05:30

This is BBC Four

BBC Four

Sun 21^st Mar 2021, 05:30 on BBC Four

Daily from 7.00pm.

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This is BBC Four

Source: BBC Online

18:58

This is BBC Four

BBC Four

Sun 21^st Mar 2021, 18:58 on BBC Four

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

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This is BBC Four

Source: BBC Online

19:00

The Greatest Poem of World War One: David Jones's In Parenthesis

BBC Two Wales

Duration: 59 minutes

Sun 21^st Mar 2021, 19:00 on BBC Four

Documentary tracing the story of World War I poem In Parenthesis, widely considered to be one of the greatest ever literary works about war. Show more

20:00

The NHS: To Provide All People

BBC One Wales

Duration: 59 minutes

Sun 21^st Mar 2021, 20:00 on BBC Four

A film poem by Owen Sheers, marking the seventieth anniversary, in 2018, of the birth of the NHS, which charts a day in the life of a modern-day regional hospital. Show more

Contributors

Director:: Pip Broughton
Producer:: Adrian Bate
Writer:: Owen Sheers
Participant:: Michael Sheen
Participant:: Eve Myles
Participant:: Mali Jenkins
Participant:: Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Participant:: George MacKay
Participant:: Nia Roberts
Participant:: Leighton Edwards
Participant:: Lolita Chakrabarti
Participant:: Martin Freeman
Participant:: Jonathan Pryce
Participant:: Tamsin Greig
Participant:: Susan Wokoma
Participant:: Sian Phillips
Participant:: Michelle Fairley
Participant:: Shelley Rees
Participant:: Rhashan Stone
Participant:: Nikki Amuka-Bird
Participant:: Memet Ali Alabora
Participant:: Elysia Welch
Participant:: Michelle Collins
Participant:: Arsher Ali
Participant:: Pinar Ogun
Participant:: Suzanne Packer
Participant:: Meera Syal
Participant:: Garyn Williams
Participant:: Lesley Manville
Participant:: Celia Imrie
Participant:: Nasser Memarzia

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Source: BBC Online

21:00

Railway Nation: A Journey in Verse

BBC Two

Duration: 59 minutes

Sun 21^st Mar 2021, 21:00 on BBC Four

Following in the footsteps of WH Auden's 1936 documentary Night Mail, six of Britain's best poets take the train from London to Glasgow, capturing the journey in verse. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:: Maxine Peake
Participant:: Liz Berry
Participant:: Imtiaz Dharker
Participant:: Sabrina Mahfouz
Participant:: Andrew McMillan
Participant:: Sean O'Brien
Participant:: Michael Symmons Roberts
Executive Producer:: Alistair Pegg
Producer:: Joe Fowler
Director:: James House
Production Company:: Blast! Films

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Source: BBC Online

22:00

Sylvia

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

Sun 21^st Mar 2021, 22:00 on BBC Four

Drama about the life of American poet Sylvia Plath, focusing on her troubled marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes and her tragic early death. Show more

Contributors

Sylvia Plath:: Gwyneth Paltrow
Ted Hughes:: Daniel Craig
Doreen:: Lucy Davenport
Professor Thomas:: Michael Gambon
Assia Wevill:: Amira Casar
Aurelia Plath:: Blythe Danner
Morecambe:: David Birkin
David Wevill:: Andrew Havill
Writer:: John Brownlow
Director:: Christine Jeffs

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Films

Source: BBC Online

23:45

Performance Live

Kae Tempest

BBC Two

Duration: 59 minutes

Sun 21^st Mar 2021, 23:45 on BBC Four

Award-winning artist Kae Tempest hosts a night of poetry that includes their epic new story Let Them Eat Chaos and performances from three of their friends, recorded live at the Rivoli Ballroom. Show more

Contributors

Photographer:: Alex Brenner
Director:: Liz Clare
Producer:: Andrew Fettis
Executive Producer:: Emma Cahusac
Executive Producer:: David Jubb
Production Company:: Battersea Arts Centre

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FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

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Performances & Events

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Performance Live

Source: BBC Online

00:50

The NHS: To Provide All People

BBC One Wales

Duration: 59 minutes

Mon 22^nd Mar 2021, 00:50 on BBC Four

A film poem by Owen Sheers, marking the seventieth anniversary, in 2018, of the birth of the NHS, which charts a day in the life of a modern-day regional hospital. Show more

Contributors

Director:: Pip Broughton
Producer:: Adrian Bate
Writer:: Owen Sheers
Participant:: Michael Sheen
Participant:: Eve Myles
Participant:: Mali Jenkins
Participant:: Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Participant:: George MacKay
Participant:: Nia Roberts
Participant:: Leighton Edwards
Participant:: Lolita Chakrabarti
Participant:: Martin Freeman
Participant:: Jonathan Pryce
Participant:: Tamsin Greig
Participant:: Susan Wokoma
Participant:: Sian Phillips
Participant:: Michelle Fairley
Participant:: Shelley Rees
Participant:: Rhashan Stone
Participant:: Nikki Amuka-Bird
Participant:: Memet Ali Alabora
Participant:: Elysia Welch
Participant:: Michelle Collins
Participant:: Arsher Ali
Participant:: Pinar Ogun
Participant:: Suzanne Packer
Participant:: Meera Syal
Participant:: Garyn Williams
Participant:: Lesley Manville
Participant:: Celia Imrie
Participant:: Nasser Memarzia

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Factual

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Source: BBC Online

01:50

The Greatest Poem of World War One: David Jones's In Parenthesis

BBC Two Wales

Duration: 59 minutes

Mon 22^nd Mar 2021, 01:50 on BBC Four

Documentary tracing the story of World War I poem In Parenthesis, widely considered to be one of the greatest ever literary works about war. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Owen Sheers
Director:: Ian Michael Jones
Producer:: Ian Michael Jones

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Documentaries

Source: BBC Online

02:50

Railway Nation: A Journey in Verse

BBC Two

Duration: 59 minutes

Mon 22^nd Mar 2021, 02:50 on BBC Four

Following in the footsteps of WH Auden's 1936 documentary Night Mail, six of Britain's best poets take the train from London to Glasgow, capturing the journey in verse. Show more