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Secret Life of Farm Animals

Series 1

Episode 1: Sheep

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Spring. We encounter the secret life of sheep, and meet a goose obsessed with his reflection, a ram who is best friends with a four-year-old, and a piglet that thinks he is a cow. Show more

Michael Mosley investigates Porton Down, Britain's most secretive and controversial military research base. He comes face to face with chemical and biological weapons old and new. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Mosley
Producer:
Tim Usborne
Director:
Tim Usborne
Executive Producer:
Mark Tattersall
Executive Producer:
Julian Mercer
Production Company:
Art Lab Films

Shahidha Bari examines the life and work of controversial Booker Prize winner Sir VS Naipaul. Is his legacy compromised by his self-confessed violence towards women and views on race? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Shahidha Bari
Interviewed Guest:
Diran Adebayo
Interviewed Guest:
Andre Bagoo
Interviewed Guest:
Homi Bhabha
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Collins
Interviewed Guest:
William Dalrymple
Interviewed Guest:
Farrukh Dhondy
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Eyre
Interviewed Guest:
Shamime Ibrahim
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Levy
Interviewed Guest:
Ankhi Mukherjee
Interviewed Guest:
Savi Naipaul Akal
Interviewed Guest:
Chibundu Onuzo
Interviewed Guest:
Kenneth Ramchand
Interviewed Guest:
Irving Ward
Interviewed Guest:
Melyin Akal
Executive Producer:
Lucy Pilkington
Director:
Emma Harpin
Producer:
Alice Wickham
Production Manager:
Catherine Donohoe
Production Manager:
Sara Revell

MAKE! Craft Britain

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Two new sets of students are introduced to the art of mosaic making and knitting. Meanwhile, origami artist Sam Tsang teaches us all how to make a family of paper penguins. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
RDF Television
Executive Producer:
Teresa Watkins
Producer:
Samuel Burr
Production Manager:
Anna Wood

Utopia: In Search of the Dream

Series 1

Episode 1: Blueprints for Better

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Richard Clay explores utopian visions for a better world - from radical politics to online communities - and asks if they can inspire real change. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Clay
Production Company:
ClearStory Ltd
Assistant Producer:
Alex Brisland
Production Manager:
Clare Burns
Director of photography:
Pete Allibone
Sound Recordist:
Adam Prescod
On-line editing:
Ben Harris
Re-recording mixer:
Phitz Hearne
Colourist:
Tim Waller
Sound Recordist:
Tom Redhead
Camera Operator:
Will Churchill
Camera Operator:
Tim Platten

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Suzy Klein shows how, as the aristocracy weakened and the middle classes flourished, composers and performers became the superstars of their age. Show more

Shahidha Bari examines the life and work of controversial Booker Prize winner Sir VS Naipaul. Is his legacy compromised by his self-confessed violence towards women and views on race? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Shahidha Bari
Interviewed Guest:
Diran Adebayo
Interviewed Guest:
Andre Bagoo
Interviewed Guest:
Homi Bhabha
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Collins
Interviewed Guest:
William Dalrymple
Interviewed Guest:
Farrukh Dhondy
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Eyre
Interviewed Guest:
Shamime Ibrahim
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Levy
Interviewed Guest:
Ankhi Mukherjee
Interviewed Guest:
Savi Naipaul Akal
Interviewed Guest:
Chibundu Onuzo
Interviewed Guest:
Kenneth Ramchand
Interviewed Guest:
Irving Ward
Interviewed Guest:
Melyin Akal
Executive Producer:
Lucy Pilkington
Director:
Emma Harpin
Producer:
Alice Wickham
Production Manager:
Catherine Donohoe
Production Manager:
Sara Revell

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