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World News Today: 08/07/2009

08/07/2009

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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.

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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.

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Once a Soldier

Documentary following the lives of the pensioners at the Royal Chelsea Hospital

Once a Soldier: Series 1

Once a Soldier: Series 1: Episode 1: Always a Soldier

Episode 1

Episode 1: Always a Soldier

Series 1

Always a Soldier

BBC Four - Once a Soldier, Series 1, Always a Soldier

Len Tough is brought in for a four-day trial to join the ranks of the men in scarlet.

Documentary series about the Chelsea Pensioners. Len Tough is brought in for a four-day trial to be accepted into the ranks of the men in scarlet.

Documentary series about the Chelsea Pensioners. Each new pensioner has to find their own way of fitting back into an army way of life at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. After 58 years of marriage, recently widowed 79-year-old Len Tough is brought to the hospital by his two daughters for a four-day trial to see if he is to be accepted into the ranks of the men in scarlet. 101-year-old Bill Swingler reveals the secret of his long life.

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.

Documentary following the lives of pensioners at the Royal Free Hospital in Chelsea

Chelsea Pensioners: Once a Soldier

A glimpse inside the Royal Hospital 
Chelsea, home to 300 former soldiers aged between 65 and 101.

Legends

A look at some true legends from the world of music.

Legends: The Andrews Sisters - Queens of the Music Machines

06/03/2009

The Andrews Sisters - Queens of the Music Machines

BBC Four - Legends, The Andrews Sisters - Queens of the Music Machines

Profile of the Andrews Sisters, one of the most successful girl groups of all time.

Profile of American singing trio the Andrews Sisters, one of best-selling female vocal groups ever, featuring archive performance footage of hits including Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Profile of American close harmony singing trio the Andrews Sisters, one of best-selling female vocal groups in the history of popular music. 

Collaborating with some of the great names of the swing era such as Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey, they also enjoyed a long and successful recording partnership with Bing Crosby. 

The film traces Patty, Maxene and LaVerne's journey from a poor Minneapolis background to international fame and includes archive footage of hits including Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Mary Wilson of the Supremes and British burlesque group the Puppini Sisters are also featured.

Legends: the Andrews Sisters - Queens of the Music Machines

The Grandparent Diaries

The Grandparent Diaries: Episode 1: Ian Batten

Episode 1: Ian Batten

Ian Batten

BBC Four - The Grandparent Diaries, Ian Batten

A liberal 1960s dad takes his seven grandchildren for a day at the seaside.

Documentary series about grandparents in Britain today introduces Ian Batten, a 1960s dad who brought his own children up in the liberal spirit of the time.

Documentary series about grandparents in Britain today introduces Londoner Ian Batten - fashion designer, father of four and grandfather of seven.

Ian takes all seven of his grandchildren, ranging from toddlers to teenagers, for a weekend by the sea for the first time. As a 1960s dad who brought his own children up in the liberal spirit of the time, his approach seems to be a hit with the children. Bedtimes are relaxed and the kids happily chip in, but do his own children recall their upbringings as similarly idyllic, and how has the free, liberal approach influenced their own views on parenting?

Through interviews spanning three generations, the family's archive footage and observation, the film looks at how the philosophies of the 1960s influence Ian as a grandfather whilst celebrating the enduring traditions of grandparenting through the 20th century.

Documentary series looking at the relationships between grandparents and grandchildren

Documentary series looking at the relationships between three very different sets of grandparents and their grandchildren

New series. 1/3. Three documentaries looking at the relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren. The first features 
Ian Batten - a relaxed father of four and grandparent of seven, whose ideas were formed in the 1960s. See panel.

Getting On

Darkly comic series about life on an NHS ward starring Jo Brand

Darkly comic series about life on a hospital ward, starring Jo Brand as part of a nursing team who have to get on with the job despite challenges thrown up by the modern NHS

Getting On: Series 1

Getting On: Series 1: Episode 1

BBC Four - Getting On, Series 1, Episode 1

An unsavoury stool sample and a dead patient give the new, male matron cause for concern.

Darkly comic series set in an old people's NHS ward. The new, male, modern matron starts work, and an unsavoury stool sample and dead patient give him cause for concern.

Ward B4 is a world of slips, trips and hips, where healthcare is at its least glamorous. Sister Den Flixter, Nurse Kim Wilde and Dr Pippa Moore assemble for ward round. The daily grind of new admissions and discharges has begun. But Hilary Loftus, the new, male, modern matron has just started work and an unsavoury stool sample and a dead patient give him cause for concern.

Darkly comic drama series about life on an NHS ward

New series. 1/3. Comedy drama starring Jo Brand and Vicki Pepperdine , about life on a geriatric ward, following the medical team as they deal with each and every bowel movement and hip problem. See panel. Simulcast on the BBC HD channel  It's a good week for.... Peter Capaldi : page 5; The Alison Graham column: page 41; The Inside Story: page 82

Wonderland

BBC Two's documentary strand focusing on different aspects of contemporary British life.

BBC Two's documentary strand, an annual eight-part series of hour-long films about different aspects of contemporary British life.

Wonderland: Series 1

Wonderland: Series 1: Episode 1: The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92 3/4

Episode 1: The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92 3/4

The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92 3/4

BBC Two - Wonderland, Series 1, The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92 3/4

Norman Wisdom's children try to help care for him now that he can't live independently.

Norman Wisdom lives with his carer on the Isle of Man. But when she quits, his children are lost: should they force him to leave his beloved island?

For the last 30 years, Norman Wisdom has lived independently of his family in a house he designed for himself on the Isle of Man. But his live-in carer has decided that she can't cope with looking after him any more. Norman's children, who live 300 miles away in Sussex, don't know what to do with him. He insists on daily trips around his beloved island, looking for opportunities to perform his songs and- despite having lost his driving licence several years before- trying to buy a car.

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.

Wonderland: The Secret Life of Norman Wisdom Aged 92 3U

A poignant film about how best to look after elderly parents, focusing on comedian Norman Wisdom.

Wonderland: Series 1: Episode 6: The 92 Year Old Danger Junkie

Episode 6

Episode 6: The 92 Year Old Danger Junkie

The 92 Year Old Danger Junkie

BBC Two - Wonderland, Series 1, The 92 Year Old Danger Junkie

Ron won't stop doing stunts, even setting himself and his wheelchair alight at the pub.

Documentary series about extraordinary people. Filmmaker Daniel has followed escapologist Ron for five years, and will be with him when he pulls his final stunt: dying on stage.

Documentary series about extraordinary ordinary people. Ron Cunningham is the world's oldest working stuntman. He lives in Brighton with his exasperated son David. Battling cancer and strokes, Ron is often wheelchair-bound, but that doesn't stop him pouring petrol over his jacket and setting himself alight on Korean TV or for an audience in his local pub. Filmmaker Daniel Vernon has followed Ron for five years, and will be with him when he pulls his final stunt - dying on stage.

Wonderland: The 92-Year-Old Danger Junkie

A profile of Ron Cunningham , aka the Great Omani, one of the last surviving 
Houdini-style performers to have made a career from escapology.

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Batman

Classic adventure series following the adventures of the dynamic duo in Gotham City.

Classic adventure series following the adventures of dynamic crimefighting duo Batman and Robin in Gotham City.

Batman: Series 1

Batman: Series 1: Episode 27: The Curse of Tut

Episode 27

Episode 27: The Curse of Tut

The Curse of Tut

BBC Four - Batman, Series 1, The Curse of Tut

A mad scholar who has declared himself King of the Nile sets off after Bruce Wayne.

A mad scholar who has declared himself King of the Nile sets off in pursuit of Bruce Wayne. Batman finds himself subjected to the ancient Theban pebble torture.

A student riot endows a Yale professor with a head wound and the delusion that he is King Tut, Great King of the Nile, setting up an Egyptian sphinx in Gotham's Central Park as ruler of the city. Captured by Tut, Batman finds himself subjected to the ancient Theban pebble torture which is supposed to render him a mindless slave.

Batman: Series 1: Episode 28: The Pharaoh's in a Rut

Episode 28

Episode 28: The Pharaoh's in a Rut

The Pharaoh's in a Rut

BBC Four - Batman, Series 1, The Pharaoh's in a Rut

Bruce Wayne manages to escape the clutches of King Tut, but is soon recaptured as Batman.

Superhero action with the dynamic duo. Bruce Wayne manages to escape the clutches of King Tut, but is soon recaptured in the guise of Batman.

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