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E1 The National Alf
An appraisal of cultural icon, Alf Garnett (played by Warren Mitchell in the TV series Till Death Do Us Part and In Sickness and in Health).
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E2 The Night Show: Lucrezia Borgia Reveals All
The spoof arts magazine show presents a drama exploring the short cuts television takes in its treatment of art. Lucrezia Borgia, one of the most glamorous women of Renaissance Italy, discusses her role as patron of Italian art.
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E3 J'Accuse: The News
Allison Pearson criticizes the news values of the BBC and ITN, saying that they are trivial, sycophantic and and prisoners to new technology.
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E4 The Night Show - A Midsummer Night's Scream
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E5 Ball and Chain
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E6 Hell's Angel: Mother Teresa
Christopher Hitchens investigates whether Mother Teresa of Calcutta deserves her saintly image. He probes her campaigns against contraception and foeticide and her questionable relationships with wealthy religious and political leaders.
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E7 The Fame Factor: The Battersea Bardot
A documentary on the life of actress Carol White, the lead in the 1960s BBC drama 'Up The Junction'.
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E8 J'Accuse: The Superchefs
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E9 Heigh Ho!
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E10 J'accuse: The National Trust
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E11 J'accuse: The Vegetarians
Jonathan Meades attacks the myths and culture surrounding vegetarianism.
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E12 My Generation: The Animals
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E13 My Generation: The Kinks
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E14 The Elephant Ballet
Five performances by the Royal Ballet in Kenya in aid of elephant conservation.
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E15 My Generation: The Troggs
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E16 The Ring Reduced
The Reduced Shakespeare Company's interpretation of Wagner's Ring Cycle, compressing 16 hours into 30 minutes.
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E17 Wagner V Wagner
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E18 The Air Conditioned Eden
About the mid 20th century Tiki craze that captivated America, encompassing Polynesian themed bars and imaginative libations, a whole genre of music called exotica, and even an architecture, art, and design, all aptly described as Polynesian pop.
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E19 Letter from America with Christopher Hitchens: Pete Wilson