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The latest news and business developments.

World News Today: 02/11/2009

02/11/2009

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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.

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.

The Sky at Night

Iconic series exploring space science and the incredible universe all around us.

Look up! Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Professor Chris Lintott present the iconic, inspirational look at cutting-edge space science and the incredible universe all around us.

The Sky at Night: Lunar Impact

Lunar Impact

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Observers now know there is water on the Moon, and NASA's new probe will estimate how much

Observers now know the Moon holds water. Witnessing the lunar impact of NASA's new probe are Chris Lintott, at the Palomar observatory, and Patrick Moore.

Observers now know there is water on the Moon, but how much? NASA's new LCROSS probe into the lunar surface will find out. Chris Lintott visits the Palomar observatory in California to witness the probe's impact, while Patrick Moore views it with friends from his home in Selsey. Can the Moon really support 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.

Chris Lintott visits the Palomar Observatory in California to witness the impact of the LCross probe, which Nasa fired into the Moon's surface to assess water levels. Extended version of yesterday's BBC1 edition

The Twenties in Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn

Series examining Albert Kahn's ambitious Archives of the Planet photography project

Series examining Albert Kahn's ambitious Archives of the Planet project, in which he sent photographers around the world to document all aspects of human life.

The Twenties in Colour

The Twenties in Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn: The Twenties in Colour: Episode 4: The End of a World

Episode 4

Episode 4: The End of a World

The End of a World

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Features films shot by Lucien Le Saint with fishing fleets in the waters of Newfoundland.

Series examining Albert Kahn's 'Archives of the Planet' photography project. Features the work of pioneers Lucien Le Saint, Frederic Gadmer and Camille Sauvageot.

Series examining Albert Kahn's 'Archives of the Planet' project, in which he sent photographers around the world to document major events. Features the films shot by Lucien Le Saint with the French fishing fleets in the waters of Newfoundland; the film and colour autochromes shot by Frederic Gadmer during his visit to record voodoo religious practices in Benin; and the experimental colour films produced by Camille Sauvageot in 1928 depicting the lives of French farmers, gypsies and bullfighters.

The Twenties in Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn: The Twenties in Colour

The Twenties in Colour: theWonderful World of Albert Kahn

4/4. Following the Wall Street Crash in 1929, Albert Kahn lost his fortune. Forced to terminate his project, he still managed to capture images in Canada, north Africa and rural France. Beginning an evening of Age of Glamour programmes.

Glamour's Golden Age

Glamour's Golden Age: Episode 3: Hooked on Hollywood

Episode 3

Episode 3: Hooked on Hollywood

Hooked on Hollywood

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How the American movie industry changed British culture in the 1920s and 30s.

Documentary exploring how the American movie industry changed British culture in the 1920s and 30s, offering cinema audiences a glimpse of a glamorous lifestyle.

Documentary which explores how the American movie industry changed British culture in the 1920s and 30s. The movies, the film stars and the cinemas themselves combined to offer British audiences a glimpse of a glamorous lifestyle and the suggestion that they might achieve it. 

Selling a succession of rags-to-riches fairy tales featuring go-getting women like Clara Bow, Jean Harlow and Katharine Hepburn, American movies also fuelled demand for cosmetics, cigarettes and dieting. It was an era in which Hollywood changed what Britons watched, what Britons wore and what Britons wanted.

Series looking at the 1920s and 30s, an age that was daring, influential and exciting

Series looking at the 1920s and 30s, which creates a portrait of an age so daring, influential and exciting that it still shapes who we are today

New. 3/3. How American movies influenced British culture in the 1920s and 30s, as glamorous lifestyles fuelled a demand for cosmetics, cigarettes and dieting. Featuring contributions by Julian Fellowes , Lucy Moore and Lindy Woodhead. Narrated by Hermione Norris. See panel. 
Repeated on Thursday at 8pm

Reputations

Documentary profiles examining well-known figures from the world of entertainment.

Reputations: Chanel - A Private Life

07/11/2006

Chanel - A Private Life

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How fashion designer Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel hid a secret past as a mistress and a spy.

Profile of fashion designer Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, who devoted her life to becoming the symbol of chic but hid a secret past as a singer, mistress and spy.

Profile of the perennially influential fashion designer Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, who devoted her life to becoming the symbol of chic and the style of France. But behind her image she hid a secret past as a nightclub singer, mistress and spy.

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.

Reputations: Chanel -a Private Life

The life of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, examining how she rose from working as a nightclub singer to become one of the most successful fashion designers of the 20th century.

JLB: The Man Who Saw the Future

22/01/2003

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Profile of John Logie Baird, the man who invented television, presented by his son Malcolm

Profile of John Logie Baird, the man who invented television, concentrating on how his dedication and drive made his achievements possible, presented by his son, Malcolm.

In 1926 John Logie Baird became the first man in history to give a successful public demonstration of television. During WWII, with the help of one assistant, a part-time glassblower and a refugee from Germany, he built his masterpiece and swansong - the Telechrome. It was the foundation of all modern electronic colour television.

In a lifetime blighted with ill health, JLB - as he was known - produced 178 patents crucial to the technology that would define the 20th century. But since his early death in 1946, his achievements have been allowed to slip from view, obscured by ignorance about what he pioneered.

Few are aware that much of his greatest work was done in complete seclusion, in his personal laboratory and entirely at his own expense.

Filmed in the UK, USA and Germany between 1994 and 2002 and featuring previously unseen archive and historic eyewitness testimony led by his son Malcolm, this documentary reveals the unknown story of the central figure behind the most powerful technology on earth.

JLB: the Man Who Saw the Future

The story of John Logie Baird, the man who invented TV, featuring rare archive footage and offering a fascinating insight into a man who was totally committed to his work. 
First shown on BBC2

Baroque! - From St Peter's to St Paul's

Baroque! - From St Peter's to St Paul's: Episode 1

Episode 1

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Waldemar Januszczak explores St Peter's in Rome, and details the birth of Baroque.

Series following art critic Waldemar Januszczak as he explores the Baroque tradition in many of its key locations. He begins at St Peter's in Rome and details the birth of Baroque.

Three-part series exploring the Baroque tradition in many of its key locations. Starting in Italy and following the spread of the wildfire across Europe and beyond, art critic Waldemar Januszczak takes a tour of the best examples of Baroque to be found, and tells the best stories behind those works. 

This first episode begins at St Peter's in Rome, and details the birth of the Baroque tradition as it burst forth in Italy. This programme features outstanding high definition footage of St Peter's Basilica, as well as other gems of the Italian Baroque.

Art critic Waldemar Januszczak explores the Baroque tradition in its key locations

Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's

Baroque! - From St Peter's to St Paul's: Episode 2

Episode 2

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Waldemar Januszczak focuses on the route of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Art critic Waldemar Januszczak explores the Baroque tradition. He follows Baroque to its dark heart in Spain, focusing on the route of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Three-part series exploring the Baroque tradition in many of its key locations. Starting in Italy and following the spread of the wildfire across Europe and beyond, art critic Waldemar Januszczak takes us on a tour of the best examples of Baroque to be found, and tells the best stories behind those works. 

He follows Baroque to its dark heart in Spain, focusing on the route of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and featuring star painters Velasquez, Caravaggio and Zurburan. He then carries on through Belgium and Holland to discover such celebrities as Rubens and Vermeer.

Baroque! - From St Peter's to St Paul's: Episode 3

BBC Four - Baroque! - From St Peter's to St Paul's, Episode 3

After touring Europe, Waldemar Januszczak brings the Baroque home to England.

Waldemar Januszczak brings the Baroque home with an exploration of the English Baroque at London's Hawksmoor churches and Christopher Wren's iconic St Paul's Cathedral.

Spectacular three-part series, exploring the Baroque tradition in many of its key locations. Starting in Italy and following the spread of the wildfire across Europe and beyond, art critic Waldemar Januszczak takes a tour of the best examples of Baroque to be found, and tells the best stories behind those works. 

Episode Three brings the Baroque home with an exploration of the English Baroque tradition that finds its climax through a tour of London's Hawksmoor churches, and Christopher Wren's iconic St Paul's Cathedral.

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