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George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level ...

How TV Ruined Your Life is a six-episode BBC Two television series written and presented by Charlie Brooker. Charlie Brooker, whose earlier ...

A thwarted Lady Maud runs off to her solicitor to start divorce proceedings and that gives Sir Giles his bright idea-why not run the proposed ...

Popular British children’s animation series. Mr Benn is the ordinary, bowler-hatted office worker who lives in the ordinary suburban street ...

The Ascent of Man is a thirteen-part documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first transmitted in 1973, written and ...

This British television baking competition selects from amongst its competitors the best amateur baker. The series is credited with ...

Edwardian Farm is an historical documentary TV series in twelve parts, first shown on BBC Two from November 2010 to January 2011. It depicts a ...

James May’s Man Lab sees James attempting redeem the reputation of the modern man by teaching them skills that were cherished by their ...

The life of British MI6 spy Magnus Pym, from his school days to his mysterious disappearance.

Comedy series set in the kitchen of a country house hotel, following the trials and tribulations of head chef Roland White and his long suffering ...

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

A BBC/Animal Planet co-production, the three-part series focuses on the landscape and wildlife of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa.

Sitcom about a former television presenter searching for something more meaningful to do in life.

Sitcom about a former rural parish vicar trying to cope with the varied demands of running an inner-city church.

The friendship between fairy princess Holly and Ben Elf in an enchanted magical kingdom of elves and fairies.

In this spellbinding series, Professor Brian Cox visits the most extreme locations on Earth to explain how the laws of physics carved natural ...

Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw’s Victorian Railway Guidebook. Portillo travels the length and breadth ...

A British husband-and-wife comedy writing team travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series, with disastrous results.

Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge to come up with the answers ...

After Colin Walcott drops dead at his birthday party his wife Tess and daughter Cat discover he had a long-term mistress Marilyn by whom he has a ...

In each episode, geologist Dr. Iain Stewart explains the effects and importance of a specific force of nature, such as wind or volcanism. He also ...

The lives of characters who live, love and suffer through their association with the charismatic charms of gangster Harry Starks.

Discover the remarkable ways animals of all shapes and sizes are adapting to make the most of opportunities in the newest and fastest changing ...

Alexandra Tolstoy, a passionate horse-rider and adventurer, explores very different cultures around the world that all depend on and share a deep ...

Culinary alchemist and three Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal once again demonstrates his incomparable approach, revolutionising some of ...

Rick Stein discovers the many varied delights of Mediterranean food.

The hunt for a young chef who wants to make it to the top of the culinary world.

David Tynan O’Mahony, better known as Dave Allen, was an Irish comedian. Initially becoming known in Australia during 1963–64, Allen made ...

Six-part drama series set in and among the alleys, galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London, following the Pre-Raphaelite ...

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history ...