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Civilisations Stories

Series 1

The First Refugees

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Documentary in which fashion historian Amber Butchart unravels the story of the Huguenot silk weavers of Spitalfields. Show more

Timewatch

Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for years

Documentary revealing the secret story of how two men hacked into Hitler's personal super-code machine. Their break turned the Battle of Kursk and powered the D-Day landings. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Keeley Hawes
Producer:
Julian Carey
Director:
Julian Carey
Executive Producer:
Tim Green

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

A revealing documentary looking at the abdication crisis of 1936 through the eyes of the two women at its very heart, in a series of dramatised monologues set in 1967. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Tim Dunn
Producer:
Kate Shiers
Executive Producer:
Eamon Hardy
Elizabeth, Queen Mother:
Emma Davies
Wallis Simpson:
Gina McKee
Edward VIII:
Nick Waring
George VI:
John Sackville
Thelma Furness:
Emma Campbell-Jones
Participant:
Hugo Vickers
Participant:
Andrew Morton
Participant:
Anne Sebba
Participant:
Kate Auspitz

Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Episode 1: Instruments of Invasion

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 19 days

Sam Willis shows how the castle arrived as an instrument of invasion with the Normans but became a weapon with which unruly barons challenged the Crown. Show more

The Secret Life of the Motorway

Episode 1: Falling in Love

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Documentary series celebrating Britain's motorways. This first part includes interviews with the engineers and builders who designed and created the first motorway. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for years

Documentary series in which David Hayman explores the stories of four ships built on the river Clyde. This first programme features the story of the Cutty Sark. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Hayman
Executive Producer:
Craig Hunter
Director:
Russell Leven
Series Producer:
Graeme Thomson

Documentary about the Victorian botanical artist Marianne North, who rejected marriage and social convention for a pioneering life of conservation and adventure. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Emilia Fox
Executive Producer:
Jack Andrews
Executive Producer:
Lavinia Warner
Executive Producer:
Dan Oliver
Executive Producer:
Dan Chambers

Timewatch

Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for years

Documentary revealing the secret story of how two men hacked into Hitler's personal super-code machine. Their break turned the Battle of Kursk and powered the D-Day landings. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Keeley Hawes
Producer:
Julian Carey
Director:
Julian Carey
Executive Producer:
Tim Green

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

A revealing documentary looking at the abdication crisis of 1936 through the eyes of the two women at its very heart, in a series of dramatised monologues set in 1967. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Tim Dunn
Producer:
Kate Shiers
Executive Producer:
Eamon Hardy
Elizabeth, Queen Mother:
Emma Davies
Wallis Simpson:
Gina McKee
Edward VIII:
Nick Waring
George VI:
John Sackville
Thelma Furness:
Emma Campbell-Jones
Participant:
Hugo Vickers
Participant:
Andrew Morton
Participant:
Anne Sebba
Participant:
Kate Auspitz

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