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Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Liz McIvor tells the story of the people who operated the canal boats, carrying fuel and goods around the country. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Neil Oliver uncovers Britain's ancient landscape of belief and ritual, searching for Bronze and Iron Age sites that were sacred to ancient Britons. Show more

Digging for Britain

Series 8

North

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 2 months

More than is expected is found in the remains of a house thought to be the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey. Plus the graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds new light on the Great Famine of 1845. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Executive Producer:
Eamon Hardy
Series Producer:
Paul Olding
Producer:
Gareth Sacala

Vic & Bob's Big Night Out

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four

Judge Nutmeg dispenses punishment to an unsuspecting audience member, the Ghost Hunters are on the prowl, and Bob takes us back to the 80s with a special performance. Show more

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 4 months

Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer tour the country's finest fishing spots and talk a lot of nonsense. Paul and Bob fish for tench in Norfolk and reminisce about their childhood. Show more

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 4 months

Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer tour the country's finest fishing spots and talk a lot of nonsense. Paul and Bob fish for barbel in Hay-on-Wye and sample the great outdoors. Show more

Mark Miodownik looks at how materials have enabled us to indulge our curiosity about the world around us, revealing why the everyday and even the mundane is anything but. Show more

Utopia: In Search of the Dream

Series 1

Episode 2: Build It and They Will Come

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Can utopian visions for living ever reconcile the tension between the group and the individual, the rules and the desire to break free? Show more

Contributors

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

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Exploring Scotland's past using only Scottish film archive. Images of ordinary people from the past are edited together and soundtracked by the music and lyrics of King Creosote. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Grant Keir
Executive Producer:
Mark Thomas
Film Editor:
Colin Monie

Digging for Britain

Series 8

North

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 2 months

More than is expected is found in the remains of a house thought to be the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey. Plus the graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds new light on the Great Famine of 1845. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Executive Producer:
Eamon Hardy
Series Producer:
Paul Olding
Producer:
Gareth Sacala

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