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Last broadcast: 20 January 2009
Taking the form of a fast-paced detective story, this is the story of Charles Dickens - the greatest Victorian of them all - and the great hidden love of his life, Nelly Ternan
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Last broadcast: 15 January 2009
Paul Burrell reads extracts from his autobiography in a film that is as revealing of the man as it is of the dramatic events he recounts
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Last broadcast: 11 January 2009
Moving documentary about a family trying to cope with a father and ex-husband who has issues with mental health and alcohol - and who happens to be one of the most famous men in the country
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Last broadcast: 07 January 2009
Documentary exploring how Chinese art has caught the world's attention, creating an international art market that is developing as fast as the country's economy
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Last broadcast: 06 January 2009
When the acclaimed director Stanley Kubrick died in 1999, he left behind thousands of boxes of archive material. Jon Ronson tries to shed light on this remarkable and mysterious legacy.
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Last broadcast: 01 January 2009
This intimate one-off film follows leading ballet choreographer Christopher Wheeldon as he becomes the first Englishman to be invited to create a new work for the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet
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Last broadcast: 25 December 2008
Alex has a particularly virulent form of cystic fibrosis, but he is determined not to let this get in the way of his music and his bid to conduct an epic work by JS Bach
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Last broadcast: 25 December 2008
Is paganism a living tradition with roots deep in prehistory or just a collection of superstitions, magic tricks and witches' spells? Pagans explores the origins, history and beliefs of Europe's ancient religions.
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Last broadcast: 24 December 2008
The critically acclaimed observational documentary series The Family returns for a one-off Christmas special. It's the week before Christmas and things are far from calm in the Hughes household.
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Last broadcast: 24 December 2008
This comic and poignant documentary looks at the risks, payoffs and consequences when one man single-mindedly pursues his vision no matter what, or how long, it takes
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Last broadcast: 22 December 2008
Bringing context and understanding to the current economic crisis, historian Niall Ferguson tells the story of money and the rise - and spectacular falls - of global finance throughout the ages
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Last broadcast: 15 December 2008
Film about the sexual abuse of boys by teachers in Britain's private schools, driven by the frank recollections of three highly articulate men
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Last broadcast: 04 December 2008
Is it possible that the Renaissance genius Leonardo Da Vinci was hundreds of years ahead of other scientists, and had actually developed the means with which people could fly?
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Last broadcast: 01 December 2008
Cutting Edge tells the story of a year in the life of a typical family of urban foxes as they eke out a living on the mean streets of London
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Last broadcast: 24 November 2008
Narcolepsy causes people to fall sleep uncontrollably many times each day. This documentary follows a group of British sufferers as they attend a 'Narcolepsy Network' conference in America.
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Last broadcast: 20 November 2008
This programme follows 8-year-old Dana as she embarks on an intensive 12-week programme at a specialist clinic to examine why younger children are developing eating disorders
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Last broadcast: 03 November 2008
Kate Garraway investigates the pros and cons of cross-feeding, breast milk donation and wet-nursing by meeting some of the growing numbers of women who share each other's breast milk
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In an experiment in living history to investigate how radically our lives have been changed by technology in the last 100 years, a modern family swap the luxury of1999 for a life of urban Victorian domesticity
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On 8 November 1983 a series of accidents nearly unleashed World War III. This programme recalls the events that led up to one of the most dangerous moments in the entire history of the Cold War.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro has survived several hundred attempts on his life during his lengthy term in office with methods ranging from exploding cigars to femme fatales - all are revealed here
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Coming soon, Cutting Edge examines the psychological condition of 'Gender Disappointment', looking at cases like the mother who has eight sons and is desperate to have a daughter
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The bizarre story of how, in the wake of one the most traumatic days in US history, a small number of American citizens exploited the events of 9/11 for their own personal gain
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Having inadvertently chronicled the terrible events of 9/11 at ground level, filmmakers Jules and Gedeon Naudet return to the scene of their original documentary with this updated film
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Coming soon, a successful businessman with bi-polar disorder invites 12 Ukrainian women to join him at a castle in Jamaica, hoping that one of them will marry him
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Who are the French? Why do so many of us go on holiday there each year? And, more importantly, why do we want to live there? This two-part film follows British expatriates who have settled in the Dordogne
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