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| REGION: 2 Highlights from the first 40 years of the BBC music show, which first aired in 1964, featuring decade-defining tracks from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s performed by artists including Sandie Shaw, Procol Harum, T-Rex, Queen, The Jam, Adam and the Ants, Eurythmics, [...]
1. Little Children / Billie J Kramer & The Dakotas 2. Long Live Love / Sandie Shaw 3. The Carnival Is Over / The Seekers 4. A Whiter Shade Of Pale / Procol Harum [...] |
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| ... Few know the true and surprising history of this infamous place, nor how it fitted into the Nazis' overall plan for the mass extermination of the Jews - what they called the 'Final Solution'. The destructive dynamism of Auschwitz became both a microcosm of the Nazi State and the logical consequence of Hitler's warped [...]
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| | (P) 1968 (2004)
| ... In 'The Boscombe Valley Mystery', Holmes must prove that a young man found next to the dying, brutally beaten body of his tyrannous bully of a father is not guilty of his murder. In 'The Sign of Four', Holmes and Watson are intrigued by the case [...]
1. Hound Of The Baskervilles 2. A Study In Scarlet 3. Boscombe Valley Mystery 4. Sign Of Four 5. Blue Carbuncle |
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| More of some of the most-cherished sketches from Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett's sixteen years as a television comedy duo. Highlights include: 'The Short-Sighted Optician', 'The Ministry For Sex Equality', 'The Plumstead Ladies Male Voice Choir' and [...] |
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| ... With its use of exotic locations, and its engaging presenter with his idiosyncratic style, it influenced much of what was to follow. Progressing from the cultural effects of feudalism in medieval Europe to the birth of the Renaissance in [...] |
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| ... prehistoric times to the present day. Broadcast in 1973 and designed to complement Kenneth Clarke's earlier BBC documentary series 'Civilisation', Bronowski concentrates on the growing development of human [...] |
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| ... 'Killer' sees Blake and his crew stumbling upon a derelict spaceship whilst on a mission to crack the Federation's new transmission code. The craft houses a deadly plague which could threaten the existence of the entire universe. In 'Hostage', Travis tries to trap Blake [...] |
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| British masterspy George Smiley (Alec Guinness) returns to his old department following the murder of his friend, General Vladimir, a Russian who once worked for British Intelligence. When it transpires that Vladimir was in fact a double agent, Smiley becomes engaged in a battle of wills with [...] |
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| ... Deputy Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service George Smiley (Alec Guinness) has been in retirement for some time due to his mishandling of a failed mission in Czechoslovakia. However, the spy finds himself summoned back to the Circus when it transpires that an enemy infiltrator is at [...] |
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| | (P) 1989 (2003)
| The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace arrive in England towards the end of the Second World War. At a secret naval base, Dr Judson has built a machine capable of breaking German cyphers, but the machine is in fact used to translate ancient runes and summon up Fenric, an evil creature from the dawn [...] |
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| Classic sketches from the comic duo. The BBC began broadcasting the series 'Not Only But Also' in 1965 and continued until 1970. It became a landmark TV series thanks to the genius of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and this compilation features some of their best material; including 'The Leaping [...] |
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| | (P) 1988 (2002)
| ... Ebenezer Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) is the loveliest, kindest man in all of Christendom, until the Ghost of Christmas (Robbie Coltrane) pays him a visit and shows him the wicked ways of his ancestors. Among the many miscreants encountered in this parade of [...] |
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| All six episodes from the BBC series looking at the life of early mammals. Using computer-generated imagery, the show recreates the prehistoric world of the sabre-tooth tiger and the woolly mammoth, revealing the sometimes surprising ancestors of many of the animals familiar [...] |
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| | (P) 2000 (2001)
| ... the BBC. Includes clips from 'The Two Ronnies', 'Morecambe and Wise', 'Only Fools and Horses', 'Blackadder', 'The Likely Lads', 'One Foot in the Grave', 'The Good Life', 'Yes Minister', 'Hancock', [...] |
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| | (P) 1986 (2003)
| ... Bob Peck stars as Yorkshire detective Ronald Craven, who is investigating the murder of his daughter, Emma (Joanne Whalley), an environmental activist. He discovers that a nuclear power plant is somehow involved, and uncovers evidence of a high-level government cover-up. The episodes are: [...]
1. Boogie Chillen
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| ... career with his tongue buried firmly in his cheek. Playing along with the camera crew's 'surprise' visit to his home, he quickly turns the situation to his surreal advantage and revels in his own [...] |
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| ... In 'Enemy Within the Gates', the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard capture two German airmen, only to have Private Godfrey (Arnold Ridley) let them 'go for a tinkle'. In 'The Showing Up of Corporal Jones', Jones (Clive Dunn) is forced to undergo [...] |
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| | (P) 1986 (2004)
| ... under-secretary in a satirical look behind the scenes at Westminster. The episodes included are: 'The Grand Design'; 'The Ministerial Broadcast'; 'The Smoke Screen'; 'The Key'; 'A Real Partnership'; 'A [...] |
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| ... Despite his successful sueing of Wernham Hogg for unfair dismissal, Brent pays frequent visits to his old workplace with his dog in tow, much to the annoyance of boss Neil (Patrick Baladi). Tim (Martin Freeman) is flustered to hear of the imminent arrival of Dawn (Lucy Davis), who along with her fiancĂę Lee (Joel Beckett) is being flown back from her new life in Florida by the [...] |
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| ... Unctious and ineffectual in equal measure, he turns the life of his staff into a neverending round of irritating mini-dramas. The office has been merged and new staff from the Slough office arrive and have the benefit of David managerial [...] |
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