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- In the early 1950s, Father Brown, a Roman Catholic priest based in the fictional Cotswold village of Kembleford, uses his distinctive skills to solve various crimes.
- Miss Marple, an elderly woman and amateur detective whose sharp mind helps her solve a series of seemingly baffling cases.
- The classic stories of a trouble making little boy.
- A series of films about how humans have been colonized by the machines we have built. Although we don't realize it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.
- Journalist Fiona Bruce teams up with art expert Philip Mould to investigate mysteries behind paintings.
- Long-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.
- Newton's third law of motion
- Three intertwined stories to celebrate the the centenary of romance-publishing house Mills and Boon. The first, concerning Charles Boon's tempestuous relationship with his wife Mary, is complemented by storylines set in the 1970s and the present day.
- Professor Brian Cox combines some of the most spectacular sights on Earth with our deepest understanding of the universe to reveal how the planet's beauty is created by just a handful of forces.
- As part of the BBC2 50th-anniversary celebrations, comedians Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse were commissioned to produce this spoof history of the channel. It parodies the channel, its content, and the history documentary.
- Celebrities take on the challenge of answering quiz questions in the Mastermind black chair, first on their chosen specialist subject, and then general knowledge, competing to win a donation for their nominated charity.
- A comedy panel show in which the questions are provided by a text message answering service.
- A comedy sketch show and spiritual successor to The Two Ronnies (1971), in celebration of Ronnie Corbett's 80th birthday.
- A compilation of ABBA's greatest performances at the BBC, including Waterloo, Dancing Queen, Does Your Mother Know, Thank You for the Music, SOS, Fernando, Chiquitita and more.
- The presenter recalls his boyhood heroes from the Cricklewood film studios,assisted by Tim Dempsey,founder of the Cricklewood Appreciation Society. The studio was established by failed magician Arthur Sims,creator of silent comedy legend Harold the Hobo - alias the Little Drunk - before succumbing to a fatal gag involving a steam roller. In the 1930s chirpy Northern lass Florrie Fontaine became the country's highest paid home grown performer,starring in 'Clog Capers of 1932' and 'Florrie Drives a Lorry',as well as featuring in her own comic strip. In World War II she was the forces' sweetheart,the German forces,leading to a decline in popularity and exile to Benidorm to run a bier-keller.Post war Acton Films'series of horror movies with former Shakespearean lead Lionel Crisp revived studio fortunes whilst the 60s saw perky Cockney lass Jenny Driscoll decorate the cheeky 'Thumbs Up' series of farces (Thumbs Up,Marie Antoinette,Thumbs Up,Uranus) until scandal ended her career.Final interviewee Terry Gilliam unfortunately destroyed the studio,accidentally flooding it whilst making his little-seen flop 'Professor Hypochondria's Magical Odyssey' and the building was knocked down to make way for a DIY superstore. However thanks to Tim Dempsey,to lovingly preserved archive footage and television repeats we can be sure that the Cricklewood Greats will always be remembered.
- Following a generation of post-punk musicians who went to form successful electronic bands in the 70s and 80s and had a profound impact on present day music.
- A documentary about Marie Curie life, a woman who has two Noble-prize.
- In 1939 Gracie Fields, the 'Queen of Hearts', is at the height of her success as a singer and actress and the whole nation seems to wish her a speedy recovery from cervical cancer. When World War Two breaks out, Gracie sings for the troops despite poor health, to the dismay of her fussy husband, film director Monty Banks, an Italian, born Mario Bianchi. With Italy's entry into the war Monty is in danger of being interned so Gracie consents to his moving to America whilst she tours Canada, fund-raising for the war effort. She is accused of deserting the country which made her famous and booed offstage, though she later tours battlefields as a singer. With the war over she regains popularity, performing 'Take Me To Your Heart Again' at the London Palladium. Banks dies in 1950 and, though still a successful singer, Gracie never regains her pre-war iconic status.
- Series looking into the different elements that makes up the perfect Rock band.
- A panel of four celebrities are given a subject on which they have to speak for one minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
- Over three very personal films, Sir David Attenborough looks back at the unparalleled changes in natural history that he has witnessed during his 60-year career.
- Louis spends time in one of Miami County Jail's most notorious sections
- Francesca Stavrakopoulou, a scholar of the Hebrew bible, challenges commonly believed interpretations of the Bible. Including the belief that King David ruled a vast empire in the 10th century, the idea that the ancient Israelis were monotheistic, and Francesca theorizes that the garden of eden was a real place.
- In America's heartlands, Louis looks at private collections of tigers and chimpanzees.
- The song "Summertime" was written by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward and although not thought to be directly involved, Ira Gershwin gets an official credit. The song soon developed a life of it's own beyond the original opera and has been recorded and adapted into many different styles of music from jazz to opera, rock to reggae, soul to samba. It has been recorded and performed in many different languages around the world and remains one of the most famous and best loved songs ever written. This documentary looks at its history, how it came to be created, and its subsequent history as it traveled through time and around the world. "Summertime" is the most covered song on the planet. At least 25,000 versions of it exist.
- BBC Two history series on Britain and the Cold War, looking at the period from the end of the 1950s to the mid-1970s.
- Reevaluation of Dickens as modem and contemporary, without the Victorian seriousness. By interviewing ordinary people it focuses on his comedy, characters, view of children, money, bureaucracy, private life, plus texts showing his process.
- A documentary series looking at various aspects of the British comedy industry.
- A disfigured court jester named Rigoletto seeks vengeance for his daughter who fell in love with the Duke of Mantua, and for his own humiliation, with tragic results.
- Pop stars of the 1980s join interviewer Sara Cox to discuss their musical careers.
- Terry Wogan introduces selected highlights from his long-running chat show.
- In response to the march of the German army across Europe, thousands of young British men were sent to the front lines to push them back into Germany and it was believed that they would never be able to penetrate the British lines. However this signalled the beginning of the Blitzkrieg, and the German forces invaded Holland and Belgium, pushing into France managing to take everyone by surprise and totally cutting off the BEF (British Expeditionary Force). Made up of a large number of 18 and 19 year olds who had just joined the previous year, the BEF begin a retreat that turned into one of the worst defeats of a British Army in recent history and the massive evacuation at Dunkirk. With war footage, many former soldiers recall their first time abroad, their hopes, their fears at being under fire and the terrible things they experienced in the name of war
- Tracing Winwood's journey in-depth from the 60s to present, a master musician blending rock and roll with R&B, rare archive footage, extensive interviews including Eric Clapton, Paul Rodgers, Paul Jones, Paul Weller, Dave Mason.
- Caroline Quentin narrates this heart-warming tale of a special group of baby animals born in some of the coldest and harshest places on Earth. We follow the ups and downs of impossibly cute yet plucky baby emperor penguins, snow monkeys, polar bears, arctic foxes, reindeer and otters and find out just what it takes to survive the first year of life in a world of snow and ice, with a little help from family and friends.
- A documentary in which Justin and Bee Rowlatt travel to Nuremberg and adopt the German lifestyle in an attempt to find out what makes Germans so successful.
- Self-harm is spiralling in Britain. It is estimated that two teenagers in every classroom have been driven by depression or anxiety to hurt themselves. In this moving and sometimes disturbing film, actress and writer Meera Syal meets young people who self-harm to find out why they do it, and how parents like herself can avoid it happening to their own children.
- Alec Clifton-Taylor explores English towns, with a focus on architectural history. The styles and fashions of buildings are covered, along with the nature of the materials that built them.
- Charting the development of recorded and electronic music from the first barrel organs and pianolas onto the concepts of 'musique concrete' and electronic music development with voltage-controlled oscillators.
- In celebration of the Queen's diamond jubilee, Rolf Harris joins Anneka Rice and a team of sixty inspirational artists as they try to capture sixty years of royal history on canvas.
- Highlights of 2012's first ever eight-hour comedy marathon, filmed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
- In this delightful six-part series, the nation's best-loved home cook draws on her wealth of cookery know-how to share a selection of her absolute favourite recipes.