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Picture Book

Picture Book: Episode 1: When We Were Very Young

Episode 1

Episode 1: When We Were Very Young

When We Were Very Young

BBC Four - Picture Book, When We Were Very Young

A look at our very first books and the picture book heaven they create for under fives.

Series about childhood reading begins with the picture-book heaven our first books create for under-fives, featuring favourites from Peter Rabbit to Noddy.

Series which reveals the enchanting story of our childhood reading.

This opening part looks at our very first books and the picture-book heaven they create for under-fives, exploring the magical interplay of words and pictures and how they begin to shape our childhood imagination. 

Featuring favourites from The Tale of Peter Rabbit to Charlie and Lola, from Noddy to Thomas the Tank Engine, plus modern classics such as We're Going on a Bear Hunt and Each Peach Pear Plum.

There are also interviews, readings and demonstrations of their art from leading writers and illustrators including Michael Rosen, Shirley Hughes, Alan Ahlberg and Lauren Child.

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.

Series which reveals the enchanting story of childhood reading

The story of children's fiction, from the early picture books featuring 
Noddy and Thomas the Tank Engine to the more grown-up works of JRR 
Tolkien and Philip Pullman.

Merlin the Legend

20/09/2008

BBC Two - Merlin the Legend

A look at the mythical roots in art and literature of Merlin - magician, hero and mystery.

A look at the mythical roots in art and literature of Merlin, the archetypal wizard, Welsh and Celtic in origin but with connections across the water in Cornwall and middle Europe.

A look at the mythical roots in art and literature of Merlin - magician, hero and historical mystery. Merlin is the archetypal wizard, Welsh and Celtic in origin but with connections across the water in Cornwall and middle Europe, and, of course, the Arthurian legends. Clearly, Merlin is the distant relative of Dumbledore and all those weird and wonderful wizards in literature.

BBC Two Wales

An insight into the mythical roots in art and literature of the archetypal wizard - Welsh and Celtic in origin, but with links to Cornwall and the Arthurian legends.

Reader, I Married Him

Daisy Goodwin presents a series looking at the role of the heroine in literature

Reader, I Married Him: Heroines

02/10/2006

Heroines

BBC Four - Reader, I Married Him, Heroines

A look at romantic heroines, who often became ground-breaking role models for women.

Daisy Goodwin presents a series about the romantic novel. This edition looks at romantic heroines, who have frequently created ground-breaking role models for women.

Daisy Goodwin presents a series about the romantic novel. This edition looks at romantic heroines, who have frequently reflected the times and often created ground-breaking role models for women. Daisy visits the set of the BBC's new Jane Eyre and also spends a day with a Yorkshire book group who give a contemporary opinion of some well-known twentieth century heroines. Other interviewees include Barbara Taylor Bradford, Sophie Kinsella and Marina Warner.

3/3. Is Bridget Jones a positive role model for women? Daisy Goodwin looks at the role of heroines in romantic fiction.

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 3: Marriage of Figaro

Episode 3

Episode 3: Marriage of Figaro

Series 1

Marriage of Figaro

BBC Four - Mad Men, Series 1, Marriage of Figaro

When Pete returns from honeymoon how will Peggy react? Don gets closer to Rachel.

Drama series set in the world of advertising in 1960s New York. When Pete returns from honeymoon how will Peggy react? Don gets closer to Rachel.

Drama series which takes an unflinching look at the world of advertising in 1960s New York. When Pete returns from honeymoon how will Peggy react? Don gets closer to Rachel and is troubled by a chance encounter on a train. There's a party for Don's daughter, and the wives are feeling threatened by the new, divorced, girl on the block.

3/13; series one. Don's relationship with Rachel takes an unexpected turn when the pair share a kiss. Starring Jon Hamm , John Slattery and Elizabeth Moss. See panel.

Damages

Series set in the high stakes world of New York litigation.

Series set in the high stakes world of New York litigation, following the turbulent lives of revered and reviled litigator Patty Hewes and her bright and ambitious young protege, Ellen Parsons.

Damages: Series 1

Damages: Series 1: Episode 9: Do You Regret What We Did?

Episode 9

Episode 9: Do You Regret What We Did?

Do You Regret What We Did?

BBC One - Damages, Series 1, Do You Regret What We Did?

Gregory's disappearance continues to mystify Patty. Frobisher prepares a secret weapon.

American legal drama. Gregory's disappearance continues to mystify Patty, while Frobisher prepares a secret weapon as his deposition draws nearer.

Acclaimed American legal drama following a ruthless lawyer's class action suit against an allegedly corrupt former company CEO. Gregory's disappearance continues to mystify Patty, while Frobisher prepares a secret weapon as the time for his deposition draws nearer. Ellen stumbles upon some new information that could prove critical to the case.

BBC One

9/13. The Frobisher case is linked to David Connor 's murder, and Gregory Malina reappears.   
11.3010/13. Patty Hewes continues her attempts to ruin Arthur Frobisher. 
Starring Glenn Close , Rose Byrne and Ted Danson. See panel. 
First shown on BBC1

Damages: Series 1: Episode 10: Sort of like Family

Episode 10

Episode 10: Sort of like Family

Sort of like Family

BBC One - Damages, Series 1, Sort of like Family

Patty and the team focus their energies on Frobisher's upcoming deposition.

American legal drama. Patty removes Ellen from the Frobisher case, causing an irate Ellen to approach George Moore on her own.

Patty and the team focus their energies on Frobisher's upcoming deposition. After Malina's death, Patty removes Ellen from the case, causing an irate Ellen to approach George Moore on her own. Meanwhile, Frobisher gets word that his wife has filed for divorce – a fact that Patty plans on using to her advantage.

Selling the Sixties

02/03/2008

BBC Four - Selling the Sixties

How the advertising men and women of Madison Avenue came to prominence in the early 1960s.

Documentary about Madison Avenue, home of the American advertising business, a semi-mythical place where the dreams of a new, affluent society were spun in the early 1960s.

Documentary about Madison Avenue, home of the American advertising business, a semi-mythical place where the dreams of a new, affluent society were spun in the early 1960s. These were the 'days of heaven', when the country felt to many like a land of plenty and a land of hope - politics was reinvigorated thanks to a product known as new, improved JFK, consumerism was on the up and the challenges of Vietnam, feminism and the counter-culture still lay in the future.

Includes contributions from advertising legend George Lois and writer Gay Talese.

The Hard Sell

The Hard Sell: Episode 2: Cigarettes and Alcohol

Episode 2

Episode 2: Cigarettes and Alcohol

Cigarettes and Alcohol

BBC Four - The Hard Sell, Cigarettes and Alcohol

Phill Jupitus examines ads that encouraged people to smoke and drink over the years.

Phill Jupitus narrates a series looking at 50 years of British TV advertising. He examines the quality of the ads that encouraged people to smoke and drink.

Phill Jupitus examines the controversy around and quality of the adverts that encouraged people to smoke and drink, how some came to be banned and how they best demonstrated the craft of British advertising. Contributors include Lord Tim Bell, Sir Alan Parker, Jilly Goolden and Melanie Sykes.

Phill Jupitus narrates a series looking at 50 years of British TV advertising.

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