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The Holocaust is one of the most documented, witnessed and written about events in history, so why is Holocaust denial back on the political agenda? What has happened in the 75 years since the liberation of the camps to have so skewed the picture? And, if it matters, why does it matter?
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Adrian Chiles takes a long hard look at his own love of boozing. He wants to find out why he and many others don't think they are addicted to alcohol, despite finding it almost impossible to enjoy life without it.
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The story of the struggle for the women's vote is much more than just the account of the exploits of Emmeline Pankhurst or the tragic fate of Emily Davidson. Lucy Worsley puts herself at the heart of the drama, alongside a group of astonishing young working class suffragettes who decided to go against every rule and expectation that British Edwardian society (1901-1910) had about them…
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In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.
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Биопические виды об Агате Кристи, знаменитой писательнице-загадке. История рассказывается о воспоминаниях и с точки зрения Кристи в двух совершенно разных случаях в ее жизни - один из которых сеанс, который она проводила с ее психиатром после ее знаменитого 11-дневного исчезновения в 1926 году, а другой благодаря воспоминаниям, которые она давала на интервью с журналистами по случаю 10-ой годовщины запуска West End ее пьесы «Мышеловка». У Кристи было свободное и открытое детство, несколько разбитое смертью ее отца. Как волонтерская медсестра, она встретила своего первого мужа, Арчи Кристи. Большая часть фильма касается ее исчезновения в 1926 году, которая произошла после просьбы ее мужа о разводе, который позволил бы ему жениться на женщине, с которой у него был роман. Ее психиатр пришел к выводу, что она была в каком-то состоянии фуги и что ее потеря памяти была подлинной. В конце концов она снова вышла замуж, большую часть своего времени проводила в Сирии и Ираке с ...
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Documentary about Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi made for the BBC series "Visions of Space".
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Join art historian Robert Hughes for a fascinating journey into the life of Spanish painter Francisco Goya. Using the artist's works as the benchmarks in this biographical profile, Hughes follows Goya from his role as painter to the royal court through his maturity as a war reporter and into his troubled final years. Hughes reveals how the upheaval of Goya's life can be traced through his paintings that range from the fanciful to the insane.
