BBC Four

Birdland: a History of Jazz

Animation set to Ella and Satchmo's 
Dream a Little Dream of Me.

Early Music

2/3. Traditional love songs, a Bach fugue and music by composer Marin Marais are spotlighted by Charles Hazlewood.

The World

In The Footsteps of Churchill: Episode 6: The End of the Beginning

Episode 6

Episode 6: The End of the Beginning

In The Footsteps of Churchill

The End of the Beginning

BBC Four - In The Footsteps of Churchill, The End of the Beginning

Richard Holmes considers Churchill's decision to travel to the front line in North Africa.

Richard Holmes considers Churchill's decision to travel to the front line in North Africa, where the British campaign was going very badly.

By 1942 the fear of a German invasion had passed and Churchill turned his thoughts to winning the war. The British campaign in North Africa was going very badly and he decided to travel there himself, to the very front line of the war.

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

Profile documentary series of Winston Churchill presented by Professor Richard Holmes.

In the Footsteps of Churchill

6/8. By 1942, the fear of a German invasion had passed and Winston Churchill turned his thoughts to winning the war. But the British campaign in North Africa was going very badly, and he decided to travel there himself, to the very frontline of the conflict. 
With Richard Holmes.  RT DIRECT: book In The Footsteps of Churchill is E17 (RRP E20) incl p&p. To order call [number removed]7979 (national rate)

Speer & Hitler - The Devil's Architect

3/3. The German dramatised documentary concludes as Speer seeks to gloss over his role in the Third Reich and his friendship with Hitler. But history tells a different tale. In German with English subtitles. A profile of Albert Speer can be seen in Reputations at 11pm.

As 8.30pm.

Reputations

Documentary profiles examining well-known figures from the world of entertainment.

Reputations: Albert Speer: the Nazi Who Said Sorry

02/05/1996

Albert Speer: the Nazi Who Said Sorry

BBC Two - Reputations, Albert Speer: the Nazi Who Said Sorry

Albert Speer was Hitler's architect, his armaments minister and one of his few friends.

Albert Speer was Hitler's architect, his armaments minister and one of his few friends. He was also the only senior Nazi to admit responsibility for Hitler's regime. Was his remorse genuine?

BBC Two

Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Albert Speer was 
Hitler's armaments minister and one of his few friends. After the Nazis' defeat. his contrition saved him from the gallows. For the next 30 years, he wrestled with his conscience - but was his remorse genuine?

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Birdland: a History of Jazz

Early Music

Contributors

The World

Contributors

Speer & Hitler - The Devil's Architect

Contributors

Hot Spots: profiling Indonesia

Guyana: Trouble in Paradise: 3/6. The president visits his home community and addresses the grassroots problems of voters

as 7.05pm

as 12 midnight

BBC Four

About BBC Four

Appears in

About this data

About this data