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Secrets of Bones

Episode 6: Sex

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ben Garrod
Series Producer:
Aaron Paul
Executive Producer:
Jonny Keeling
Director:
Aaron Paul

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Dan Snow looks at how the 19th-century Navy used gunboat diplomacy to push British interests further afield, before losing its naval supremacy after the First World War. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

on BBC Four

Drama based on a true story. A small US coastguard team tackle gigantic waves and gale-force winds as they attempt to save 30 sailors stranded on a rapidly sinking oil tanker. Show more

Contributors

Bernie Webber:
Chris Pine
Ray Sybert:
Casey Affleck
Miriam Webber:
Holliday Grainger
Richard Livesey:
Ben Foster
Daniel Cluff:
Eric Bana
Andy Fitzgerald:
Kyle Gallner
Ervin Maske:
John Magaro
Frank Fauteux:
Graham McTavish
Wallace Quirey:
John Ortiz
Bea Hansen:
Rachel Brosnahan
Mel Gouthro:
Beau Knapp

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Billingsgate trader Roger Barton heads to Delhi's Azadpur Mandi, a market so big it provides food for the whole of India. He hopes to make a profit and recover his pride. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Roger Barton
Executive Producer:
Lucy Carter
Series Producer:
Jamie Balment
Director:
Jamie Balment
Production Company:
Indus Films

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Documentary which maintains that the real pioneers of space exploration were the Soviet cosmonauts, telling the story of how the Russians led us into the space age. Show more

How to Build...

Series 1

Episode 2: A Jumbo Jet Engine

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

The story of the thousands of people who design, build and test jet engines at Rolls-Royce's manufacturing plants across the UK, and the astonishing technology behind the engines. Show more

Secrets of Bones

Episode 6: Sex

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ben Garrod
Series Producer:
Aaron Paul
Executive Producer:
Jonny Keeling
Director:
Aaron Paul

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