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Life

Episode 1: Challenges of Life

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

David Attenborough examines how living long enough to breed is a monumental struggle, and how many animals and plants go to extremes to give themselves a chance. Show more

Crooked House

Episode 2: Something Old

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Ghost stories about a haunted manor house. In the 1920s, Lady Constance de Momery presides over a costume ball for her grandson, but all is not as it seems. Show more

Contributors

Curator:
Mark Gatiss
Felix de Momery:
Ian Hallard
Lady Constance de Momery:
Jean Marsh
Katherine:
Anna Madeley
Miss Adams:
Barbara Kirby
The Bride:
Lauren Jones
Producer:
Paul Frift
Director:
Damon Thomas

Timeshift

Series 10

Episode 3: When Britain Went Wild

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Documentary exploring how, in the 1960s, the British people fell in love with animals and how endangered species and wildlife protection became an intrinsic part of our culture. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Michael Poole
Series Producer:
Ben Southwell
Director:
Sally Thomson
Producer:
Sally Thomson

Churches: How to Read Them

Episode 6: The Victorians and After

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Richard Taylor discovers how medieval imagery made a surprise return to Victorian places of worship and how WWI brought back the commemoration of the dead. Show more

BBC Four

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