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The Book Quiz

The Book Quiz: Series 2

The Book Quiz: Series 2: Episode 5

Episode 5

Series 2

BBC Four - The Book Quiz, Series 2, Episode 5

Wendy Holden and Giles Coren do battle against Baroness Margaret Jay and David Nicholls.

Kirsty Wark presents the literary panel game, as Wendy Holden and Giles Coren do battle against Baroness Margaret Jay and David Nicholls for a place in the final.

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.

5/7; series two. Wendy Holden and Giles Coren compete against Margaret Jay and David Nicholls.  
7.30 6/7. Daisy Goodwin and David Aaronovitch take on India Knight and James Delingpole.

The Book Quiz: Series 2: Episode 6

Episode 6

BBC Four - The Book Quiz, Series 2, Episode 6

Daisy Goodwin and David Aaronovitch fight it out with India Knight and James Delingpole.

Kirsty Wark presents the second semi-final of the literary panel game as Daisy Goodwin and David Aaronovitch fight it out against India Knight and James Delingpole.

Kirsty Wark presents the second semi-final of the literary panel game as Daisy Goodwin and David Aaronovitch fight it out against India Knight and James Delingpole for a place in the final.

Not Cricket

Documentary strand looking at cricketing scandals.

Not Cricket: The Captain and the Bookmaker

02/06/2008

The Captain and the Bookmaker

BBC Four - Not Cricket, The Captain and the Bookmaker

Documentary about the downfall of South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje.

Documentary about Hansie Cronje, a hero of South African cricket who, by taking bribes to fix matches, betrayed a game that is supposed to embody fair play.

Documentary which lifts the lid on the new South Africa through the prism of sport, the international boycott of which had helped bring down the racist regime. It tells the story of Hansie Cronje, the iconic hero of South African cricket who, by taking bribes to fix international matches, betrayed the game supposed to embody the spirit of fair play. 

Featuring interviews with Marlon Aronstam, one of the bookmakers who corrupted him, and with Cronje's boss and controversial coach, the late Bob Woolmer, filmed just weeks before his death, amid false rumours he was murdered by match fixers. Plus frank confessions from fellow test team-members, friends and mentors and most of the key opinion formers in South African cricket.

Hansie Cronje. Profile of the South 
African cricketer who fell from grace after taking bribes to fix Test matches. Features interviews with team members and the late Bob Woolmer.

Oliver Twist

Timothy Spall and Tom Hardy star in Charles Dickens's tale of a young orphan boy.

Timothy Spall and Tom Hardy star in a 2007 adaptation of Charles Dickens's much-loved tale of a young orphan boy.

Oliver Twist: Series 1: Episode 4

Episode 4

Series 1

BBC One - Oliver Twist, Series 1, Episode 4

Despite Corney and Bumble's attempts to extort money from him, Monks gets the upper hand.

Drama adaptation of Charles Dickens's much-loved tale of a young orphan boy. Dodger discovers he is betrayed by Nancy, putting her in grave danger.

Drama adaptation of Charles Dickens's much-loved tale of a young orphan boy. Despite Corney and Bumble's attempts to extort money from him, Monks quickly gets the upper hand and leaves with the necklace, letter and a page of the register recording Oliver's birth. Nancy cares for Oliver, promising that she will get him back to the safety of the Brownlows. Dodger, however, is aware of Nancy's betrayal, putting her in grave danger.

Oliver Twist: Series 1

BBC One

Drama adaptation of Charles Dickens' much-loved tale of a young orphan boy.

3/3. Oliver regains his strength under 
- Nancy's care and she promises to get him to the safety of the Brownlows. 
With Timothy Spall , Tom Hardy , Sophie Okonedo and Sarah Lancashire. See panel. First shown on BBC1

Oliver Twist: 30-Minute Versions

Oliver Twist: Series 1: Episode 5

BBC One - Oliver Twist, Series 1, Episode 5

Sikes goes on the run with Oliver. Brownlow and the police search Fagin's den.

Drama adaptation of Charles Dickens's much-loved tale of a young orphan boy. Sikes goes on the run with Oliver, but his journey is interrupted. The police search Fagin's den.

Drama adaptation of Charles Dickens's much-loved tale of a young orphan boy. Sikes goes on the run with Oliver, but his journey is interrupted. Brownlow and the police search Fagin's den. Monks returns to London, but when he arrives home he finds Brownlow, Rose and the police waiting for him.

Broken Trail

Broken Trail: Episode 2

Episode 2

BBC Four - Broken Trail, Episode 2

Print Ritter is an Oregonian herding 500 horses to Wyoming with his nephew, Tom.

Western mini-series set in 1898. Print Ritter is an Oregonian herding 500 horses to Wyoming with his nephew. Along the way, they acquire a hired hand and rescue five Chinese girls.

Two-part Western mini-series set in 1898 as the cowboy way of life begins to expire. Print Ritter is an Oregonian herding 500 horses to Wyoming with his nephew, Tom. Along the way, they acquire a hired hand and then rescue five young Chinese girls, sold into slavery by their families and earmarked to become prostitutes in a local mining camp.

Two-part Western mini-series set in 1898 as the cowboy way of life begins to expire.

New. 2/2. Conclusion of the western starring Robert Duvall as a cowboy who runs into trouble when he rescues five 
Chinese girls destined to serve as prostitutes at a mining camp.

Tory! Tory! Tory!

Tory! Tory! Tory!: Episode 1: Outsiders

Episode 1

Episode 1: Outsiders

Outsiders

BBC Four - Tory! Tory! Tory!, Outsiders

Exploring how anti-welfare state radicals after WW2 moved into the political mainstream.

The series exploring the history of the people and ideas behind Thatcherism recalls the postwar radicals who gradually attracted supporters within the political mainstream.

Series exploring the history of the people and ideas behind what became known as Thatcherism. This edition tells of the radicals in the political wilderness after WWII who saw the foundation of the Welfare State as the thin end of a totalitarian wedge. At first they were seen as cranks, but gradually they attracted supporters within the political mainstream. It was only when Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative party that they saw a champion.

Series exploring the history of the people and ideas behind what became Thatcherism.

Series exploring the history of the people and ideas behind what became known as Thatcherism.

1/3. The political and economic ideologies behind Thatcherism. With contributions from Cecil Parkinson, Antony Jay and John Nott. Beginning The Thatcher Years strand. The Making of the Iron Lady is tomorrow at 9pm

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