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Three Kings at War
1 Episode
A look at the incredible story of Queen Victoria's three first cousins who found themselves at the centre of a family feud and a global war when she died
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WWI: Finding the Lost Battalions
1 Episode
Three UK families investigate whether their relatives are amongst the remains of 250 soldiers found in unmarked graves near a village in northern France
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The Queen's Lost Uncle
1 Episode
The story of the Queen's scandalous uncle, Prince George, Duke of Kent. The true black sheep of the family of George V was not the Duke of Windsor, but his younger brother George.
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The Great Escape: The Reckoning
1 Episode
The true story of the 76 Allied airmen who famously escaped from Stalag Luft in 1944, and the subsequent hunt for the Gestapo officers who executed 50 of the re-captured airmen
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The Great Wall of China
1 Episode
This intriguing documentary tells the story behind the Great Wall of China, one of the world's great wonders and the most ambitious building project ever attempted
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One Under
1 Episode
First Cut examines the impact of suicide on the underground. Tube drivers give poignant and moving first-hand accounts of their experiences of what they know as a 'one under'.
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The Somme
1 Episode
Told through letters, diaries and journals written at the time, the film draws on the thoughts and feelings of the men who fought there to capture the eyewitness experience of the Battle of the Somme
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8 Boys and Wanting a Girl
1 Episode
Cutting Edge meets women who suffer from the psychological condition of 'gender disappointment', including the mother of eight sons who is desperate to have a daughter
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Time Team
17 Series, 176 Episodes
In this popular and (literally) groundbreaking programme, Tony Robinson and a team of experts travel the country to investigate a wide range of archaeological sites of historical importance
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Sex and the Swastika
1 Episode
Located in the English countryside, a secret division created 'Black' propaganda and disseminated pornography to German troops and civilians illustrating the sexual perversions of their leaders
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Apocalypse: The Second World War
6 Episodes
The story of World War II, told in painstakingly digitally colourised and evocative footage, and through the personal testimony of those who were there
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Britain AD: King Arthur's Britain
3 Episodes
Francis Pryor argues that the early history of Britain was a vibrant period, when the island thrived under foreign influences from as far a field as the Middle East without losing their cultural identity
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The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1 Episode
Documentary questioning whether mummies found with high levels of cocaine provide proof of early trade routes between Egypt and South America
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Gladiators: Back from the Dead
1 Episode
Drawing on sensational new archaeological discoveries, this programme recreates the world of the Roman arena through the lives and violent deaths of six British gladiators
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Time Team Specials
22 Episodes
From the secrets of Stonehenge to the hidden tunnels and dugouts of World War I, Tony Robinson and the Team take on some very special archaeological assignments
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Six Wives of Henry VIII
4 Episodes
Through dramatic reconstructions and his own passionate narration, Dr David Starkey, the controversial Tudor historian, profiles the six women who married Henry Vlll
