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Episode 1E1 · 45 min
For Love or Money 1E2 · 45 min
Doing the DishesE3 · 45 min

A celebration of the satellite dish, looking at their history and considering the prospects for designer dishes.

Sexual Intercourse Began in 1963E4 · 45 min

Trial of the book and the acquittal of Penguin Books ushered in the freedom of the Sixties. With dramatic reconstructions this programme recreates the atmosphere of the time and tells the story of Lawrence's lifelong battle with the censors.

The Thing Is... PrisonsE5 · 45 min

Paul Morley looks at prisons, historic and new, and at the "interior design" practiced by prisoners within their cells.

Episode 6E6 · 45 min
Tunnel Visions: 1E7 · 45 min

The mutual mistrust between the French and the English goes back centuries. A British television team looks at the way the French are adjusting to a world in which many of their ideals - revolution, patriotism and national culture - seem to be increasingly irrelevant.

Tunnel Visions: 2E8 · 45 min

A French television team looks behind the stereotypes and asks what the public role of British intellectuals is at a time when the channel tunnel is forcing the two societies together.

Tracks of My TearsE9 · 45 min

Inspired by the footballer, Paul Gascoigne, this documentary with music from Smokey Robinson and Sydney Devine, looks at men in tears - in art, pop, music, sport, the cinema and politics.

J'accuse: The Rolling StonesE10 · 45 min

Rock critic Sean O'Hagan argues that the Rolling Stones are a burnt-out collection of middle-aged men who have failed to mature or find a late style. He also suggests that they have become the opposite of much of what they once stood for.

Episode 11E11 · 45 min
The Thing Is... Christmas DecorationsE12 · 45 min

Paul Morley looks at Christmas decorations. Why do we want them? What do they mean to us and what do they say about us? How do the stores entice us to buy them? Do they offer a taste of a traditional Christmas or plastic nostalgia for a non-existent Golden Age?

Sleeping Beauty RediscoveredE13 · 45 min

Looking at the Royal Ballet's film started in the 1960s and left unfinished.

J'accuse: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartE14 · 45 min

Looks at the hype behind the Mozart bicentennial celebrations.

Black AthenaE15 · 45 min

Examines the ideas of Martin Bernal set out in book Black Athena (1987) in which he argues that the Wests view of Greek civilization has been distorted to promote the Aryan model to the detriment of black African and Semitic cultures.

Lost LawrenceE16 · 45 min
Salvage of a Soho PhotographerE17 · 45 min

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Episode 1E1 · 45 min
For Love or Money 1E2 · 45 min
Doing the DishesE3 · 45 min

A celebration of the satellite dish, looking at their history and considering the prospects for designer dishes.

Sexual Intercourse Began in 1963E4 · 45 min

Trial of the book and the acquittal of Penguin Books ushered in the freedom of the Sixties. With dramatic reconstructions this programme recreates the atmosphere of the time and tells the story of Lawrence's lifelong battle with the censors.

The Thing Is... PrisonsE5 · 45 min

Paul Morley looks at prisons, historic and new, and at the "interior design" practiced by prisoners within their cells.

Episode 6E6 · 45 min
Tunnel Visions: 1E7 · 45 min

The mutual mistrust between the French and the English goes back centuries. A British television team looks at the way the French are adjusting to a world in which many of their ideals - revolution, patriotism and national culture - seem to be increasingly irrelevant.

Tunnel Visions: 2E8 · 45 min

A French television team looks behind the stereotypes and asks what the public role of British intellectuals is at a time when the channel tunnel is forcing the two societies together.

Tracks of My TearsE9 · 45 min

Inspired by the footballer, Paul Gascoigne, this documentary with music from Smokey Robinson and Sydney Devine, looks at men in tears - in art, pop, music, sport, the cinema and politics.

J'accuse: The Rolling StonesE10 · 45 min

Rock critic Sean O'Hagan argues that the Rolling Stones are a burnt-out collection of middle-aged men who have failed to mature or find a late style. He also suggests that they have become the opposite of much of what they once stood for.

Episode 11E11 · 45 min
The Thing Is... Christmas DecorationsE12 · 45 min

Paul Morley looks at Christmas decorations. Why do we want them? What do they mean to us and what do they say about us? How do the stores entice us to buy them? Do they offer a taste of a traditional Christmas or plastic nostalgia for a non-existent Golden Age?

Sleeping Beauty RediscoveredE13 · 45 min

Looking at the Royal Ballet's film started in the 1960s and left unfinished.

J'accuse: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartE14 · 45 min

Looks at the hype behind the Mozart bicentennial celebrations.

Black AthenaE15 · 45 min

Examines the ideas of Martin Bernal set out in book Black Athena (1987) in which he argues that the Wests view of Greek civilization has been distorted to promote the Aryan model to the detriment of black African and Semitic cultures.

Lost LawrenceE16 · 45 min
Salvage of a Soho PhotographerE17 · 45 min