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Primate Primers

Series of short documentaries about the different species of ape

Primate Primers: Series 1

Primate Primers: Series 1: Bonobo

20/03/2002

Bonobo

Series 1

BBC Four - Primate Primers, Series 1, Bonobo

Documentary focusing on the bonobos, the most recently discovered of the great apes.

The series of documentaries about apes focuses on bonobos, great apes which been revealed as peaceful animals with complex societies based on sexual intercourse.

The series of short documentaries about apes focuses on the bonobos. The most recently discovered of the great apes, the creatures have been revealed as peaceful animals with complex societies based on the ubiquity of sexual intercourse.

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The social organisation of bonobos, apes living in the forests of central Africa.

Trouble at the Top

Series following high-powered bosses in their first year at the top of a new business

Trouble at the Top: Series 1

Trouble at the Top: Series 1: Episode 1: Freddie's Back

Episode 1

Episode 1: Freddie's Back

Freddie's Back

BBC Four - Trouble at the Top, Series 1, Freddie's Back

Following the return of Freddie Laker, as he bids to launch his new airline business.

Series following six high-powered bosses in their first year at the top of a new business. This programme features the return of Freddie Laker.

Series following six high-powered bosses in their first year at the top of a new business. 

This programme features the return of Freddie Laker, whose Skytrain airline went bust in 1982. With only 12 weeks to go until the launch of his new airline, he has no crew, catering or uniforms and his planes are still being refitted.

Series following six high-powered bosses in their first year at the top of a new business

Following the return to business of failed airline boss Freddie Laker.

The Way We Went Wild

13/06/2004

BBC Four - The Way We Went Wild

Three-part series looking at the careers of some of the UK’s most famous and best-loved natural history television presenters. This edition features Johnny Morris and Bill Oddie.

1/3 Profiles of television presenters Johnny Morris and Bill Oddie.

Travels with a Tangerine

11/02/2007

BBC Four - Travels with a Tangerine

Tim Mackintosh-Smith follows in the footsteps of 14th Century Moroccan scholar and traveller, Ibn Battutah. In Cairo, Tim visits Al Azhar, the world's oldest university.

1/3. Tim Mackintosh-Smith traces the route of 14th-century scholar ibn Battutah, who undertook a 30-year pilgrimage from Tangiers to Mecca covering 75,000 miles.

The Great British Holiday

05/02/2007

BBC Four - The Great British Holiday

Documentary series about the leisure and tourism industry. This edition looks at specialist sailing company, Sunsail and its flagship resort hotel on Turkey's Aegean coast.

Great British Holidays

1/4 Transforming a run-down Turkish hotel into a five-star resort.

Summer Holiday

10/04/2002

BBC Four - Summer Holiday

Musical about four London Transport mechanics trying to run a European travel service with a double-decker bus. Along the way they pick up a girl who is on the run from stardom.

Musical comedy starring Cliff Richard and Lauri Peters. Four London transport mechanics decide to run a European travel service using double-decker buses and set out on their first trip bound for Athens. Review page 45.

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Holidays in the Danger Zone

31/08/2005

BBC Four - Holidays in the Danger Zone

The travelogue current affairs series takes Ben Anderson to the Amazon, Ganges and Congo rivers.

Holidays in the Danger Zone: Rivers

10/05/2006

BBC Four - Holidays in the Danger Zone: Rivers

Ben Anderson explores life along some of the world's great rivers. His intrepid travels take him to the conflict zones of the Euphrates and the Jordan.

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