Programme Index

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Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage

Episode 8: The Cyclades

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Francesco da Mosto continues his sea tour around the Mediterranean from Venice to Istanbul by visiting the magical, mystical Greek islands known as the Cyclades. Show more

Andrew Marr's History of the World

Original Series

Episode 7: Age of Industry

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Documentary series charting the story of human civilisation. In this episode, Andrew Marr tells how Britain's Industrial Revolution created the modern world. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Documentary. Jim Al-Khalili takes a look at how we've created machines that can simulate, augment, and even outperform the human mind - and why this shouldn't spook us. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jim Al-Khalili
Director:
Dan Hillman
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Executive Producer:
Archie Baron
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for years

Documentary looking at the perception of AI from 1964 to the present day. Can we be optimistic about all that AI can deliver - or fearful of its ability to control our lives? Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Steve Crabtree
Production Manager:
Kassi Jones
On-line editing:
Alexander Leask
Assistant Producer:
Sophie Walsh
Archive producer:
Martin West
Re-recording mixer:
Danny Finn

Horizon

2018

Dawn of the Driverless Car

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Horizon explores the artificial intelligence required to replace human drivers and explores the implications of a driverless world. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Ben Garrod and Danielle George explore whether machines built to enhance our lives could become our greatest rivals. Ben meets one of the most humanlike robots in the world, Erica. Show more

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 11 months

Documentary from 1967 on robotics. Writer Isaac Asimov explores laboratories to discover how close scientists and engineers are to bringing science fiction to reality. Show more

Documentary looking at how the British landscape has been depicted, from Flemish beginnings in the court of Charles I to the digital thumbstrokes of David Hockney's iPad. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Simon Callow
Participant:
Will Self
Participant:
Wayne Hemingway
Participant:
Nic Roeg
Participant:
Dan Snow
Executive Producer:
Greg Sanderson

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