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Smiley's People

Smiley's People: Episode 1

Episode 1

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Two seemingly unconnected events summon master spy George Smiley out of retirement.

Seminal spy drama series from 1982. Two seemingly unconnected events summon master spy George Smiley from retirement.

Madame Ostrakova was desperate to believe the sweating Russian who promised the return of her daughter. Then there was the Paris letter which rang old bells for General Vladimir. These two events summoned master spy George Smiley from retirement.

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.

1/6. Eighties dramatisation of John le Carre 's novel, in which George Smiley is called out of retirement to investigate the death of a British agent.  
8.00 2/6. Dramatisation of John le Carre 's spy novel starring 
Alec Guiness , Alan Bates and Michael Elphick. See page 66.

Smiley's People: Episode 2

Episode 2

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Vladimir had two proofs and was bringing them with him.

Seminal spy drama series from 1982. Lacon's instructions to Smiley are specific, but Vladimir had two proofs and was bringing them with him.

'Tidy him up, keep us out of it and don't wander'. Lacon's instructions to Smiley are specific, but Vladimir had two proofs and was bringing them with him.

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

Dawn French in conversation with some leading female comedians

Dawn French in conversation with some of the leading female comedians about their lives, careers and inspirations

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy: Series 1

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy: Series 1: Episode 5: Victoria Wood

Episode 5

Episode 5: Victoria Wood

Series 1

Victoria Wood

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Dawn French talks to Victoria Wood about her life in comedy. (2006)

Dawn French talks to Victoria Wood about her comedy life and influences. (2006)

Dawn French interviews famous comediennes about their lives and careers

Dawn French interviews famous comediennes about how they started, their inspirations and their careers

More Dawn French's Girts Who Do: Comedy

5/6. Victoria Wood discusses her struggle with stand-up comedy, and her early memories of Joyce Grenfell on stage.

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 5

Series 3

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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 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.

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

A tongue-in-cheek take on the TV industry, including reviews of the week's viewing highlights.

13 Tzameti

27/10/2007

BBC Four - 13 Tzameti

Thriller involving a Georgian immigrant in France.

Thriller set in France. A Georgian immigrant follows a set of instructions intended for someone else, not knowing where they will take him, while being tailed by an unstable cop.

Thriller set in France. Georgian immigrant Sebastian has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him. Something else he does not know is that Gerard Dorez, a cop on a knife-edge, is tailing him. When he reaches his destination, Sebastian falls into a degenerate, clandestine world of mental chaos behind closed doors in which men gamble on the lives of others.

13 (Tzameti)

I Psychological thriller starring 
Georges Babluani. Keen to make a quick buck for his immigrant family, a young labourer finds himself in lethal peril when he impersonates his deceased employer. In French with English subtitles. Review page 54. 
Director Gela Babluani (2005, 15)

Jazz Britannia

Jazz Britannia: Episode 1: Stranger on the Shore

Episode 1: Stranger on the Shore

Stranger on the Shore

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Postwar Britain saw two distinct scenes emerging - trad and modern jazz.

Terence Stamp narrates a series on the development of jazz in Britain over 60 years. Postwar Britain saw two distinct scenes emerging - trad and modern jazz.

Terence Stamp narrates a series on the assimilation and development of jazz in Britain over the past 60 years. Two distinct scenes emerged in the late 1940s - trad jazz and modern jazz. Postwar Britain saw issues of class, race and the first stirrings of youth rebellion collide in the underground jazz clubs of Soho.

Key players included Ronnie Scott, Humphrey Lyttelton, Acker Bilk, Tubby Hayes, Joe Harriott, Chris Barber and Stan Tracey.

Terence Stamp narrates a series on the development of jazz in Britain over 60 years

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Jazz Britannia: Episode 2: Strange Brew

Episode 2: Strange Brew

Strange Brew

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Looking at how British jazz found its independent voice during the 60s and 70s.

Terence Stamp narrates a series on the development of jazz in Britain. This edition recalls how British jazz found its independent voice during the 60s and 70s.

Terence Stamp narrates a series on the assimilation and development of jazz in Britain over the past 60 years. This edition recalls how British jazz found its independent voice during the 60s and 70s, freeing itself from dependence on the US and competing with rock 'n' roll on its own terms.

Contributors include Jack Bruce, Mike Westbrook, Peter King, Mike Garrick, John Surman and John McLaughlin.

Jazz Britannia: Episode 3: The Rebirth of Cool

Episode 3

Episode 3: The Rebirth of Cool

The Rebirth of Cool

BBC Four - Jazz Britannia, The Rebirth of Cool

The music's popularity declined during the 70s, but the 80s saw a resurgence.

Terence Stamp narrates a series on the development of jazz in Britain over 60 years. The music's popularity declined during the 70s, but the 80s saw a resurgence.

Terence Stamp narrates a series on the assimilation and development of jazz in Britain over the past 60 years. By the late 70s the audience for jazz music was at an all-time low, but the 80s saw a resurgence, with a generation of new artists taking up the mantle.

Contributors include Courtney Pine, Soweto Kinch, Gilles Peterson, Jamie Cullum, Andy Sheppard and Matthew Herbert.

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