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The Detectives: Murder on the Streets
This four-part series follows Manchester's murder detectives as they crack complex cases in real time.
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The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed
Discover the amazing journey we all make from the most helpless to the most sophisticated organism on earth.
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
It's not an unpresidented question - should poor spelling be a bar to high office? Philip Seargeant wants us to wake up and smell the covfefe.
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Rod Stewart was a 1970s ally
With a powerful ballad and a refusal to bend the knee to his record label, Rod Stewart was an early, unapologetic supporter of equality. Robert Morrison explains the significance of 1976's Killing Of Georgie.
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