Programme Index

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Age of the Image

Series 1

Fake Views

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

James Fox examines how images have become more powerful – and less trusted – than ever before, from hyper-real paintings to movie special effects and deepfakes. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 4 months

Mrs Thatcher’s leadership style and judgement on Europe and the poll tax create splits in her cabinet and public anger, leading to the challenge that ends in her dramatic downfall. Show more

Boys from the Blackstuff

Series 1

Episode 1: Jobs for the Boys

Duration: 54 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

Drama series about life in recession-hit Britain in the Thatcher era. Chrissie, Dixie, Yosser, Loggo and George sign on before heading off to work for Malloy. Show more

Contributors

Chrissie Todd:
Michael Angelis
Loggo Logmond:
Alan Igbon
Yosser Hughes:
Bernard Hill
George Malone:
Peter Kerrigan
Dixie Dean:
Tom Georgeson
Kevin Dean:
Gary Bleasdale
Donald Moss:
David Ross
Jason Hughes:
Timothy Bleasdale
Anna Marie Hughes:
Tamana Bleasdale
Dustin Hughes:
Jamie Bleasdale

Genres

Boys from the Blackstuff

Series 1

Episode 2: Moonlighter

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

Drama set in recession-hit Britain in the Thatcher era. Dixie Dean, working at night in the port as a security guard, is strongarmed into accepting bribes. Show more

Contributors

Dixie Dean:
Tom Georgeson
Kevin Dean:
Gary Bleasdale
DOE Assistant Manager:
David Fleeshman
Jackie Mills:
Cheryl Leigh
Chrissie Todd:
Michael Angelis
Loggo Logmond:
Alan Igbon
George Malone:
Peter Kerrigan
Yosser Hughes:
Bernard Hill

Genres

Boys from the Blackstuff

Series 1

Episode 3: Shop Thy Neighbour

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

Drama series set in 1980s recession-hit Britain. Chrissie and Angie are driven to despair by money problems and the Department of Employment investigators. Show more

Contributors

Chrissie Todd:
Michael Angelis
Angie Todd:
Julie Walters
Miss Sutcliffe:
Jean Boht
DOE Assistant Manager:
David Fleeshman
Donald Moss:
David Ross
Jackie Mills:
Cheryl Leigh
Yosser Hughes:
Bernard Hill
Loggo Logmond:
Alan Igbon
George Malone:
Peter Kerrigan
Jason Hughes:
Timothy Bleasdale
Anna Marie Hughes:
Tamana Bleasdale
Dustin Hughes:
Jamie Bleasdale

Genres

The Terror

Series 1

The C, the C, the Open C

Duration: 54 minutes

on BBC Four

In the wake of a massacre, two groups resume the trudge south, but one takes a troubling step to satisfy its starving men.

Contributors

Francis Crozier:
Jared Harris
James Fitzjames:
Tobias Menzies
Henry Goodsir:
Paul Ready
Cornelius Hickey:
Adam Nagaitis
Thomas Blanky:
Ian Hart
Edward Little:
Matthew McNulty
John Bridgens:
John Lynch
Lt George Hodgson:
Christos Lawton
Charles Des Voeux:
Sebastian Armesto
Director:
Tim Mielants

The Terror

Series 1

We Are Gone

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Four

Guilt and ego require sacrifices from the surviving stragglers as a final reckoning looms in the wilderness.

Contributors

Francis Crozier:
Jared Harris
Henry Goodsir:
Paul Ready
Cornelius Hickey:
Adam Nagaitis
Edward Little:
Matthew McNulty
John Bridgens:
John Lynch
Lt George Hodgson:
Christos Lawton
Charles Des Voeux:
Sebastian Armesto
Sgt Solomon Tozer:
David Walmsley
Thomas Jopson:
Liam Garrigan

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 4 months

Mrs Thatcher’s leadership style and judgement on Europe and the poll tax create splits in her cabinet and public anger, leading to the challenge that ends in her dramatic downfall. Show more

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