Top 10 Picks of the Day – Wednesday 28 October
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Celebrity Race Across the World Season 4
2026
Reality
Documentary
Famous faces and family pairs take on a race across the world - by any means necessary.
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The Future with Hannah Fry Season 2
2026
Documentary
Science and technology
Hannah Fry explores science, technology and people on the cusp of transformative breakthroughs.
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2026
Comedy
More surreal sketches from icons Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou. Prepare for legendary guest stars, chaotic characters and a cowboy film parody that will stay with you.
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Spotlight Season 2026 | Episode 1
2026
Crime/detective
Documentary
Part one of two. The death of Robert McCartney, whose Sunday night at a city pub ended in a gang attack and murder. As evidence vanished, Robert's family weren't getting any answers. In the race to find out what happened to the survivor of the stabbing, the police were not the only organisation attempting to talk to witnesses
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How the Romans Conquered the Alps
Exploring Emperor Augustus's Alpine campaign, revealing the route, weapons and tactics used by the Romans to successfully annex the unconquered Alps. A team of archaeologists, forensic and ballistics experts reconstruct the campaign. The findings reveal how Roman soldiers coped in the harsh mountain conditions during the conquest
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Comedy
Reality
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Miss Scarlet and the Duke Season 5
2025
Drama
Crime/detective
15
Miss Eliza Scarlet is ready to begin a new chapter. William Wellington, aka The Duke, has decided to stay in New York permanently. His replacement at Scotland Yard, Detective Inspector Alexander Blake, has a stellar reputation as an astute detective; but as a rule, he does not hire private detectives. Can Eliza prove herself and keep her agency in business? From Masterpiece.
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2026
Sci-fi
Fantasy
Resurrected android Vision goes on the run with a mysterious teenager as he attempts to regain his memory and humanity with the help of AI Ultron
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1980
Arts and culture
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public', written by Jonathan Swift. In 1729, Jonathan Swift's supposed solution to the Irish problem of it having too prodigious number of children, still stands as one of the most powerful, macabre and devastating pieces of satirical writing in the English language. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in May 1980
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