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Coast

Series 4 (Shortened Versions)

Episode 3: Rottingdean and Volk's Electric Railway

BBC Two

Duration: 8 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

A look around the coast of the British Isles. Mark Horton visits Rottingdean to look over Rudyard Kipling's garden wall. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Horton
Executive Producer:
William Lyons
Series Producer:
Steve Evanson

Brand

Coast
Source: BBC Online

Great Railway Journeys

Series 4

Episode 2: Granada to Salamanca

BBC Two

Duration: 49 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

Using Spain's comprehensive rail network, former Cabinet minister Michael Portillo explores his complex Spanish roots and reveals his family's troubled past. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
David Taylor
Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

Audio described
on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

British biographical drama from BBC Films, adapted from Claire Tomalin's book. At the peak of his career, Charles Dickens meets a young actress who soon becomes his muse and mistress.

Contributors

Ellen 'Nelly' Ternan/Wharton Robinson:
Felicity Jones
Charles Dickens:
Ralph Fiennes
Catherine Ternan:
Kristin Scott Thomas
Wilkie Collins:
Tom Hollander
George Wharton Robinson:
Tom Burke
Reverend Benham:
John Kavanagh
Catherine Dickens:
Joanna Scanlan
Caroline Graves:
Michelle Fairley
Maria Ternan:
Perdita Weeks
Charley Dickens:
Michael Marcus
Director:
Ralph Fiennes

Formats

Source: BBC Online
BBC Scotland

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

The life of legendary Scottish mountaineer and rescuer Hamish MacInnes, inventor of the all-metal ice axe and author of the International Mountain Rescue Handbook. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Hamish MacInnes
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Palin
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Bonington
Interviewed Guest:
Yvon Chouinard
Executive Producer:
Alasdair MacCuish
Executive Producer:
David Harron
Director:
Robbie Fraser
Source: BBC Online

Great Railway Journeys

Series 4

Episode 2: Granada to Salamanca

BBC Two

Duration: 49 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

Using Spain's comprehensive rail network, former Cabinet minister Michael Portillo explores his complex Spanish roots and reveals his family's troubled past. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
David Taylor
Source: BBC Online

The 15 Billion Pound Railway

Under Pressure, Over Budget

Episode 2

BBC Two

Duration: 59 minutes

Audio described
Signed
on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

Final part of an exclusive series following the construction of Crossrail - one of Europe’s largest projects and one of the most ambitious in Britain since the time of Brunel. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Lee Reading
Executive Producer:
Carlo Massarella

Genres

Source: BBC Online

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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