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The Untold Battle of Britain
1 Episode
Favourite ShowThe story of 303 Squadron: 34 Polish fighter pilots who overturned RAF prejudices to earn their chance to fight in the Battle of Britain, in which they shot down 126 Luftwaffe aircraft
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The Battle of Hood and Bismarck
2 Episodes
Favourite ShowTwo-part documentary that uses unique archive footage, eyewitness testimony, dramatic reconstruction and state of the art computer graphics to tell the definitive story of this epic sea battle
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Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
1 Episode
Favourite ShowThis dramatic story of Britain's most notorious terrorist conspiracy delves into a shadowy world of subterfuge, spying and surveillance
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Digging the Great Escape
1 Episode
Favourite ShowA team of experts visits Germany to examine the ingenious achievements of the Second World War's most daring and famous escape artists
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The Great Escape: The Reckoning
1 Episode
Favourite ShowThe 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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Secrets of the Stone Age
3 Episodes
Favourite ShowAnthropologist and author Richard Rudgley sets off on an epic journey back in time and around the world to discover the real roots of civilisation
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How the Bismarck Sank HMS Hood
1 Episode
Favourite ShowTwo of the world's leading shipwreck detectives use state-of-the-art equipment to discover how the Hood battleship was sunk so quickly during World War II
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Gods in the Sky
3 Episodes
Favourite ShowThe charismatic professor Allan Chapman brings together the history of astronomy and religion in the most explosive of ways
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Sex and the Swastika
1 Episode
Favourite ShowLocated 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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Upstairs Downstairs Love
1 Episode
Favourite ShowThe remarkable real life story of barrister Arthur Munby and his servant lover Hannah Cullwick whose relationship transgressed the strict moral codes of nineteenth century Britain
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Time Team
16 Series, 173 Episodes
Favourite ShowIn 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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Monarchy
3 Series, 11 Episodes
Favourite ShowDr David Starkey's complete history of the British Monarchy, which reveals the epic and bloody stories of our Kings and Queens and charts the course of the oldest surviving political institution in Europe
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Six Wives of Henry VIII
4 Episodes
Favourite ShowThrough dramatic reconstructions and his own passionate narration, Dr David Starkey, the controversial Tudor historian, profiles the six women who married Henry Vlll
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The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummies
1 Episode
Favourite ShowDocumentary questioning whether mummies found with high levels of cocaine provide proof of early trade routes between Egypt and South America
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Time Team Specials
21 Episodes
Favourite ShowFrom 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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Private Lives of the Pharaohs
3 Episodes
Favourite ShowIn this three part ground-breaking series, scientific and forensic tests reveal the truth behind the great civilisation of Ancient Egypt
