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Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 4 - Reversions

Episode 7: Athens to Thessaloniki - Part 1

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Armed with his 1913 Continental Railway Guide, Michael Portillo embarks on a Greek odyssey from Athens's port of Piraeus to the city of Thessaloniki. Show more

Life

Episode 3: Mammals

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

David Attenborough looks at how mammals dominate the planet through having warm blood and caring for their young, including Weddell seals, caribou and humpback whales. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Michael Gunton
Producer:
Ted Oakes

Series

Life

Natural World

2013-2014

Episode 9: Killer Whales: Beneath the Surface

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Four

Documentary revealing the social side of the killer whale; a creature long feared as a sea monster until it was studied in captivity for the first time. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Janina Ramirez and waterman John Bailey explore the 18th-century origins of the English landscape movement in a 12-mile stretch of the Thames between Hampton and Chiswick. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Janina Ramirez
Presenter:
John Bailey
Production Company:
Tin Can Island Ltd
On-line editing:
Nikki Chang
Executive Producer:
Emma Cahusac
Executive Producer:
Andrea Cornes
Producer:
Fiona Ryder
Director:
Fiona Ryder

Art of France

Series 1

Episode 1: Plus Ça Change

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for years

Andrew Graham-Dixon takes a stunning visual journey through French art history. He traces its development to the arrival of classicism and the Age of Enlightenment. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Tim Kirby
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Series Producer:
Silvia Sacco
Production Manager:
Imogen Stringer

Timeshift

Series 13

Episode 5: The Ladybird Books Story: The Bugs that Got Britain Reading

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Timeshift documentary about Ladybird books, which once informed people on such diverse subjects as how magnets work and what to look for in winter, but also helped to teach many to read. Show more

Life

Episode 3: Mammals

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

David Attenborough looks at how mammals dominate the planet through having warm blood and caring for their young, including Weddell seals, caribou and humpback whales. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Michael Gunton
Producer:
Ted Oakes

Series

Life

BBC Four

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