Programme Index

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Secrets of Bones

Episode 1: Size Matters

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod Ben shows what bone is constructed from and how it can support animals that are both tiny (a frog) and massive (the blue whale). Show more

Contributors

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

Meet the Romans with Mary Beard

Episode 3: Behind Closed Doors

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for 10 months

Historical series looking at the Roman empire from the bottom up. Mary Beard goes behind the closed doors of Roman homes to explore their family life. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mary Beard
Series Producer:
Caterina Turroni
Executive Producer:
Richard Bradley

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Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for 9 months

Sam Willis looks at urban crime, fraud and corruption in the 18th century, uncovering a fascinating rogues' gallery of charmers, fraudsters and villains. Show more

Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Episode 1: Warts and All - Portrait of a Prince

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Historian Dr Lucy Worsley looks at how the Prince Regent was obsessed with outdoing Napoleon not on the battlefield, but in opulence, bling and monumental architecture. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at the Habsburgs' rise to power and how Vienna marked Europe's front line in the struggle to defend both Christendom and the Catholic Church. Show more

Utopia: In Search of the Dream

Series 1

Episode 3: A Good Place Within

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Richard Clay asks if utopia is, ultimately, a state of mind. Can we all find our utopia in a perfect moment of transcendence, artistic expression or hedonism? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Clay
Interviewed Guest:
Tas Bahir
Interviewed Guest:
David Bingham
Interviewed Guest:
James Delaney
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Graham
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Hall
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Heimann
Interviewed Guest:
Charles Matlock
Interviewed Guest:
Sid Meier
Interviewed Guest:
Deimantas Narkevicius
Interviewed Guest:
Steve Reich
Interviewed Guest:
Gerald Simpson
Musician:
Anthony Negus
Musician:
Stephen Rooke
Music Group:
Aslam Ali
Music Group:
Mubarik Ali
Music Group:
Nabeel Ghori
Music Group:
Asad Iqbal
Music Group:
Haji Ameer Khan
Music Group:
Jatinder Kwatna
Music Group:
Zilgarnain Mahomed
Music Group:
Kamaldeep Mathary
Music Group:
Imad Undre
Production Company:
ClearStory Ltd
Executive Producer:
Russell Barnes
Assistant Producer:
Alex Brisland
Production Manager:
Clare Burns
On-line editing:
Ben Harris
Researcher:
Sabrina Scollan
Re-recording mixer:
Phitz Hearne
Director of photography:
Pete Allibone
Sound Recordist:
Adam Prescod
Colourist:
Tim Waller
Sound Recordist:
Phil Nockles
Camera Operator:
Will Churchill
Camera Operator:
Tim Platten

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