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Indian School

Indian School: Episode 10: Exam Fever

Episode 10

Episode 10: Exam Fever

Exam Fever

BBC Four - Indian School, Exam Fever

Head Girl Vallarie contemplates life after school and Devika sits her first exam at eight.

Series about school life in Pune, India. The students struggle with the weight of parental expectation and fierce competition over the examination period.

Series about life in two secondary schools in the IT boom city of Pune, India. Good exam results offer a wealth of opportunity in a rapidly emerging economic power such as India. Over a million and a half students sit their final school exams in the state of Maharashtra alone, and competition is fierce. Head Girl Vallarie contemplates life after school, while busy Parth struggles with parental pressure and eight-year-old Devika sits her first exam. How will the students cope with exam fever?

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

New. 10/10. The end of the school year approaches. See panel.   www.open2.net/indianschool

Life in the Freezer

Sir David Attenborough looks at the natural history of the Antarctic continent

Life in the Freezer: The Race to Breed

17/09/1998

The Race to Breed

BBC Two - Life in the Freezer, The Race to Breed

It's summer in Antarctica, and the race to breed is on for two million fur seals.

A natural history of Antarctica presented by Sir David Attenborough. It's summer, and with 24-hour daylight two million fur seals crowd onto beaches to breed.

A natural history of Antarctica presented by Sir David Attenborough. It's summer in Antarctica, and with 24-hour daylight the race to breed is on as two million fur seals crowd the beaches of South Georgia. When the pups are born, ferocious bulls attack any intruders who challenge their females. Meanwhile, chinstrap penguins cross glacial streams and climb near vertical cliffs to feed their chicks as formidable leopard seals lurk.

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3/6. The race to breed.  
8.30 4/6. The animals head north. 
See choice, page 93.

Life in the Freezer: The Door Closes

24/09/1998

The Door Closes

BBC Two - Life in the Freezer, The Door Closes

Autumn stirs harsh seas which batter Antarctica, leaving penguins to struggling to feed.

A natural history of Antarctica presented by Sir David Attenborough. As autumn stirs up harsh seas, penguins struggle to get ashore to feed their young.

Winter approaches and most animals prepare to migrate north to warmer climates. Amid the wildness of the landscape, penguins struggle ashore to feed their young, leopard seals pounce at unsuspecting fledglings, fur seal pups take their first swim, and young wandering albatrosses rehearse their amazing courtship dance.

Absolute Zero

The history of scientists who attempted to harness the ultimate limit of cold.

Documentary charting the progress of scientists throughout history who attempted to harness the ultimate limit of cold, known as absolute zero

Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero

The Race for Absolute Zero

BBC Four - Absolute Zero, The Race for Absolute Zero

Scientists attempts to produce a Bose Einstein Condensate, a new state of matter.

Documentary charting rival attempts to reach absolute zero, the ultimate limit of cold, by scientists in London and Leiden.

Documentary charting rival attempts to reach absolute zero, the ultimate limit of cold, by scientists in London and Leiden. A second race unfolded 100 years later, towards the end of the 20th century, as scientists attempted to produce a Bose Einstein Condensate, a new state of matter predicted by Einstein. 

With the winner of each scientific race going on to win the Nobel Prize for their work, ultra-cold research has proved to be one of the most competitive fields of modern science.

New. 2/2. Examining how 
Albert Einstein helped to inspire progress made in the modern age. See panel.

Masterpieces of the East

Masterpieces of the East: Episode 6: The Tara Statue

Episode 6

Episode 6: The Tara Statue

The Tara Statue

BBC Four - Masterpieces of the East, The Tara Statue

A look at a near life-size bronze statue of the Buddhist goddess Tara in the Asia gallery.

The series about iconic artefacts from the Indian subcontinent takes a look at the near life-size bronze statue of the Buddhist goddess Tara.

Series revealing the stories behind iconic artefacts from the Indian subcontinent. This edition takes a look at the near life-size bronze statue of the Buddhist goddess Tara, which has long been one of the most striking and memorable exhibits in the Asia gallery of the British Museum. Discovered in Sri Lanka, the statue made an extraordinary journey back to Britain via the country home Sir Robert Brownrigg.

A look at iconic artefacts from the Indian subcontinent

New. 6/6. The near life-size statue of Buddhist goddess Tara.

Smokey Dives

31/03/2002

BBC Four - Smokey Dives

Documentary showing how drab post-war Britain was enlivened by the trad-jazz scene.

Documentary showing how drab post-war Britain was enlivened by the trad-jazz scene, which ballooned into our first mass youth culture with people dancing in underground clubs.

Documentary showing how drab post-war Britain was enlivened by the trad-jazz scene, which ballooned into our first mass youth culture, with thousands of young people dancing the night away in dimly light underground clubs, from Soho's infamous Cy Laurie Club to The Cavern Club in Liverpool.

George Melly relives his Rabelaisian youth on the road whilst revisiting some the pubs, clubs and concert halls he once played in. His hilarious stories of singing, drinking and sleeping his way around the country, staying in rotten B n B's and playing to University students are confirmed and embellished by interviews with fellow band members.

We learn how 50s Britain saw the emergence of two rival jazz groups - the modernist scene centred around professional bebop musicians Ronnie Scott and friends, and the more amateur raucous style of the trads. Trads wore oversized ex-army gear and duffel coats, drank beer and occasionally took speed to keep awake during their all night parties, whereas the modernists wore sharp suits and black dresses and some musicians dabbled with hard drugs.

The bouncer from Cy Laurie's club, Bill Palmer, and regular club goers describe how hundreds of strangely clad trad fans crammed into the club every weekend. Musician Laurie Morgan explains how Archer Street in Soho was the centre of activity for the emergent modernist scene.

The first of three programmes showing in tribute to George Melly looks at the postwar rise of jazz in Britain.

George Melly and John Chilton's Feetwarmers Brecon Jazz 2000

25/01/2005

BBC Four - George Melly and John Chilton's Feetwarmers Brecon Jazz 2000

A performance from maestro jazz entertainer George Melly at the Brecon Jazz Festival.

Highlights of the Brecon Jazz Festival. A performance from maestro jazz entertainer George Melly.

Performance footage of George Melly and the Feetwarmers at the Brecon Jazz Festival.

George Melly and theFeetwarmers at Brecon Jazz

Arena

The gold standard for arts documentaries, from 1975 to the present day.

The gold standard for arts documentaries, from 1975 to the present day. A cultural map of the world’s greatest artists and musicians, as captured by exceptional film-makers.

Arena: Art and Design: The Journey

Art and Design: The Journey

BBC Four - Arena, Art and Design: The Journey

Jazz singer George Melly recalls how Dada and Surrealism influenced his early life.

George Melly takes a nostalgic trip through front rooms and backstreets as he reminiscences about the influence of Dada and Surrealism on his early life.

Jazz singer and writer George Melly takes a nostalgic trip through front rooms and backstreets as he reminiscences about the influence of Dada and Surrealism on his early life.

Arena: Art and Design -the Journey

George Melly 's visit to the Hayward 
Gallery's exhibition of Surrealist art in 1978. See panel.  Good Time George; a Tribute to George Melly is on BBC2 Friday at 12.05am (not Scotland)

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