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Child of Our Time

Professor Robert Winston follows the development of 25 children born in 2000

Child of our Time: Series 5

Child of Our Time: Series 5: Episode 1: Identity Crisis

Episode 1

Episode 1: Identity Crisis

Series 5

Identity Crisis

BBC One - Child of Our Time, Series 5, Identity Crisis

Documentary with Professor Robert Winston following the lives of 25 children born in 2000.

Documentary series with Professor Robert Winston following the lives of 25 children born in 2000.

Documentary series with Professor Robert Winston following the lives of 25 children born in 2000. In this programme, he looks at how much the children's lives are already mapped out in the genes they were born with.

Can Tyrese's Mum help him weather life's storms by giving him a positive black identity? Or are children, even at this age, picking up on racial discrimination? James lives on one of the country's poorest council estates. Fears about his Mum's ex-boyfriend have turned his world upside down. What tough lessons is he learning about being poor? William's from a well-off, professional family but what he is really bothered about is proving he's a boy. Can our obsession with appearance really start at five?

Child of Our Time: Series 5

BBC One

BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

Robert Winston continues to follow the development of 25 children born in 2000

1/4: series five. Examining how youngsters first become aware of social distinctions such as class and race.

World

The national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective

The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective

World: 04/04/2007

04/04/2007

BBC Four - World, 04/04/2007

The latest national and international news, exploring events from a global perspective.

The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

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.

The World; Weather

All Mod Cons

Series looking at changing fashions in British home design over the last fifty years

Series looking at changing fashions in British home design over the last fifty years and the emergence of a nation of amateur designers

All Mod Cons: Yesterday Once More

01/09/1997

Yesterday Once More

BBC Four - All Mod Cons, Yesterday Once More

A series looking at changing fashions in British home design over the last fifty years.

A series looking at changing fashions in British home design over the last fifty years. This edition reveals how and why we are obsessed with the furniture and architecture of the past. The sixties bedsit generation scoured junkshops, whilst in the seventies people turned to Victoriana.

6/6. Exploring the nation's obsession with styles and architecture from the past and the inspiration to be found in junkshops and Victoriana.

Racism: A History

Series looking at how racism impacts on people's lives

Racism: A History: The Colour of Money

The Colour of Money

BBC Four - Racism: A History, The Colour of Money

Documentary series looking at how racism has impacted on people's lives.

Racism: a History

3/3. New. The impact of racism in the 20th century and how slavery in the Belgian Congo and racial segregation in the US have shaped society in the modern world.

Storyville

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries.

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries, shining a light on untold stories from across the globe.

Storyville: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

BBC Four - Storyville, White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

Documentary about Leopold II, who presided over rubber plantations in which millions died.

Documentary about 19th century King Leopold II of Belgium, who presided over the most oppressive form of colonisation Africa has ever known.

Documentary about 19th century King Leopold II of Belgium, who personally owned one million square miles of Central Africa - the Congo Free State, which suffered the most oppressive form of colonisation Africa has ever known. As many as 10 million Africans died in his quest for wealth as Leopold turned an area 80 times the size of Belgium into a vast, highly profitable labour camp harvesting wild rubber for a new, industrial rubber-hungry world.

Peter Bate explores the tyrannical legacy of Belgian King Leopold II. Part of the Storyville strand.

The Sky at Night

Iconic series exploring space science and the incredible universe all around us.

Look up! Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Professor Chris Lintott present the iconic, inspirational look at cutting-edge space science and the incredible universe all around us.

The Sky at Night: Time Lord

01/04/2007

Time Lord

BBC Four - The Sky at Night, Time Lord

In a 50th anniversary programme, Patrick Moore talks to his past and future self.

In an anniversary programme, Patrick Moore travels back in time to see the first recording of The Sky at Night which took place 50 years ago, and then forward to 2057.

In a 50th anniversary programme, Patrick Moore travels back in time to see the first recording of The Sky at Night. He talks to his earlier self about astronomy back in 1957, and discusses how things have changed in half a century. He then time travels to 2057 where the 'virtual' Patrick, saved in the BBC computer, is now celebrating 100 years of making The Sky at Night and talks to Dr Brian May about the discovery of life on Mars.

Patrick Moore commemorates 50 years of the series by travelling in time to meet himself back in 1957 and how he may be in 2057. See Sunday's choice.

as 9pm 1.20 Cooking in the Danger Zone

Cooking in the Danger Zone

Gastronomic adventure through dangerous parts of the world

Culinary adventure around some of the most dangerous places in the world

Cooking in the Danger Zone: Series 2

Cooking in the Danger Zone: Series 2: Episode 4: Venezuela

Episode 4

Episode 4: Venezuela

Series 2

Venezuela

BBC Four - Cooking in the Danger Zone, Series 2, Venezuela

Stefan Gates visits Venezuela in the midst of a socialist revolution.

Documentary series in which food writer Stefan Gates tours some of the world's harshest places. In this episode, he visits Venezuela.

Food writer Stefan Gates takes a culinary tour around some of the world's harshest places. He visits Venezuela, in the midst of a socialist revolution led by radical president Hugo Chavez. Stefan arrives the day after Chavez is re-elected and finds a country split down the middle, locked in a battle between rich and poor. 

During the trip Stefan cooks in the slums' soups kitchens, investigates food shortages in subsidised shops, and meets one of the richest men in the country.

Food writer Stefan Gates takes a culinary tour around the world's most dangerous places

Food writer Stefan Gates takes a culinary tour around some of the world's most dangerous places

Waiting Room

Series which draws out the dreams and preoccupations of people living in Britain

Series which draws out the dreams and preoccupations of different groups of people living in Britain, by talking to them in the one place where they have a bit of spare time

Waiting Room: Series 1

Waiting Room: Series 1: Episode 4: Ice Rink

Episode 4: Ice Rink

Series 1

Ice Rink

BBC Four - Waiting Room, Series 1, Ice Rink

Bradford's ice mothers reflect on the moments that have defined their lives.

As their children glide the rink, Bradford's ice mothers reflect on the moments that have defined their lives, from family tragedies to an encounter with the Cheeky Girls.

Series which draws out the dreams and preoccupations of different groups of people living in Britain today, by talking to them in the one place where they have a bit of spare time. As the sequinned figures of their children glide the rink, Bradford's ice mothers reflect on the moments that have defined their lives - family tragedies, championship skating, and a close encounter with the Cheeky Girls.

The Waiting Room

Living with the Future

Series in which Simon Davis discovers the best in British contemporary architecture

Living with the Future: Series 1

Living with the Future: Series 1: Episode 4: Tilty Barn

Episode 4: Tilty Barn

Tilty Barn

BBC Four - Living with the Future, Series 1, Tilty Barn

Series in which Simon Davis discovers the best in British contemporary architecture.

Simon Davis visits an Essex barn conversion owned by Fi McGhee, who wanted a combination of traditional home with a modern interior for her children and her horse.

Series in which Simon Davis discovers the best in British contemporary architecture. He visits an Essex barn conversion with a difference, owned by photographer Fi McGhee, who wanted a combination of traditional home with a modern interior for her children and her horse. Minimalist architect John Pawson oversaw the renovation of the 18th century barn and the interior design using a Japanese-inspired philosophy of pure simplicity along with swathes of concrete and glass.

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