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Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man

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Drama-documentary telling the story of Samuel Johnson's creation of the first English dictionary, in an attic room just off Fleet Street in Georgian London. The depressive writer-for-hire with Tourette's syndrome did for the English language what Newton had done for the stars, classifying words, fixing their meaning and bringing order to the chaos of language. It took him nine years, but in the process an anonymous writer became a literary superstar.

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Season 2006
S2006E01 - Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
13 avril 2006
S2006E03 - The Red Arrows
28 août 2006
S2006E04 - The Lost World of Tibet
15 novembre 2006
S2006E05 - The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
6 juillet 2006
S2006E07 - The Code Breakers
22 avril 2006
S2006E08 - Hieronymus Bosch - The Delights of Hell
3 mai 2006
S2006E10 - Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic…
19 septembre 2006
S2006E11 - Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic…
26 septembre 2006
S2006E13 - Geisha Girl
13 janvier 2006
S2006E14 - The Story of Pulp's Common People
14 février 2006
S2006E15 - Olympic Architecture: After The Circus Leaves Town
29 mars 2006
S2006E16 - Tired and Emotional: Drinking in British…
31 janvier 2006
S2006E17 - Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
1 août 2006
S2006E18 - Krakatoa: The Last Days
7 mai 2006
S2006E20 - The Plot Against Harold Wilson
16 mars 2006
S2006E21 - The Battle for British Art
22 juin 2006
S2006E22 - The Bad Food Guide
2 janvier 2006
S2006E23 - The Battle That Made Britain
13 juin 2006
S2006E24 - Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail
29 mai 2006
S2006E25 - How to Improve Your Memory
9 août 2006
S2006E26 - Dounreay: The Atomic Dream
15 mars 2006
S2006E27 - Gorillas Revisited with David Attenborough
16 avril 2006
S2006E28 - Frank Lloyd Wright: Murder, Myth And Modernism
11 mai 2006
S2006E29 - Joe Building: The Stalin Heritage Trail
29 avril 2006
S2006E31 - The Sky at Night - Apollo 11. A Night To Remember
27 février 2006
S2006E32 - Shipwreck Ark Royal
6 juin 2006
S2006E33 - I Love Being HIV+
10 avril 2006
S2006E34 - Bird in the Air Pump
21 juin 2006
S2006E35 - The Boys Who Killed Stephen Lawrence
26 juillet 2006
S2006E36 - Demob Happy: How TV Conquered Britain
9 avril 2006
S2006E38 - Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail
29 mai 2006
S2006E39 - A Tudor Feast at Christmas
21 décembre 2006
S2006E40 - Casualty 1906
3 décembre 2006
S2006E41 - Queens of Heartache
27 juillet 2006
S2006E42 - The Dead Sea Scrolls
5 décembre 2006
S2006E43 - If It Ain’t Stiff ...
15 septembre 2006
S2006E44 - Top of the Pops - The True Story
30 juillet 2006
S2006E45 - Happy Birthday Broons!
1 juillet 2006
S2006E46 - The World According to Google
20 janvier 2006
S2006E47 - Be My Baby - the Girl Group Story
31 août 2006
S2006E48 - Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man
26 juin 2006
S2006E49 - The Story of Jackanory
19 février 2006
S2006E50 - The Real Casino Royale
19 novembre 2006
S2006E51 - Rain in my Heart
21 novembre 2006
S2006E52 - The Moon
27 février 2006
S2006E53 - The Sun
6 mars 2006
S2006E54 - How to be 18th Century
6 juillet 2006
S2006E55 - You Have My Full Confidence
10 mai 2006
S2006E56 - Come Home Gary Glitter
19 février 2006
S2006E58 - Betjeman and Me: Rick Stein's Story
28 août 2006
S2006E59 - The Birth of Liquid Crystals
7 octobre 2006
S2006E60 - How To Be Sci-Fi
1 août 2006
S2006E62 - Aberfan: The Untold Story
14 septembre 2006
S2006E63 - Jake Thackray: on the Box
6 octobre 2006
S2006E64 - Kenneth Williams in His Own Words
13 mars 2006
S2006E65 - Lord of the Dance Machine
29 juillet 2006
S2006E67 - The Family That Walks On All Fours
17 mars 2006
S2006E68 - My Breasts & I
28 juillet 2006
S2006E69 - The Black 18th Century
29 juin 2006
S2006E70 - Darts Tarts - Welcome to my World
5 octobre 2006
S2006E71 - Through Hell and High Water
17 février 2006
S2006E72 - My Small Breasts and I
29 août 2006
S2006E73 - The Last Duel
2 mai 2006
S2006E74 - Adventures for Boys: John Buchan - Master of…
23 décembre 2006
S2006E75 - The Piano: A Passion
26 septembre 2006

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