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    • Programmes (97)
    • 21st Century Garden Art
    • 21st Century Garden Art
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    • People, Places & Culture
      A stunning look at the latest innovations in modern landscape and garden architecture and the artists who set the pace.
    • A Dollar a Day
    • A Dollar a Day
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    • People, Places & Culture
      Maria in Bolivia, Kurshida in India and Sédou in Mali, together with their families, are among the 1.2 billion people in the world living on less...
    • A Peacock in the Jungle
    • A Peacock in the Jungle
    • People, Places & Culture
      The Burmese freedom fighters want a democratic Burma. This is an unprecedented insight into this anguished country.
    • Abbeys and Monasteries
    • Abbeys and Monasteries
    • People, Places & Culture
      Visit monasteries across the world, from modern to Romanesque and Baroque, and meet the monks and nuns who live in them.
    • Alcatraz: Defying the Rock
    • Alcatraz: Defying the Rock
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    • History
      The worst of the worst, the toughest of the tough: kidnappers, bank robbers, murderers, all called ‘The Rock’ home.  Watch the story of the incre...
    • Alcatraz: Living Hell
    • Alcatraz: Living Hell
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    • History
      Alcatraz was the country’s first maximum security penitentiary, holding infamous gangsters and cons like Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, “The Birdma...
    • Aliyah
    • Aliyah
    • People, Places & Culture
      The moving story of the Jewish people who leave everything behind to start a new life in Israel, their Promised Land.
    • All Dolled Up
    • All Dolled Up
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    • People, Places & Culture
      Millions of girls and women collect dolls and spend considerable amounts of money on their dresses and accessories. In this series we'll explore the w...
    • America Wild & Wacky
    • America Wild & Wacky
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    • People, Places & Culture
      America celebrates with the strangest, most bizarre festivals ever! It’s wild, it’s wacky, and it’s very American.
    • Animal Imitators
    • Animal Imitators
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    • People, Places & Culture
      Enter this bizarre world and learn why certain humans undergo body modifications to look like their favourite animals.
    • Animals Aloft
    • Animals Aloft
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    • People, Places & Culture
      The amazing stories of Gilmore the flying lion, Ham the space chimp and the first cat to cross the Atlantic by airship.
    • Atlanta's Child
    • Atlanta's Child
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    • People, Places & Culture
      The dramatic life of Jana Piper who, while other children went to school, crossed the oceans in an old wooden schooner.
    • Backstage Secrets
    • Backstage Secrets
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    • People, Places & Culture
      On the road with rock band Rush is a gruelling marathon of 18 hour working days. This is the show the audience never sees.
    • Being San
    • Being San
    • People, Places & Culture
      A remarkable film about the San bushmen, their interaction with the environment and what it once meant to be San.
    • Brahms - A German Requiem
    • Brahms - A German Requiem
    • People, Places & Culture
      ‘A German Requiem’ is a masterpiece moulded by Brahms’ experience. Conducted by Capelmeister Christian Thiellemann.
    • Brat Academy
    • Brat Academy
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    • People, Places & Culture
      Enter the world of China’s tough boot camp schools, designed to turn around children who display problem behaviour.
    • Burma's Open Road
    • Burma's Open Road
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    • People, Places & Culture
      The legendary carrier of the treasures of the Silk Road, we explore the environmental effects of its reconstruction.
    • Children of Waco
    • Children of Waco
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    • History
      Waco, Texas, 1993. The fire that ended the infamous 51-day siege, held between the ‘Branch Davidians’ and the US government, killed at least 74 pe...
    • China Circus
    • China Circus
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    • People, Places & Culture
      At China’s Wuqiao School of Acrobatic Arts, children as young as seven come to live and breathe acrobatics. They are there because they have raw...
    • Cinema Asia
    • Cinema Asia
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    • People, Places & Culture
      In Asia, we find some of the world’s biggest film industries: India, Korea, Taiwan, Iran and China, nipping closely at Hollywood’s heels. ...
    • Claiming Justice
    • Claiming Justice
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    • People, Places & Culture
      The popular image of the US legal system is of sue-happy citizens and greedy lawyers – we provide a neutral insight.
    • Crossings: Jackie Chan
    • Crossings: Jackie Chan
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    • People, Places & Culture
      The story of Chan’s journey from his days as an acrobat in Beijing to his emergence as a Hollywood action superstar.
    • Crossings: John Woo
    • Crossings: John Woo
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    • People, Places & Culture
      A portrait of John Woo, the most successful Asian director to hit Hollywood, known for his balletic shoot-outs.