Sea of Fire (1x60) - BBC2 The story of the ill-fated HMS Coventry, that was bombed
and sunk within 20 minutes during the Falklands war. With unprecedented
interview access and new dramatic reconstructions, experience this
catastrophic event through the eyes of the surviving sailors.
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Cold War, Dirty Science (1x50) - BBC 4 Weapons of Mass destruciton are seen as a singularly
modern concern. But this film reveals the secret story of Britain's
development of WMD after WWII, half a century before Bush and Blair and
'the axis of evil'.
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The Cold War's Missing Fighter Pilots: Revealed (1x60)- five, Nova/WGBH, NGCI
Uncovering the secrets of the Korean War: from Stalin’s theft of
a US fighter-jet to the disappearance of American pilots.
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Hunt for Hitler's Scientists: Revealed (1x60) - NGCI, five, WNET
The top-secret battle between the Allies to hunt down elite Nazi
scientists and capture their deadly new weapons at the end of World War
Two.
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D-Day: The Ultimate Conflict (1x50) - five, NGCI, WNET
This is the difinitive account of what really happened on D-Day. From
the motley crew of behind-the scenes inventors, creating the machines
of amphibious attack, to the thousands of soldiers determined to change
history.
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The Great Escape: Revealed (1x50) - five, Nova/WGBH, History Channel UK Follow archaeologists and veterans as they hunt for the
tunnel the Germans never found, in an unprecedented investigation into
the remarkable creation of this secret escape route.
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SAS : The Real Story (4x50) - Channel 4
The men behind the myth: for the first time on television comes a
comprehensive history of the SAS, revealing fantastic and compelling
true-life 'boy's own' stories of grit, heroism and bravery.
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The Real Ned Kelly (1x50) - Channel 4, ABC, NGCI Australia’s Robin Hood or a murderous thug? The
real story of Australia's infamous outlaw hero, brought to life with
dramatic reconstructions and the decendents of his followers and those
he killed.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai : Revealed (1x50) - five, WNET, NGCI
The search for the lost railway built by Allied prisoners. Engineer
Bashar Altabba tracks the iconic wartime structure and discovers the
tragedy in its history.
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Dam Busters: Revealed (2x50) - five, WNET, NGCI
This is the technical story behind the greatest bombing raid of WW2,
using rare interviews with surviving veterans and the first computer
animated reconstruction of the raid.
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Commando (4x50) - Channel 4
An epic oral history of the Special Forces in WWII, combining the
testimony of over 100 survivors with stylised reconstruction and film
archive.
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Ultimate Guide: Mummies (1x50) - Discovery
The Ultimate Guide to Mummies travels through England, Scotland, Egypt,
Peru and the USA to answer the historical and scientific questions at
the heart of mummification.
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Escape From Colditz (3x50) - Channel 4, Nova/WGBH
For the first time the Allied Officers of three nations return to
Colditz to reopen the tunnels and retrace the routes of their legendary
escapes.
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Escape (4x50) - BBC1, WGBH Four one hour documentaries examining the history and development of escape and survival systems.
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Pirates! (1x120) - Discovery Two hour special on the life and lore of the 18th century pirate.
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Red Star in Orbit / The Russian Right Stuff (3x50) - BBC, Nova/WGBH This is the story of the Russian Right Stuff. From the
first rocket-powered gliders to the epic journey to Mars, this trilogy
of films charts the triumphs and tragedies of the Soviet space
programme.
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The American Experience: Big Dream, Small Screen (1x60) - WGBH/American Experince A documentary about Philo T. Farnsworth, the farm boy who patented electronic television.
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Dogs of War (1x30) - BBC TV Half hour documentary on war dog heroes.
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Cutting Edge: Mystery Of The Pescado (1x50) - Channel 4 A documentary about a Cornish fishing boat which sank in mysterious circumstances.
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Lost Civilisations (1x50) - Time-Life, NBC Dramatic reconstructions for a ten part series about
ancient civilisations and one 50-minute documentary about
Africa’s lost history.
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Wanted: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (1x80) - Channel4, Nova/WGBH Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were once the most
wanted men in the West. They are thought to have fled South America,
but what happened after that? Dr. Clyde Snow, the celebrated forensic
anthropologist exhumes two bodies in Bolivia. But are they the
legendary outlaws?
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The American Experience: Love in the Cold War (1x60) - American Experience The story of the two sons of the leader of the
American Communist party; one brought up in the USSR, the other in the
USA.
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Horizon: The Long Road to the West (1x50) - BBC A documentary about the celebrated East-German optics
company, Carl Zeiss Jena, and its struggle to survive the reunification
of Germany.
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The Day The World Took Off (5x50) - Channel 4 This landmark series on the origins of the Industrial
Revolution challenges traditional views of one of the most dramatic
periods in human history.
