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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

Available for 7 months

Film drama. Determined to lead the first expedition to reach the South Pole, naval officer Scott assembles a team to try to beat a Norwegian attempt. Show more

Contributors

Captain RF Scott:
John Mills
Director:
Charles Frend
Captain LEG Oates:
Derek Bond
Dr EA Wilson:
Harold Warrender
Petty Officer 'Taff' Evans:
James Robertson Justice
Lieutenant HR Bowers:
Reginald Beckwith
Kathleen Scott:
Diana Churchill
Oriana Wilson:
Anne Firth
Lieutenant EGR 'Teddy' Evans:
Kenneth More
Chief Stoker W Lashly:
Norman Williams
Petty Officer T Crean:
John Gregson
Surgeon Lieutenant EL Atkinson:
James Mc Kechnie
Apsley Cherry-Gerrard:
Barry Letts
Bernard Day:
Christopher Lee
Herbert Ponting:
Clive Morton
Questioner:
Noel Howlett
Caroline:
Dandy Nichols

Timeshift

Series 11

Episode 7: Of Ice and Men

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Documentary which looks at why the most inhospitable place on the planet has exerted such a powerful hold on the imagination of explorers, scientists, writers and photographers. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Robert Gwilym
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole
Series Producer:
Ben Southwell
Producer:
Robert Murphy
Director:
Robert Murphy

Documentary profile of Roberta Flack, telling the story of the emergence of a different kind of soul singer, set against the turbulent backdrop of America's Civil Rights movement. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Compilation of performances from 1970s singer-songwriters, including Tom Paxton, Harry Nilsson, Gordon Lightfoot, Stealers Wheel, John Denver, Ronnie Lane and Billy Joel. 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

BBC Four HD

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