Coal House

BBC Four

Living history reality series set in Wales.

Coal House: Series 1: Episode 3

Episode 3

Series 1

BBC One - Coal House, Series 1, Episode 3

The wives start to feel the pinch of life in 1927 with mouths to feed.

 It's not just the coal-mining men who are finding things hard. Their wives start to feel the pinch of life in 1927 with mouths to feed and a cleaning routine to stick to.  

 It's not just the coal-mining men who are finding things hard. Their wives start to feel the pinch of life in 1927 with mouths to feed and a cleaning routine to stick to. But there's some light relief as the Cartwrights, Phillips and Griffiths families enjoy a rare night out, and celebrate a very special birthday.

Coal House: Series 1

BBC One Wales

Three families are transported back to the south Wales coalfield of the 1920s.

Coal House: 4/10

The wives begin to feel the strain of life in the 1920s, but a special birthday celebration provides the opportunity for the families to enjoy a rare night out together.

BBC Proms

BBC Radio 3

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2008

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 23: Beethoven and Mahler

Prom 23: Beethoven and Mahler

2008

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2008, Prom 23: Beethoven and Mahler

Beethoven's 1st Symphony and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Donald Runnicles, will perform Beethoven's 1st Symphony and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Donald Runnicles, will perform Beethoven's 1st Symphony. This is followed by Das Lied von der Erde, Song of the Earth, a work which Mahler called a symphony for tenor, mezzo-soprano and orchestra. Johan Botha is the tenor, Karen Cargill is the mezzo soprano.

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.

Selected coverage from the classical concerts of the Proms 114th season.

Proms on Four

Beethoven's Symphony No 1 in C major opens tonight's Prom. Then Donald Runnicles conducts vocalists Karen Cargill and Johan Botha in a performance of Mahler's symphony-with-voices, Das Lied von der Erde.
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The Thirties in Colour

The Thirties in Colour: Episode 1: A World Away

Episode 1

Episode 1: A World Away

A World Away

BBC Four - The Thirties in Colour, A World Away

Rosie Newman, who shot some of the most important colour documentary footage of the 1930s.

Series using film and photography to examine the 1930s looks at the work of Rosie Newman, who shot some of the most important colour documentary footage of the age.

Four-part series using rare, private and commercial film and photographic archives to give poignant and surprising insights into the 1930s, a decade which erupted into colour as polychromatic photographic technology came of age and three important processes - Dufaycolour, Technicolor and Kodachrome - were patented and brought to the market. 

This opening part looks at the work of socialite and amateur film-maker, Rosie Newman, who used her high society contacts to secure extraordinary access to the social elite. Between 1928 and her retirement in the 1960s, Newman criss-crossed the globe and shot some of the most important colour documentary footage of the period. 

Some of her colour films have been seen before, but this programme features some of Newman's work that has never been broadcast and has not been seen publicly for over 70 years.

Four-part series using photographic archives to give surprising insights into the 1930s.

Four-part series using rare, private and commercial film and photographic archives to give poignant and surprising insights into the 1930s.

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Films from the 1930s, beginning with a look at the work of socialite Rosie Newman, who used her high society contacts to capture the social elite on camera.

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Images captured around the world by an American industrialist and his brother at a time when the wealthy could escape the Depression and travel the world by sea.

11.40 3/4
Harry Wright's archive of films from Mexico, including footage of indigenous tribes who rarely granted access to outsiders.

The Thirties in Colour: Episode 2: Wright Around the World

Episode 2

Episode 2: Wright Around the World

Wright Around the World

BBC Four - The Thirties in Colour, Wright Around the World

Industrialist Harry Wright and his brother Bolling's images from around the globe.

Series using film and photography to examine the 1930s. Industrialist Harry Wright and his brother Bolling's images from around the globe.

Four-part series using rare, private and commercial film and photographic archives to give poignant and surprising insights into the 1930s, a decade which erupted into colour as polychromatic photographic technology came of age and three important processes - Dufaycolour, Technicolor and Kodachrome - were brought to the market.

Together with his younger brother Bolling, the American industrialist Harry Wright was wealthy enough to indulge his twin passions for travel and filmmaking. Both siblings collected and shot films that captured the world at a pivotal time in history. 

They captured astonishing images acquired and filmed in the islands of the South Pacific, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, as well as South Africa, Morocco, Palestine, and several countries in Europe, including Britain. These destinations were visited during the golden age of ocean travel, when the well-off could escape the Great Depression and travel the world on luxury cruise ships. 

The sea had become a playground but it would soon become a battleground, as the world lurched towards the bloodiest war in history.

The Thirties in Colour: Episode 3: Adventures in the Americas

Episode 3: Adventures in the Americas

Adventures in the Americas

BBC Four - The Thirties in Colour, Adventures in the Americas

Harry Wright's colour films of the indigenous peoples of Africa and Central America.

Series using film and photography to examine the 1930s looks at Harry Wright's colour films of the indigenous peoples of Africa and Central America.

Four-part series using rare, private and commercial colour film and photographs to give poignant and surprising insights into the 1930s. 

One of the most prolific collectors of colour film in the period was the American industrialist Harry Wright. A self-made millionaire with a passion for film, he acquired and commissioned hundreds of films, which he screened for guests at the private cinema he had built in his home in Mexico City. 

The programme examines Wright's extraordinary colour films of Africa and Central America, including his so-called Ethnographic Series of Unknown Mexican Indians, a unique visual record of the lives and customs of indigenous peoples living in the remote rural regions of Mexico.

Glastonbury

Soak up the unique atmosphere of the world's most famous music festival.

Soak up the unique atmosphere of the world’s most famous music festival – watch live from Worthy Farm. All the acts, all the stages, all the best bits – we'll bring it to you.

Neil Diamond at Glastonbury 2008

Glastonbury: 2008: Neil Diamond

01/08/2008

Neil Diamond

BBC Music - Glastonbury, 2008, Neil Diamond

Including classic songs such as I'm a Believer, Sweet Caroline and Red Red Wine.

The teatime set by the US singer-songwriter Neil Diamond on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2008. Including classic songs such as I'm a Believer, Sweet Caroline and Red Red Wine.

The teatime set by the US singer-songwriter Neil Diamond on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2008. Including classic songs such as I'm a Believer, Sweet Caroline and Red Red Wine, plus a couple of numbers from his recent No 1 album Home Before Dark.

Glastonbury: 2008

BBC Music

Coverage of the Glastonbury Festival from Worthy Farm in Somerset

Neil Diamond at Glastonbury

Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild: Episode 5: Butterflies

Episode 5

Episode 5: Butterflies

Butterflies

BBC Four - Born to Be Wild, Butterflies

A look at four enthusiasts immersed in the colourful world of butterflies and moths.

Series on amateur naturalists focuses on those immersed in the strange and colourful world of butterflies and moths, giving a window onto the lives of four enthusiasts.

Series on amateur naturalists focuses on those immersed in the strange and colourful world of butterflies and moths. Changes in the numbers of these creatures reflect wider changes in the British countryside, so studying them is both a consuming passion and a conservation challenge.

One enthusiast has walked hundreds of miles to count butterflies; another has devoted his time and his greenhouse to growing one rare butterfly; a third is fanatical about moths and has learned to identify all 2,500 British species; and one has been getting his hands dirty to restore a chalk down and its butterfly star to their former glory.

The programme reveals the highs and lows of British butterflies and moths and gives a window onto the lives of four of the passionate people that are fighting to save them.

Series in which amateur naturalists explain their passions.

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