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Natural World

2014-2015

Episode 5: The Pygmy Hippo: A Very Secret Life

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Wildlife documentary. Little is known of the endangered pygmy hippo. In an attempt to save it, an ecologist in a West African rainforest sets about unravelling its secret life. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 24 days

Ray Mears looks at how the landscapes of America's five great deserts, from the Great Basin desert to Arizona's Sonoran desert, challenged the westward push of the pioneers. Show more

State of Happiness

Series 1

Dirdal Valley

Duration: 42 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 3 months

Drama series. Phillips Petroleum is looking for a place by the coast to build a gigantic tank for oil storage. One possibility is right next to Anna's family farm. Show more

Contributors

Jonathan Kay:
Bart Edwards
Christian Nyman:
Amund Harboe
Toril Torstensen:
Malene Wadel
Fredrik Nyman:
Per Kjerstad
Ingrid Nyman:
Pia Tjelta
Arne Rettedal:
Vegar Hoel
Director:
Pal Jackman
Director:
Petter Naess

Genres

State of Happiness

Series 1

Hope and Fraud

Duration: 47 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 3 months

Christian and Martin start a diving company and are in need of start-up capital. Meanwhile, Ingrid and Fredrik Nyman make a plan to help their son, and an old friend of Toril's returns to town. Show more

Contributors

Jonathan Kay:
Bart Edwards
Christian Nyman:
Amund Harboe
Toril Torstensen:
Malene Wadel
Fredrik Nyman:
Per Kjerstad
Ingrid Nyman:
Pia Tjelta
Arne Rettedal:
Vegar Hoel
Director:
Pal Jackman
Director:
Petter Naess

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

on BBC Four

Comedy drama charting the fight of female factory workers at the Ford Dagenham plant for equal pay. In 1968, one determined factory worker leads her colleagues out on strike. Show more

Contributors

Rita O'Grady:
Sally Hawkins
Albert Passingham:
Bob Hoskins
Eddie O'Grady:
Daniel Mays
Barbara Castle:
Miranda Richardson
Lisa Hopkins:
Rosamund Pike
Robert Tooley:
Richard Schiff
Mr Clarke:
Andrew Lincoln
Monty Taylor:
Kenneth Cranham
Peter Hopkins:
Rupert Graves
Undersecretary:
Miles Jupp
Bartholomew:
Peter-Hugo Daly
Harold Wilson:
John Sessions
Trevor Innes:
Matt King
Director:
Nigel Cole

Formats

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 24 days

Ray Mears looks at how the landscapes of America's five great deserts, from the Great Basin desert to Arizona's Sonoran desert, challenged the westward push of the pioneers. Show more

BBC Four

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