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Recent Projects
Portillo on Thatcher: The Lady's not for Spurning |
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90 mins |
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| Former cabinet minister Michael Portillo assesses the legacy and continued influence of Margaret Thatcher on the Conservative Party. He talks with former colleagues about the highs on the Thatcher years and the lows that followed for the Tories, speaking frankly about his own personal regrets and the damage Thatcher inflicted on the party in the wilderness years after John Major's premiership. | |
Sex - How to do Everything |
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10 x 60 mins |
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| Ten-part instructional series offering a
fresh approach to sex advice. Presented by American sex gurus Emma
Taylor and Lorelei Sharkey, Sex: How to Do Everything aims to show the nation how to have better sex, shed inhibitions and broaden sexual horizons. |
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Ant & Dec: Where Did It All Go Right |
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1 hour |
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| Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are perhaps the quintessential TV double-act of modern times. This documentary traces their development from their early days in children's television to the ratings-busting successes of Saturday Night Takeaway and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. | |
The People Watchers |
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20 x 45 mins |
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| Series in which psychologists will carry out hidden camera experiments on the public. Using a variety of tricks, the psychologists will show how people can be manipulated to react in a particular way. For example, they will demonstrate foolproof methods of getting a seat on a busy London tube or of pushing into a queue without being caught. | |
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Last Man Standing |
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8 x 56mins |
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| Six young men have taken on the challenge of a lifetime. They travel the world and compete against the most remote tribes on earth at their own sports, on their own turf. In the first programme they're in the Brazilian jungle on a quest to wrestle with Kalapalo Warriors at the Festival of Death. But first they have to prove themselves worthy to compete; an ordeal that involves being scoured with razor sharp piranha teeth. | |
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Baddiel and the Missing Nazi Billions |
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44 mins |
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| David Baddiel travelled to Russia in
2004 to see the remnants of his grandfather's factory, stolen by the
Nazis. It is estimated that $150 billion of Jewish businesses, houses,
art collections and cash were taken from Jews during the Holocaust.
David embarks on a new journey to New York, Berlin and Poland to
discover how Jews have been fighting to get their money back. Along the way he is forced to confront his own discomfort about the issue of Holocaust restitution |
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My Friend Sasha - Storyville |
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50 mins |
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| A Very Russian Murder For the past three years, Russian film maker Andrei Nekrasov had been making a documentary with the former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko. The film focused on the growing concerns of the Russian state's intimidation of the public. When Litvinenko was murdered with radioactive Polonium 210, the film had new focus. It was to his friend Andrei that Litvinenko said in hospital, "They got me, but they won't get us all". Nekrasov filmed at his friend's hospital bedside and talked to family and friends to build this personal portrait of a man he describes as a hero. |
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Julie London - The Lady's Not a Vamp |
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59 mins |
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| Tribute to American singer and actress
Julie London. Famed in the 1950s and 1960s for her sultry voice, she is
probably best remembered for her 1955 hit single Cry Me a River. The record sold three million copies and remained in demand into the 1960s. |
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Jihad: The Men and Ideas Behind Al Qaeda |
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110 mins |
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| Exclusive and definitive history of the
world's most dangerous terrorist organisation. It is also the first programme to attempt to fully get inside the heads of the men who led Al Qaeda, exploring the ideas that motivated and drove them. |
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Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection |
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5 x 29 mins. |
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| Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal
applies his unorthodox 'molecular gastronomy' techniques to classic British favourites, reinventing them for the 21st century. |
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Ancient Rome - The Rise and Fall of an Empire |
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6 x 59 mins. |
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| Documentary series using dramatic
reconstructions and computer graphics to tell the story of ancient Rome. Programme one focuses on Nero, charting his obsession with becoming a god, how his plans to turn Rome into a glorious city bankrupted the Empire, how he married his slaveboy and killed his beloved wife in a frenzy, and how he was finally overthrown.. |
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