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Life

Episode 8: Creatures of the Deep

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Nature documentary series looks at marine invertebrates, some of the planet's most bizarre and beautiful animals, including Humboldt squid and giant octopuses. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Michael Gunton
Producer:
Neil Lucas

Series

Life

Birds Britannia

Episode 4: Countryside Birds

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

This programme looks at countryside birds, such as the skylark, pheasant and nightingale - celebrated in poetry, used to forecast the weather and hunted for food. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Bill Paterson
Narrator:
Bill Paterson
Series Producer:
Stephen Moss
Series Producer:
Stephen Moss
Producer:
Susie Painter
Producer:
Susie Painter
Participant:
Bill Oddie
Participant:
Bill Oddie
Participant:
David Attenborough
Participant:
David Attenborough
Participant:
Tony Soper
Participant:
Tony Soper
Participant:
Kate Humble
Participant:
Kate Humble
Participant:
Burchardt Jeremy
Participant:
Burchardt Jeremy
Participant:
Andrew Motion
Participant:
Andrew Motion
Participant:
Jeremy Mynott
Participant:
Jeremy Mynott

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

on BBC Four

The city of Cairo, Egypt, in 1955 is a veritable den of spies. The President of France, René Coty, dispatches his master weapon, Agent OSS 117, to bring order to the mayhem. Show more

Contributors

Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath:
Jean Dujardin
Larmina El Akmae Betouche:
Berenice Bejo
Raymond Pelletier:
Francois Damiens
Producer:
Eric Altmayer

Mad Men

Series 4

Episode 12: Blowing Smoke

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Four

Drama series set in 60s New York. Don runs into an old flame and learns her life has taken a disturbing turn. Layoffs reduce the agency's staff by 50 per cent. Show more

Contributors

Don Draper:
Jon Hamm
Peggy Olson:
Elisabeth Moss
Betty Francis:
January Jones
Pete Campbell:
Vincent Kartheiser
Lane Pryce:
Jared Harris
Ken Cosgrove:
Aaron Staton
Harry Crane:
Rich Sommer
Bertram Cooper:
Robert Morse
Roger Sterling:
John Slattery
Midge Daniels:
Rosemarie DeWitt
Trudy Campbell:
Alison Brie
Faye Miller:
Cara Buono
Danny Siegel:
Danny Strong
Geoffrey Atherton:
John Aylward
Perry Demuth:
John Ales
Director:
John Slattery

Genres

Getting On

Series 2

Episode 5

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Darkly comic series set in an NHS Trust hospital ward. A graduate nurse drives a wedge between Den and Kim, while Pippa suffers the indignity of re-applying for her own job. Show more

Contributors

Nurse Kim Wilde:
Jo Brand
Dr Pippa Moore:
Vicki Pepperdine
Sister Den Flixter:
Joanna Scanlan
Matron Hilary Loftus:
Ricky Grover
Mrs Fyvie:
Nan Kerr
Megan Hughes:
Helen Griffin
Damaris Clarke:
Cush Jumbo
Beedy Fyvie:
Lindy Whiteford
Director:
Peter Capaldi
Writer:
Jo Brand

Genres

Birds Britannia

Episode 4: Countryside Birds

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

This programme looks at countryside birds, such as the skylark, pheasant and nightingale - celebrated in poetry, used to forecast the weather and hunted for food. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Bill Paterson
Narrator:
Bill Paterson
Series Producer:
Stephen Moss
Series Producer:
Stephen Moss
Producer:
Susie Painter
Producer:
Susie Painter
Participant:
Bill Oddie
Participant:
Bill Oddie
Participant:
David Attenborough
Participant:
David Attenborough
Participant:
Tony Soper
Participant:
Tony Soper
Participant:
Kate Humble
Participant:
Kate Humble
Participant:
Burchardt Jeremy
Participant:
Burchardt Jeremy
Participant:
Andrew Motion
Participant:
Andrew Motion
Participant:
Jeremy Mynott
Participant:
Jeremy Mynott

Life

Episode 8: Creatures of the Deep

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Nature documentary series looks at marine invertebrates, some of the planet's most bizarre and beautiful animals, including Humboldt squid and giant octopuses. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Michael Gunton
Producer:
Neil Lucas

Series

Life

BBC Four

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