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Top of the Pops
Long-running music chart show featuring videos and performances
Only Connect
Quiz show in which connections must be made between apparently unconnected things.
Storyville
Series showcasing the best in international documentaries
Natural World
Wildlife series. In-depth stories of incredible animals with award-winning photography.
Arena
Arena is the BBC's multi award-winning arts strand
imagine...
The arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob.
The Sky at Night
Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy.
Remembering...
Famous names reflect on making some of TV's most popular and influential programmes.
Timeshift
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.
The Good Old Days
Songs and sketches of the music hall era performed by modern-day performers.
Digging for Britain
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs
Omnibus
Long-running arts documentary strand.
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
A drama series based on characters from a novel by David Cook
This Cultural Life
Figures from the worlds of art and culture talk about their influences and inspirations.
Canal Boat Diaries
Robbie Cumming journeys 300 miles across the Midlands and northern England in a narrowboat
The Capture
A tenacious young detective begins to uncover a multi-layered conspiracy.
A History of Britain by Simon Schama
History series presented by Simon Schama
Wild
Series of wildlife and nature documentaries with access to never-before-seen footage.
Timewatch
History documentary series
Play For Today
Long-running strand of one-off BBC dramas.
Inside Classical
BBC orchestras and guests perform in some of the UK's most prestigious concert halls.
EastEnders 2008
Welcome to Walford, E20, in 2008.
Disclosure
Current affairs series examining the issues affecting the lives of people around Scotland
A Very Peculiar Practice
Black comedy about a young doctor working at a university staffed by a band of misfits.
Sorry!
British sitcom about a 41-year-old librarian who still lives at home with his parents.
This Life
Cult drama series about a group of aspiring lawyers sharing a house in south London.
The Wonder of Animals
Chris Packham discovers the unique features that make certain animal groups successful.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, a man seeks revenge on those who betrayed him.
Wildlife on One
Nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough
Travels with Pevsner
Presenters use Nikolaus Pevsner's The Buildings of England to explore architecture.
The Magic of Dance
Margot Fonteyn explores her own world of dance in a series from 1979.
Sight and Sound in Concert
Vintage rock and pop performances from the archives
Nazis: A Warning from History
How the invasion of the Soviet Union radicalised the Nazi policy against the Jews.
American Visions
Series about the history of American art, presented by art critic Robert Hughes.
An Art Lovers' Guide
Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke take us on three cultural city breaks.
Dusty
Featuring guest Scott Walker. Dusty sings You Don't Have to Say You Love Me.
Art on the BBC
How television has influenced our understanding of the world's great artists.
Berlusconi: Condemned to Win
Politics, soccer and scandal. The story of Silvio Berlusconi and his path to power.
Wonders of Life
Professor Brian Cox asks what is life and how did it begin?
The Classical Collection
A selection of memorable performances of classical music from the BBC's archives.
Art of America
Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the rich, exciting and diverse art history of the USA
Five to Eleven
Noted actors read poetry and prose.
Scene By Scene
Actors and film-makers talk – often in frank depth – about their work and lives.
Michael Palin: The Art of Travel
Michael Palin experiences a bygone age of rail travel in the UK.
Screen One
Anthology drama series.
Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance
The mavericks whose radical ideas created modern dance in the 20th century.
Too Near the Sun
Documentary exploring the race to build the first thermonuclear weapon. From 1966.
How to Get Ahead
Stephen Smith explores the flamboyant Baroque court of the Sun King, Louis XIV.
The Hadron Collider: In Search of the Peace Particle
Film exploring the human stories behind mankind’s biggest experiment in particle physics.
Art of Scandinavia
Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the extraordinary art to come out of the dark Norwegian soul.