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Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull travel around Britain, exploring scientific breakthroughs from the Industrial Revolution and the Victorian era. In Greenwich, the duo look at the marine chronometer. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 13 minutes

on BBC Four

Drama based on Salman Rushdie's novel. India, 1947: Two newborn babies are swapped in a hospital and are doomed to live each other's life in a country going through big changes.

Contributors

Saleem Sinai:
Satya Bhabha
Parvati:
Shriya Saran
William Methwold:
Charles Dance
Ahmed Sinai:
Ronit Roy
Zulfikar:
Rahul Bose
Director:
Deepa Metha

Formats

Documentary exploring how the Booker Prize revolutionised the world of literary fiction and became a central part of British cultural life. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Peter Carey
Participant:
Penelope Lively
Participant:
John Banville
Director:
Jon Morrice
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson

Handmade in the Pacific

Series 1

Episode 3: Pou

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Documentary series. With chainsaws, adzes, and over 30 different chisels, Maori carver Logan Okiwi Shipgood crafts a 6ft tall 'pou' statue from native New Zealand timber. Show more

Handmade in the Pacific

Series 1

Episode 4: Kapa

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

For artist Dalani Tanahy, the painstaking process of creating 'kapa' - cloth made from tree bark - symbolises the resurgence of indigenous Hawaiian pride and identity. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull travel around Britain, exploring scientific breakthroughs from the Industrial Revolution and the Victorian era. In Greenwich, the duo look at the marine chronometer. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Journalists Adnan Sarwar and Babita Sharma travel from cities to desert, uncovering lives along the southern India-Pakistan border. Show more

BBC Four

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