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Great British Railway Journeys

Series 11

Canterbury to Alexandra Palace

BBC Two

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Beginning in Canterbury in Kent, Michael treads the boards as he uncovers the political message behind a play, published in 1936, inspired by the 12th-century murder of Archbishop Thomas à Becket. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Alison Kreps
Production Company:
Boundless West
Director:
Titus Ogilvy
Executive Producer:
John Comerford
Source: BBC Online

The Flying Archaeologist

Episode 3: Hadrian's Wall: Life on the Frontier

BBC Four

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Ben Robinson flies over Hadrian's Wall to reveal a landscape of hundreds of sites of human occupation suggesting the area was richly populated. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ben Robinson
Series Editor:
Diana Hare
Producer:
Andy Smythe
Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 59 minutes

Audio described
Signed
on BBC Four

Available for years

Chris reveals some of the best building animals in the world - a group that is incredibly varied, including everything from beavers to bees and prairie dogs to bowerbirds. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Packham
Producer:
Dan Slee
Series Producer:
Joanne Stevens
Executive Producer:
Rosemary Edwards
Source: BBC Online
BBC One

Duration: 56 minutes

Audio described
on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

Documentary drama series exploring the lives of Henry VIII's wives. Henry annuls his marriage to Anne of Cleves and marries teenager Catherine Howard two weeks later. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lucy Worsley
Anne of Cleves:
Rebecca Dyson-Smith
Henry VIII:
Richard Ridings
Catherine Howard:
Lauren McQueen
Katherine Parr:
Alice Patten
Princess Elizabeth:
Madeleine Power
Ambassador Karl Harst:
Carsten Hayes
Thomas Culpepper:
Wilf Scolding
Archbishop Cranmer:
Crispin Letts
Charles Brandon:
Andrew Greenough
Eleanor Paston:
Sophie Roberts
Henry Norris:
Nicholas Agnew
Executive Producer:
Emma Hindley
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Writer:
Chloe Moss
Producer:
Ben Evans
Production Company:
Wall to Wall South Ltd
Source: BBC Online

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Series 1

Catherine Howard

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Classic series of historical plays, first broadcast in 1970, each taking as its focus one of Henry VIII's six wives. In this episode, Angela Pleasence stars as Catherine Howard.

Contributors

Catherine Howard:
Angela Pleasence
Henry VIII:
Keith Michell
Duke of Norfolk:
Patrick Troughton
Lady Rochford:
Sheila Burrell
Producer:
Mark Shivas
Director:
Naomi Capon
Source: BBC Online

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Series 1

Catherine Parr

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

on BBC Four

Classic series of historical plays, first broadcast in 1970, each taking as its focus one of Henry VIII's six wives. In this episode, Rosalie Crutchley stars as Catherine Parr.

Contributors

Catherine Parr:
Rosalie Crutchley
Henry VIII:
Keith Michell
Thomas Seymour:
John Ronane
Producer:
Mark Shivas
Director:
Naomi Capon
Source: BBC Online

Great British Railway Journeys

Series 11

Canterbury to Alexandra Palace

BBC Two

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Beginning in Canterbury in Kent, Michael treads the boards as he uncovers the political message behind a play, published in 1936, inspired by the 12th-century murder of Archbishop Thomas à Becket. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Alison Kreps
Production Company:
Boundless West
Director:
Titus Ogilvy
Executive Producer:
John Comerford
Source: BBC Online

The Flying Archaeologist

Episode 3: Hadrian's Wall: Life on the Frontier

BBC Four

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Ben Robinson flies over Hadrian's Wall to reveal a landscape of hundreds of sites of human occupation suggesting the area was richly populated. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ben Robinson
Series Editor:
Diana Hare
Producer:
Andy Smythe
Source: BBC Online
BBC One

Duration: 56 minutes

Audio described
on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

Documentary drama series exploring the lives of Henry VIII's wives. Henry annuls his marriage to Anne of Cleves and marries teenager Catherine Howard two weeks later. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lucy Worsley
Anne of Cleves:
Rebecca Dyson-Smith
Henry VIII:
Richard Ridings
Catherine Howard:
Lauren McQueen
Katherine Parr:
Alice Patten
Princess Elizabeth:
Madeleine Power
Ambassador Karl Harst:
Carsten Hayes
Thomas Culpepper:
Wilf Scolding
Archbishop Cranmer:
Crispin Letts
Charles Brandon:
Andrew Greenough
Eleanor Paston:
Sophie Roberts
Henry Norris:
Nicholas Agnew
Executive Producer:
Emma Hindley
Executive Producer:
Leanne Klein
Writer:
Chloe Moss
Producer:
Ben Evans
Production Company:
Wall to Wall South Ltd
Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 59 minutes

Audio described
Signed
on BBC Four

Available for years

Chris reveals some of the best building animals in the world - a group that is incredibly varied, including everything from beavers to bees and prairie dogs to bowerbirds. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Packham
Producer:
Dan Slee
Series Producer:
Joanne Stevens
Executive Producer:
Rosemary Edwards
Source: BBC Online

BBC Four

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