Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 277,397 playable programmes from the BBC

Writers and historians including Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory revisit the last days of Anne Boleyn, who in 1536 became the first queen in British history to be executed. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
David Starkey
Participant:
Hilary Mantel
Participant:
Philippa Gregory
Executive Producer:
Nicolas Kent
Executive Producer:
Susan Jones

Duration: 1 hour, 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Moving drama film. In 1884, an ambitious young surgeon is intrigued by a disfigured sideshow freak billed as the Elephant Man and takes him under his wing. Show more

Contributors

John Merrick:
John Hurt
Frederick Treves:
Anthony Hopkins
Mrs Madge Kendal:
Anne Bancroft
Francis Carr-Gomm:
John Gielgud
Mrs Mothershead:
Wendy Hiller
Mr Bytes:
Freddie Jones
Bytes's Boy:
Dexter Fletcher
Mrs Treves:
Hannah Gordon
The Night Porter:
Michael Elphick
Director:
David Lynch

The Sky at Night

Photographing the Universe

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

The Sky at Night turns its focus to the wonderful world of astrophotography, including a look at the new technology being built for the Very Large Telescope. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Lintott
Presenter:
Pete Lawrence
Production Coordinator:
Carisse Perks
Production Manager:
Charlie Bennett
Researcher:
Chris Johnston
Assistant Producer:
Marina Hui
Executive Producer:
Steve Crabtree
Producer:
Amena Hasan
Director:
Amena Hasan

An account of Britain's interventions in Afghanistan in the 19th century. They arose from the fear that Russia was considering invading the country as a prelude to attacking India. Show more

Soldiers and generals from both sides tell how the Soviets were sucked into invading Afghanistan and the parallels that conflict shares with the current American-led intervention. Show more

Horizon

2017

Mars - A Traveller's Guide

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 10 months

With the dream of sending humans to Mars closer than ever before, Horizon asks the world's leading experts on Mars where they would go and what they would need to survive. Show more

BBC Four

About BBC Four

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

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