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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.

BBC 4

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

BBC 4

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

Parkinson

Parkinson
Michael Parkinson presents the long-running talk show

BBC 4

Timeshift

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

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

Call My Bluff

Call My Bluff
Celebrity contestants try to identify the correct definitions of obscure words.

BBC 4

Mark Lawson Talks To...

Mark Lawson Talks To...
Mark Lawson in conversation with famous personalities from all walks of life

BBC 4

Face the Music

Face the Music
Game show that invites viewers to match their musical wits against a celebrity panel.

BBC 4

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Wild - Scotland - Otters, Puffins And Seals

Scotland - Otters, Puffins And Seals

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan explores his native Mull and some of the nearby islands, filming otters, deer, puffins, seals and a minke whale.

16-05-2026

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Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails

Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails - Episode 16-05-2026

Episode 16-05-2026

Ian Hislop brings his customary humour, analysis and wit to the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a third of the nation's railway lines and stations ...

16-05-2026

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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates - Series 3: 6. Pursuit By Proxy

Series 3: 6. Pursuit By Proxy

When Hetty represents her neighbour at a creditor’s meeting, she is hired to find a man who may have stolen from the neighbour.

16-05-2026

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Natural World

Natural World - 2014-2015 - Nature's Misfits

2014-2015 - Nature's Misfits

Bill Bailey introduces a delightfully eccentric cast of creatures that do things differently; unconventional and unusual, these animals turn oddness into opportunity.

16-05-2026

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The Magic Of Dance

The Magic Of Dance - Series 1: 3. What Is New?

Series 1: 3. What Is New?

In almost every age the world of dance has produced its own pioneers - leading dancers and choreographers who have experimented with new styles and new forms. Margot Fonteyn loo ...

17-05-2026

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Michael Palin: The Art Of Travel

Michael Palin: The Art Of Travel - Series 1: 2. Gwr

Series 1: 2. Gwr

Michael Palin discovers that the Great Western Railway had the most sophisticated public relations machine of all the railway companies between the two world wars, producing hig ...

16-05-2026

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The Good Old Days

The Good Old Days - 17/01/1975

17/01/1975

Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall programme, filmed from the stage of the City Varieties Theatre, Leeds in 1975. Guests include Ken Dodd, Barry Kent, Lyn Kennington ...

16-05-2026

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The Teachers' Lounge

The Teachers' Lounge - Episode 16-05-2026

Episode 16-05-2026

Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) is a dedicated, idealistic young teacher in her first job at a German middle school. Her relaxed rapport with her seventh-grade students is put unde ...

16-05-2026

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Margot Fonteyn

Margot Fonteyn - Episode 17-05-2026

Episode 17-05-2026

A tribute to Dame Margot Fonteyn, first broadcast shortly after her death in 1991. Featuring interviews with colleagues and friends and extracts from the ballets she performed i ...

17-05-2026

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Living Famously

Living Famously - Rudolf Nureyev: Living Famously

Rudolf Nureyev: Living Famously

A profile of Rudolf Nureyev, whose electrifying performances and enigmatic personality made him ballet's first major star. First broadcast in 2003.

17-05-2026

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Romeo And Juliet With Rudolf Nureyev And Margot Fonteyn

Romeo And Juliet With Rudolf Nureyev And Margot Fonteyn - Episode 17-05-2026

Episode 17-05-2026

Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev star in this film, first broadcast in 1977, of the Royal Ballet's production of one of the great modern classics. Introduced by Robin Ray.

17-05-2026

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