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  1. Dangerous Dynasty, A: House of Assad (2018)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government

    This three-part BBC series is a thorough lesson in how Syria has ended up in its current predicament. Right at the centre of it are President Bashar and his wife Asma, who met and fell in love in London....

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  2. Opposites Attract (2012)

    Subject
    Media studies; Physics

    A series of outside broadcasts filmed by the BBC at the Royal Institution in the late 1950s and early 1960s, The Nature of Things was presented by William Lawrence Bragg with the assistance of Bill Coates....

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  3. Solids, Liquids and Gases (2012)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Media studies; Physics

    A series of six outside broadcasts filmed at the Royal Institution in the late 1950s and early 1960s, The Nature of Things was presented by William Lawrence Bragg with the assistance of Bill Coates....

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  4. Face to Face: Maya Angelou (2011)

    Subject
    Literature

    In this programme first broadcast in 1994, Jeremy Isaacs asks the black American writer Maya Angelou about her life, her writing and her hopes for the future. What unfolds is a frank and sometimes shocking...

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  5. Devil’s Music, The: Series 2 (2011)

    Subject
    Music

    A series of four 25-minute programmes in which Alexis Korner investigates the roots of American Blues music.

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  6. Inside America: The Quiet Persuader (2011)

    Subject
    Media studies; Social Studies

    First transmitted in 1965, this programme looks at Steve Frankfurt, a New York advertising executive working in an industry worth 14 billion dollars in the US alone. Used to spending thousands at a time with...

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  7. Panorama: California 2000 (2011)

    Subject
    Media studies; Technology

    First transmitted in 1966, Panorama looks at California’s technology industry and its potential impact on the future. The Californian technology industry is by far the most advanced and pioneering of its...

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  8. Timewatch: The Empire State Story (2011)

    Subject
    Engineering

    First transmitted in 2001, this programme chronicles the construction of the Empire State Building in New York, which was the world’s tallest skyscraper when opened in 1931. The iconic building’s history...

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  9. 23 Week Babies: The Price of Life (2011)

    Director
    Adam Wishart
    Subject
    Medical sciences

    Babies born four months early - in the 23rd week of pregnancy - exist on the very edge of life. A few go on to become the ‘miracle babies’ of glossy magazines, but most die. Director Adam Wishart has...

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  10. Panorama Special: Truth About Adoption, The (2011)

    Subject
    Social welfare

    Adoption is now high on the political agenda as the best option for the 65,000 children in care. But, with less than 5% actually placed for adoption, children must wait an average two years and seven months...

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