19:00

World News Today

17/12/2015

BBC Four

Duration: 30 minutes

Thu 17^th Dec 2015, 19:00 on BBC Four

The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

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World News Today

Source: BBC Online

19:30

Reel History of Britain

Episode 18: The End of the Line

BBC Two

Duration: 29 minutes

Thu 17^th Dec 2015, 19:30 on BBC Four

Archive footage telling the history of modern Britain. Melvyn Bragg looks at the 1960s, when the Beeching Axe led to the closure of over 2,000 railway stations. Show more

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Presenter:: Melvyn Bragg
Series Producer:: Dympna Jackson
Executive Producer:: Ruth Pitt

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Reel History of Britain

Source: BBC Online

20:00

The Secret Life of Rockpools

BBC Four

Duration: 59 minutes

Thu 17^th Dec 2015, 20:00 on BBC Four

Paleontologist Richard Fortey discovers the lives of rock pool creatures, joined by leading marine biologists in a dedicated laboratory at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth. Show more

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Presenter:: Richard Fortey
Producer:: Simon Williams
Director:: Simon Williams
Production Manager:: Heather Nicol
Production Department:: Julia Jamieson
Executive Producer:: Craig Hunter
Researcher:: Chloe Juyon

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FactualScience & NatureNature & Environment

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Documentaries

Source: BBC Online

21:00

What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment

Episode 3: Variety Finds a New Home

BBC Four

Duration: 59 minutes

Thu 17^th Dec 2015, 21:00 on BBC Four

Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein examine what happened to British popular entertainment - its stars and its audiences - during the Second World War and beyond. Show more

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Presenter:: Frank Skinner
Presenter:: Suzy Klein
Production Company:: Liberty Bell Productions
Executive Producer:: Jamie Isaacs
Executive Producer:: Claire Whalley
Director:: Kim Lomax
Writer:: Kim Lomax
Musician:: Paul Smith
Participant:: Vicky Butterfly
Participant:: Jimmy McWilliams
Participant:: Andy Eastwood
Participant:: Brian Ward
Participant:: Jan Hunt
Participant:: Jacquie Storey
Participant:: Benjamin Holder
Participant:: Pippa Gearing
Participant:: Sarah Lindsay
Participant:: Lizzie Deane
Participant:: Mick Toner
Hairdresser:: Karen Hartley Thomas
Hairdresser:: Christine Vidler
Participant:: John Henty
Participant:: Walter Atherton
Participant:: Gerald Oxley
Participant:: Barry Cryer
Participant:: Chaz McDevitt
Participant:: Peter Donegan
Participant:: Ronald Regan
Participant:: Ruth Cherrington

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What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment

Source: BBC Online

22:00

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Thu 17^th Dec 2015, 22:00 on BBC Four

The story of DJ and TV star Kenny Everett's struggle to achieve both personal and professional fulfilment, as seen through the 15-year prism of his marriage to Lee Middleton. Show more

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Producer:: Paul Frift
Director:: James Strong
Writer:: Tim Whitnall
Kenny Everett:: Oliver Lansley
Lee Everett:: Katherine Kelly
Dickie Attenborough:: Simon Callow
Freddie Mercury:: James Floyd
Tony Windsor:: Adam Garcia
John Alkin:: Jonathan Kerrigan
Wilfred De'ath:: James Wilby
Maurice Cole:: Perry Millward
Jacko:: Glenn Wild
Lily Cole:: Angela Lonsdale
Tom Cole:: Tony Pitts
BBC Commissionaire:: Mike Burnside
BBC Senior Producer:: Don Gallagher
Garner Ted Armstrong:: Trevor White
Receptionist:: Deirdre Mullins
Iolo:: Tomos Eames
Toby Cardle:: James McArdle
TV Director:: Alex Macqueen
Philip:: Leon Ockenden
Michael Winner:: Andrew Greenough
Nikolai:: Uriel Emil
Pepe Flores:: Stefano Braschi
Dancer:: Remi Black
Dancer:: Israel Donowa
Dancer:: Bethany Harrison
Dancer:: Cristina Hoey
Dancer:: Anabel Kutay

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Source: BBC Online

23:30

Radio 2 In Concert

Jeff Lynne's ELO

BBC Radio 2

Duration: 1 hour

Thu 17^th Dec 2015, 23:30 on BBC Four

On the eve of the release of their first album of new music material in nearly 15 years, Jeff Lynne's ELO grace the stage of the BBC's intimate Radio Theatre in London. Show more

Contributors

Performer:: Jeff Lynne
Performer:: ELO
Presenter:: Jo Whiley
Director:: Janet Fraser-Crook
Producer:: Sasha Duncan

00:30

The Secret Life of Rockpools

BBC Four

Duration: 59 minutes

Fri 18^th Dec 2015, 00:30 on BBC Four

Paleontologist Richard Fortey discovers the lives of rock pool creatures, joined by leading marine biologists in a dedicated laboratory at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Richard Fortey
Producer:: Simon Williams
Director:: Simon Williams
Production Manager:: Heather Nicol
Production Department:: Julia Jamieson
Executive Producer:: Craig Hunter
Researcher:: Chloe Juyon

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FactualScience & NatureNature & Environment

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Documentaries

Source: BBC Online

01:30

Ballrooms and Ballerinas: Dance at the BBC

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour

Fri 18^th Dec 2015, 01:30 on BBC Four

Available for years

Watch now

How the BBC's cameras have captured dance through the years, from profiling stars like Margot Fonteyn to teaching us how to do the twist and the success of Strictly Come Dancing. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:: William Naylor
Executive Producer:: Mike Poole
Director:: Andrew Hall

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Documentaries

Source: BBC Online

02:30

What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment

Episode 3: Variety Finds a New Home

BBC Four

Duration: 59 minutes

Fri 18^th Dec 2015, 02:30 on BBC Four

Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein examine what happened to British popular entertainment - its stars and its audiences - during the Second World War and beyond. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Frank Skinner
Presenter:: Suzy Klein
Production Company:: Liberty Bell Productions
Executive Producer:: Jamie Isaacs
Executive Producer:: Claire Whalley
Director:: Kim Lomax
Writer:: Kim Lomax
Musician:: Paul Smith
Participant:: Vicky Butterfly
Participant:: Jimmy McWilliams
Participant:: Andy Eastwood
Participant:: Brian Ward
Participant:: Jan Hunt
Participant:: Jacquie Storey
Participant:: Benjamin Holder
Participant:: Pippa Gearing
Participant:: Sarah Lindsay
Participant:: Lizzie Deane
Participant:: Mick Toner
Hairdresser:: Karen Hartley Thomas
Hairdresser:: Christine Vidler
Participant:: John Henty
Participant:: Walter Atherton
Participant:: Gerald Oxley
Participant:: Barry Cryer
Participant:: Chaz McDevitt
Participant:: Peter Donegan
Participant:: Ronald Regan
Participant:: Ruth Cherrington

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What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment

Source: BBC Online

17/12/2015

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Episode 18: The End of the Line

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Episode 3: Variety Finds a New Home

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