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Great British Railway Journeys

Series 11

St Ives to St Day

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Michael Portillo explores the West Country between the wars and discovers a Cornish fisherman, who, although he began painting only in his seventies, inspired established artists from the capital. Show more

WWI: The Last Tommies

Series 1

Episode 3: The Fight to the End

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

The last Tommies remember life and death in WWI. Here, the story of the terrible battles of 1917 and 1918, and how defeat was eventually turned into victory. Show more

Charley Boorman travels from Sydney to Tokyo. In Papua New Guinea, he goes dirt biking with some locals, and heads for the remote village of Gapun, only accessible by water. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 34 minutes

on BBC Four

Nick Broomfield takes a distinctly personal look at his relationships with his humanist-pacifist father, Maurice Broomfield, a factory worker turned photographer of vivid images of postwar England. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Kyle Gibbon
Producer:
Shani Hinton
Editor:
Joe Siegal
Executive Producer:
Patrick Holland
Executive Producer:
Mark Bell
Executive Producer:
Charles Finch
Production Company:
Lafayette Film Ltd

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

Eamonn McCabe explores how science and technology allowed pioneering photographers like Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Cameron to create a new art form. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

Eamonn McCabe explores how British photographers responded to historic events in the first half of the 20th century and traces the emergence of photojournalism. Show more

Great British Railway Journeys

Series 11

St Ives to St Day

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Michael Portillo explores the West Country between the wars and discovers a Cornish fisherman, who, although he began painting only in his seventies, inspired established artists from the capital. Show more

WWI: The Last Tommies

Series 1

Episode 2: The Battle of the Somme

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Stories told by the last Tommies, remembering WWI. The survivors of the Somme in 1916 and their families back home reveal the true horror and tragedy of the battle. Show more

BBC Four

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