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Dwayne Johnson plays Hercules in HERCULES, from Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. H-06510
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The Mill: behind the scenes of the new series

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Top 5 history programmes you can watch and listen to right now

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American actor and singer Howard Keel records 'Kiss Me Kate' with his co-star Patricia Morrison, 1964. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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The growing pains of BBC Two . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Programme Name: The Crimson Field - TX: n/a - Episode: Generics (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: (c/w from back left) Sister Joan Livesey (SURANNE JONES), Sister Margaret Quayle (KERRY FOX), Matron Grace Carter (HERMIONE NORRIS), Lieutenant-Colonel Roland Brett (KEVIN DOYLE), Kitty Trevelyan (OONA CHAPLIN), Captain Thomas Gillan (RICHARD RANKIN), Captain Miles Hesketh-Thorne (ALEX WYNDHAM), Corporal Peter Foley (JACK GORDON), Flora Marshall (ALICE ST CLAIR), Rosalie Berwick (MARIANNE OLDHAM) - (C) BBC - Photographer: Todd Anthony
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Behind the scenes of new First World War drama The Crimson Field

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British film director Alfred Hitchcock perched on either arm in a promotional still for his film, 'The Birds', c1963. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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10,000 BC participants in their Mesolithic-style camp. (Channel 5)
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Back to the Stone Age: would you survive?

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Historian at the Movies: The Monuments Men reviewed . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The history of ideas: Sam Willis meets Hannah Dawson

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The history of cider: Sam Willis meets Richard Stone

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Historian at the Movies: The Railway Man reviewed

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