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Comedy
One Foot in the Grave
Retired - but certainly not retiring
Retired - but certainly not retiring. Original grumpy old man Victor takes on the world
Crime Drama
Line of Duty
Shocking. Intense. Unmissable.
On the trail of corrupt coppers - follow every twist of AC-12's investigations.
Entertainment
Top Gear
The ultimate collection
The ultimate collection. Action with Jeremy, Richard, James, Paddy, Freddie, Chris...
Music
The Carpenters at the BBC
The Carpenters' debut BBC concert, recorded on their first British tour in September 1971.
35 mins
Available for 18 days
History
Timewatch
2004-2005: 2. The Killer Wave of 1607
Documentary detailing a killer wave which struck the coast of the Bristol Channel in 1607.
49 mins
Available for 29 days
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
Louis Theroux
America’s Most Dangerous Pets. With the Tiger King
Louis met the notorious Joe Exotic as he discovered some amazing animal collections.
59 mins
Available for 2 months
The Frost Interview
Brian Clough
Sir David Frost interviews football manager Brian Clough. (1974)
31 mins
Available for over a year
Film - Musical
West Side Story
When Tony met Maria…
When Tony met Maria… The all-singing, all-dancing cinema classic with a super soundtrack
141 mins
Available for 21 days
Food
Delia Smith's Cookery Course
Series 1: 1. Eggs
Delia Smith starts her cookery course by tackling eggs. (1978)
25 mins
Available for 2 months
Film - Drama
Citizen Kane
Orson Welles' movie masterpiece
One of the most famous, most acclaimed - and most parodied - films ever made.
119 mins
Available for over a year
History
Watergate
The full story of the scandal that rocked America
The classic documentary series on the crime that forced President Nixon to resign.
The Noughties
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Drama
Gossip Girl
The original series. XOXO
You’re nobody until you’re talked about. Secrets and scandals on the Upper East Side
Comedy
Gavin & Stacey
The whole story
The absolute highs and awkward lows of a long-distance love affair. Plus...Smithy.
Comedy
Not Going Out
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
15 Storeys High
Created by and starring the much-missed Sean Lock
Created by and starring the much-missed Sean Lock. Tower block tales of a man of misery
Drama
Spooks
MI5, not 9 to 5. The explosive, groundbreaking series
They’re working against the clock to protect the nation – and nobody is safe.
Comedy
The Office
Pointless tasks. Tedious colleagues. And David Brent
Pointless tasks. Tedious colleagues. And David Brent. Classic comedy from the archives
Comedy
Nighty Night
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 Drama
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Six boys - and a bridge
Back with the boys again. The adventures of the likely lads, second time around.
Comedy
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Laughs, love and lairiness
Laughs, love triangles and lairiness in uproarious adventures of the gang from Runcorn.
Comedy
The Catherine Tate Show
Face? Bovvered?
Lauren, Bernie, Nan and other outrageous characters in the award-winning sketch show.
Crime Drama
The Killing
All episodes available now
Danish detective Sarah Lund fights to unravel brutal murders. The original Scandi Noir.
Comedy
Pulling
Three definitely-a-bit-wrong friends stumbling towards love
Single life is obviously better. Right? Twisted comedy from Sharon Horgan.
The 1990s
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Comedy
The Vicar of Dibley
Divine comedy
Dawn French stars as the sinfully funny, non-traditional, chocolate-loving vicar.
Crime Drama
Silent Witness
Thrilling mysteries
The forensics team who will stop at nothing to get answers for the dead.
Comedy
The Royle Family
Made in Manchester
The drama and ridiculousness of family life served with a side of tea, toast and telly.
Comedy
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The 90s classic
Booted from the streets of West Philadelphia, Will Smith's the new prince in town.
Period Drama
Middlemarch
The much-acclaimed adaptation of a classic novel
The much-acclaimed adaptation of a classic novel, in an England about to change forever
Comedy
One Foot in the Grave
Retired - but certainly not retiring
Retired - but certainly not retiring. Original grumpy old man Victor takes on the world
Comedy
Absolutely Fabulous
Break out the Bolly!
Eddy and Patsy grow old disgracefully as they rampage through the world of celebrity.
Comedy
dinnerladies
A big helping of Victoria Wood’s bittersweet classic
A big helping of Victoria Wood’s bittersweet classic comedy, with a host of famous faces
Comedy
Keeping Up Appearances
Relive the horrors of Hyacinth
Relive the horrors of Hyacinth and the entire Bucket... sorry, Bouquet family
Comedy
The Thin Blue Line
The classic cop comedy
The classic cop comedy. They should be fighting crime – not squabbling with each other
Entertainment
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Birmingham’s big night
Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson host as Dana International takes Europe by storm
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.
The 1980s
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Food
Floyd on France
1. Provence
Keith Floyd celebrates the great gastronomic regions of France. (1987)
38 mins
Available for over a year
Documentary
A Change of Sex
A ground-breaking series
A ground-breaking series following trangender activist Julia Grant through transition
Documentary
Arena
Desert Island Discs
A celebration of Roy Plomley's radio favourite with some celebrity castaways' help.
47 mins
Available for over a year
Food
Ken Hom's Chinese Cookery
Fish
Ken Hom visits a Hong Kong fishing village, and cooks steamed fish. (1984)
25 mins
Available 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.
Sport
The '85 Black Ball Final: Final Frame
A full replay of the final, dramatic frame of the 1985 World Snooker Championship.
76 mins
Available 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 mins
Available for over a year
Documentary
The Friday Documentary
The Mini Is 30
Documentary from 1989. The world's most famous small car celebrates its 30th birthday.
30 mins
Available for over a year
Science
Horizon
1981-1982: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Professor Richard Feynman of Caltech talks about his life and career.
50 mins
Available for over a year
Wogan
25/12/1984
Wogan talks to Victoria Principal, Freddie Starr, Kiri Te Kanawa and Elton John. (1984)
50 mins
Available 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 mins
Available for over a year
Entertainment
Behind the Screen
Carla Lane
Nell Mullarkey meets the highly successful comedy writer Carla Lane. (1989)
7 mins
Available for over a year
Silver Screen Favourites
Silver Screen
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Film - Drama
Citizen Kane
Orson Welles' movie masterpiece
One of the most famous, most acclaimed - and most parodied - films ever made.
119 mins
Available 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 mins
Available for over a year
Film - Thriller
Suspicion
Hitchcock classic with Joan Fontaine
Hitchcock classic with Joan Fontaine. An heiress is sure her husband's trying to kill her
95 mins
Available for over a year
Film - Comedy
Bringing Up Baby
Stars Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn
Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn star. A madcap heiress crashes into the life of a doctor
98 mins
Available 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 mins
Available 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 mins
Available 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 mins
Available for over a year
Film - Comedy
Vivacious Lady
Vintage comedy with Ginger Rogers and James Stewart
A professor marries a club singer but regrets it when he has to face the music back home.
87 mins
Available for over a year
Film - Romance
Love Affair
Romantic drama. Love blossoms on a cross Atlantic journey
En route to New York from Naples, a couple find love despite being engaged to others.
87 mins
Available for over a year
Film - Drama
Angel Face
Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons in a film noir classic
A family chauffeur becomes embroiled in the murderous schemes of his employer.
87 mins
Available 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 mins
Available for over a year
Film - Family
Anne of Green Gables
She'll leap into your heart and live there forever
Adaptation of LM Montgomery's classic novel about a young orphan girl adopted by farmers.
74 mins
Available for over a year
Sir David Attenborough
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Nature
The Mating Game
David Attenborough explores spectacular seduction
From flaunting to fighting, David Attenborough reveals spectacular scenes of seduction
Nature
A Perfect Planet
Series 1: 1. Volcano
A look at how without volcanoes, there would be no life on Earth.
Science & 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
Africa
It’s like nowhere else
Vast deserts, verdant plains and vibrant jungles - it's the world's wildest continent.
59 mins
Available for 11 months
Nature
Climate Change - The Facts
David Attenborough explores the science of, and potential solutions to, climate change.
58 mins
Available for 3 months
Nature
Life Story
First Steps. Goose chicks and long-eared jerboa
Flightless barnacle goose chicks must leap 400 feet down a cliff to find food.
Nature
Attenborough's Wonder of Song
Enchanting our ears
Enchanting our ears. Nature's finest shows, from songs of seduction to warbles of war
58 mins
Available for 11 months
Science & Nature
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
The story of the discovery in Argentina of the largest animal to ever walk the earth.
58 mins
Available for over a year
Nature
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
A moment for hope
Prince William and Sir David Attenborough explore ambitious ways of repairing our planet
58 mins
Available for 8 months
Nature
Planet Earth II
Say hello to the wonders of the world
Islands, mountains, cities - discover incredible creatures, wherever they live.
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.
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.
Food
Rick Stein's India
Episode 1
Rick Stein savours the British-influenced dishes in Kolkata and Chennai.
59 mins
Available for 2 months
Lifestyle
India with Sanjeev Bhaskar
Bombay Dreams
Sanjeev Bhaskar begins his Indian journey in Mumbai, the nation's financial capital.
Documentary
Around the World in 80 Gardens
1. Mexico and Cuba
Monty Don visits the ancient water gardens of Mexico City.
Documentary
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
Episode 1
Michael Palin follows Ernest Hemingway's footsteps across Europe, Africa and America.
Lifestyle
Full Circle with Michael Palin
1. Alaska and Russia
Michael starts a Pacific voyage in the Diomede Islands and visits Alaska and Russia.
Food
Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey
Episode 1
Rick Stein is on an epic culinary journey beginning in Cambodia.
59 mins
Available for over a year
Food
Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey
Episode 1
Rick Stein travels to Naples for seafood and rich sauces. (1999)
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.
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.
Documentary
Tropic of Capricorn
Incredible stories
Simon uncovers beautiful places and extraordinary people in the southern hemisphere.
Food
Rick Stein Tastes the Blues
Rick Stein pays homage to the dishes that go hand in hand with Mississippi Delta blues.
60 mins
Available for 8 months
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