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South Pacific

Episode 5: Strange Islands

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Documentary looking at the fauna of the South Pacific islands. Why do animals perfectly adapted to island life often give up the ghost when new species arrive? Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Documentary. AN Wilson explores the groundbreaking poetry of TS Eliot, tracing the personal and poetic journey he took in works such as The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
AN Wilson
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Executive Producer:
Archie Baron

Horizon

2014-2015

Episode 11: 70 Million Animal Mummies: Egypt's Dark Secret

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for years

Documentary investigating the use of modern medical technology to scan Egyptian animal mummies from museums across the world. Show more

Bunny Guinness travels across England to some of Capability Brown's finest landscapes to understand what he might have created had his plan of creating his own garden borne fruit. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

How collecting reached its maturity in the 19th century when the booming economy encouraged philanthropic industrialists to spend their fortunes on art. Show more

South Pacific

Episode 5: Strange Islands

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Documentary looking at the fauna of the South Pacific islands. Why do animals perfectly adapted to island life often give up the ghost when new species arrive? Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Documentary. AN Wilson explores the groundbreaking poetry of TS Eliot, tracing the personal and poetic journey he took in works such as The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
AN Wilson
Production Company:
Wingspan Productions
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Executive Producer:
Archie Baron

BBC Four

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