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A Seaside Parish

Documentary series following Rev Christine Musser in her Cornish parish

A Seaside Parish: Series 2

A Seaside Parish: Series 2: Episode 6

Episode 6

Series 2

BBC Two - A Seaside Parish, Series 2, Episode 6

The villagers re-assess their lives after the disaster, with unexpected results.

Documentary series following Rev Christine Musser in the Cornish parish of Boscastle. The villagers re-assess their lives after the disaster, with unexpected results.

Documentary series following Rev Christine Musser in the Cornish parish of Boscastle. The villagers re-assess their lives after the disaster, with unexpected results. While Emily decides to pursue the ambition of a lifetime and Raymond re-launches his career as an artist, life at the rectory for Christine will never be quite the same again.

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6/7. Despite the damage done to the village, Christine is determined to make sure her parishioners get the best 
Christmas she can provide.

The Passions of Vaughan Williams

23/05/2008

BBC Four - The Passions of Vaughan Williams

Musical and psychological portrait of classical composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Musical and psychological portrait of classical composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, which explores the passions that drove this giant of 20th-century English music.

Fifty years after his death, this musical and psychological portrait of Ralph Vaughan Williams explores the passions that drove a giant of 20th-century English music. It explores the enormous musical range of an energetic, red-blooded composer whose output extends well beyond the delicate pastoralism of his perhaps most famous piece, The Lark Ascending.  

The film tells the story of his long marriage to his increasingly disabled wife Adeline and his long affair with the woman who eventually became his second wife, Ursula. The effect of these complicated relationships on his music is demonstrated in performances of orchestral and choral works, specially filmed at Cadogan Hall, London by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox and by the singers of Schola Cantorum of Oxford.  

Among the contributors is the late Ursula Vaughan Williams, who was interviewed shortly before she died at the age of 96.

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A portrait of the personal and professional life of composer 
Ralph Vaughan Williams , whose musical range extended far beyond his most famous piece, The Lark Ascending. 
See panel.

Cambridge Folk Festival

Highlights from the annual Cambridge Folk Festival.

Cambridge Folk Festival: 2008

Cambridge Folk Festival: 2008: Episode 1: Seth Lakeman plus Noah And The Whale

Episode 1

Episode 1: Seth Lakeman plus Noah And The Whale

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Seth Lakeman plus Noah And The Whale

BBC Four - Cambridge Folk Festival, 2008, Seth Lakeman plus Noah And The Whale

Featuring Seth Lakeman and Noah and The Whale, two youthful examples of British folk.

Mark Radcliffe presents coverage of the Cambridge Folk Festival. Featuring poster-boy Seth Lakeman and Noah and The Whale, two youthful examples of British folk.

Mark Radcliffe presents coverage of the Cambridge Folk Festival, featuring the top artists from the world of folk, roots and acoustic music, either live in concert from the main stage or in exclusive backstage performances.

Featuring poster-boy Seth Lakeman and Noah and The Whale, two youthful examples of British folk. Seth is from a family of musicians who began busking for holiday money in France. His brother Sean produced his first album in their kitchen. Though uncompromisingly folk, it went onto sell 100,000 copies.

Former Mercury Prize Nominee Seth and his band are in concert on the main stage at Cambridge Folk Festival, performing his own dynamic brand of contemporary folk including Solomon Browne, Poor Man's Heaven and his hit, Kitty Jay. Woven through the performances are in-depth interviews with Seth and brother Sean and an impromptu acoustic peformance of The Hurlers out amongst the festival crowd.

Noah And The Whale are a four-piece from Twickenham, West London, with infectious folk-based tunes. Their single, Five Years Time, with its whistling, violin, ukulele and dance beats, has been a chirpy summer chart hit. The programme features an exclusive acoustic performance backstage in the festival's session tent, plus an intimate interview with frontman, songwriter, and rising star, Charlie Fink.

Artists from the world of folk, roots and acoustic music at the Cambridge Folk Festival.

Top artists from the world of folk, roots and acoustic music, live in concert or in special performance backstage at the 2008 Cambridge Folk Festival.

Cambridge Folk Festival 2008

- New. 1/3. Mark Radcliffe has highlights of Seth Lakeman and Noah and the Whale. See panel.  
10.00 New. 2/3. A set by acclaimed singer/songwriter Martha Wainwright and tracks from guitarist/songwriter 
Devon Sproule.  
10.30 New. 3/3. Highlights from the set of multicultural collective the Imagined Village, featuring Billy Bragg , 
Eliza Carthy and Sheila Chandra.

Cambridge Folk Festival: 2008: Episode 2: Martha Wainwright Featuring Devon Sproule

Episode 2

Episode 2: Martha Wainwright Featuring Devon Sproule

Martha Wainwright Featuring Devon Sproule

BBC Four - Cambridge Folk Festival, 2008, Martha Wainwright Featuring Devon Sproule

Featuring performances by and interviews with Martha Wainwright and Devon Sproule.

Highlights from the Cambridge Folk Festival. Featuring performances by and interviews with singer-songwriters Martha Wainwright and Devon Sproule.

Mark Radcliffe presents coverage of the Cambridge Folk Festival, featuring the top artists from the world of folk, roots and acoustic music, either live in concert from the main stage or in exclusive backstage performances. 

Martha Wainwright's performance of Comin' Tonight from the main stage at the festival is followed by three further performances from her set, interwoven with interview and an impromptu acoustic session by the festival's famous duck pond. 

Guitarist and songwriter Devon Sproule combines Appalachian, folk and jazz influences and this introduction to her includes an exclusive performance of Plea For A Good Night's rest in the festival's intimate surroundings.

Cambridge Folk Festival: 2008: Episode 3: The Imagined Village

Episode 3

Episode 3: The Imagined Village

The Imagined Village

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Featuring The Imagined Village, a multicultural folk project headed by Simon Emmerson.

Highlights from the Cambridge Folk Festival. Featuring performances by and interviews with The Imagined Village, a multicultural project spearheaded by Simon Emmerson.

Mark Radcliffe presents coverage of the Cambridge Folk Festival, featuring the top artists from the world of folk, roots and acoustic music, either live in concert from the main stage or in exclusive backstage performances. 

The Imagined Village is a multicultural project spearheaded by Simon Emmerson and including Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Billy Bragg, Sheila Chandra, Johnny Kalsi, Chris Wood, Francis Hylton, Andy Gangageen, Sheema Mukherjee, Barney Morse Brown and the Young Coppers.

Taking the English tradition and interweaving contemporary sounds and voices, it explores Simon's assertion that 'Englishness is the final frontier of world music'.

The programme features electric performances from the Imagined Village's headline set at the festival, including their signature song Cold Haily Rainy Night and Hard Times Of Old England Retold.

In conversation with Mark Radcliffe key protaganists of the project Simon Emmerson, Martin Carthy, Billy Bragg and contributor poet Benjamin Zephaniah explain and explore the genesis, power and aspiration of this impressive project.

The Avengers

Classic adventure series, with John Steed and his able assistants keeping Britain safe

Classic 1960s adventure series. John Steed and his succession of able assistants fight for crown and country

The Avengers: Series 4

The Avengers: Series 4: Episode 8: A Surfeit of H2O

Episode 8

Episode 8: A Surfeit of H2O

Series 4

A Surfeit of H2O

BBC Four - The Avengers, Series 4, A Surfeit of H2O

A village poacher is found drowned in a field, leading Steed and Emma to investigate.

A village poacher is found drowned in a field, leading Steed and Emma to investigate the deadly goings-on.

Detective series with the bowler-hatted sleuth Steed and glamorous female sidekicks

A village poacher is drowned by a freak rain storm.  
11.50 Following a car crash, Steed and Emma investigate a seemingly deserted RAF base.

The Avengers: Series 4: Episode 9: The Hour that Never Was

Episode 9

Episode 9: The Hour that Never Was

The Hour that Never Was

BBC Four - The Avengers, Series 4, The Hour that Never Was

At Steed's RAF reunion he and Mrs Peel stumble on a mystery, and then she vanishes.

Call the Cops

Call the Cops: Episode 3: Juliet Bravo

Episode 3: Juliet Bravo

Juliet Bravo

BBC Four - Call the Cops, Juliet Bravo

How a real female Lancashire police inspector inspired the creation of Juilet Bravo.

Series about the history of British TV police dramas looks at Juliet Bravo, with the cast and crew discussing the gender politics that existed both on-screen and off.

A look at 1980s cop show Juliet Bravo, created by the man who brought us The Sweeney, Ian Kennedy Martin. 

When he met Inspector Wynne Darwin in the Lancashire force, Kennedy Martin knew he'd found the model for his new heroine. 

The cast and crew talk about the gender politics both on-screen and off, how many of the stories were rooted in reality and how they were secretly in contact with another female-led police show, The Gentle Touch on ITV. 

Also, we discover how the male writers were advised to overcome their anxiety about writing for a woman, how the show re-grouped when Stephanie Turner, the show's first lead, was replaced by Anna Carteret and what kind of fan mail used to arrive for Inspector Kate Longton.

Interviewees include Ian Kennedy Martin, actors Stephanie Turner and Anna Carteret, producer Terence Wiliams and the real-life inspiration for the series, Wynne Darwin.

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