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Documentary series that examines the dismantlement of the British Empire and the effects of its legacy through the family stories of various British celebrities, each a 'child of the Empire'
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Werner Herzog discovers the unparalleled beauty of Antarctica
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This documentary delves into the world of Michael Travesser, leader of US cult Strong City, who claimed that 31st October 2007 would mark the end of the world
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Journalist and author Simon Jenkins goes on a personal journey into the heart of English life and community, and tells a fascinating story of art, architecture and faith
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The Germans believed escape from Colditz was all but impossible. But they were proved wrong time and again, defeated by planning, ingenuity and boundless bravery.
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This True Stories documentary follows three people working and studying at a music school in Angola, and charts the triumph of their musical passion over their country's war-ravaged past
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The story of the 75-year-old farmer who stood up to Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
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What if you could catch obesity as easily as you catch a common cold? Dr Nikhil Dhurandhar believes that he's found a virus, ad-36, that could be infecting over 30% of Americans.
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Two Red Arrows pilots recreate the challenges the aviators of World War I faced, flying original WWI aircraft, to find out how this pioneering form of warfare changed so rapidly during the conflict
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First Cut is a documentary strand showcasing bold, bright and original films by up-and-coming directors
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Ralph Arlyck's follow-up to his short documentary about Sean, his hippy neighbour's four-year-old child, who grew up smoking pot and running barefoot around 1960s San Francisco
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Documentary series featuring true stories of men and women who suddenly found themselves face-to-face with the raw, ferocious power of the elements
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Award-winning film-maker Phil Agland's three-part series is a fascinating and affectionate portrait of Gallic life as it unfolds against the backdrop of the beautiful and unspoilt rural region of Burgundy
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This True Stories documentary is Oliver Hodge's inspiring account of the epic story of maverick architect Michael Reynolds and his fight to introduce sustainable housing in the Nevada desert
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Coming to Channel 4 in early 2010, this long-term series follows seven obese children for a decade, revisiting them every two years to discover what it's like to grow up as an obese child in Britain today
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Dr Robert Beckford embarks on a polemical quest exploring the legacy of the Race Relations Act. Has it succeeded in creating a multicultural dream, or has the plan spectacularly backfired?
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Nick Broomfield's gripping drama inspired by the shocking tragedy of the Chinese cockle pickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay in 2004, caught by the rising tide on a freezing winter's night
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Filmmaker and director Rory Kennedy's disturbing account of what went on in the torture rooms of Iraq's notorious prison
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy charts the tough physical and psychological challenges faced by a group of heroin addicts as they attempt to kick their habit at a detox clinic
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This dramatic story of Britain's most notorious terrorist conspiracy delves into a shadowy world of subterfuge, spying and surveillance
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Hell in the Pacific is a compelling and provocative four part series accounting the shocking Second World War conflict in the East
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Told from the perspective of designer Hugo Eckener and the passengers on board the catastrophic flight, this moving drama-documentary tells the story of the doomed airship Hindenburg
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The extraordinary story of how Churchill's cousin, the English aristocrat Unity Mitford, fell under Hitler's spell and became one of his closest confidantes
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The extraordinary story of how a British prince, the current Queen's cousin and youngest grandson of Queen Victoria, became embroiled in the Nazi war machine
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Hostage Tapes uses previously unseen footage to provide a minute-by-minute analysis of compelling hostage situations when TV ceases just to report the story, and actually becomes the story
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Programmes: Documentaries
