2/5. Dan Cruickshank visits an Elizabethan country house in Derbyshire, and reveals the rags-to-riches story of its first owner.
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3/6. Lt Wemer and the crew come under fire from an enemy destroyer. In German with English subtitles. Repeated next Sunday on BBC2.
How a horse-mad Oxford don became an adviser - and fulfilled an ambition - on Oliver Stone 's epic drama Alexander.
An Oliver Stone documentary, showing in the Storyville strand as part of BBC4's Latin American season. In 2002, the film-maker travelled to Havana to meet with Cuban leader Fidel Castro. This film details their discussions of pivotal moments in world history, including JFK's assassination, the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis.
*** A teenager's true-life troubles are unflinchingly depicted in Maryse Sistach 's 2001 drama. In Spanish with English subtitles.
