Programme Index

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University Challenge

Christmas 2016

Episode 1: Manchester v St Anne's, Oxford

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

A festive edition of the quiz, featuring distinguished university alumni. A University of Manchester team take on St Anne's College, Oxford. Show more

Mexico: Earth's Festival of Life

Series 1

Forests of the Maya

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

The temples of the Maya tower over the forests of the Yucatan. The watery underworld is still being explored and holds the key to how animals and people survive the dry season. Show more

Alinka Echeverria reveals how artists became the authors of Mexico's official history, defining the origins of its power and wielding significant influence over millennia. Show more

Handmade in Mexico

Series 1

Episode 2: Tree of Life

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

A look at the creation process of Mexican art forms. The Tree of Life is a clay sculpture originally intended to teach Bible stories to indigenous people. Show more

Britain's Lost Masterpieces

Series 1

Episode 2: Aberdeenshire

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 5 days

Series tracking down lost and hidden paintings from museums and galleries. In the storerooms of the Montrose Museum lies a mystery painting with a giant hole in it. Show more

Secret Knowledge

In Search of Rory McEwen

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Jools Holland tells the story of his father-in-law Rory McEwen - aristocrat, artist, folk singer and pioneering TV presenter, and the man who brought the blues to Britain. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jools Holland
Producer:
Alison Grist
Director:
Alison Grist
Executive Producer:
Edward Morgan
Production Company:
Northern Town

Mark Miodownik shows that some of the everyday objects that are often taken for granted are in fact little pieces of domestic magic - from razor blades to tights. Show more

Peaky Blinders

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Period crime drama set in Birmingham. As the 1920s begin to roar, business is booming for the Peaky Blinders gang. Tommy Shelby starts to expand his legal and illegal operations. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Shelby:
Cillian Murphy
Ada Shelby:
Sophie Rundle
Arthur Shelby:
Paul Anderson
Polly Gray:
Helen McCrory
John Shelby:
Joe Cole
Curly:
Ian Peck
Sergeant Moss:
Tony Pitts
Black Lion Barman:
Colin Connor
Black Lion Boy:
Harrison Vaughan
Finn Shelby:
Harry Kirton
Irene O'Donnell:
Simone Kirby
Condemned Man:
Richard Patterson
Governor:
Paul McEwan
King Maine:
Daniel Fearn
Charlie Strong:
Ned Dennehy
Lizzie Stark:
Natasha O'Keeffe
Medium:
Jane Wood
Woman at Seance:
Sam Battersea
Eamonn Duggan:
Rory Gallagher
Eden Club Doorman:
Alastair Barley
Winston Churchill:
Richard McCabe
Communist Comrade:
James Boyland
Sabini Kidnap Gangster:
Tom Mothersdale
Darby Sabini:
Noah Taylor
Producer:
Laurie Borg
Director:
Colm McCarthy

Peaky Blinders

Series 2

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Period crime drama set in Birmingham. Tommy offers to help Polly by searching for her children. Arthur continues to feel the devastating effects of the Great War. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Shelby:
Cillian Murphy
Major Chester Campbell:
Sam Neill
Polly Gray:
Helen McCrory
Alfie Solomons:
Tom Hardy
Ada Shelby:
Sophie Rundle
Sabini Kidnap Gangster:
Tom Mothersdale
Peaky Blinders Driver:
Darren Connolly
Birmingham Hospital Nurse:
Hayley Doherty
Charlie Strong:
Ned Dennehy
Curly:
Ian Peck
Darby Sabini:
Noah Taylor
George Sewell:
Sam Hazeldine
Sabini Officer:
Andrew Sheridan
John Shelby:
Joe Cole
Finn Shelby:
Harry Kirton
Arthur Shelby:
Paul Anderson
Lizzie Stark:
Natasha O'Keeffe
Winston Churchill:
Richard McCabe
Michael Gray:
Finn Cole
Mrs Johnson:
Wanda Opalinska
King Maine:
Daniel Fearn
Sergeant Moss:
Tony Pitts
Jimmy Jesus:
Benjamin Zephaniah
Grace Burgess:
Annabelle Wallis
Handsome Man:
Adam Lawrence
Producer:
Laurie Borg
Director:
Colm McCarthy

Peaky Blinders

Series 2

Episode 3

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Period crime drama set in Birmingham. Tommy hatches a plan to take control of the southern racecourses. He also meets the aristocratic May Carleton. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Shelby:
Cillian Murphy
Major Chester Campbell:
Sam Neill
Polly Gray:
Helen McCrory
Arthur Shelby:
Paul Anderson
Ada Shelby:
Sophie Rundle
John Shelby:
Joe Cole
May Carleton:
Charlotte Riley
Charlie Strong:
Ned Dennehy
Michael Gray:
Finn Cole
Darby Sabini:
Noah Taylor
Alfie Solomons:
Tom Hardy
Sergeant Moss:
Tony Pitts
Finn Shelby:
Harry Kirton
Digbeth Kid:
James Eeles
Billy Kitchen:
Paul Bullion
Bonnie:
Barry Aird
Polly's Young Maid:
Maisie Turpie
Grieving Woman:
Erin Shanagher
George Sewell:
Sam Hazeldine
Winson Green Heavy:
Martin William Askew
Curly:
Ian Peck
Sir Ian Carleton:
Guy Williams
Auctioneer:
Nigel Hastings
Producer:
Laurie Borg
Director:
Colm McCarthy

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