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- Three families live for a week at a time in three adjoining houses on Albert Road, Morecambe over 5 episodes. First episode has them living as Edwardians with servants in 1900s. Second episode has them living in 1920s. Third episode has same families living as though during the 1939-45 World War. Fourth episode has a new coloured family instead, living through 1960s.
- The week before Kurt Cobain was found dead from a single gunshot, he went missing. His whereabouts for that week has remained a mystery until now. But for the first time, the story of what happened to him can now be told, using the testimony of people who knew him, the witnesses who saw him in that last week and the ordinary people who found themselves written into his story that as one puts it, 'would have been a keystone cops comedy were it not to have ended in such tragedy'.
- In this eagerly-awaited documentary, Phil Grabsky's biographical account of Haydn's life is a visual and aural extravaganza, including breath-taking performances by some of the world's most celebrated musicians.
- An investigation of the evidence for Hitler's Final Solution, together with a dramatic reconstruction of key courtroom exchanges in the libel case lost by the historian David Irving, who was accused of being anti-Semitic and a Holocaust denier.
- Frank Lloyd Wright is an American icon -it's most famous modern architect whose life was characterized by public scandal, financial chaos and personal tragedy.
- A documentary about James Ellroy and his fascination with unsolved murder cases, especially those of his mother, and the similar, infamous, Black Dahlia murder.
- Paul Merton looks at the British films of Alfred Hitchcock, the silent films and the early sound films.
- When Bob Monkhouse's widow died and his house was being prepared for market, the amazing extent of his private collection of video and audio recordings was realized. Among them were many treasures which had previously been believed to be lost to the nation. This films delves into just some of the highlights of that trove, and reveals the multi-layered man behind the glossy TV persona.
- Tom Holland explores how our ancestors sought to explain the remains of dinosaurs and other giant prehistoric creatures, and how bones and fossils have affected human culture.
- Documentary looking behind the pomp and ritual of a wedding to examine British attitudes to marriage through the two very different families of the bride and bridegroom, Serena and Jordan.
- A look behind the scenes of satirical sketch show, Not the Nine O'Clock News.
- Simon Harvey was a gay man unable to reconcile his gay feelings with his strict christian upbringing. At the age of 26 he killed himself. Simon's father said "To discover my son was gay was as bad as losing him." This film depicts the last six months of his life and examines how religious belief can be used to justify social prejudice.
- Promotional documentary predominantly filmed outside Buckingham Palace and Green Park in London for the parachute sequence of the James Bond movie Die Another Day (2002).
- A portrait of the singer as he recounts his Montreal childhood, his New York breakthrough, and his subsequent successes worldwide. Openly gay, Rufus provides a frank and revealing look at his life, including his going temporarily blind from drug problems. With comments by his sister and his mother, musicians Elton John, Sting, Neil Tennant ("Pet Shop Boys"), Tom ?? ("Keane"), and showcasing his talents on solo piano as well as with his band, this is a fascinating film.
- The 1970's marked a high-point in modern hedonism, and the "sex and drugs" lifestyle was played out most spectacularly in California. This was the era when wife-swapping became a reality, and the new, sexually liberated way of life created a new look - captured in all it's glorious excess and tastelessness by the movie "Boogie Nights". Los Angeles was a land of bachelor pads and the conventional suburban homes - Ranch houses - were transformed with the addition of shag pile carpet and new inventions like the waterbed and the Jacuzzi, into sensual, swinging party houses. The result is an iconic image of modern decadence that has become part of the visual language of movies and music videos to this day.
- Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise talk about their lives and careers in a compilation of archive clips.
- Stephen Fry reveals some of his guilty pleasures.
- A look at America's waning belief in the infinite possibilities of its land and resources.
- A look at how different the US attitude to war is from what outsiders assume it to be.
- Simon explores how faith has shaped American political life.
- This opening episode charts the history of Samba music, from its origins in the slave trade, all the way to its progression into Bossa Nova. Along the way, controversial figures such as Getúlio Vargas and Carmen Miranda are discussed.
- A look at the Brazil military coup of 1964, and how the 20 years that followed affected musicians, with some jailed or exiled, and political voices giving rise to a new form of music: "Tropicalia".
- This concluding part looks at Brazil's attempts to find its identity in an era of post-military rule. With the divide between rich and poor increased, drugs and violence escalated in the favelas, and AfroReggae offered people a way out.
- Jamie visits the Mexican barrios in Los Angeles and discovers the role that food plays in family life.
- In Louisiana, Jamie finds a culture that cooks in order to keep a hopeful spirit in the face of constant adversity.
- Jamie takes a family from Georgia on a road trip to Florida so that they can compete in a national barbecue contest.
- Jamie explores pre-colonial cuisine with America's original inhabitants in Arizona.
- Of all the characters in the bible, Abraham is the most predominant. From him the three largest religions in the world arose. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. But rather than setting a foundation for peace among them, each religion claims Abraham as their own. Host Rageh Omaar wants to discover who Abraham was, and whether or not he his the key to peace among the masses.
- St. Paul did more to shape the moral and ethical presumptions of the ancient world than any other. He was far ahead of his time, suggesting that equality among man and change in society was actually for the better. Tom Holland discusses the relevancy of Paul's teachings then, and today.
- The Book of Revelations is known to be a detailed description of the end of the world. Some believe it was designed to scare the masses into piety. In his childhood, our host Dr. Robert Beckford was taught that it was a prophetic truth. But now he wonders if there is more to it than the death and destruction that most people know.
- An affectionate and revealing portrait of two great comedian's journey from obscurity to audiences of more than 28 million. Part 1 looks at how it all began.
- Part 2 looks at success and television. The television years didn't come easy. After their appalling baptism of fire with Running Wild on the BBC, Eric and Ernie's TV career was marked out by an anxiety never to lose editorial control again.
- The making of The Doors' eponymous debut album, released in 1967. Includes the early history of The Doors, how each song developed and interviews with the three surviving members of the band.