Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 277,927 playable programmes from the BBC

University Challenge

Christmas 2021

Corpus Christi, Cambridge v St Anne's, Oxford

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

It’s match five of this special Christmas series for distinguished alumni. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, play St Anne's College, Oxford. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Paxman
Producer:
Peter Gwyn
Narrator:
Roger Tilling
Series Producer:
Clare Parody
Director:
Tracey Rooney
Production Company:
ITV Studios

Top of the Pops

16/12/1993

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Tony Dortie presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 December 1993 and featuring Meat Loaf, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Diana Ross, Haddaway and Take That.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tony Dortie
Performer:
Meat Loaf
Performer:
Diana Ross
Performer:
Haddaway

Dusty

Series 2

Episode 6

Duration: 24 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

A vintage episode of Dusty Springfield's 1960s TV series, featuring special guest, singer-songwriter Scott Walker. Among the highlights, Dusty sings You Don't Have to Say You Love Me.

Country Music by Ken Burns

Series 1

The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945-1953)

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 9 months

How the bluegrass sound spread in post-war America. Honky-tonk star Hank Williams wrote songs of surprising emotional depth, derived from his troubled and tragically short life. Show more

Country Music by Ken Burns

Series 1

I Can't Stop Loving You (1953-1963)

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 9 months

In Memphis, Sun Studios' budding artists Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley ushered in the era of rockabilly, while Patsy Cline showed off Music City's smooth new Nashville sound. Show more

Top of the Pops

16/12/1993

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Tony Dortie presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 December 1993 and featuring Meat Loaf, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Diana Ross, Haddaway and Take That.

Contributors

Presenter:
Tony Dortie
Performer:
Meat Loaf
Performer:
Diana Ross
Performer:
Haddaway

BBC Four

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