Wood\'s gripping tale moves on to dramatic battles of conscience in the time of the Hundred Years\' War. Amazing finds in the school archive help trace peasant education back to the 14th century and we see how the people themselves set up the first school for their children.
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Wood\'s gripping tale moves on to dramatic battles of conscience in the time of the Hundred Years\' War. Amazing finds in the school archive help trace peasant education back to the 14th century and we see how the people themselves set up the first school for their children.
Groundbreaking series in which Michael Wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of English history. Michael uncovers the lost history of the first thousand years of the village, featuring a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings and graphic evidence of life on the eve of the Norman Conquest.
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- History
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Groundbreaking series in which Michael Wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of English history. Michael uncovers the lost history of the first thousand years of the village, featuring a Roman villa, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings and graphic evidence of life on the eve of the Norman Conquest.
Wood\'s fascinating tale reaches the catastrophic 14th century. Kibworth goes through the worst famine in European history, and then, as revealed in the astonishing village archive in Merton College Oxford, two thirds of the people die in the Black Death.
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- History
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Wood\'s fascinating tale reaches the catastrophic 14th century. Kibworth goes through the worst famine in European history, and then, as revealed in the astonishing village archive in Merton College Oxford, two thirds of the people die in the Black Death.
In this final episode, Michael uncovers the secret history of a Victorian village more colourful than even Dickens could have imagined. Visiting World War I battlefields with the school and recalling the Home Guard, local land girls and the bombing of the village in 1940, the series finally moves into the brave new world of 'homes for heroes' and the villagers come together to leave a reminder of their world for future generations.
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- History
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In this final episode, Michael uncovers the secret history of a Victorian village more colourful than even Dickens could have imagined. Visiting World War I battlefields with the school and recalling the Home Guard, local land girls and the bombing of the village in 1940, the series finally moves into the brave new world of 'homes for heroes' and the villagers come together to leave a reminder of their world for future generations.
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Miners' Strike 1984: The Battle for Britain
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Channel 4
Forty years after, through the eyes of those directly involved, this powerful series explores the bitterly divisive strike that wounded the soul of the nation
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Forty years after, through the eyes of those directly involved, this powerful series explores the bitterly divisive strike that wounded the soul of the nation
The year-long strike was bitterly divisive, nowhere more so than in one Derbyshire pit village - Shirebrook
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The year-long strike was bitterly divisive, nowhere more so than in one Derbyshire pit village - Shirebrook
The story of the Battle of Orgreave: the bloodiest episode in the year-long strike. Including footage that reveals the startling nature of some of the policing that day.
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The story of the Battle of Orgreave: the bloodiest episode in the year-long strike. Including footage that reveals the startling nature of some of the policing that day.
The story of how businessman David Hart helped Thatcher's government finally defeat the strike - waging a propaganda war and exploiting splits among Nottinghamshire miners
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The story of how businessman David Hart helped Thatcher's government finally defeat the strike - waging a propaganda war and exploiting splits among Nottinghamshire miners
Documentary looking at how Detroit became home to a musical revolution that captured the sound of a nation in upheaval. In the early 60s, Motown transcended Detroit\'s inner city to take black music to a white audience, whilst in the late 60s suburban kids like the MC5 and the Stooges descended into the black inner city to create revolutionary rock expressing the rage of young white America.
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- Music
- Other
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Documentary looking at how Detroit became home to a musical revolution that captured the sound of a nation in upheaval. In the early 60s, Motown transcended Detroit\'s inner city to take black music to a white audience, whilst in the late 60s suburban kids like the MC5 and the Stooges descended into the black inner city to create revolutionary rock expressing the rage of young white America.
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Nazanin
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Darius Bazargan
The behind-the-scenes account - part love story, part thriller - of how Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was thrown into a Tehran jail, and how her family battled to get her home
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The behind-the-scenes account - part love story, part thriller - of how Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was thrown into a Tehran jail, and how her family battled to get her home
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Nigel Farage: Who Are You?
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Channel 4
Martin Durkin gets to know UKIP leader Nigel Farage, the man who\'s turning British politics upside down
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- Politics & Public Policy
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Martin Durkin gets to know UKIP leader Nigel Farage, the man who\'s turning British politics upside down
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No Fire Zone
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Channel 4
The team behind the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated Sri Lanka's Killing Fields tell the story of the 138-day-long final offensive in Sri Lanka's bloody civil war
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- Politics & Public Policy
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The team behind the Nobel Peace Prize-nominated Sri Lanka's Killing Fields tell the story of the 138-day-long final offensive in Sri Lanka's bloody civil war
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Nuclear Secrets - The Terror Trader
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UK TV History
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- Engineering
- History
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Nuclear War Games: What If Israel Attacks Iran?
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David Patrikarakos
In the midst of a turbulent post Arab-spring Middle East, Israel's threats of military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities have raised fears of a confrontation between the two countries. This film, which has obtained exclusive access to Israeli theoretical war exercises, provides unprecedented insight into Israel's internal tensions concerning an attack between Israel and Iran which, if escalates, could have major implications for global stability.
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- Politics & Public Policy
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- No
In the midst of a turbulent post Arab-spring Middle East, Israel's threats of military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities have raised fears of a confrontation between the two countries. This film, which has obtained exclusive access to Israeli theoretical war exercises, provides unprecedented insight into Israel's internal tensions concerning an attack between Israel and Iran which, if escalates, could have major implications for global stability.
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Obama: His Story
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Samanatha Anstiss
Clive Myrie traces the life story of Barack Obama, America's first black president.From Obama's broken home childhood in Hawaii, through his political awakening in the rough neighbourhoods of Chicago, to his arrival in Washington, Myrie follows the extraordinary journey that transformed the son of a Kenyan student into the most powerful man in the world.
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- History
- Politics & Public Policy
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Clive Myrie traces the life story of Barack Obama, America's first black president.From Obama's broken home childhood in Hawaii, through his political awakening in the rough neighbourhoods of Chicago, to his arrival in Washington, Myrie follows the extraordinary journey that transformed the son of a Kenyan student into the most powerful man in the world.
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- Politics & Public Policy
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Obama's America
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BBC
Simon Schama examines some of the daunting challenges facing Barack Obama, both on the world stage and at home
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- History
- Politics & Public Policy
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Simon Schama examines some of the daunting challenges facing Barack Obama, both on the world stage and at home
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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
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James Bluemel
Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict. From the makers of the award-winning series Once Upon a Time in Iraq.
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Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict. From the makers of the award-winning series Once Upon a Time in Iraq.
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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland - Series 1 - Episode 1 - It Wasn’t Like a Movie Anymore
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James Bluemel
A time of relative peace in Northern Ireland escalates to full-blown conflict. When tensions between Protestants and Catholics explode, the British Army is deployed.
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A time of relative peace in Northern Ireland escalates to full-blown conflict. When tensions between Protestants and Catholics explode, the British Army is deployed.
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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland - Series 1 - Episode 2 - Do Paramilitaries Lie Awake at Night?
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James Bluemel
A deeply segregated society emerges as the violence escalates, the British Army beds down and paramilitary groups police many working-class areas.
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A deeply segregated society emerges as the violence escalates, the British Army beds down and paramilitary groups police many working-class areas.
The impact of the hunger strikes is seen through the eyes of three women. Tit-for-tat killings, car bombs and assassinations are now part of everyday life in Northern Ireland.
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The impact of the hunger strikes is seen through the eyes of three women. Tit-for-tat killings, car bombs and assassinations are now part of everyday life in Northern Ireland.
Tensions rise as the police and army infiltrate paramilitary organisations to gain intelligence. No-one can be trusted as fear and suspicion run rife.
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Tensions rise as the police and army infiltrate paramilitary organisations to gain intelligence. No-one can be trusted as fear and suspicion run rife.
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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland - Series 1 - Episode 5 - Who Wants to Live Like That?
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James Bluemel
There have been many false dawns in the conflict, but finally the desire for change propels the possibility of peace for the next generation.
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There have been many false dawns in the conflict, but finally the desire for change propels the possibility of peace for the next generation.
In the first of this two-part series, Stephen Fry reflects back on just how much has changed for gay people during his lifetime.
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In the first of this two-part series, Stephen Fry reflects back on just how much has changed for gay people during his lifetime.
This episode sees Stephen visit Brazil, home to the largest gay pride celebration in the world and a place that has some of the best legislation on the planet for gay equality.
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This episode sees Stephen visit Brazil, home to the largest gay pride celebration in the world and a place that has some of the best legislation on the planet for gay equality.
Nick Griffin's British National Party, already under investigation for breaches of electoral law, is facing fresh allegations of corruption. Panorama uncovers new evidence of financial documents being falsified and fabricated in order to deceive the Elect
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- Politics & Public Policy
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Nick Griffin's British National Party, already under investigation for breaches of electoral law, is facing fresh allegations of corruption. Panorama uncovers new evidence of financial documents being falsified and fabricated in order to deceive the Elect
Two months after an explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 people, Panorama's Hilary Andersson tells the story of America's 'greatest environmental disaster.' Dubbed an environmental '9/11' by President Obama, the leak caused by the explosion is still releasing thousands of barrels of crude oil a day into the waters of the Gulf.
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- Economics & Finance
- Politics & Public Policy
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- English subtitles
- 30
Two months after an explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 people, Panorama's Hilary Andersson tells the story of America's 'greatest environmental disaster.' Dubbed an environmental '9/11' by President Obama, the leak caused by the explosion is still releasing thousands of barrels of crude oil a day into the waters of the Gulf.
Ten years on from the Good Friday Agreement, Declan Lawn returns to Northern Ireland to see how far lives have changed.
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- History
- Politics & Public Policy
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Ten years on from the Good Friday Agreement, Declan Lawn returns to Northern Ireland to see how far lives have changed.
Theresa May's election gamble has resulted in a catastrophic outcome for the Conservatives, whilst Jeremy Corbyn has defied many expectations. Following the election that's changed the face of British politics, Nick Robinson asks how and why it happened.
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Theresa May's election gamble has resulted in a catastrophic outcome for the Conservatives, whilst Jeremy Corbyn has defied many expectations. Following the election that's changed the face of British politics, Nick Robinson asks how and why it happened.
It’s a sex abuse scandal that has gripped the world. But despite all the headlines and stories, important questions remain unanswered about Jeffrey Epstein. How did he become so powerful?
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It’s a sex abuse scandal that has gripped the world. But despite all the headlines and stories, important questions remain unanswered about Jeffrey Epstein. How did he become so powerful?