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Civilization: Is the West History?
6 Episodes
Favourite ShowNiall Ferguson explores how Western civilization - a clear minority of mankind - secured a lion's share of the world's resources, and examines whether the West is about to be overtaken by the rest
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The Difference
3 Episodes
Favourite ShowGenetic research is forcing leading scientists to look again at racial differences. This series finds out what modern genetics can tell us about the differences between population groups.
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The Year the Earth Went Wild
1 Episode
Favourite Show2011 has been a year of epic-scale climate and geological events across the world. This film looks back on a year of natural disasters, all caught on camera in spectacular fashion.
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Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill
1 Episode
Favourite ShowThe complete story of the operation to find and kill Osama Bin Laden
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The Rules of Seduction
1 Episode
Favourite ShowFirst Cut journeys into the hidden world of pick-up artists or 'PUA' - a community of men who've developed a sequence of tricks, codes and routines that they claim men can use to seduce any woman
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Bank of Dave
3 Episodes
Favourite ShowConvinced that he can do a better job than the high street banks, Dave Fishwick sets up his own small bank and endeavours to make it profitable - in just 180 days
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Our Drugs War
3 Episodes
Favourite ShowDocumentary series examining the global story of drugs, from Afghanistan's poppy fields to the streets of New York and the estates of Edinburgh
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Faith School Menace?
1 Episode
Favourite ShowProfessor Richard Dawkins calls on us to reconsider the consequences of faith education, which, he believes, indoctrinates and divides children, and bamboozles parents
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Child Genius
2 Series, 3 Episodes
Favourite ShowEarlier this year, 21 highly gifted children aged seven to 11 were selected to take part in a competition run in association with British Mensa, to find the UK's ultimate child genius
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Scientologists at War
1 Episode
Favourite ShowA rare insider view of the Church of Scientology, meeting the high level defectors from L Ron Hubbard's organisation
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Confessions of an Alien Abductee
1 Episode
Favourite ShowFilm about the phone helpline for people who believe they have been victims of alien abduction
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The Greatest Shows on Earth
1 Episode
Favourite ShowDaisy Donovan gets to grips with some of the most popular television shows in the world, exploring how they reflect the societies that watch them
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24 Hours in A&E
5 Episodes
Favourite ShowWith 91 cameras filming round the clock, 24 Hours in A&E offers unprecedented access to one of Britain's busiest A&E departments, at King's College Hospital
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Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
18 Episodes
Favourite ShowRevealing documentary series that offers a window into the secretive, extravagant and surprising world of gypsies and travellers in Britain today
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Terror in the Skies
2 Episodes
Favourite ShowAeronautical engineer Brendan Walker asks whether modern flying is too technologically complex to be completely safe
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Food Unwrapped
2 Series, 11 Episodes
Favourite ShowJimmy Doherty, Kate Quilton and Matt Tebbut present the food and science series that travels the world to lift the lid on what's really in the food we eat