Programme Index

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This Farming Life

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

An insight into modern farming life. In the west of Scotland in Argyll, husband and wife George and Sybil gather in their sheep from over six square miles of rugged mountainside. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Amanda Murray
Executive Producer:
Lisa Ausden

Nature's Weirdest Events

Series 2 (Cutdowns)

Episode 2

Duration: 13 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Chris Packham examines some of the world's weirdest natural events using eyewitness footage, first-hand accounts and scientific explanations. Show more

Earth's Natural Wonders

Series 1

Episode 1: Extreme Wonders

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Series combining photography and human drama to reveal twelve remarkable places, uncovering the stories of people fighting to survive, and even triumph, there. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Olivia Colman
Producer:
Matt Barrett
Director:
Matt Barrett
Photographer:
Simon de Glanville
Photographer:
Johnny Rogers
Photographer:
Will Edwards
Photographer:
Barrie Britton
Re-recording mixer:
Danny Finn
On-line editing:
Alan Jones
Film Editor:
Doug Moxon
Film Editor:
Gerard Evans
Film Editor:
Louise Salkow
Production Assistant:
Naomi Buchanan
Production Assistant:
Ruth Carter
Production Coordinator:
Fiona Dorman
Production Coordinator:
Katy Engels
Production Manager:
Jenni Shaw
Assistant Producer:
Michael Duffy
Assistant Producer:
Kate Pringle
Director:
Rob Sullivan
Director:
Nicolas Brown
Director:
James Aldred
Executive Producer:
Mark Hedgecoe
Series Producer:
Arif Nurmohamed
Special thanks:
The Peregrine Fund

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

on BBC Four

Coming-of-age drama in which a northern lad from a mining community (Jamie Bell) opts for ballet rather than boxing and must convince his father of his ambitions as a dancer. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Wilkinson:
Julie Walters
Jackie Elliot:
Gary Lewis
Billy Elliot:
Jamie Bell
Tony Elliot:
Jamie Draven
Billy, aged 25:
Adam Cooper
Grandma:
Jean Heywood
Michael Caffrey:
Stuart Wells
George Watson:
Mike Elliot
Mr Braithwaite:
Billy Fane
Debbie Wilkinson:
Nicola Blackwell
Gary Poulson:
Joe Renton
Dr Crane:
Steve Mangan
Vice-Principal:
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Writer:
Lee Hall
Producer:
Greg Brenman
Producer:
Jon Finn
Director of photography:
Brian Tufano

Genres

Formats

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 4 months

Professor Bruce Denardo attempts to prove if there is any truth behind the legend of the Bermuda Triangle, where many ships and planes have disappeared in mysterious circumstances. Show more

Earth's Natural Wonders

Series 1

Episode 1: Extreme Wonders

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Series combining photography and human drama to reveal twelve remarkable places, uncovering the stories of people fighting to survive, and even triumph, there. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Olivia Colman
Producer:
Matt Barrett
Director:
Matt Barrett
Photographer:
Simon de Glanville
Photographer:
Johnny Rogers
Photographer:
Will Edwards
Photographer:
Barrie Britton
Re-recording mixer:
Danny Finn
On-line editing:
Alan Jones
Film Editor:
Doug Moxon
Film Editor:
Gerard Evans
Film Editor:
Louise Salkow
Production Assistant:
Naomi Buchanan
Production Assistant:
Ruth Carter
Production Coordinator:
Fiona Dorman
Production Coordinator:
Katy Engels
Production Manager:
Jenni Shaw
Assistant Producer:
Michael Duffy
Assistant Producer:
Kate Pringle
Director:
Rob Sullivan
Director:
Nicolas Brown
Director:
James Aldred
Executive Producer:
Mark Hedgecoe
Series Producer:
Arif Nurmohamed
Special thanks:
The Peregrine Fund

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