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Armed with Bradshaw’s Guide, Michael Portillo continues his journey through Britain's industrial heartlands, leaving Manchester for Oldham, Edale and a private family railway line. Show more
Poet John Wedgwood Clarke explores the Red River in Cornwall. Despite being heavily polluted by centuries of tin mining, it is also home to some rare, beautiful and resilient wildlife. Show more
Full Circle with Michael Palin
Episode 4: Vietnam and the Philippines
48 minutes on BBC Four
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Michael Palin visits Hanoi, takes a sampan on the Perfume River, witnesses psychic surgery, travels to the Cu Chi tunnels but fails to see the Banaue rice terraces. Show more
Michael Palin heads to Paris aboard the Golden Arrow, as the colourful posters of the Southern Railway hail the line as a gateway to sunshine and promote its new-fangled electrification. Show more
Documentary tracing how understanding of the powerful and changing weather phenomenon that is the jet stream - a ribbon of fast-moving air high in the atmosphere - has grown. Show more
Writer Roy Clarke tells the story of how A Foreign Field, his one-off drama telling the story of war veterans returning to the beaches of France, came to life. Show more
Nostalgic comic drama in which two veterans of the Normandy landings return to France to visit the grave of their wartime buddy, sparking memories of an old girlfriend. Show more
Michael Parkinson pays tribute to one of the world's finest actors. Alec Guinness talks about actors James Dean and Grace Kelly, playwright Alan Bennett and poet TS Eliot. Show more
A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by Alec Guinness, capturing the milestones and highlights of his life and career. Show more
Armed with Bradshaw’s Guide, Michael Portillo continues his journey through Britain's industrial heartlands, leaving Manchester for Oldham, Edale and a private family railway line. Show more
Barbara Woodhouse, in conversation with Joan Bakewell, reveals some of the highlights of her life.
Documentary tracing how understanding of the powerful and changing weather phenomenon that is the jet stream - a ribbon of fast-moving air high in the atmosphere - has grown. Show more
Programmes start at 7.00pm.