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Birdland: Over the Rainbow - Art Tatum

24/03/2005

BBC Four - Birdland: Over the Rainbow - Art Tatum

Animated short with a vintage jazz piano soundtrack.

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.

Meetings with RemarkableTrees

Shadow of the Noose

Shadow of the Noose: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Four - Shadow of the Noose, Episode 1

Drama series about Old Bailey defence counsel Edward Marshall Hall.

Drama series about Old Bailey defence counsel Edward Marshall Hall. From his first murder case in 1894 until his death in 1927, he was the most celebrated legal figure of his age.

Drama series about Old Bailey defence counsel Edward Marshall Hall. From his first murder case in 1894 until his death in 1927, Hall was the most celebrated legal figure of his age. His cases were always headline news and packed the public gallery, but his private life did not bear close scrutiny.

Drama series about Edward Marshall Hall, the most celebrated legal figure of his age

Drama series about Old Bailey defence counsel Edward Marshall Hall, the most celebrated legal figure of his age

The Shadow of the Noose

How lawyer Marshall Hall won libel damages from the Daily Mail.

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: 24/04/2007

24/04/2007

BBC Four - World, 24/04/2007

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.

The World; Weather

Never Mind the Full Stops

The panel game dedicated to eradicating poor punctuation

Never Mind the Full Stops: Series 2

Never Mind the Full Stops: Series 2: Episode 12

Episode 12

Series 2

BBC Four - Never Mind the Full Stops, Series 2, Episode 12

Julian Fellowes hosts the panel game about the English language.

Julian Fellowes invites Aggie MacKenzie, Paddy O'Connell, Barry Norman and Jessica Fellowes to take part in a panel game about the English language.

Julian Fellowes hosts the panel game dedicated to eradicating poor punctuation

11/11 
New. With guests Aggie MacKenzie and Barry Norman.

Diary of a Nobody

Diary of a Nobody: Episode 1

BBC Four - Diary of a Nobody, Episode 1

Adaptation of George and Weedon Grossmith's novel about 'little man' Charles Pooter.

Andrew Davies's adaptation of George and Weedon Grossmith's novel about the diary of archetypal 'little man' Charles Pooter - endearing, yet obsessed with his own importance.

Adaptation of George and Weedon Grossmith's novel about 'little man' Charles Pooter

Andrew Davies's adaptation of George and Weedon Grossmith's novel about the diary of archetypal 'little man' Charles Pooter

New series 1/4 Dramatisation of the satirical novel starring Hugh Bonneville.  
Hugh Bonneville 's big break: page 33

The League of Gentlemen

Dark, surreal comedy about the strange inhabitants of the small town of Royston Vasey

Dark, surreal comedy about the strange inhabitants of the small, northern town of Royston Vasey. Starring Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton

The League of Gentlemen: Series 3

The League of Gentlemen: Series 3: Episode 2: The One-Armed Man Is King

Episode 2

Episode 2: The One-Armed Man Is King

Series 3

The One-Armed Man Is King

BBC Two - The League of Gentlemen, Series 3, The One-Armed Man Is King

Joke Shop proprietor Lance has an under-the-counter arm transplant.

Award-winning comedy series. When Joke Shop proprietor Lance has an under-the-counter arm transplant, the result is not quite what he expected.

Award-winning comedy series set in a remote town populated by a range of bizarre characters. When Joke Shop proprietor Lance has an under-the-counter arm transplant, the result is not quite what he expected. Meanwhile, useless debt collectors Glen and Big Barry have a run-in with the terrifying Lisgoe, and mortician Owen Fallowfield talks about his singular career.

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.

The third series of the classic horror-comedy set in Royston Vasey.

The award-winning second series of the classic horror-comedy from Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, set in the strange town of Royston Vasey.

2/6; series three. Joke shop proprietor Lance has an arm transplant.

Operation Good Guys

Comedy series about an elite undercover police unit

Operation Good Guys: The Informant

29/12/1997

The Informant

BBC Four - Operation Good Guys, The Informant

In an attempt to capture Britain's biggest crime lord, the cops arrest the wrong man.

Comedy series about an elite undercover police unit. An attempt to capture Britain's biggest crime lord proves to be a costly episode for the team.

Comedy series about an elite undercover police unit. In an attempt to capture Britain's biggest crime lord, the cops arrest the wrong man and find themselves facing a multi-million-pound lawsuit.

1/7. The cops try to capture a crime lord.

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: Cuba! Africa! Revolution!

Storyville: Cuba! Africa! Revolution!: Part 1

Part 1 Cuba! Africa! Revolution!

BBC Four - Storyville, Cuba! Africa! Revolution!, Part 1

Two-part documentary about Cuban intervention in Africa from the 1960s onwards.

First of a two-part documentary telling the story of Cuba's interventions in Africa from the 1960s onwards and the USA's response, with archive stills and footage of Che Guevara.

First of a two-part documentary telling the story of Cuba's interventions in Africa from the 1960s onwards and the USA's response, which captures the superpower rivalry, revolutionary idealism and the events that sowed the seeds of later wars. 

From Che Guevara's campaign in the Congo to the battle of Cuito Cuanavale in Angola, Jihan El Tahri shows how Cuba tried to carve out an alternative path for Third World nations, with unique archive stills and footage of Che and Fidel Castro.

Two-part documentary telling the story of Cuba's interventions in Africa

Two-part documentary telling the story of Cuba's interventions in Africa from the 1960s onwards

1/2. New. Storyville investigates Cuba's interventions in Africa from the 1960s onwards, and looks at the United 
States's response.

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Shopping for England

22/04/2007

BBC Two - Shopping for England

Documentary examining the high street consumer revolution of the early 20th century.

Historian Mica Nava presents a documentary revealing how, in the early 20th century, Woolworths and Selfridges began a consumer revolution that changed the face of the high street.

Historian Mica Nava presents a documentary revealing how, in the early 20th century, Woolworths and Selfridges began a consumer revolution that changed the face of the high street and London's West End. 

In 1909, Gordon Selfridge offered up his emporium in Oxford Street as a new social space for Edwardian women keen to escape the restrictions of the past century, and Frank Woolworth raised shoppers' aspirations in Liverpool by offering mass-manufactured goods at low, fixed prices.

BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

Shopping  for England See Sunday's choice

Timeshift

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.

Timeshift: Series 7

Timeshift: Series 7: The Edwardian Larder

18/04/2007

The Edwardian Larder

Series 7

BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 7, The Edwardian Larder

The story of Perrier water, Cadbury's Dairy Milk, Typhoo tea and Marmite.

Documentary about the first mass-produced food brands focusing on four famous products: Perrier water, Cadbury's Dairy Milk, Typhoo tea and Marmite.

Documentary about the first mass-produced food brands focusing on Perrier water, Cadbury's Dairy Milk, Typhoo tea and Marmite. The tea-tasters of Typhoo explain how their predecessors turned a waste product into a bestseller. Chef Matthew Kay tries out some Edwardian recipes designed for vegetarian marmite fans.

A series of documentaries exploring British cultural history

as 10.30pm

The Diary of a Nobody

25/04/2007

BBC Four - The Diary of a Nobody

Andrew Davies's adaptation of George and Weedon Grossmith's novel about the diary of archetypal `little man' Charles Pooter - endearing, yet obsessed with his own importance.

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