Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,427 playable programmes from the BBC

Natural World

1995-1996

Echo of the Elephants: the Next Generation

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC Four

Follow-up to the original film about Echo the elephant and her calf Ely. Echo is pregnant and Ely becomes afflicted with twisting disease. Show more

Wallander

Series 1

Episode 4: The Overdose

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Swedish detective series. When an abandoned baby is found in a car, Kurt Wallander oversees a large operation to find the missing father. Show more

Contributors

Kurt Wallander:
Krister Henriksson
Linda Wallander:
Johanna Sallstrom
Stefan Lindman:
Ola Rapace
Ann-Brit Hoeglund:
Angela Kovacs
Writer:
Ulf Ryberg

Roger and Val Have Just Got In

Series 1

Episode 2: The Unglamorous Row

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Sitcom following a middle-aged couple during their first half-hour home from work. Val and Roger have a chain of rows, each one seemingly all about fish fingers. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 4 months

Drama about the life of Florence Nightingale, based largely on her own words, which tells the true and unexpected story behind the birth-mother of modern nursing. Show more

Contributors

Florence Nightingale:
Laura Fraser
Music Hall barker:
Roy Hudd
Palmerston:
Andrew Harrison
Sir Sydney Herbert:
Ian Bartholomew
Mother Mary Clare:
Olwen May
Richard Monckton-Milnes:
Paul Opacic
The Colonel:
Keith Clifford
Fitzgerald:
Tim Beasley
Director:
Norman Stone

Timeshift

Series 9

Episode 5: How to Win at Chess

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

In a programme showing how to play better chess, British grandmasters Dan King and Ray Keene go through a demonstration game from opening gambit to checkmate. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Martin Amis
Producer:
George Chan
Director:
George Chan
Producer:
John Das
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

BBC Four

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