30 at 30
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Channel 4 is now 30 years young! To celebrate, some current C4 faces introduce their favourite blasts from the past, which are all available on 4oD.
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30 at 30
Does Rachel Riley love Skins? Is Tim Lovejoy Trigger Happy? And what did Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall make of Drop the Dead Donkey?
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Best of The Word
Magic moments from the anarchic 1990s series. Often controversial but never dull - The Word defined an era of youth television.
- Strong language and scenes that some viewers may find disturbing
- This episode has subtitles available
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Black Mirror - The National Anthem
The PM faces a very uncomfortable question time in the first of Charlie Brooker's trilogy of twisted Twitter-age parables...
- Strong language and adult content from the start
- This episode has subtitles available
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Brass Eye - Paedophillia
Jaw-dropping, taboo-breaking satire from Chris Morris. This 2001 episode challenges media response to the issue of paedophilia.
- For adults only, with scenes some may find disturbing. Features child actors, none of whom were placed at risk
- This episode has subtitles available
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Brookside
Phil Redmond's ground-breaking soap opera ran for 21 years. In this classic 1994 episode, 'that' kiss causes quite a stir...
- This episode has subtitles available
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Comic Strip Presents... Five Go Mad in Dorset
Watch a young Keith Allen, Peter Richardson, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have an absolutely ripping time!
- Adult humour
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Da Ali G Show
In 2000, Sacha Baron Cohen's comic creation was unleashed upon an unsuspecting world. Here, Ali gets the lowdown on the FB, Aiii!
- Adult humour and strong language
- This episode has subtitles available
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Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
Watch Channel 4's favourite psychological illusionist raise eyebrows, drop jaws and generally defy belief in Blackpool in 2011
- This episode has subtitles available
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Desmond's
Set in a Peckham barber shop, Desmond's was the first successful black British sitcom. This opening episode aired in 1989.
- This episode has subtitles available
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Dispatches - China's Stolen Children
Channel 4's investigative current affairs programme won a Bafta in 2008 for this haunting expose of child trafficking in China
- Contains harrowing images
- This episode has subtitles available
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Drop the Dead Donkey
Mischief-making satire about an unprincipled, dysfunctional news team. First shown in 1990, still surprisingly relevant today...
- Adult humour
- This episode has subtitles available
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Father Ted - Kicking Bishop Brennan up the Arse
Timeless misadventures of three priests and a little lady. In this classic episode, Ted engages in some unseemly Bishop bashing...
- Adult humour
- This episode has subtitles available
- This episode has audio description available
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GBH
Robert Lindsay and Michael Palin star in Alan Bleasedale's epic - and sometimes hilarious - 1991 drama about the madness of power
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Grand Designs - Sussex
Dream homes. Nightmare builds. Kevin McCloud oversees this bold attempt from 2003 to build a totally self-sufficient wooden house.
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Green Wing - Lodgers
Joanna is worried about her age. Who wouldn't be at her age? Expect the unexpected in this classic episode of the surreal sitcom.
- Very strong language and adult content
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Jamie's School Dinners
Jamie Oliver takes on the terrible state of school food. If he can change things in one London school, maybe there's hope...
- Very strong language from the start and throughout
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Lipstick on Your Collar
Innovative musical drama about the 1950's Suez crisis from the late, great Dennis Potter. Starring a fresh-faced Ewan McGregor.
- Strong language and sexual scenes
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Mo
Julie Walters won a Bafta for her mesmerising portrayal of charismatic politician Mo Mowlam in this powerful drama from 2010
- Very strong language
- This episode has subtitles available
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My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding
This unmissable Cutting Edge doc follows four Gypsy and Traveller brides as they plan their big days. And even bigger dresses...
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One Born Every Minute
A 2012 episode of the ground-breaking series that captures the real-life drama and emotion of a Southampton maternity unit
- Strong language
- This episode has subtitles available
- This episode has audio description available
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Peep Show - Warring Factions
First-ever episode of the scurvy-ridden flagship of C4 comedy, which curled toes and tickled ribs for seven brilliant series
- Strong language
- This episode has subtitles available
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Queer as Folk
Ground-breaking drama series from Russell T Davis documenting the lives and loves of three young gay men in the Manchester 'scene'
- Strong language and strong sexual scenes
- This episode has subtitles available
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Shameless
Look out for a sneak peek of Jame's McAvoy's backside in the opening episode of the magnificent and highly disreputable Shameless
- Very strong language and sexual scenes
- This episode has subtitles available
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Skins
In the olden days, all young folk were well-behaved. Then Skins came along... Angst abounds in this classic episode from Series 2.
- Strong language and scenes of a sexual nature
- This episode has subtitles available
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Sri Lanka's Killing Fields
Powerful investigation into the final weeks of Sri Lanka's bloody civil war. Led to questions being asked in Parliament in 2012.
- With disturbing and distressing descriptions and film of executions, atrocities and the shelling of civilians
- This episode has subtitles available
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The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off
This frank and moving documentary about Jonny Kennedy, an extraordinary man with a terrible condition, was first shown in 2004
- Some strong language and scenes some viewers might find upsetting
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The Inbetweeners - Will's Dilemma
In this episode of the all-conquering sitcom, Simon and Will have a double date. But, strangely enough, it doesn't go too well...
- Strong language and adult humour
- This episode has subtitles available
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The Last Leg with Adam Hills
Adam Hills' alternative review of the London 2012 Paralympic Games takes a sideways look at the intricacies of disability sport
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The Promise
A young girl retraces the steps of her grandfather - a British soldier in Palestine - in this critically acclaimed drama from 2010
- Strong language and images of war and death
- This episode has subtitles available
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Trigger Happy TV
Twisted humour, brilliant music, officious traffic wardens and sociopathic giant dogs. Welcome to Dom Joly's Britain in 2000.
- Adult humour
- This episode has subtitles available
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Whose Line Is It Anyway?
A humorous panel show that would run for over 10 years and change the face of improvisational comedy? You couldn't make it up...
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