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Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops
Long-running music chart show featuring videos and performances

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Only Connect

Only Connect
Quiz show in which connections must be made between apparently unconnected things.

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Storyville

Storyville
Series showcasing the best in international documentaries

BBC 4

Natural World

Natural World
Wildlife series. In-depth stories of incredible animals with award-winning photography.

BBC 4

Arena

Arena
Arena is the BBC's multi award-winning arts strand

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imagine...

imagine...
The arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob.

BBC 4

The Sky at Night

The Sky at Night
Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy.

BBC 4

Remembering...

Remembering...
Famous names reflect on making some of TV's most popular and influential programmes.

BBC 4

The Good Old Days

The Good Old Days
Songs and sketches of the music hall era performed by modern-day performers.

BBC 4

Digging for Britain

Digging for Britain
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs

BBC 4

Timeshift

Timeshift
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.

BBC 4

Omnibus

Omnibus
Long-running arts documentary strand.

BBC 4

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
A drama series based on characters from a novel by David Cook

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This Cultural Life

This Cultural Life
Figures from the worlds of art and culture talk about their influences and inspirations.

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Canal Boat Diaries

Canal Boat Diaries
Robbie Cumming journeys 300 miles across the Midlands and northern England in a narrowboat

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Timeshift

Timeshift - Series 13 - Hurricanes And Heatwaves: The Highs And Lows Of British Weather

Series 13 - Hurricanes And Heatwaves: The Highs And Lows Of British Weather

A national obsession is explored in this archive-rich look at the evolution of the weather forecast from print via radio to TV and beyond - and at the changing weather itself.

13-06-2026

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Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure - Episode 1

Episode 1

Michael Palin follows Ernest Hemingway's footsteps across Europe, Africa and America. He starts in Spain for Pamplona's bull run, Valencia's bullfighting and a Kenyan safari.

14-06-2026

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Nostalgia

Nostalgia - Episode 13-06-2026

Episode 13-06-2026

A man returns to his hometown of Naples, 40 years after abruptly leaving as a teen, stirring up a past which he's kept buried. He is determined to see his boyhood friend, now a ...

13-06-2026

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Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure - Episode 2

Episode 2

Michael Palin moves from the busy streets of Chicago to a suburb of Oak Park, Illinois. Here, in a town that Hemingway apparently called a place of 'wide lawns and narrow minds' ...

14-06-2026

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Heatwave

Heatwave - Episode 13-06-2026

Episode 13-06-2026

Dramatised documentary. An alarming vision of Britain caught in the grip of an environmental and social nightmare. It's summer 2006, and temperatures have topped 100 degrees, wi ...

13-06-2026

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Disclosure

Disclosure - Shorts: Should I Delete Instagram?

Shorts: Should I Delete Instagram?

Ellis Horne loves Instagram but worries about its effect on her own body image. Ellis meets young people who feel their mental health has been negatively impacted by constant ex ...

13-06-2026

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1976: Summer Of... Heat

1976: Summer Of... Heat - Episode 13-06-2026

Episode 13-06-2026

Documentary looking at the heatwave of 1976. The longest driest spell on record led to drought, water rationing and forest fires. As the country sweltered, tensions rose.

13-06-2026

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Disclosure

Disclosure - Shorts: 1. Do I Have Adhd?

Shorts: 1. Do I Have Adhd?

Kirsty Craib believes she has ADHD and has spent the last eight years trying to get assessed, without success. Many young women report experiencing the same struggles getting su ...

14-06-2026

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The World About Us

The World About Us - The Year Of The Ladybirds

The Year Of The Ladybirds

Documentary exploring the long, hot summer of 1976, the driest for two centuries. It was seen by many as a year of disaster for the countryside. But was it really?

13-06-2026

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Summer Of '76: Away From It All

Summer Of '76: Away From It All - Episode 13-06-2026

Episode 13-06-2026

Herbie and June Harris and their children waited all year to go on holiday. But quite unexpectedly, Herbie lost his job, and Stephen, their eldest, left school and couldn't find ...

13-06-2026

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