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Featured

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* Comedy
Absolutely Fabulous: Series 1-5
Break out the Bolly!
Eddy and Patsy grow old disgracefully as they rampage through the world of celebrity.

* Drama
Waterloo Road: Series 1-10
Back to school…
Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. This is no ordinary school.

* The Frost Interview
David Frost interviews Muhammad Ali
Sir David Frost interviews legendary boxing champion, Muhammad Ali. (1974)
32 minsAvailable for over a year

* Comedy
Tommy Cooper at the BBC
Classic comedy, just like that
Lenny Henry celebrates his comic hero – the master magician who was a perfect failure.
29 minsAvailable for 11 months

* History
Civilisation
Full series. Sir Kenneth Clarke's celebrated landmark series
Exploring the history of Western civilisation through art, ideas, music and philosophy.

* Film - Period
Pride and Prejudice
Starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier
The Oscar-winning 1940s adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel.
113 minsAvailable for 21 days

* History
Around the World in 80 Treasures
Series 1: 1. Peru to Brazil
Dan Cruickshank looks for man-made treasures in Brazil, Peru and on Easter Island.

* Drama
Merlin: Series 1-5
Magic, adventure and the rise of King Arthur
In a land where magic is banned, can young wizard Merlin face up to his destiny?

* Arts
The Joy of Painting
Happy little trees and soothing words with Bob Ross
30 minutes of bliss as the art sensation illustrates perfect, peaceful painting.

* Sci-Fi
Doctor Who: Series 1-12
All of time and space awaits the Doctor
Rose Tyler's life changes forever when she meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor.

* Documentary
Best of British: Barbara Windsor
An icon in her own words
From Soho cabaret clubs to queen of the soaps, a tribute to the much-loved actress.

* Arts
Arena
Miller Meets Mandela
Nelson Mandela talks to Arthur Miller in a rare and momentous interview. (1991)
60 minsAvailable for over a year

The Noughties

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* Entertainment
The Noughties
Cultural highlights that kicked off a century
From Big Brother to Kylie's hotpants, Angela Scanlon revisits the noughties' highlights.
44 minsAvailable for 9 months

* Comedy
Not Going Out: Series 1-11
With happy-go-lucky Lee Mack
Can Lee win Lucy round to his charms? If he does, it's unlikely to be domestic bliss.

* Comedy Drama
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet: Series 1-2
Six boys - and a bridge
Back with the boys again. The adventures of the likely lads, second time around.

* Drama
Spooks: Series 1-10
MI5, not 9 to 5. The explosive, groundbreaking series
They’re working against the clock to protect the nation – and nobody is safe.

* Comedy
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Series 1-9
Laughs, love triangles and lairiness in uproarious adventures of the gang from Runcorn.

* Comedy
Nighty Night: Series 1-2
Get obsessed with Julia Davis’ pitch black comedy
Jill won’t let cancer stop her having fun – especially as it’s her husband who’s ill.

* Comedy
Pulling: Series 1-2
Three definitely-a-bit-wrong friends stumbling towards love
Single life is obviously better. Right? Twisted comedy from Sharon Horgan.

* Drama
Bodies: Series 1-2
When the doctors can’t keep you safe...
Underfunded, under pressure – the shocking medical drama from the writer of Line of Duty.

* Drama
Cutting It: Series 1-4
It's sex and the scissors
High drama among the highlights, with secret loves, betrayal and feuding families.

* Crime Drama
Hustle: Series 1-8
The con is on...
A gang of grifters foil the filthy rich by hitting them where it hurts – their wallet.

* Comedy
The Catherine Tate Show: Series 1-3
Face? Bovvered?
Lauren, Bernie, Nan and other outrageous characters in the award-winning sketch show.

* Comedy
Gavin & Stacey: Series 1-3
The whole story
The absolute highs and awkward lows of a long-distance love affair. Plus...Smithy.

The 1990s

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* Comedy
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Series 1-6
The 90s classic
Booted from the streets of West Philadelphia, Will Smith's the new prince in town.

* Comedy
The Vicar of Dibley: Series 1-3
Divine comedy
Dawn French stars as the sinfully funny, non-traditional, chocolate-loving vicar.

* Comedy
The Real McCoy: Series 1-5
Razor-sharp comedy
The groundbreaking sketch show that brought the black British perspective to TV.

* Crime Drama
Jonathan Creek: Series 1-5
Impossible mysteries
Alan Davies stars as the reluctant duffle-coated detective, solving brain-bending cases.

* Comedy
Absolutely Fabulous: Series 1-5
Break out the Bolly!
Eddy and Patsy grow old disgracefully as they rampage through the world of celebrity.

* Crime Drama
Silent Witness: Series 4-23
Thrilling mysteries
The forensics team who will stop at nothing to get answers for the dead.

* Documentary
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends: Series 1-3
Exposing eccentricity
The one and only Louis shares his encounters with the wilder fringes of society.

* Comedy
The Royle Family: Series 1-3
Made in Manchester
The drama and ridiculousness of family life served with a side of tea, toast and telly.

* Comedy
Gimme Gimme Gimme: Series 1-3
The flatshare from hell
Louche Linda and talentless Tom hate each other. But they hate everyone else more.

* Music
Glastonbury
Radiohead
Radiohead deliver an epic, all-time great Glastonbury set in 1997
61 minsAvailable for over a year

* Music
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1990
Thursday night fever
The veteran pop show entered a new decade, and a new era for dance and indie.
44 minsAvailable for 24 days

* Lifestyle
Full Circle with Michael Palin
1. Alaska and Russia
Michael starts a Pacific voyage in the Diomede Islands and visits Alaska and Russia.

The 1980s

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* Comedy
Blackadder: Series 1-4
The whole damn dynasty
Cunning plans and cutting comedy as Edmund and Baldrick scheme their way through history.

* Music
New Power Generation: Black Music Legends of the 1980s...
Janet Jackson: Taking Control
Film focusing on Janet Jackson's struggle to control both her creative and personal life.
59 minsAvailable for 3 months

* Comedy
French and Saunders: Series 1-6
Sketches, songs and spoofs
The queens of comedy in all their surreal, silly and pioneering glory.

* The Friday Documentary
The Mini Is 30
Documentary from 1989. The world's most famous small car celebrates its 30th birthday.
30 minsAvailable for over a year

* Wogan
25/12/1984
Wogan talks to Victoria Principal, Freddie Starr, Kiri Te Kanawa and Elton John. (1984)
50 minsAvailable for over a year

* Arts
Arena
Chelsea Hotel
Chelsea Hotel in New York, a haven for some of the 20th Century's greatest talent. (1981)
55 minsAvailable for over a year

* Documentary
Arena
Desert Island Discs
A celebration of Roy Plomley's radio favourite with some celebrity castaways' help.
47 minsAvailable for over a year

* Entertainment
Behind the Screen
Carla Lane
Nell Mullarkey meets the highly successful comedy writer Carla Lane. (1989)
7 minsAvailable for over a year

* Sport
The '85 Black Ball Final: Final Frame
A full replay of the final, dramatic frame of the 1985 World Snooker Championship.
76 minsAvailable for over a year

* Comedy
Comic Roots
Series 2: 4. Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Williams explores his roots in and around St Pancras where he grew up.
30 minsAvailable for over a year

* Documentary
Around the World in 80 Days
Michael Palin’s epic
30 years ago, the nation’s favourite travelling companion took on the ultimate adventure.

* Food
Floyd on France
1. Provence
Keith Floyd celebrates the great gastronomic regions of France. (1987)
38 minsAvailable for over a year

Silver Screen Favourites Silver Screen

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* Film - Comedy
Bringing Up Baby
The screwball classic with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn
A madcap heiress – and her leopard – crash into the life of a mild-mannered doctor.
98 minsAvailable for over a year

* Film - Thriller
Suspicion
The classic Hitchcock thriller starring Joan Fontaine
A timid heiress becomes convinced her husband is trying to kill her.
95 minsAvailable for over a year

* Film - Comedy
Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House
Classic Cary Grant
A family long for domestic bliss – but their new home is anything but.
90 minsAvailable for over a year

* Film - Western
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
John Wayne stars in John Ford’s classic Western
A US cavalry officer suffers a setback on his last mission – and is forced to act alone.
99 minsAvailable for over a year

* Film - Musical
Carefree
A screwball comedy with Fred and Ginger
A lawyer is worried his fiancee keeps postponing their wedding. Will a psychiatrist help?
83 minsAvailable for over a year

* Film - Drama
Citizen Kane
Orson Welles' movie masterpiece
One of the most famous, most acclaimed - and most parodied - films ever made.
119 minsAvailable for over a year

* Film - Comedy
My Favourite Wife
Comedy as a missing shipwreck survivor returns to her spouse
Screwball fun. The enigmatic woman's husband has remarried, but she too has secrets...
84 minsAvailable for over a year

* Film - Thriller
Second Chance
Robert Mitchum and Jack Palance in a tense thriller
A disillusioned boxer and a fugitive find romance in Mexico – shadowed by a killer.
78 minsAvailable for over a year

* Film - Musical
Top Hat
It’s the tops! Fred and Ginger cheek to cheek
An American dancer in London falls for a girl – but she thinks he’s already married.
95 minsAvailable for over a year

* Film - Romance
Holiday Affair
A heartwarming yuletide tale starring Robert Mitchum
Christmas in New York, and two very different men court a widow with a young son.
83 minsAvailable for over a year

* Film - Horror
King Kong
Hollywood's most famous monster movie
The original tale of beauty and the beast – with one of cinema’s most iconic scenes.
96 minsAvailable for over a year

* Film - Drama
The Miracle of the Bells
Can a young women’s dying wish be fulfilled?
All she wanted was for the bells to ring. Can her heartbroken lover make it happen?
115 minsAvailable for over a year

Sir David Attenborough

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* Nature
Blue Planet II
Take a deep breath...
Meet the incredible creatures that live beneath the waves, with Sir David Attenborough.

* Nature
Seven Worlds, One Planet
You won’t believe your eyes
Every corner of this incredible, unimaginable planet, with David Attenborough as a guide.

* Nature
Frozen Planet
Discover the ends of the earth
Inhospitable, remote, yet teeming with life. It's a different world on the same planet.

* Nature
Life Story
Series 1: 1. First Steps
Fur seals and flightless barnacle goose chicks fight to survive the challenges of infancy.

* Nature
Africa
It’s like nowhere else
Vast deserts, verdant plains and vibrant jungles - it's the world's wildest continent.
59 minsAvailable for 9 months

* Nature
Planet Earth II
Say hello to the wonders of the world
Islands, mountains, cities - discover incredible creatures, wherever they live.

* Nature
A Perfect Planet
All episodes available now
Marvel at the great forces of nature that support, drive and enable life on Earth.

* Nature
Climate Change - The Facts
David Attenborough explores the science of, and potential solutions to, climate change.
58 minsAvailable for 1 month

* Nature
Life on Earth
The original wildlife epic, 40 years on
The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals around us.

* Nature
Life
The incredible challenges animals face to survive
David Attenborough looks at epic spectacles and amazing examples of wildlife behaviour.

* Nature
Planet Earth
The splendour and surprises of Earth's amazing life
Join Sir David Attenborough on a breathtaking journey around the planet.

* Science & Nature
The Blue Planet
Enter the planet's otherworldly underwater kingdoms
Giant creatures, alien lifeforms, microscopic colonies - it's all here under the waves.

Travel

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* Documentary
Around the World in 80 Days
Michael Palin’s epic
30 years ago, the nation’s favourite travelling companion took on the ultimate adventure.

* Documentary
Pole to Pole
1. Cold Start
Michael touches down at the North Pole as he starts his journey south.

* Lifestyle
India with Sanjeev Bhaskar
Bombay Dreams
Sanjeev Bhaskar begins his Indian journey in Mumbai, the nation's financial capital.
58 minsAvailable for over a year

* Food
Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey
Episode 1
Rick Stein is on an epic culinary journey beginning in Cambodia.
59 minsAvailable for over a year

* Documentary
Around the World in 80 Gardens
1. Mexico and Cuba
Monty Don visits the ancient water gardens of Mexico City.

* Lifestyle
Full Circle with Michael Palin
1. Alaska and Russia
Michael starts a Pacific voyage in the Diomede Islands and visits Alaska and Russia.

* Lifestyle
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
Episode 1
Michael Palin follows Ernest Hemingway's footsteps across Europe, Africa and America.

* Lifestyle
Great Railway Journeys
Series 2: 1. Clive Anderson: Hong Kong to Ulaan Baatar
Clive Anderson meets nomadic tribes, visits a Buddhist cave, and devours chicken feet.

* History
Around the World in 80 Treasures
Series 1: 1. Peru to Brazil
Dan Cruickshank looks for man-made treasures in Brazil, Peru and on Easter Island.

* Documentary
Tropic of Capricorn
Incredible stories
Simon uncovers beautiful places and extraordinary people in the southern hemisphere.

* Documentary
Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve
Life on the map line
The environmental and human stories from some of the world’s most remote places.

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