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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.

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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: The Moody Blues

30/10/2007

The Moody Blues

Series 1

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A colourful nugget of pop by the Moody Blues, mined from the BBC's archive.

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 24: Give 'em the Axe

Episode 24

Episode 24: Give 'em the Axe

Give 'em the Axe

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The Riddler tries to steal an Incan treasure from the sarcophagus of Emperor Hualpo Cusi.

Comic-book capers. The Dynamic Duo are about to take a wax dip - what can save them? Holy wax candles! Is this the end for Batman and Robin?

Convinced Batman and Robin are dead, the Riddler breaks into the sarcophagus of an ancient Inca emperor to steal lost treasure.

Comics Britannia

Comics Britannia: Episode 1: The Fun Factory

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Fun Factory

The Fun Factory

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Armando Iannucci looks back to an age when children's comics sold in their millions.

Armando Iannucci presents a series which explores the history of British comics. He looks back to a golden age when children's humour comics sold in their millions.

Armando Iannucci presents a series which explores the history of British comics. He looks back to a golden age when children's humour comics sold in their millions, and reveals the artists and writers behind the magical worlds where grown-ups are terrorised and kids rule. Desperate Dan, Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx and the Bash Street Kids - from the pages of the Beano and Dandy appeared characters so funny and alive they were as much a part of childhood as sweets and nits. For seventy years these brilliant inventions enchanted generations of young readers. 

Comics Britannia explores a golden age when children's humour comics sold in their millions. Oscar-winning animator Nick Park, cartoonist Steve Bell, children's laureate Michael Rosen and writer Jacqueline Wilson confess their lifelong passion for the comic strips of childhood.

Armando Iannucci presents a series which explores the history of British comics.

1/3. Exploring the golden age of children's humour when copies of the Beano and Dandy sold in their millions, with characters such as Desperate Dan, Dennis the Menace and the Bash Street Kids. With contributions from Nick Park, Steve Bell and Michael Rosen. Narrated by Armando lannucci.

Bombay Railway

Bombay Railway: Episode 1: Pressures

Episode 1: Pressures

Pressures

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Documentary about Bombay's vast suburban rail network, which serves millions daily.

Documentary about Bombay's vast suburban rail network, which serves millions of commuters every day and struggles to cope with the peaktime 'super-dense crush load'.

Documentary about Bombay's vast suburban rail network, which serves six-and-a-half million commuters every day. As Bombay's population swells by tens of thousands each week, the railway and the people whose lives revolve around it struggle to cope with the pressure and the peaktime 'super-dense crush load'. From the train driver to the illegal hawker and the homeless shoe-shine boy, each has a story to tell about this remarkable railway system, often described as the lifeline of India.

The story of the Indian city's suburban rail network

1/2. The pressures on the Indian city's railway system, the people who keep the trains running and those who make a living because of the network.

The Nature of Britain: A User's Guide

The Nature of Britain: A User's Guide: Episode 8: Secret Britain

Episode 8

Episode 8: Secret Britain

Secret Britain

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Chris Packham thinks big and explores the future of British wildlife and its conservation.

Chris Packham explores the future of British wildlife and its conservation, and looks at how thinking big could transform its prospects.

Sister programme of the BBC1 wildlife series. Chris Packham explores the future of British wildlife and its conservation, and looks at how thinking big could transform its prospects.

Sister programme of the BBC1 wildlife series.

The Nature of Britain:a User's Guide

New. Chris Packham speculates on the future of British wildlife and considers how ambitious thinking could help its prospects.

The Genius of Photography

The Genius of Photography: Episode 6: Snap Judgements

Episode 6

Episode 6: Snap Judgements

Snap Judgements

BBC Four - The Genius of Photography, Snap Judgements

A look at the current state of the art, from phone cameras to digital post-production.

Historical documentary series. A look at the current state of the art, from phone cameras to digital post-production, and the rediscovery of 19th century techniques.

Documentary series exploring the history of photography, from daguerreotype to digital, from portraits to photo-journalism, from art to advertising.

A look at the current state of the art, from a three-million-dollar Edward Steichen print to the estimated 29 billion photographs taken in 2006 by phone cameras alone, as well as the impact of digital post-production techniques that make anything possible, and the rediscovery of techniques which take photography back to the 19th century.

Documentary series exploring the history of photography.

Documentary series exploring the history of photography - from daguerreotype to digital, from portraits to photo-journalism, from art to advertising.

An investigation into the financial value of photographs.

Reader, I Married Him

Daisy Goodwin presents a series looking at the role of the heroine in literature

Reader, I Married Him: Happily Ever After

18/09/2006

Happily Ever After

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Daisy Goodwin presents a series about the romantic novel.

Daisy Goodwin presents a series about the romantic novel. This edition asks why this most derided of literary genres remains so enduringly popular.

In the first part of this series about the romantic novel, presenter Daisy Goodwin looks at the enormous industry romantic fiction has become today, and asks why this most derided of literary genres remains so enduringly popular. 

She performs a scientific experiment to prove that reading romantic novels can lower your stress levels and also finds that they can improve your sex life and make you sleep better. Contributors include Jilly Cooper, Joanna Trollope, Sophie Kinsella and Marian Keyes.

Reader, I Married Him: Heroes

25/09/2006

Heroes

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How Darcy, Rochester and Heathcliff paved the way for more contemporary romantic figures.

Daisy Goodwin presents a series about the romantic novel. This edition looks at the heroes of the nineteenth century and finds that they remain firm favourites for most women.

Daisy Goodwin presents a series about the romantic novel. This edition looks at the heroes of the nineteenth century – Darcy, Rochester and Heathcliff - and finds that they not only paved the way for more contemporary romantic figures but remain firm favourites for most women. Contributors include P D James, Joanna Trollope and Andrew Davies.

Reader, I Married Him: Heroines

02/10/2006

Heroines

BBC Four - Reader, I Married Him, Heroines

A look at romantic heroines, who often became ground-breaking role models for women.

Daisy Goodwin presents a series about the romantic novel. This edition looks at romantic heroines, who have frequently created ground-breaking role models for women.

Daisy Goodwin presents a series about the romantic novel. This edition looks at romantic heroines, who have frequently reflected the times and often created ground-breaking role models for women. Daisy visits the set of the BBC's new Jane Eyre and also spends a day with a Yorkshire book group who give a contemporary opinion of some well-known twentieth century heroines. Other interviewees include Barbara Taylor Bradford, Sophie Kinsella and Marina Warner.

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