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The Sandie Shaw Supplement

1960s series in which Sandie Shaw performs songs on a specific theme

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The Satellite Story

Documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first satellite, Sputnik.

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

Dramas based on the character created by Baroness Orczy and set in the French Revolution

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The Scots: Natural Born Sinners

A light-hearted look at how Calvinism has affected the Scottish psyche.

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The Search for Life: The Drake Equation

Film about the equation used to estimate the number of extra-terrestrial civilisations.

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The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

Bob Monkhouse's life and career told through films, TV shows, letters and memorabilia.

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The Secret Life of Chaos

How chaos theory can answer the question of where intelligent life originated from.

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The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton

Feisty costume drama portraying the reality behind an enduring cultural icon.

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The Secret Life of the Airport

Series charting the development of Britain's airports

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The Secret Life of the National Grid

Series charting the development of Britain's national electricity grid.

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The Secret World of Haute Couture

Exploring the little-explained pocket of the fashion industry known as haute couture.

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The Secrets of the Black Diaries

Forensic tests reveal whether hanged traitor Sir Roger Casement's diaries were forged.

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The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross

Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, performed by Le Concert des Nations.

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The Signalman

Charles Dickens's ghost story in which a signalman is haunted by a hooded figure.

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The Silence of Lorna

An Albanian immigrant in Belgium dreams of leaving her dull job to set up a snack bar.

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logo for The Song Remains the Same
The Song Remains the Same

Led Zeppelin live in Madison Square in 1973, interspersed with fantasy sequences.

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logo for The Songs of Nick Drake: Way to Blue
The Songs of Nick Drake: Way to Blue

Modern day troubadours present their own interpretations of Nick Drake's songs.

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The Soviet Union's Last Stand

Documentary on the Communist hardliners' attempts to seize power from Mikhail Gorbachev.

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The Spirit of the Beehive

A screening of Frankenstein is the catalyst for tragedy for two sisters in 1940s Spain.

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The Stalls of Barchester

MR James's ghost story about an ambitious cleric who advances his career through murder.

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The Stone Roses Live

The Stone Roses take to the stage of the Blackpool Empress Ballroom in 1989.

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The Story of Asthma Island

How the island of Tristan da Cunha could hold the key to the genetic basis for asthma.

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The Story of Jackanory

With contributions from readers, writers and producers including Alan Bennett.

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The Story of Maths

Series about the history of mathematics

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The Story of the Circus

A history of the televised circus, featuring archive outside broadcast footage.

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