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A Little Light Music: Friday Night is Music Night

23/11/2005

BBC Four - A Little Light Music: Friday Night is Music Night

Roy Hudd joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for the first TV recording of the radio show.

Roy Hudd joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for the first TV recording of the radio favourite. With Janis Kelly, Alasdair Malloy and conductor John Wilson.

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.

A Little Light MusicFriday Night Is Music Night

The BBC Concert Orchestra perform a selection of light music pieces from the post-war period.

Transatlantic Sessions

Folk musicians come together in what have been called 'the greatest backporch shows ever'.

Transatlantic Sessions: Series 3

Transatlantic Sessions: Series 3: Episode 4

Episode 4

Series 3

BBC Four - Transatlantic Sessions, Series 3, Episode 4

Iris DeMent and Phil Cunningham are among the performers.

Folk musicians unite in what have been called 'the greatest backporch shows ever'. Iris DeMent and Phil Cunningham, Fred Morrison and Michael McGoldrick are among the performers.

Folk musicians come together in what have been called 'the greatest backporch shows ever'. Iris DeMent and Phil Cunningham are among the performers. There is also a piping duet from Scotland's Fred Morrison and Ireland's Michael McGoldrick with backing from Donal Lunny.

Folk musicians come together for what aims to be 'the greatest backporch shows ever'.

Folk musicians come together to make music in what have been called 'the greatest backporch shows ever'.

New. Iris DeMent and Phil Cunningham are among the musical guests. Plus 
Scotland's Fred Morrison.

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: Whatever Happened to Radio 2?

Whatever Happened to Radio 2?

Series 7

BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 7, Whatever Happened to Radio 2?

An affectionate celebration of the unusual and much-loved corners of 88-91FM.

An affectionate celebration of the unusual and much-loved corners of 88-91FM, of the fans and of those who continue to broadcast to them.

Radio 2 was created out of the old Light Programme, but the modern station, with its targeted playlists and big-name DJs like Jonathan Ross and Chris Evans, is now light years away from its origins - or is it? In the evenings, small and cherished slots still exist for devotees of Folk, Organ, Jazz, Brass and Light Music. This programme is an affectionate celebration of the unusual and much-loved corners of 88-91FM, of the fans and of those who continue to broadcast to them.

A series of documentaries exploring British cultural history

An insight into the specialist side of BBC Radio 2, revealing how the network covers an extensive range of genres. See page 134.

Tight Spot: Series 1

Tight Spot: Episode 4: The Lift

Episode 4: The Lift

Tight Spot

The Lift

BBC Four - Tight Spot, The Lift

One-off comedy about four ill-fitting people stuck together in a lift.

One-off comedy about four ill-fitting people stuck together in a lift. Will they ever get out, and if they do, will there still be four of them alive?

One-off comedy about four ill-fitting people stuck together in a lift.

Hassled businessman Paul is late for a make-or-break meeting. Sunita will not shut up about her inappropriate life experiences. Rocco is a 17-year old with seven different major phobias, and Christabel is dangerously jolly and is challenged in the bladder area. Will they ever get out, and if they do, will there still be four of them alive?

Selection of stand-alone comedies tackling the theme of being trapped

Selection of stand-alone comedies tackling the theme of being trapped - physically, emotionally, or both at the same time

Tight Spot: the Lift

3/4. Comedy about four very different people stuck together in a lift.

Comedy quiz show in which contestants are rewarded if their answers are quite interesting.

Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies and a host of comedy stars swap funny facts on every subject under the sun. It doesn't matter if they're right, as long as they're quite interesting.

QI: Series 5

QI: Series E: Episode 4: Exploration

Episode 4: Exploration

Series E

Exploration

BBC Two - QI, Series E, Exploration

With guests Bill Bailey, Rich Hall, Sean Lock and Alan Davies.

Stephen Fry hosts a quiz show in which contestants are rewarded for being quite interesting. The guests are Bill Bailey, Rich Hall, Sean Lock and Alan Davies.

QI: Series E

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 fifth series of the quiz, including some questions about the 'elephant in the room'.

Stephen Fry hosts the quiz show full of interesting and weird facts and trivia, including some questions about the 'elephant in the room'.

New. 4/12; series five. With Alan Davies , Sean Lock and Rich Hall.

Flight of the Conchords

Sitcom about two Kiwi folk musicians as they to try to make it big in New York

Comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians Bret and Jemaine as they to try to make it big in New York.

Flight of the Conchords: Series 1

Flight of the Conchords: Series 1: Episode 2: Bret Gives Up The Dream

Episode 2

Episode 2: Bret Gives Up The Dream

Series 1

Bret Gives Up The Dream

BBC Four - Flight of the Conchords, Series 1, Bret Gives Up The Dream

Comedy series about two Kiwi folk musicians in New York. Murray fires Bret from the band.

Comedy series about two Kiwi folk musicians in New York. Murray tells the boys to get a job because the band has no money.

Kiwi folk musicians Bret and Jemaine as try to make it big in their adopted home of New York. Murray tells the boys to get a job because the band has no money. But when Bret's sign-holding career gets in the way of the band, Murray fires him. Jemaine has to continue with a tape recorder. Features the songs Inner City Pressure and She's So Hot ...Boom!.

Comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians trying to make it big in New York

Comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians Bret and Jemaine as they to try to make it big in their adopted home of New York

2/12. The two musicians are forced to find jobs.

Batman

Classic adventure series following the adventures of the dynamic duo in Gotham City.

Classic adventure series following the adventures of dynamic crimefighting duo Batman and Robin in Gotham City.

Batman: Series 1

Batman: Series 1: Episode 7: Instant Freeze

Episode 7

Episode 7: Instant Freeze

Instant Freeze

BBC Four - Batman, Series 1, Instant Freeze

Batman and Robin attempt to thwart Mr Freeze's plans to steal the Circle of Ice Diamonds.

Batman and Robin attempt to thwart Mr Freeze's plans to steal the Circle of Ice Diamonds, and are frozen in their steps by a deadly ice-gun.

The caped crusader faces a frosty reception from Mr Freeze when he puts a chill on the Circle of Ice diamond.

Mr Freeze traps the dynamic duo with his flame-freeze gun.  
11.55 The caped crusader sacrifices himself to Mr Freeze.

Batman: Series 1: Episode 8: Rats Like Cheese

Episode 8

Episode 8: Rats Like Cheese

Rats Like Cheese

BBC Four - Batman, Series 1, Rats Like Cheese

Mr Freeze has frozen Batman in a block of ice, and the Boy Wonder to the floor.

Mr Freeze has frozen Batman in a block of ice, and the Boy Wonder to the floor. Can the dynamic duo thaw out in time to make the criminal feel the heat?

Mr Freeze has frozen Batman in a block of ice, and the Boy Wonder to the floor. Can the dynamic duo thaw out in time to make the cold-hearted criminal feel the heat?

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

Charlie Brooker's acerbic take on recent TV

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe: Series 3

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe: Series 3: Episode 2

BBC Four - Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, Series 3, Episode 2

Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at all aspects of life on the small screen.

Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at all aspects of life on the small screen, including capsule reviews of the week's highs and lows.

Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at all aspects of life on the small screen, including capsule reviews of the week's highs and lows. Based not-entirely-vaguely on his Guardian column and book, Screen Burn, the irreverent, authored magazine show takes a caustic look at television and sometimes even raises its voice a little.

An irreverent sideswipe at the world of television by the misanthropic TV critic

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