Programme Index

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The Beauty of Anatomy

Episode 3: Rembrandt and Ruysch

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Adam Rutherford travels to Holland to find out what it was that drew Rembrandt to anatomy and why dissecting bodies was thought a suitable subject for high art. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Wildlife series. Steve Backshall descends into the crater of a giant extinct volcano in New Guinea which biologists have long believed could be home to spectacular new creatures. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 6 months

Professor Bruce Denardo attempts to prove if there is any truth behind the legend of the Bermuda Triangle, where many ships and planes have disappeared in mysterious circumstances. Show more

Storyville

Exposed: Magicians, Psychics and Frauds

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

on BBC Four

A Storyville documentary: chronicling magician James Randi's debunkings of faith healers, fortune tellers and psychics, including Uri Geller and tent-show evangelist Peter Popoff. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Tyler Measom
Producer:
Tyler Measom
Series Editor:
Nick Fraser

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

The real history of Britain's servants. Dr Pamela Cox looks at the grand houses of the Victorian ruling elite - estates dependent on an army of staff. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Pamela Cox
Executive Producer:
Emma Hindley
Series Producer:
Annabel Hobley

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Dr Michael Scott explores the legacies of ancient Greece, investigating what made the Greeks so successful and why they still have a powerful hold over our imaginations today. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Scott
Participant:
Giovanni Verri
Participant:
Ian Jenkins
Participant:
Paul Cartledge
Participant:
Rosie Wyles
Performer:
Chris Vervain
Series Producer:
Ishbel MacDonald
Executive Producer:
Harry Bell

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Drama documentary. King Harold of England has to take on two invasion forces. His brother Tostig attacks the south coast, then King Harald Hardrada lands in north England. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Snow
William the Conqueror:
Ed Stoppard
Harald Hardrada:
Clive Russell
Harold Godwinson:
Adam James
Edward the Confessor:
Tim Preece
Matilda:
Freya Parker
Robert De Beaumont:
Jotham Annan
English Noble:
David Sterne
Archbishop Stigand:
Andrew Havill
Producer:
Tim Dunn
Director:
Tim Dunn
Series Producer:
Robin Dashwood

The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

Episode 3: Blood for Sale: Gothic Goes Global

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

The language of Gothic came to encapsulate the 20th century's horrors, from Marx's analysis of capitalism to Conrad's dark vision of imperialism. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Series Producer:
Silvia Sacco
Producer:
Paul Tickell
Director:
Paul Tickell
Assistant Producer:
Dan Goldschmied
Production Coordinator:
Grace Brassington

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