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Series 1

Episode 1: British Tunnels

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Danny Baker considers some tunnel-based archive footage and endeavours to give a quick brush up on these mysterious, subterranean realms.

India's Frontier Railways

Episode 3: The Samjhauta Express

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

Documentary series. A look at the cross-border train known as the Samjhauta Express, which travels from Lahore to Delhi, and some of its passengers. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Bernard Hill
Director:
Gerry Troyna
Series Producer:
Gerry Troyna
Executive Producer:
Grant McKee
Production Company:
3Di TV Software Programs Ltd

Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave, Sir Trevor Nunn and others look back at the extraordinary life of Sir Peter Hall, the man who transformed British theatre. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Jeremy Irons
Producer:
Sally Norris
Executive Producer:
Phil Dolling
Participant:
Judi Dench
Participant:
Ian McKellen
Participant:
Vanessa Redgrave
Participant:
Trevor Nunn

Inspector Montalbano

As Per Procedure

Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 12 months

Italian detective drama. A woman is found dead in the foyer of an apartment block, her body showing signs of what can only have been a sexually motivated murder. Show more

Contributors

Salvo Montalbano:
Luca Zingaretti
Giuseppe Fazio:
Peppino Mazzotta
Mimi Augello:
Cesare Bocci
Catarella:
Angelo Russo
Dottor Pasquano:
Marcello Perracchio
Nicolo Zito:
Roberto Nobile
Livia Burlando:
Sonia Bergamasco
Ingrid Sjostrom:
Isabell Sollman
Leonard Attard:
Nuccio Vassallo
Olga Bergova:
Viktoriya Pisotska
Maria Simonova:
Lana Vlady

The Brain with David Eagleman

Episode 6: Who Will We Be?

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Series exploring how the brain conjures up our world. Dr Eagleman journeys into the future, and asks what's next for the human brain and for our species. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Eagleman
Executive Producer:
Justine Kershaw
Executive Producer:
Dan Oliver
Director:
Toby Trackman
Director:
Nic Stacey
Series Producer:
Jennifer Beamish

The journey through bohemian history reaches the early 20th century, when the Bloomsbury Group and others were determined to challenge sexual taboos. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Wingspan Productions
Executive Producer:
Archie Baron
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Producer:
Peter Sweasey
Director:
Peter Sweasey
Participant:
Stephen Fry
Participant:
Molly Parkin
Participant:
AA Gill
Participant:
Will Self
Participant:
Virginia Nicholson
Participant:
Grayson Perry
Participant:
Richard Coles
Participant:
Stephen Calloway
Participant:
Maggi Hambling
Participant:
Jonny Woo
Participant:
Fiona MacCarthy

India's Frontier Railways

Episode 3: The Samjhauta Express

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

Documentary series. A look at the cross-border train known as the Samjhauta Express, which travels from Lahore to Delhi, and some of its passengers. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Bernard Hill
Director:
Gerry Troyna
Series Producer:
Gerry Troyna
Executive Producer:
Grant McKee
Production Company:
3Di TV Software Programs Ltd

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