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World News Today: 14/10/2008

14/10/2008

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The latest news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

BBC News Channel

An impartial and independent news service offering breaking news, analysis and insight.

A 24-hour impartial and independent news service offering breaking news, analysis and insight. It provides fast and comprehensive coverage of local, UK and international events.

Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury

Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury: Episode 2: Discovering Snowdonia

Episode 2

Episode 2: Discovering Snowdonia

Discovering Snowdonia

BBC Four - Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury, Discovering Snowdonia

Julia Bradbury takes a walk along the stunning Mawddach estuary in north Wales.

Julia Bradbury continues her series of walks along Britain's lost rail empire as she visits the Mawddach estuary in north Wales, a beautiful part of Snowdonia.

Julia walks along the stunning Mawddach estuary in north Wales. The area between Dolgellau and the coastal resort of Barmouth is one of the least visited parts of Snowdonia, but in the 1860s it received a great rush of holidaymakers, taking advantage of the new railway that connected the valley to the cities of England.

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Julia Bradbury takes a series of walks following Britain's lost rail empire.

Julia Bradbury takes a series of walks following the old tracks, overgrown cuttings and ancient viaducts of Britain's lost rail empire.

Railway Walks

2/6. Julia Bradbury visits the Mawddach estuary in Snowdonia.

High Anxieties: The Mathematics of Chaos

BBC Four - High Anxieties: The Mathematics of Chaos

How recent developments in mathematics have changed our understanding of the world.

As we approach tipping points in both the economy and the climate, a look at how developments in mathematics over the past 40 years have changed our understanding of the world.

Documentary which looks at how developments in mathematics over the past 40 years have completely changed our understanding of the fundamental nature of the world we live in. 

As we approach tipping points in both the economy and the climate, the film examines the mathematics we have been reluctant to face up to and asks if, even now, we would rather bury our heads in the sand rather than face harsh truths.

High Anxieties: theMathematics of Chaos

New. An exploration of how the mathematical discoveries of the past 40 years have completely changed people's understanding of the fundamental nature of the world. See panel.

That Mitchell and Webb Look

Comedy sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

Comedy sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb

That Mitchell and Webb Look: Series 1

That Mitchell and Webb Look: Series 1: Episode 6

Episode 6

Series 1

BBC Two - That Mitchell and Webb Look, Series 1, Episode 6

The world's earliest forensic detectives believe they're up against the perfect crime.

Comedy sketch show with David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The world's earliest forensic detectives think they've found the perfect crime. The snooker commentators discuss depression.

Comedy sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The world's earliest forensic detectives believe they may be up against the perfect crime. The special secret snooker words to Lady in Red are revealed, plus what to do if offered the job of Führer of the Third Reich.

BBC Two

Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

6/6. Sketches include the secret snooker words to Lady in Red.

Flight of the Conchords

Sitcom about two Kiwi folk musicians as they to try to make it big in New York

Comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians Bret and Jemaine as they to try to make it big in New York.

Flight of the Conchords: Series 1

Flight of the Conchords: Series 1: Episode 6: Bowie

Episode 6: Bowie

Bowie

BBC Four - Flight of the Conchords, Series 1, Bowie

Bret becomes self-conscious, but David Bowie appears in his dreams with helpful advice.

Comedy series about two Kiwi folk musicians in New York. Bret becomes self-conscious about his body when he has to do a photoshoot, but David Bowie advises him in his dreams.

Comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians Bret and Jemaine as they to try to make it big in their adopted home of New York. When Murray suggests a photoshoot Bret becomes self-conscious about his body, but David Bowie appears in his dreams with helpful advice. Featuring the songs Bowie's in Space and Bret You Got it Going On.

Comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians trying to make it big in New York

Comedy series about Kiwi folk musicians Bret and Jemaine as they to try to make it big in their adopted home of New York

6/12. Bret becomes self-conscious about his body.

London to Brighton in FourMinutes

New. Footage of a train journey from 
London to Brighton.

London to Brighton: Side by Side

London to Brighton Side by Side

BBC Four - London to Brighton: Side by Side

Two point-of-view films from the London to Brighton train, made in 1953 and 1983.

In 1953, the BBC made a point-of-view film from the London-Brighton train. In 1983, they did it again. This film shows both concurrently, with every bridge, tunnel and station.

In 1953, the BBC made a point-of-view film from the London to Brighton train. In 1983, they did the same again. This is a film made of both runs at once, with every bridge, siding, tunnel and station running side by side in unlikely synchronisation.

The Book Quiz

The Book Quiz: Series 2

The Book Quiz: Series 2: Episode 2

Series 2

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

Daisy Goodwin and David Aaronovitch fight it out with AL Kennedy and Simon Hoggart.

Kirsty Wark presents as Daisy Goodwin and David Aaronovitch fight it out with AL Kennedy and Simon Hoggart for a place in the semi-finals of the literary panel game.

Tim Yeo and Anne McElvoy take on Margaret Jay and David Nicholls for a place in the semi-finals.

Blue/Orange

23/02/2005

BBC Four - Blue/Orange

A junior doctor treats a young man diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.

Adaptation of Joe Penhall's play in which a junior doctor treating a young man diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder disagrees with a senior colleague over how to proceed

Adaptation of Joe Penhall's award-winning play. In a psychiatric hospital, a junior doctor is treating a young black man diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. The patient is having a final interview with the doctor, who has invited his mentor to sit in on the session. He is concerned that the diagnosis is inaccurate and would like the patient hospitalised for longer. The senior doctor, however, disagrees.

Bfue/Orange

Adaptation of Joe Penhall 's award-winning stage play, starring Brian Cox and John Simm.

Storyville

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries.

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries, shining a light on untold stories from across the globe.

Storyville: Roman Polanski - Wanted and Desired

13/10/2008

Roman Polanski - Wanted and Desired

BBC Four - Storyville, Roman Polanski - Wanted and Desired

Re-examining Polanski's conviction for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

Documentary which reopens the controversial and complex case of director Roman Polanski's public conviction for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor some 30 years ago.

In September 2009, Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on a 30-year-old warrant. In 1978, the filmmaker skipped bail and escaped to France. For decades, no-one truly understood why. This documentary that reveals the truth about the bungled legal proceedings which brought about his escape. 

In her riveting reopening of this controversial and, as it turns out, very complex case, filmmaker Marina Zenovich fashions a perceptive and intelligent exploration of what really happened and casts a very different light on Polanski's decision, as well as the workings of the American legal system.

Revisiting all of the key players, including the lawyers, the victim and the media, the film looks at the conduct of the judge whose handling of the case was unusual. In addition, it incorporates insightful interviews from the present, bringing new comprehension and clarity to events long clouded by myths and presumptions. 

Winner of three Emmys, two prizes at Sundance and countless other international awards, the film is a timely look at one of the most high-profile and fascinating legal battles of the last thirty years.

Roman Polanski

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Only Connect

Quiz show in which connections must be made between apparently unconnected things.

Deliciously devious and maddeningly abstract. Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the brain-teasing quiz where knowledge only gets you so far.

Only Connect: Series 1

Only Connect: Series 1: Episode 5

Episode 5

BBC Two - Only Connect, Series 1, Episode 5

Quiz show in which connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things.

Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things.

Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which knowledge will only take you so far, as patience and lateral thinking are also vital. It is all about making connections between things which may appear, at first glance, not to be connected at all.

Quiz show in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge

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