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Pop Go the Sixties

Colourful nuggets of pop mined from the BBC's archive.

Pop Go the Sixties: Series 1

Pop Go the Sixties: Series 1: Tony Bennett

17/11/2007

Tony Bennett

Series 1

BBC Four - Pop Go the Sixties, Series 1, Tony Bennett

A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive.

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.

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 6

Timeshift: Series 6: Spy Stories - British Espionage in Fact and Fiction

06/02/2007

Spy Stories - British Espionage in Fact and Fiction

Series 6

BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 6, Spy Stories - British Espionage in Fact and Fiction

The relationship between fact and fiction in the world of British espionage.

Bill Nighy narrates a documentary telling the story of the long and often extraordinary relationship between fact and fiction in the mysterious world of British espionage.

Bill Nighy narrates a documentary telling the story of the long and often extraordinary relationship between fact and fiction in the mysterious world of British espionage. The programme charts the evolution of spying through the twentieth century and looks at the parallel development of spy fiction during the same period. Contributors include Stella Rimington, Daphne Park, David Shayler, John le Carre, Charlie Higson, Bernard Porter, Nick Hiley and Stephen Dorril.

A series of documentaries exploring British culture

Spy Stories

The evolution of British espionage in the 20th century, considering its long relationship with spy fiction during the same period. Showing in the Timeshift strand. See panel.

A Perfect Spy

A Perfect Spy: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Four - A Perfect Spy, Episode 1

A young Magnus leaves his troubled family behind to face the trials of boarding school.

The story of Magnus Pym's rise and fall in the intelligence world begins in his youth, as he leaves his troubled family behind to face the trials of boarding school.

Classic John le Carré adaptation starring Peter Egan.

Born into espionage - the deadly deceptions of the life of a double agent in the Cold War. A classic John le Carré adaptation starring Peter Egan.

1/7. Detective series adapted from the John le Carre novel of the same name starring Ray McAnally and Peter Egan. See panel.

Lead Balloon

Sitcom about Rick Spleen, a disillusioned stand-up comedian and writer

Sitcom about Rick Spleen, a disillusioned stand-up comedian and writer whose career has not gone to plan

Lead Balloon: Series 2

Lead Balloon: Series 2: Episode 1: Giraffe

Episode 1: Giraffe

Series 2

Giraffe

BBC Two - Lead Balloon, Series 2, Giraffe

Rick appears as a Celebrity Oracle on a day time quiz show.

Sitcom starring Jack Dee as the angst-ridden comedian Rick Spleen. Rick appears as a Celebrity Oracle on a quiz show. Meanwhile, Magda, his surly home help, finally quits.

Rick is back and, as he will tell you, he is on the way up, his career is going from strength to strength, and he has never been so popular.  In other words, he's still the same old self-deluded liar. In this episode, Rick appears as a 'Celebrity Oracle' on daytime quiz show Trick or Treat.  Meanwhile, back at home, trouble is brewing, as Magda, his surly Eastern European help, has finally handed in her notice.

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.

Jack Dee stars as bitter, deluded comic Rick Spleen.

1/8; series two. Giraffe. Rick finds himself in the role of "celebrity oracle". Episode two is on Thursday at 9.30pm on BBC2

More Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy

More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy: Episode 2: Graham Norton

Episode 2

Episode 2: Graham Norton

More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy

Graham Norton

BBC Four - More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy, Graham Norton

Dawn French interviews Graham Norton about his life in comedy.

Dawn French interviews famous comedians about their lives and careers.

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

Dawn French's More Boys Who Do: Comedy

Graham Norton discusses his comedy beginnings and rise to fame.

Exiles

BBC Two - Exiles

Drama about a couple crossing France and Spain to return to their roots in Algeria.

Drama about a pair of footloose bohemian lovers living in Paris who decide to pull up roots and travel to Algeria, even though they don't know the language or cultural traditions.

Drama about a couple crossing France and Spain to return to their roots in Algeria. Zano and Naima  are a pair of footloose bohemian lovers living in Paris who decide to pull up roots and travel to Algeria, even though they don't know the language and are unfamiliar with the cultural traditions. They begin a long journey of discovery.

BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

Colourful road-movie drama starring Romain Duris. A pair of footloose lovers living in Paris decide to leave the big city and travel to Algeria. In French, Arabic, Romany and Spanish with English subtitles. Review page 52. 
Director Tony Gatlif (2004,15)

Classic Britannia

The story of British classical music life from after World War Two to the present day

Classic Britannia: The Landscape Changes

22/06/2007

The Landscape Changes

BBC Four - Classic Britannia, The Landscape Changes

Documentary on classical music life after the war considers the immediate post war years.

Series looking at British classical musical life since WW2. The immediate post-war years saw composer rivalries and an audience hungry for new experiences.

Three-part series looking at British classical musical life from the end of World War Two to the present day. The immediate post-war years were two decades of change characterised by rivalries between composers of genius, by the rise of extraordinary and influential performers and by an audience hungry for new experiences in a country searching for a peacetime identity.

Classic Britannia: Modernism and Minimalism

29/06/2007

Modernism and Minimalism

BBC Four - Classic Britannia, Modernism and Minimalism

Series looking at British classical musical life since World War Two.

Series about British classical music since WW2. In the 1960s, radicals like Harrison Birtwistle reclaimed the right to provoke, shock and inspire.

Three-part series looking at British classical music from the end of World War Two to the present day. In the 1960s, classical music finally shook off the past and embraced its own revolution. 

A generation of young radicals, from Cornelius Cardew and Gavin Bryars to Peter Maxwell Davies and Harrison Birtwistle, reclaimed their right to provoke, shock and inspire, reinventing classical music for the modern world.

Classic Britannia: Adapt or Die

06/07/2007

Adapt or Die

BBC Four - Classic Britannia, Adapt or Die

Documentary about classical music life after the war.

Series about British classical music since WW2. In the 1980s, a new generation of composers established Britain as an original voice in the classical music world.

Three-part series looking at British classical music from the end of World War Two to the present day. By the end of the 1970s new music was facing real difficulties when the already small audiences were seeping away.

But music was about to undergo a massive resurgence in popularity with a new generation of composers pushing the boundaries of what music could be, establishing Britain as one the most distinctive and original voices in the classical music world.

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