Programme Index

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Top of the Pops

25/02/1988

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Peter Powell and Mark Goodier present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 February 1988 and featuring The Primitives, Morrissey, Vanessa Paradis and The Mission. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Powell
Presenter:
Mark Goodier
Performer:
The Primitives
Performer:
Morrissey
Performer:
Vanessa Paradis
Performer:
Rick Astley
Performer:
Eddie Cochran
Performer:
George Harrison
Performer:
The Mission
Performer:
Eddy Grant
Performer:
Kylie Minogue
Performer:
The Bangles

Charles I: Downfall of a King

Series 1

The Final Showdown

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Having failed to bring round Pym, Charles accuses the 'Five Members' of high treason and marches on Westminster. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lisa Hilton
Charles I:
Will O'Connell
Queen Henrietta Maria:
Doireann McKenna
Interviewed Guest:
Justin Champion
Interviewed Guest:
Jessie Childs
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Healey
Interviewed Guest:
Charles Spencer

Simon explores the early years of Spain's 2,000-year history, its emergence as the battleground of empires and its golden age under the Cordoba Caliphate. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Jim Al-Khalili carries us into the future to try to discover how the universe will end - with a bang or a whimper? He reveals a universe far stranger than anyone imagined. Show more

Top of the Pops

25/02/1988

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Peter Powell and Mark Goodier present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 February 1988 and featuring The Primitives, Morrissey, Vanessa Paradis and The Mission. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Powell
Presenter:
Mark Goodier
Performer:
The Primitives
Performer:
Morrissey
Performer:
Vanessa Paradis
Performer:
Rick Astley
Performer:
Eddie Cochran
Performer:
George Harrison
Performer:
The Mission
Performer:
Eddy Grant
Performer:
Kylie Minogue
Performer:
The Bangles

The Silk Road

Episode 3

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Sam Willis continues his journey west in Iran. He begins in Persepolis, heart of the first Persian Empire, before heading to Istanbul and then coming full circle to Venice. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sam Willis
Assistant Producer:
Jon Morrice
Executive Producer:
Mike Smith
Series Producer:
Richard Downes

Timeshift

Series 15

Episode 3: The Engine that Powers the World

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Mark Evans tells the surprising story of the hidden powerhouse behind the globalised world, the diesel engine, a 19th-century invention that has become indispensable to the 21st. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Evans
Producer:
Steve O'Hagan
Director:
Steve O'Hagan
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

Charles I: Downfall of a King

Series 1

The Final Showdown

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Having failed to bring round Pym, Charles accuses the 'Five Members' of high treason and marches on Westminster. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lisa Hilton
Charles I:
Will O'Connell
Queen Henrietta Maria:
Doireann McKenna
Interviewed Guest:
Justin Champion
Interviewed Guest:
Jessie Childs
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Healey
Interviewed Guest:
Charles Spencer

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