After 9/11: Scotland's Story

After 9/11: Scotland's Story 2021

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Using first-hand testimony, this documentary pieces together those seismic consequences of 9/11 that have been keenly felt in Scotland over the last 20 years.

2021

The Secret Science of Sewage

The Secret Science of Sewage 2021

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Dr George McGavin and Dr Zoe Laughlin set up base camp at one of the UK's biggest sewage works to investigate the revolutionary science finding vital renewable resources and undiscovered life in human waste. Teaming up with world-class scientists, they search for biological entities in sewage with potentially lifesaving medical properties, find out how pee can generate electricity, how gas from poo can fuel a car and how nutrients in waste can help solve the soil crisis. They follow each stage of the sewage treatment process, revealing what the stuff we flush can tell us about how we live today, and the mindboggling biotechnology being harnessed to clean it, making the wastewater safe enough to return to the environment.

2021

Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain

Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain 2021

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On the 5th of March 1985, a crowd gathered in a South Yorkshire pit village to watch a sight none of them had seen in a year. The villagers, many of them in tears, cheered and clapped as the men of Grimethorpe Colliery marched back to work accompanied by the village’s world-famous brass band. The miners and their families had endured months of hardship. It had all been for nothing. The miners had lost the strike called on March 6th 1984. They would lose a lot more in the years to come. But was it a good thing for the country that the miners lost their last battle?

2021

50 Years of Mr Men with Matt Lucas

50 Years of Mr Men with Matt Lucas 2021

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Matt Lucas celebrates 50 years of The Mr Men and Little Misses, telling the amazing story of the colourful little characters who changed global publishing forever.

2021

Delphi: The Bellybutton of the Ancient World

Delphi: The Bellybutton of the Ancient World 2010

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The site of the famous Oracle, Delphi spanned two great classical civilizations - the Greeks and the Romans - and attracted travelers from all over the ancient world. The city's walls contain the hopes and dreams and the victories and failures that defined entire civilizations.

2010

Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk

Bomb Squad Men: The Long Walk 2012

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Three former bomb disposal officers who served at the height of the Northern Ireland conflict, return for the first time in 30 years to revisit the defining moments of their careers, and the moments when they almost lost their lives.

2012

The Battle of Skye Bridge

The Battle of Skye Bridge 2019

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After centuries of Bonnie Boats speeding Over the Sea to Skye, in 1995 a new bridge was built between the island and the mainland. Privately funded, this was to be a toll bridge. Not only that, it turned out to be the most expensive toll bridge in Europe.

2019

Black and Scottish

Black and Scottish 2019

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In a seminal, identity-defining film, film-maker Stewart Kyasimire gathers together prominent black Scots from all generations to ask: what does it mean to be black and Scottish?

2019

The Bridges That Built London

The Bridges That Built London 2012

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Dan Cruickshank explores the mysteries and secrets of the bridges that have made London what it is. He uncovers stories of Bronze-Age relics emerging from the Vauxhall shore, of why London Bridge was falling down, of midnight corpses splashing beneath Waterloo Bridge, and above all, of the sublime ambition of London's bridge builders themselves.

2012