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The cover version has always been a staple of the pop charts. Yet it's often been viewed as the poor relation of writing your own songs. This film challenges and overturns that misconception by celebrating an exciting, underrated musical form that has the power to make or break an artist's career. Whether as tribute, reinterpretation or as an act of subversion, the extraordinary alchemy involved in covering a record can create a new, defining version - in some cases, even more original than the original.

Following British tourists checking in and out of the south-east Asian airport. The show follows employees and passengers at the airport as they come across issues that they face daily and other more bizarre cases.

Imperial Mausoleums is China's first epic documentary in large-scale chronological format, jointly produced by Shaanxi Publishing Group's digital publishing base with an investment of 10.6 million yuan. The film combines the cultural characteristics of emperors and their tombs in Shaanxi Province, using a combination of micro landscapes, maps, murals, three-dimensional architecture, and live shooting forms to complete the perfect interpretation of the film.

Frans Bromet and Stef Biemans send each other video letters about the children from their village. Stef lives in Masaya, Nicaraguan, and Frans lives in Ilpendam, North Holland.

Every Saturday, 26 minutes reviews Swiss and international news, in its own way. Sketches give an amused look in the rear view mirror of a news that lends itself rather to grimace.

The underground world is a largely unexplored universe. Find out what goes on in the subterranean world of our planet Earth.

Doctors and nurses treat patients in life-threatening circumstances at the world-renowned Shock Trauma Center on the campus of the University of Maryland in Baltimore.

Indiana Women's Prison is the backdrop for this cast of surprisingly relatable and bold characters. Women in Prison mixes the reality of prison life with recreations of dramatically revealing stories of how each of our characters ended up behind bars.

From gondoliers of Venice to pasta nonnas of Bari, comedian Anh Do is on a special quest to experience the best of Italy in this two part series.

A reality series that chronicles the highs and lows of several restaurants in the competitive New York culinary scene.

A Week to My Wedding features ordinary couples taking, what is essentially, an extraordinary step - that of committing themselves to one person for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health for all the days of their lives. This year over 24,000 couples will say ‘I do’. The average wedding will cost over 21,000 euro and no wedding is the same. In this new series, we join six couples with one week to go. A week set to be one of the most intense, stressful, unpredictable and exciting weeks they will ever experience.

Observational documentary series following life at one of Britain's 'Big Six' energy companies, SSE. Filmed over a year, it tells the story of an army of workers battling to keep our power flowing.

The incredible true stories behind some of the world’s biggest, most infamous robberies.

A documentary series that explores sex in the information age.

Behind many million-dollar inventions are priceless stories of inspiration, controversy, triumph, and tragedy. Explore inventions large and small, lifesaving and life-taking, scary and playful, and meet the men and women who dedicated, and often risked, their lives to follow their vision and ultimately change the world.

Setting out to discover sexuality in the world’s 14 major megacities, this sensual and libertine collection provides an entertaining and fascinating journey into sexual practices the world over.

A series of best bits shows airing every Saturday during Celebrity Big Brother 16 on 5* at 9 pm. The shows will have a new theme each week and will look back at the best bits from Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 5.

Discovering Lucy Angel follows the mother-daughter trio Lucy Angel and the rest of their family, the Andertons. Together they work to launch their music career in Nashville. This country music-themed docu-series captures the ups and downs of the family’s lives as they make a name for themselves in country music. Follow the endearing Andertons while out on tour and in their family home in Franklin, Tennessee.

"Life Flight: Trauma Center Houston" is an intense, behind-the-scenes docu-drama that follows the trauma teams at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and the split-second decisions they must make while performing life-saving procedures both on the ground and hundreds of feet in the air. Viewers will see what really happens behind the emergency room doors where doctors, nurses and trauma surgeons do everything they can to save each patient brought in by the helicopter "Life Flight" teams.

To help celebrate ITV's 60th anniversary Britain: Six decades of British life are recalled through archive footage, telling the story of the nation in a mosaic of clips from news programmes and documentaries. As Seen on ITV tells the story of our changing nation through extraordinary real-life footage seen on our screens over the last 60 years.

Fiona Bruce and experts from BBC1's popular Antiques Roadshow turn sleuth as they explore intriguing stories behind family heirlooms. Hilary Kay investigates a rare artifact that's said to have adorned Oliver Cromwell's funeral procession.

James Beard Award-winning food and travel writers, Matt and Ted Lee, uncover the unexpected bites and sights in their hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. From Lowcountry oyster roasts to an undersea winery and dinner that comes with a side of dance lessons, Matt and Ted prove there’s far more to Charleston’s food scene than the tour guide lets on.

Historian Andrew Roberts journeys through the history and geography of Europe to bring the story of Napoleon vividly to life as he retraces the footsteps of the legendary leader himself.

In a four-part series, artist Lachlan Goudie traces the development of Scottish art from the Neolithic Era to the present day, and looks at its impact on the international art world

True crime docuseries about child abductions featuring the survivors' testimonies.

Join Elizabeth McGovern as she takes an in-depth look at the young American heiresses whose real life stories inspired the acclaimed TV drama Downton Abbey. This series explores the time between the 1870s and the outbreak of World War One, when more than 200 daughters of America's new industrial millionaires marry into the money-strapped British aristocracy. They use their affluence, allure and ingenuity to their advantage, and they bring dramatic changes to the English ruling class and eventually the world.

Chris Packham meets the animals using devious tactics and sneaky tricks to survive. Meet the cross-dressing love cheat cuttlefish, the two-faced topi, the devious freshwater mussel and other utterly remarkable devious animals.

Historians and experts rank famous figures based on their rough-and-tumble accomplishments.

Get into the minds of five feisty young women and find out what makes them spit - five original short films, exclusive to BBC iPlayer.

This two-parter takes a fresh look at climate's complexities in an amazing exploration of the way it has shaped human history. A unique combination of natural science and history takes us through the ages and along the entire spectrum of natural forces. The gripping narrative exposes surprising connections between volatile climate shifts and major historical events.

The noisy commemoration, celebrated by the Germans in 1993, reached a peak. It was only a question of reconciliation between the adversaries of yesterday and reciprocal pardon. Very laudable intentions which perhaps conceal a memory problem. And if, to too much want to turn the page, the Germans did not come to lose their memories? If history, covered by noise, became mute? If the faults were changed into "details"? The grandchildren of the combatants react in front of the camera to the evocation of these questions and to the spectacle of the vast market of commemorations.