Programme Index

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The Flying Archaeologist

Episode 3: Hadrian's Wall: Life on the Frontier

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Ben Robinson flies over Hadrian's Wall to reveal a landscape of hundreds of sites of human occupation suggesting the area was richly populated. Show more

Ocean Giants

Episode 2: Deep Thinkers

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 6 months

Documentary focusing on the intelligence of whales and dolphins. Professor Denise Herzing attempts to find out how close their minds are to those of humans. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Sara Ford
Series Producer:
Mark Brownlow
Series Producer:
Phil Chapman
Narrator:
Stephen Fry

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Series exploring the politics of music. Suzy Klein investigates how Hitler and Stalin used and abused music for ideological ends. Show more

The Vietnam War

Series 1

Episode 5: This is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967)

Duration: 53 minutes

on BBC Four

Series telling the story of the war. American casualties and enemy body counts mount as marines face deadly North Vietnamese ambushes. Show more

The Vietnam War

Series 1

Episode 6: Things Fall Apart (January 1968-June 1968)

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Four

Series telling the story of the Vietnam War. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launch surprise attacks on cities and military bases. Show more

Timeshift

Series 17

Episode 2: Blazes and Brigades: The Story of the Fire Service

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Timeshift looks back on nearly two centuries of British firefighting, exploring how major incidents and the evolution of equipment have helped forge the modern fire service. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Kirsty Young
Executive Producer:
John Das

CS Lewis's biographer AN Wilson goes in search of the man behind Narnia, a highly secretive man whose personal life was marked by the loss of the three women he most loved. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
AN Wilson
Director:
Ian Denyer
Producer:
Susie Attwood
Executive Producer:
Claire Whalley
Production Manager:
Hannah Melia

Documentary. Two iconic British buildings - the Wellington Rooms in Liverpool and the Coal Exchange in Cardiff - are threatened with demolition and Nick Broomfield is on the case. Show more

Contributors

Associate Producer:
Kyle Gibbon
Production Company:
Lafayette Film Ltd
Participant:
Neil Flynn
Participant:
George Skelly
Participant:
Jo England
Participant:
Sean Bell
Participant:
Emmer Bell
Participant:
Bill Maynard
Participant:
David Hughes
Participant:
June Higgins
Participant:
Eileen Callaghan
Musician:
Greg Quirey
Participant:
John Chandler
Participant:
Lisa Power
Participant:
Ian Hill
Participant:
Georgina Sammut
Participant:
DJ Silver
Participant:
Neil McErvoy
Participant:
Pat Thompson
Participant:
Betty Campbell

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Series exploring the politics of music. Suzy Klein investigates how Hitler and Stalin used and abused music for ideological ends. Show more

BBC Four

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