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Weekly pop chart programme presented by Mike Read, featuring Nazareth, the Three Degrees, UFO, the Members, Sally Oldfield, Two Man Sound, Generation X and the Pointer Sisters. Show more
Suburban sitcom. It's time for members of the Close to go on a holiday outing. Some wish to repeat a trip to the Alps, but Paul has something different in mind. Show more
Using a mix of archive material, this film captures the intensity of life in London's East End, from the docks and the rag trade to market traders, migrants and wartime upheavals. Show more
Dr Jago Cooper uses scientific and archaeological evidence to argue that Easter Island's demise was not solely due to its inhabitants' wilful use of its natural resources. Show more
Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited
Episode 4: The First Anglo-Saxons
1 hour
on BBC Four
Archaeologist Julian Richards returns to the excavation of two early cemeteries to explore the mystery of the Anglo-Saxons' post-Roman Empire invasions. Show more
Waldemar Januszczak looks at the pursuit of pleasure in the Rococo age, which was reflected so poignantly in the art of Boucher, Watteau, Gainsborough and Tiepolo. Show more
Weekly pop chart programme presented by Mike Read, featuring Nazareth, the Three Degrees, UFO, the Members, Sally Oldfield, Two Man Sound, Generation X and the Pointer Sisters. Show more
Suburban sitcom. It's time for members of the Close to go on a holiday outing. Some wish to repeat a trip to the Alps, but Paul has something different in mind. Show more
Using a mix of archive material, this film captures the intensity of life in London's East End, from the docks and the rag trade to market traders, migrants and wartime upheavals. Show more
Dr Jago Cooper uses scientific and archaeological evidence to argue that Easter Island's demise was not solely due to its inhabitants' wilful use of its natural resources. Show more
