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Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit: Episode 12

Episode 12

BBC One - Little Dorrit, Episode 12

Mr Dorrit leaves Amy behind in Venice as he returns to London with Fanny and Sparkler.

Costume drama. Mr Dorrit leaves Amy behind in Venice as he returns to London with newlyweds Fanny and Sparkler, but soon discovers the high life is not all that he had hoped for.

Mr Dorrit leaves Amy behind in Venice as he returns to London with newlyweds Fanny and Sparkler, but the high life is not all he had hoped it would be. 

Meanwhile, Arthur invests Doyce and Clennam's capital in Merdle's Bank, and Flora investigates the disappearance of Rigaud.

BBC One

Adaptation of Dickens' story of love, honour, debt and hope in 1820s London.

Fourteen-part adaptation of Dickens' powerful story of love, honour, debt and hope in 1820s London, written by Andrew Davies.

RT CHOICE the final omnibus, Mr Merdle offers I to help Mr Dorrit invest his fortune, but his new place in London society is overshadowed by his Marshalsea past. Starring Claire Foy , Tom Courtenay and Anton Lesser. See panel. 
First shown on BBC1

Little Dorrit Omnibus

Little Dorrit Omnibus: Episode 7: Episodes 13 and 14

Episode 7

Episode 7: Episodes 13 and 14

Episodes 13 and 14

BBC One - Little Dorrit Omnibus, Episodes 13 and 14

Mr Dorrit returns to Venice a broken man after a London trip revives unwelcome memories.

Costume drama. Mr Dorrit returns to Venice a broken man after a London trip revives unwelcome memories. The collapse of Mr Merdle's bank sends shockwaves through the country.

Mr Dorrit returns to Venice a broken man after a visit to London revives unwelcome memories. 

Mr Merdle's death and the collapse of his bank send shockwaves through the country as thousands face financial ruin. 

Arthur returns to the Marshalsea a prisoner, Amy goes back to her birthplace to look after him as he lies gravely ill, and Rigaud returns to play out his blackmail in the Clennam house.

Adaptation of Dickens' powerful story of love, honour, debt and hope in 1820s London, written by Andrew Davies.

Timeshift

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.

Time Shift: Series 8

Timeshift: Series 8: Fashion versus the BBC

22/01/2009

Fashion versus the BBC

Series 8

BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 8, Fashion versus the BBC

A team of fashion writers looks at the relationship between British fashion and the BBC.

A team of fashion writers and commentators including Peter York, Colin McDowell, Ted Polhemus and Hilary Alexander looks at the relationship between British fashion and the BBC.

Documentary which takes a provocative and entertaining journey through the BBC's own fashion collection.

For 50 years the BBC has often treated fashion as a frivolous, decadent diversion from the serious matters of life, but now a 'style council' of fashion writers and commentators including Peter York, Colin McDowell, Ted Polhemus and Hilary Alexander turns the tables and lets British fashion take on the BBC.

In the 1950s we find programmes debating whether men should decide what women wear. In the 1960s we see Alan Whicker unleashed upon the 'silly, superficial world' of French couture, while the big story of Mary Quant is almost ignored back home. In the 1970s comes the revulsion against punk style, and it is not until the 1980s that TV treats fashion with any kind of appreciation with The Clothes Show, generally held as the BBC's finest hour in the world of dressing up.

The programmes concludes that British fashion is unique in that it is driven more by youth culture than by fashion houses. Through the stories of the models, the designers, the photographers and the clothes themselves, it shows how the establishment has come to terms with the transformation of post-war Britain.

Timeshift: Series 8

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.

A series of documentaries exploring British cultural history

A group of fashion writers and commentators, including Peter York , Colin McDowell and Ted Polhemus , examine how the BBC has portrayed British style over the past 50 years. 
Part of the Time Shift strand. <S)

Alistair Cooke's America

Alistair Cooke's America: Episode 11: The Promised Fulfilled and the Promise Broken

Episode 11

Episode 11: The Promised Fulfilled and the Promise Broken

The Promised Fulfilled and the Promise Broken

BBC Four - Alistair Cooke's America, The Promised Fulfilled and the Promise Broken

A look at prosperity and politics in the 1920s, which was followed by economic depression.

Alistair Cooke's examination of the history of the United States continues with a look at prosperity and politics in the 1920s.

Alistair Cooke's personal examination of the history of the United States continues with a look at prosperity and politics in the 1920s. However, by the end of the decade the prosperity had vanished and had been replaced by economic depression.

Alistair Cooke's personal examination of the history of the United States

The broadcaster looks at American prosperity and politics in the 1920s. Includes footage of Alistair Cooke visiting statesmen's homes.

People's Century

07/11/2008

BBC Two - People's Century

The stories of those who suffered in the depression that followed the Wall Street Crash.

The documentary series looks at the 'hungry thirties', as people who suffered in the worldwide depression that followed the Wall Street Crash tell their stories.

The story of 'the hungry thirties' told by men and women who suffered in the worldwide depression that followed the Wall Street Crash. 

In Chicago, the unemployed ripped wooden paving blocks from the city streets, while in Belgium, laid-off miners broke into their own pits to scavenge for waste coal. Sweden was the first democracy to fight the depression, and America's President Roosevelt offered the country a new deal.

BBC Two

BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

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

People's Century - 1929:Breadline

People plunged into poverty by the Depression of the 1930s recall their struggle for survival in an era when state support was almost unheard of. Narrated by Sean Barrett.

Style on Trial

Style on Trial: Episode 4: 1970s

Episode 4

Episode 4: 1970s

1970s

BBC Four - Style on Trial, 1970s

Zandra Rhodes, Terry de Havilland and Wayne Hemingway discuss 1970s fashion.

To discuss 1970s fashion, Stuart Maconie and Lauren Laverne are joined by fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, shoe designer Terry de Havilland and fashion boss Wayne Hemingway.

Stuart Maconie and Lauren Laverne put British style and fashion between the 1940s and the 1990s into the dock. To discuss the 1970s they are joined in the studio by British fashion designer Zandra Rhodes, the maker of three-tier wedge sandals for the 70s rock aristocracy Terry de Havilland, and Wayne Hemingway, a teenager of the decade who went on to create his own fashion label.

British style and fashion from the 1940s to the 1990s is put into the dock

Style on Trial: the 1970s

Stuart Maconie and Lauren Laverne are joined by designers 
Zandra Rhodes , Terry de Havilland and Wayne Hemingway to examine the defining fashions of the decade.

Style on Trial: Episode 5: 1980s

Episode 5

Episode 5: 1980s

1980s

BBC Four - Style on Trial, 1980s

Caryn Franklin, John Taylor and Stevie Stewart reflect on 1980s fashion.

To discuss 1980s fashion, Stuart Maconie and Lauren Laverne are joined by The Clothes Show's Caryn Franklin, Duran Duran's John Taylor and fashion designer Stevie Stewart.

Stuart Maconie and Lauren Laverne put British style and fashion between the 1940s and the 1990s into the dock. To discuss the 1980s they are joined in the studio by former fashion editor of i-D magazine and host of The Clothes Show, Caryn Franklin; bass player from Duran Duran, John Taylor; and Stevie Stewart, a designer from Boy George's favourite fashion label of the decade, Bodymap.

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