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The Dead Sea Scrolls

05/12/2006

BBC Four - The Dead Sea Scrolls

Rageh Omaar tells the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls, uncovering the truth behind the myth.

Rageh Omaar tells the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls and uncovers the truth behind the myth. After discovery in the 1940s, they were soon embroiled in controversy.

Rageh Omaar tells the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls and uncovers the truth behind the myth. The biblical find of the age, they contain the earliest versions of the Hebrew bible, maps to hidden temple treasure, and insight into the mindset of John the Baptist, Jesus, and the early Christians. But the scrolls were soon embroiled in controversy, with allegations of conspiracy and cover-up, rumours that persist today thanks to The Da Vinci Code.

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.

Rageh Omaar presents the story of the ancient documents, uncovering the truth behind allegations of conspiracy and cover-up.

BBC One Sessions

Series of unique, intimate performances by some of the greatest stars around

Series of unique, intimate performances by some of the greatest legends and contemporary stars around

BBC One Sessions: Paul Simon

19/11/2006

Paul Simon

BBC One - BBC One Sessions, Paul Simon

The legendary American singer-songwriter appears in concert from LSO St Luke's, London.

Paul Simon plays songs from his solo career and his 60s heyday with Simon and Garfunkel at LSO St Luke's in London, including The Boxer and You Can Call Me Al.

The legendary American singer-songwriter with his six-piece band in an intimate concert from LSO St Luke's in London's Shoreditch. Simon plays songs from throughout his solo career and his 60s heyday with Simon and Garfunkel including You Can Call Me Al, The Only Living Boy in New York, The Boxer and Still Crazy After All These Years, alongside songs from his gold-selling album, Surprise. The band sing jaw-dropping harmonies, play everything from penny whistle to baritone sax and accordion while Simon sings, plays guitar and conducts the band in front of 250 fans.

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BBC1 Session: Paul Simon

Concert by the American singer/ 
- songwriter and his six-piece band, given at LSO St Luke's in London, featuring songs from his solo career and 1960s heyday with Art Garfunkel. See panel.

Originals

Occasional series profiling original musicians in rock.

Originals: Long John Baldry

23/03/2007

Long John Baldry

BBC Four - Originals, Long John Baldry

Documentary about Long John Baldry, the pioneering British blues musician.

Documentary about Long John Baldry, a pioneering British blues musician who inspired The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, and discovered Rod Stewart and Elton John.

Documentary about the pioneering British musician. 

An English gentleman, a dandy and quietly yet confidently gay, Baldry's blues enthusiasm and booming baritone voice in the late 50s and 60s inspired The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. 

Baldry discovered the young Rod Stewart, whom he chanced upon playing harmonica at a train station, and a chubby piano player named Reginald Dwight, who ended up changing his name to Elton John, partly in tribute to Baldry. Having toured and recorded right up to his death in 2005, this documentary pays tribute to the British blues legend.

Long John Baldry: in the Shadow of the Blues

Profile of British singer John William Baldry, whose enthusiasm inspired the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. He also discovered Rod Stewart and Elton John.

The Secret Life of the Motorway

The Secret Life of the Motorway: Episode 1: Falling in Love

Episode 1

Episode 1: Falling in Love

Falling in Love

BBC Four - The Secret Life of the Motorway, Falling in Love

From the building of the first motorway in Britain to the celebration of the most complex.

Documentary series celebrating Britain's motorways. This first part includes interviews with the engineers and builders who designed and created the first motorway.

Documentary series which celebrates the birth of motorways and hails the achievements of those behind the 'road revolution'. The first episode takes us from the excitement of the building of the first motorway in Britain, the M6 Preston By-pass, to the celebration of the most complex, Spaghetti Junction. 

With amazing archive and often hilarious public information films, we take a trip back to a time when not only were motorways exciting and new, but there was also no speed limit. Interviews with the engineers who designed them, the navvies who built them and the people who drove on them bring to life and celebrate an achievement that we now take so much for granted.

Three-part documentary which celebrates the birth of motorways.

Three-part documentary which celebrates the birth of motorways and hails the achievements of those behind the 'road revolution'.

1/3. Series examining Britain's motorways through the eyes of the people who built them, those who drive on them and protesters who tried to block their construction.  
11.40 2/3. The eagerness with which 
Britain took to the motorways.

The Secret Life of the Motorway: Episode 2: The Honeymoon Period

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Honeymoon Period

The Honeymoon Period

BBC Four - The Secret Life of the Motorway, The Honeymoon Period

How motorways transformed where we live, work and play in Britain over the last 50 years.

Documentary series celebrating Britain's motorways. This edition explores how they have transformed where Brits live, work and play over the last 50 years.

The second episode in this evocative series about Britain's motorways explores how they have transformed where we live, work and play in Britain over the last 50 years. 

From unbelievably glamorous early service stations to contemporary shopping centres with the infrastructure of a small town, this enthralling film is a journey through the wonderful and the weird places motorways have taken us. 

Contributors include seminal planner Sir Peter Hall, author Will Self, caravanners, hitchhikers and commuters, all on our eagerness to accelerate down the slip road and the social changes that have followed.

The Secret Life of the Motorway: Episode 3: The End of the Affair

Episode 3

Episode 3: The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

BBC Four - The Secret Life of the Motorway, The End of the Affair

A look at the public response to the impact of motorways on town and country.

Documentary series about Britain's motorways. This final episode explores how people questioned the promises made by the motorways and began to protest.

When the first motorways opened, they did so to national celebration. But after the first 1,000 miles had been built, their impact on both town and country was becoming apparent, and people started to protest. 

Middle England rose up and disrupted public inquiries to voice their frustration at motorway building, but it continued, and over time the frustration gave way to concerns about saving the planet. In the early 1990s, that meant young people willing to risk everything to stop the motorways being built. The programme shows how people began to question the promises made by the motorway and along the way found their voice of protest.

3/3. The detrimental effects of motorways that became apparent by the end of the 1960s

Mark Lawson Talks To...

Mark Lawson in conversation with famous personalities from all walks of life

Mark Lawson Talks To

Mark Lawson Talks To...: Sanjeev Bhaskar

20/08/2007

Sanjeev Bhaskar

BBC Four - Mark Lawson Talks To..., Sanjeev BhaskarSearch BBC

Comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar in conversation with Mark Lawson.

Mark Lawson Talks to Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sanjeev Bhaskar reveals what inspired him to turn to comedy.

Mark Lawson talks to Sanjeev Bhaskar about his background and how it inspired him to turn the British Asian experience into comedy.

Mark Lawson talks to Sanjeev Bhaskar about his background and how it inspired him to turn the British Asian experience into comedy.

Mark finds out how he made the incongruous leap from the world of marketing to the world of sketch comedy, and he explores how far Bhaskar has come since the early days of The Secret Asians.

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