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The Kennedys
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Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes star as President John F Kennedy and his wife, Jackie, in this gripping drama series, charting the triumph and the tragedy of the first couple.
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In Our Time: The Minoan Civilisation
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In 1900 the British archaeologist Arthur Evans discovered the remnants of a Bronze Age society in Knossos, Crete. He named them the Minoan Civilisation. Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss.
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