate catastrophe, three engineers leading the world in clean energy solutions come together for a special event at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The BBC World Service and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 links Danielle Merfield of GE Renewable Energy, Henry Snaith of Oxford University and Kristian Eikeland Holmefjord of Corvus Energy with an audience at the V&A and on video link around the world. Can Renewable Energy save the planet? Kevin Fong presents, with a global audience of some of the world's greatest renewable energy engineers.
- All over the world engineers are being called on to re-purpose and solve the problems the global pandemic creates. We bring together an audience of engineers and the general public from six continents to share insights to inspire innovation worldwide. How are engineers reinventing our world to fight the virus? What can they do to re-imagine the everyday and make life safer and easier across the globe? Presenter Kevin Fong is joined by a panel of four leading engineers from around the world who respond to questions, comments and first-hand accounts from a global audience linked by Zoom. The panel :- Luke Leung, Director of Sustainability at international architecture and engineering firm SOM. Linda Miller :- Transport infrastructure engineer at the major engineering and construction firm Bechtel. Rebecca Shipley :- Director of UCL's Institute for Healthcare Engineering. Carlo Ratti :- Director of MIT's Senseable Lab.