Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 293,071 playable programmes from the BBC

Secrets of Skin

Series 1

Protection

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 10 months

Professor Ben Garrod reveals how skin protects vertebrates from extremes of temperature, the harmful effect of UV and a host of living organisms that want to get in. Show more

Invasion! with Sam Willis

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 4 months

Series in which Sam Willis reveals stories of invasion in Britain, including the Barbary Corsaire pirates and the tale of King Louis the Lion, who invaded in the 13th century. Show more

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A Timewatch Guide

Series 1

Episode 1: The Mary Rose

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Using 40 years of BBC archive footage Dan Snow charts how the Mary Rose was discovered, excavated and raised, and what the latest research has revealed about the ship and her crew. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Snow
Participant:
Alex Hildred
Participant:
Christopher Dobbs
Executive Producer:
John Farren
Associate Producer:
Susannah Zeff
Series Producer:
James Gray
Director:
James Gray
Production Company:
360 Production

The Art of Japanese Life

Series 1

Episode 3: Home

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

James Fox looks at the clean minimalism of the Japanese home, which has been exported around the world, from modernist architecture to lifestyle stores like Muji. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Film critic David Stratton explores the depiction of families, of all types, in Australian films, including The Castle, The Devil's Playground, Romper Stomper, Ned Kelly and Animal Kingdom. Show more

BBC Four

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