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Inside the Medieval Mind: Episode 4: Power

Episode 4

Episode 4: Power

Inside the Medieval Mind

Power

BBC Four - Inside the Medieval Mind, Power

Robert Bartlett lays bare the brutal framework of the medieval class system.

Robert Bartlett lays bare the framework of the medieval class system, where inequality was part of the natural order and the life of serfs little better than those of animals.

Professor Robert Bartlett lays bare the brutal framework of the medieval class system, where inequality was part of the natural order, the life of serfs little better than those of animals and the knight's code of chivalry more one of caste solidarity than morality. Yet a social revolution would transform relations between those with absolute power and those with none.

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 series which examines the way people thought during Medieval times.

Professor Robert Bartlett, a leading authority on the Middle Ages, presents a series which examines the way we thought during Medieval times.

4/4. Power. Professor Robert Bartlett reveals the framework of the medieval class system.

Terry Jones' Medieval Lives

Terry Jones' Medieval Lives: Episode 1: The Peasant

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Peasant

The Peasant

BBC Two - Terry Jones' Medieval Lives, The Peasant

Terry Jones discovers that medieval peasants were literate, political and healthy.

Series with Monty Python star and medieval enthusiast Terry Jones. Terry discovers that the much-maligned medieval peasant was in fact literate, emancipated and healthy.

History series with Monty Python star and medieval enthusiast Terry Jones. The popular image of a medieval peasant is a person dirty, diseased and downtrodden, little more than a slave. However, Terry discovers that the medieval peasant was in fact literate, emancipated, highly political, legally savvy, house-proud and healthy (albeit with terrible breath).

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Monty Python star and medieval enthusiast Terry Jones tours the Middle Ages.

Terry Jones's Medieval Lives

The former Python examines peasant life in the Middle Ages.   
8.30 The reality of life for medieval monks is explored.

Terry Jones' Medieval Lives: Episode 2: The Monk

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Monk

The Monk

BBC Two - Terry Jones' Medieval Lives, The Monk

Terry Jones investigates the truth behind the cloistered medieval monk.

Monty Python star and medieval enthusiast, Terry Jones, takes us on a tour of the Middle Ages. This week he investigates the truth behind the cloistered medieval monk.

Monty Python star and medieval enthusiast, Terry Jones, takes us on a tour of the Middle Ages, destroying old myths and discovering extraordinary stories of real people. This week, Terry investigates the truth behind the cloistered medieval monk, whose ideal of giving up the world for a life of prayer and isolation was all too often undermined by an ability to make money out of almost anything, from sheep to iron smelting.

Christina: A Medieval Life

05/05/2008

BBC Four - Christina: A Medieval Life

Michael Wood traces the story of a real-life peasant of 14th-century Hertfordshire.

Historian Michael Wood presents a portrait of ordinary people living through extraordinary times, tracing the story of Christina Cok, a peasant of 14th century Hertfordshire.

Historian Michael Wood presents a portrait of ordinary people living through extraordinary times, tracing the story of a real-life peasant of 14th-century Hertfordshire.

She wasn't a famous person, or of noble blood, yet Christina's story is important in understanding our own roots. In this time of war, famine, floods, climate change and the Black Death are the beginnings of the end of serfdom, the growth of individual freedom and the start of a market economy.

Wood recounts the history of medieval Britain told not from the top of society, but from the bottom. Through the lives of Christina and her fellow villagers, we see how the most volatile century in British history played a crucial role in shaping the character and destiny of a nation, and its people.

Christina: a Medieval Life

Michael Wood delves into medieval court books to follow the fortunes of a 14th-century English family in the village of Codicote in Hertfordshire.

Mad Men

Drama series set in the world of advertising in 1960s New York.

Drama series which takes an unflinching look at the world of advertising in 1960s New York.

Mad Men: Series 1

Mad Men: Series 1: Episode 11: Indian Summer

Episode 11

Episode 11: Indian Summer

Series 1

Indian Summer

BBC Four - Mad Men, Series 1, Indian Summer

Don grabs an opportunity provided by Roger's work problems. Peggy goes on a blind date.

Drama series set in the world of advertising in 1960s New York. While Peggy is assigned to a difficult project, Don grabs a chance provided by Roger's work problems.

Drama series set in the world of advertising in 1960s New York. While Peggy is assigned to a difficult project, Don grabs an opportunity provided by Roger's latest work problems. Pete has more problems at home and at the office. Betty's frustrations lead her to seek some new relief. Peggy goes on a blind date.

New. 11/13. Indian Summer. Pete has more problems at home and at the office. Betty's frustrations lead her to seek some new relief. Peggy goes on a blind date. See panel. 
For cast see page 98 Repeated on Tuesday at 
11.20pm on BBC2   The Alison Graham column: page 65 Why I Love ... Mad Men: www.radiotimes.com/mad-men-blog

Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee

09/05/2008

BBC Four - Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee

With contibutions from k.d.lang, Nancy Sinatra, Leiber and Stoller and Quincy Jones.

Documentary charting the life and music of Peggy Lee. With contibutions from k.d.lang and Nancy Sinatra, and featuring duets with Judy Garland, Bing Crosby and Dean Martin.

Documentary charting the chequered life and legendary music of Peggy Lee. With contibutions from k.d.lang, Nancy Sinatra, Leiber and Stoller, Quincy Jones and Andy Williams, and featuring duets with Mel Torme, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby and Dean Martin.

Fever: the Music of Peggy Lee

A celebration of the life and near 
60-year career of the singer, featuring her signature hits.

Kings of Cool: The Crooners

18/04/2004

BBC One - Kings of Cool: The Crooners

A celebration of some of the most stylish musical icons of the last century.

Honor Blackman narrates a celebration of some of the most stylish musical icons of the last century, the crooners such as Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.

Honor Blackman narrates a celebration of some of the most stylish musical icons of the last century, the crooners such as Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett and Andy Williams. Featuring interviews with friends, family members and the new breed of crooners such as Michael Buble and Jamie Cullum.

BBC One

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Kings of Cool: the ClassicCrooners

Celebration of the most stylish icons of modern music.

The World of Nat King Cole

24/12/2004

BBC Four - The World of Nat King Cole

A portrait of the popular entertainer using archive footage and and interviews.

Portrait of the entertainer Nat King Cole, which uses a unique combination of rare and unseen archive including home movies, performances and interviews with friends and family.

A portrait of the popular entertainer Nat King Cole, which uses a combination of rare and unseen archive including home movies, performances, and interviews to shed an intimate new light on the man behind the silky voice. Interviewees include Stevie Wonder, Andre 3000 Benjamin of Outkast, Whoopi Goldberg, Carlos Santana, Harry Connick Jr, Tony Bennett, BB King, Jools Holland, Quincy Jones, Baz Luhrmann and the entire Cole family.

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