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1. Our World (2007– )

30 min | Documentary

8.2

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Current affairs documentary reporting on issues around the world.

Stars: Stephen Smith, David Shukman, Gesella Ohaka, Duncan Kennedy

Votes: 51

2. Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau (2012)

59 min | Documentary

7.8

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A look at how the Art Nouveau movement flourished in the burgeoning cities of Europe at the end of the 19th century.

Star: Stephen Smith

Votes: 36

3. The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017)

Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary

7.6

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Dr Zhivago is one of the best-known love stories of the 20th century, but the setting of the book also made it famous. It is a tale of passion and fear, set against a backdrop of revolution... See full summary »

Director: George Cathro | Stars: Stephen Smith, Boris Pasternak, Anna Sergeeva-Klyatis, Ann Pasternak Slater

Votes: 46

4. How to Get Ahead at Medieval Court (2014)

60 min | Documentary

7.5

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Writer Broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II.

Director: Rosie Schellenberg | Stars: Trish Dawson, Clarissa Dickson Wright, Stephen Smith, David Tennant

Votes: 23

5. Christmas University Challenge (2011– )

Game-Show

7.4

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Seasonal specials featuring teams of distinguished graduates rather than current students.

Stars: Roger Tilling, Jeremy Paxman, Amol Rajan, Carla Mendonça

Votes: 28

6. Fig Leaf: The Biggest Cover-Up in History (2011 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

7.3

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Director: Rosie Schellenberg | Stars: Stephen Smith, Caroline Vout, Aurelie Perraut, Jonathan Nelson

Votes: 16

7. Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here (2005 Video)

Unrated | 56 min | Documentary

7.3

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Stars: Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, Les Davidson

Votes: 23

8. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Lolita? (2009)

Documentary

7.3

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Documentary following writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith on the trail of Vladimir Nabokov, the elusive man behind the controversial novel and 1962 film, Lolita.

Director: Emma Boswell | Star: Stephen Smith

Votes: 20

9. How to Get Ahead... (2014)

Documentary

7.2

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Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith finds out what it took to survive and prosper in the most artistic, decadent and dangerous royal courts in history: Richard II of England's Medieval ... See full summary »

Stars: Stephen Smith, David Tennant, Clarissa Dickson Wright

Votes: 29

10. How to Get Ahead... (2014)
Episode: At Medieval Court (2014)

Documentary

7.1

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Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith finds out what it took to survive and prosper in the most artistic, decadent and dangerous royal courts in history. He looks back at the Medieval Age to... See full summary »

Director: Rosie Schellenberg | Stars: Clarissa Dickson Wright, Stephen Smith, David Tennant

Votes: 7

11. The Real Doctor Zhivago (2017 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary

7.0

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The story behind the novel "Doctor Zhivago", written by Boris Pasternak who won the Nobel Prize for Literature shortly after the novel's publication in the West.

Director: George Cathro | Stars: Stephen Smith, Boris Pasternak, Anna Sergeeva-Klyatis, Ann Pasternak Slater

Votes: 8

12. A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol (2015)

59 min | Documentary

6.8

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By 1964, Warhol had established himself as a famous pop artist and his creative ambitions were exploding in new directions in a creative frenzy of art, films - and even music. This is a day in his life.

Director: David Shulman | Stars: Paul America, Brigid Berlin, Victor Bockris, Stephen Bruce

Votes: 20

13. Waiting for Hockney (2008)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary

6.5

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A young working class Baltimore man spends 10 years on a single portrait, believing it is his means to fame and fortune. But he also believes that only one man can lead him there---the ... See full summary »

Director: Julie Checkoway | Stars: Billy Pappas, Larry Link, Cookie Pappas, Bill Schulte

Votes: 147

14. How to Get Ahead... (2014)
Episode: At Versailles (2014)

Documentary

6.4

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Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith explores the flamboyant Baroque court of the Sun King, Louis XIV. Louis created the Palace of Versailles so he could surround himself with aristocrats, ... See full summary »

Director: Ian Leese | Star: Stephen Smith

Votes: 6

15. How to Get Ahead... (2014)
Episode: At Renaissance Court (2014)

Documentary

6.2

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Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith finds explores Renaissance Florence under the reign of Grand Duke Cosimo Medici. Cosimo's fledgling court prized the finer things in life and some of ... See full summary »

Director: Suniti Somaiya | Star: Stephen Smith

Votes: 6

16. Newsnight (1980– )

45 min | News

6.1

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Serious news reports, analysis and no-holds-barred interviews with leading politicians and public figures.

Stars: Kirsty Wark, Jeremy Paxman, Emily Maitlis, Gavin Esler

Votes: 213

17. Moonwalking: The True Story of Michael Jackson - Uncensored (2009 Video)

Documentary

5.6

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The hard-hitting film of how a celebrity lifestyle conspired to destroy the king of pop Michael Jackson.

Director: Bob Carruthers | Stars: Beyoncé, David Blaine, Bob Carruthers, King Charles III

Votes: 42

18. Nobody Told Me (2022)

27 min | Documentary, Short

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Dr. Halina Rotstein, a dedicated doctor, left medicine for a few years to bring up 4 children after marrying a wealthy Polish-Jewish industrialist, before being drawn back into medicine by the urgency of the Second World War.

Director: Sean O'Sullivan | Stars: Wanda Albinska, Luc Albinski, Tali Nates, Stephen Smith

19. Newsnight at 30 (2010 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

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A special weekend anniversary show celebrating the weekday news analysis series "Newsnight". Rather than a standard history of the show featuring past presenters and producers, this takes ... See full summary »

Stars: Jeremy Paxman, Martha Kearney, Kirsty Wark, Stephen Smith

20. Newsnight (1980– )
Episode: Episode dated 7 January 2019 (2019)

News

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Stars: Emily Maitlis, Tim Bevan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Felicity Jones

21. Newsnight (1980– )
Episode: Episode dated 11 June 2020 (2020)

News

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Stars: Dane Baptiste, Tim Colbourn, Leigh Francis, Trisha Goddard

22. Newsnight (1980– )
Episode: Episode dated 20 March 2020 (2020)

News

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Stars: Kirsty Wark, Stephen Smith, Matthew Sweet

23. Newsnight (1980– )
Episode: Episode dated 11 December 2008 (2008)

News

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Includes a report on the innovative restoration of colour to the black-and-white film print of the Dad's Army (1968) episode Room at the Bottom.

Stars: Kirsty Wark, James Insell, Andrew Martin, Jimmy Perry

24. Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau (2012)
Episode: British Cities (2012)

Documentary

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Director: Mary Downes | Star: Stephen Smith

25. Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau (2012)
Episode: Vienna (2012)

Documentary

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Director: John MacLaverty | Star: Stephen Smith

26. Christmas University Challenge (2011– )
Episode: New College Oxford v Reading (2020)

Game-Show

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Stars: Jeremy Paxman, Roger Tilling, Paul Barnes, Lucy Cooke

27. Newsnight (1980– )
Episode: Episode dated 15 February 2010 (2010)

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Includes an item on political satire in Doctor Who (1963).

Director: Barton MacFarlane | Stars: Gavin Esler, Andrew Cartmel, Tim Collins, Terrance Dicks

28. Newsnight (1980– )
Episode: Episode dated 3 August 2010 (2010)

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Stars: Kirsty Wark, Roger Laughton, Stephen Smith

29. Newsnight (1980– )
Episode: Episode dated 26 August 2010 (2010)

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Includes a feature on the recently found and restored long version of Metropolis (1927).

Stars: Gavin Esler, Eddie Berg, Nick James, Stephen Smith

30. Newsnight (1980– )
Episode: Episode dated 24 September 2010 (2010)

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Northern Ireland is discussed, as is the future of capitalism, and there is a rare interview with veteran comedian Ken Dodd.

Stars: Stephanie Flanders, Ken Dodd, Dara O Briain, Stephen Smith

31. Newsnight (1980– )
Episode: Episode dated 28 October 2010 (2010)

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On the 50th anniversary of the "Lady Chatterley's Lover" British obscenity trial, an examination of how attitudes to novelizations of explicit sex have changed.

Stars: Kirsty Wark, Steve Hare, Philip Hensher, Geoffrey Robertson

32. Newsnight (1980– )
Episode: Episode dated 8 December 2011 (2011)

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Stars: Kirsty Wark, Geoffrey Hill, Stephen Smith

33. Newsnight (1980– )
Episode: Episode dated 5 April 2013 (2013)

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Includes a discussion inspired by the Philpott case on the physical and mental abuse in many domestic abodes. Also, the actor who has turned his long career of near misses into an ironically successful play.

Stars: Kirsty Wark, Jahmene Douglas, Anna Larke, Carmel Napier