Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,890 playable programmes from the BBC

Great British Railway Journeys

Series 5

Episode 15: Cheltenham to Wolverhampton

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

On the final leg of his journey, Michael Portillo joins battle re-enactors in Tewkesbury before reaching his destination of Wolverhampton. Show more

The Secret Life of Books

Series 1

Episode 3: Mrs Dalloway

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Uncovering the stories behind the creation of six classic British books. Alexandra Harris shows how Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway re-imagined what a novel might be. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

on BBC Four

Coming-of-age drama in which a northern lad from a mining community (Jamie Bell) opts for ballet rather than boxing and must convince his father of his ambitions as a dancer. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Wilkinson:
Julie Walters
Jackie Elliot:
Gary Lewis
Billy Elliot:
Jamie Bell
Tony Elliot:
Jamie Draven
Billy, aged 25:
Adam Cooper
Grandma:
Jean Heywood
Michael Caffrey:
Stuart Wells
George Watson:
Mike Elliot
Mr Braithwaite:
Billy Fane
Debbie Wilkinson:
Nicola Blackwell
Gary Poulson:
Joe Renton
Dr Crane:
Steve Mangan
Vice-Principal:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Writer:
Lee Hall
Producer:
Greg Brenman
Producer:
Jon Finn
Director of photography:
Brian Tufano

Genres

Formats

David Bintley on how the Sadler's Wells Ballet company brought ballet to the British people as an antidote to austerity and emerged, postwar, as the Royal Ballet. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Bintley
Director:
Paul Wu
Producer:
Paul Wu
Executive Producer:
Mark Cooper
Participant:
Pauline Clayden
Participant:
Henry Danton
Participant:
Julia Farron
Participant:
Beryl Grey
Participant:
Gillian Lynne

A History of Britain by Simon Schama

Series 3

Episode 3: The Empire of Good Intentions

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 10 months

How the liberal politics and free-market economics of the British Empire unravelled, leading to the potato famine in Ireland and mutiny in India. Show more

The Secret Life of Books

Series 1

Episode 3: Mrs Dalloway

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Uncovering the stories behind the creation of six classic British books. Alexandra Harris shows how Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway re-imagined what a novel might be. Show more

David Bintley on how the Sadler's Wells Ballet company brought ballet to the British people as an antidote to austerity and emerged, postwar, as the Royal Ballet. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Bintley
Director:
Paul Wu
Producer:
Paul Wu
Executive Producer:
Mark Cooper
Participant:
Pauline Clayden
Participant:
Henry Danton
Participant:
Julia Farron
Participant:
Beryl Grey
Participant:
Gillian Lynne

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