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Edwardians in Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn

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Documentary series about Albert Kahn's photographic Archive of the Planet

Edwardians in Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn: Original Series

Edwardians in Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn: Original Series: Episode 2: Men of the World

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Episode 2: Men of the World

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Men of the World

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Kahn's global circumnavigation and Stephane Passet's 1913 journey to China and India.

Documentary series about Albert Kahn's photographic Archive of the Planet. This part looks at the 1909 circumnavigation of the globe by Kahn and his chauffeur.

Documentary series about Albert Kahn's photographic Archive of the Planet. For a quarter of a century, Kahn supplied a team of photographers with the world's first colour camera system and dispatched them across the globe. Their films and 72,000 photographs offer a unique insight into the formative years of the 20th Century. This part tells the story of the circumnavigation of the globe by Kahn and his chauffeur, and the 1913 journey of Stephane Passet to China, Mongolia and India.

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A series of films exploring Albert Kahn's photographic archive of the planet

A series of films exploring the work of pioneering French financier and philanthropist Albert Kahn who, in 1908, launched an ambitious project to create a photographic archive of the planet

The Edwardians In Colour:the Wonderful World of AlbertKahn

2/5. Early colour photographs of global landmarks.

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: 21/05/2007

21/05/2007

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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

Phoenix and the Carpet

E Nesbit's tale of four siblings who come into possession of a magic carpet and a phoenix

Phoenix and the Carpet: Phoenix and the Carpet

Phoenix and the Carpet: Phoenix and the Carpet: Episode 6

Episode 6

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The Phoenix lays it's egg and says a tearful farewell to the children.

Children's drama series about four siblings who come into possession of a magic carpet and an ancient phoenix. A trip to the theatre with the phoenix ends in disaster.

Children's drama series based on E Nesbit's tale of four siblings who come into possession of a magic carpet and a 2,000-year-old phoenix. Robert escapes from the house they have dropped into. Mother and the lamb return home, the Phoenix lays it's egg and says a tearful farewell to the children.

Children's drama series based on E Nesbit's tale of four siblings who come into possession of a magic carpet and a 2,000-year-old phoenix

The Phoenix and the Carpet

6/6. The children say a tearful farewell to the Phoenix.

Sickert v Sargent

BBC Four - Sickert v Sargent

Art critic Waldemar Januszczak profiles Walter Sickert and John Singer Sargent.

Art critic Waldemar Januszczak profiles Walter Sickert and John Singer Sargent, two giants of Edwardian painting who could not have been more different.

Art critic Waldemar Januszczak profiles Walter Sickert and John Singer Sargent, two giants of Edwardian painting who could not have been more different. Sickert lived in dingy Camden Town, consorted with thieves and prostitutes and was suspected of being Jack the Ripper, whereas Sargent lived in Chelsea, hobnobbed with dukes and counts and only painted the rich and famous. Between them, they summed up the schizophrenic character of their age, but who was the better artist?

Skkert v San)ent .

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Waldemar Januszczak compares the work and influence of Edwardian artists Walter Sickert and John Singer 
Sargent to decide which was the more important figure.

Smiley's People

Smiley's People: Episode 6

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The final confrontation between Smiley and Karla takes place.

Seminal 1980s spy drama series. The final confrontation between Smiley and Karla takes place. But in this game there are no victors, only losers.

6/6. With a blessing from Saul Enderby , Smiley heads to Berne, Switzerland, with the intended target of Councillor Grigoriev at the Soviet Embassy.

Indian School

Indian School: Episode 1: New Boy

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Episode 1: New Boy

New Boy

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Series following activities at a school in one of India's IT boom cities.

Series about life in two secondary schools in Pune, India. 14-year-old Ashutosh tries to settle into his new school, and the prefect election gets under way.

Series following the activities at Kalmadi High School, set in an upwardly mobile district of one of India's IT boom cities, Pune.

14-year-old Ashutosh's education has taken second place to his father's career for as long as he can remember. While Ashutosh tries to settle into yet another school, the prefect election gets under way and the most popular kids fight it out to be Head Boy.

A look at life in an Indian school in the booming IT city of Pune

1/10. Series exploring modern India through the daily lives of teachers and students in two schools near Mumbai.   www.open2.net/indianschool

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