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Drama-documentary about the life of Jane Austen. Anna Chancellor, a relative of Jane Austen, explores the woman behind the acclaimed novels through readings and reconstructions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Anna Chancellor
Jane Austen:
Gillian Kearney
Mr Austen:
John Standing
Mrs Austen:
Phyllis Logan
Cassandra Austen:
Lucy Cohu
Henry Austen:
Jack Davenport
Aunt Lefroy:
Wendy Craig
Tom Lefroy:
Oliver Chris
Executive Producer:
Franny Moyle

Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Episode 2: Developing the Regency Brand

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Lucy Worsley looks at how, under the Prince Regent's aegis, Britain celebrated Napoleon's defeat by refashioning itself in architecture and design. Show more

The Killing

Series 1

Episode 12

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Danish crime thriller. Sarah and Jan interrogate Troels, who has to divulge private information which opens a new can of worms. Pernille drifts further away from Theis emotionally. Show more

Contributors

Sarah Lund:
Sofie Grabol
Troels Hartmann:
Lars Mikkelsen
Theis Birk Larsen:
Bjarne Henriksen
Pernille Birk Larsen:
Ann Eleonora Jorgensen
Jan Meyer:
Soren Malling
Rie Skovgaard:
Marie Askehave
Morten Weber:
Michael Moritzen
Lennart Brix:
Morten Suurballe
Nethe Stjernfeldt:
Maibritt Saerens
Jens Holck:
Jesper Lohmann
Producer:
Piv Bernth

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 9 months

The true story of Frankenstein's monster and the woman who created him, Mary Shelley, using her own words and dramatic reconstructions of events in her life and from the novel. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Winston
Mary Shelley:
Lucy Davenport
Mary Woolstencraft:
Harriet Walter
William Goodwin:
Clive Merrison
Frankenstein's Monster:
David Schofield
Victor Frankenstein:
Ronan Vibert
Percy Bysshe Shelley:
Oliver Chris
Lord Byron:
Stephen Mangan
Claire Clairmont:
Amy Phillips
Producer:
Mary Downes
Executive Producer:
Kim Thomas

Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Episode 2: Developing the Regency Brand

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Lucy Worsley looks at how, under the Prince Regent's aegis, Britain celebrated Napoleon's defeat by refashioning itself in architecture and design. Show more

Drama-documentary about the life of Jane Austen. Anna Chancellor, a relative of Jane Austen, explores the woman behind the acclaimed novels through readings and reconstructions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Anna Chancellor
Jane Austen:
Gillian Kearney
Mr Austen:
John Standing
Mrs Austen:
Phyllis Logan
Cassandra Austen:
Lucy Cohu
Henry Austen:
Jack Davenport
Aunt Lefroy:
Wendy Craig
Tom Lefroy:
Oliver Chris
Executive Producer:
Franny Moyle

A Poet's Guide to Britain

Episode 2: Sylvia Plath

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Owen Sheers explores six works of poetry set in the British landscape. He looks at Sylvia Plath's Wuthering Heights, inspired by her time in the Yorkshire moors. Show more

Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Episode 2: Developing the Regency Brand

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Lucy Worsley looks at how, under the Prince Regent's aegis, Britain celebrated Napoleon's defeat by refashioning itself in architecture and design. Show more

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