Programme Index

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Great American Railroad Journeys

Series 3

Episode 10: Toronto

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Michael Portillo begins his Toronto tour with the ambitious underground engineering works at Union Station, which is now busier than the city's international airport. Show more

To the Manor Born

Series 2

Episode 4: Tramps and Poachers

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Stately sitcom. Arthur arrives as usual to help out on the Grantleigh estate, but Audrey can't give him work.

Contributors

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton:
Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere:
Peter Bowles
Mrs Polouvicka:
Daphne Heard
Mrs Patterson:
Daphne Oxenford
The Brigadier:
Anthony Sharp

Ever Decreasing Circles

Series 4

Episode 7

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

The Personnel Department at Mole Valley Valves plan to extend their office, but this threatens Martin's office space. He decides to say nothing - but events take a strange course.

Dominic Sandbrook continues his exploration of science fiction by looking at its obsession with alien invasion, from all-out assault to sinister hidden threats. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
John Das
Series Producer:
Ben Southwell
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole
Participant:
David Tennant
Participant:
Steven Moffat
Participant:
Richard Dreyfuss
Participant:
Roland Emmerich
Participant:
Phil Tippett
Participant:
Douglas Trumbull

Art on the BBC

Series 1

Michelangelo: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Michelangelo is a controversial giant of the Renaissance. Art historian Sona Datta explores six decades of BBC archive to discover how TV has influenced our understanding of him. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sona Datta
Interviewed Guest:
Dorigen Caldwell
Interviewed Guest:
Rosa Goodman
Interviewed Guest:
Leslie Primo
Production Manager:
Judy Wilson
Executive Producer:
Emma Parkins
Executive Producer:
Ed Stobart
Director:
David Starkey

How to Get Ahead

Episode 1: At Medieval Court

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for years

Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II, who presided over the first truly sophisticated and artistic court in England. Show more

Great American Railroad Journeys

Series 3

Episode 10: Toronto

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Michael Portillo begins his Toronto tour with the ambitious underground engineering works at Union Station, which is now busier than the city's international airport. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

Janina is in Scandinavia, investigating the lost thousand-year-old ship that transformed the fierce reputation of the Vikings and became a symbol of a nation's fight for freedom.

BBC Four

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