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Timeshift

Series 10

Episode 6: The Golden Age of Coach Travel

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Documentary which journeys back to the 1950s when the coach was king. Those who had not travelled beyond their own villages and towns were given a taste of exploration and freedom. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Debbie Martin
Series Producer:
Ben Southwell
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

Dan Cruickshank looks at the extravagant 19th-century castles and palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, believing them to be the work of an architectural genius ahead of his time. Show more

Timewatch

2008-2009

Episode 9: Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend

Duration: 55 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Vanessa Collingridge travels in the footsteps of legendary explorer Captain James Cook to uncover the forces that drove him to success - and ultimately to his own death. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Andrew Ferns
Executive Producer:
James Hayes

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Drama that tells the story of a doctor working in 1980s East Germany who finds herself banished to a small hospital in a rural backwater and makes plans for her escape. Show more

Contributors

Barbara:
Nina Hoss
Klaus Schutz:
Rainer Bock
Rentner am Auto:
Thomas Neumann
Stationsschwester Schlösser:
Claudia Geisler
Hausmeisterin Bungert:
Rosa Enskat

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Timeshift

Series 10

Episode 6: The Golden Age of Coach Travel

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Documentary which journeys back to the 1950s when the coach was king. Those who had not travelled beyond their own villages and towns were given a taste of exploration and freedom. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Debbie Martin
Series Producer:
Ben Southwell
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

Timewatch

2008-2009

Episode 9: Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend

Duration: 55 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Vanessa Collingridge travels in the footsteps of legendary explorer Captain James Cook to uncover the forces that drove him to success - and ultimately to his own death. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Andrew Ferns
Executive Producer:
James Hayes

BBC Four HD

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