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Duration: 25 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Dramatisation of E Nesbit's children's novel. While playing in a sand pit, a group of siblings discover a sand fairy, thousands of years old and with the power to grant wishes. Show more

Duration: 25 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Dramatisation of E Nesbit's children's novel. The siblings have arrived in town determined to buy lots of things with the gold the Psammead has granted them. Show more

Duration: 25 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Dramatisation of E Nesbit's children's novel. The children are stranded on the church tower - the wings the Psammead had granted them have vanished. They shout for help. Show more

Natural World

2013-2014

Episode 2: Giant Squid: Filming the Impossible - Natural World Special

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Documentary following an international team of scientists as they deploy underwater robots and state-of-the-art submersible vessels off the coast of Japan to find the giant squid. Show more

Documentary detailing the experiences of the poets who served in the Battle of the Somme, including Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, David Jones, Isaac Rosenberg and JRR Tolkien. Show more

Timeshift

Series 15

Episode 6: How Britain Won the Space Race: The Story of Bernard Lovell and Jodrell Bank

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

How Bernard Lovell's telescope was used by both the Americans and the Russians to track their competing spacecraft and put Britain at the forefront of radio astronomy. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Maxine Peake
Producer:
Chloe Penman
Director:
Chloe Penman
Series Producer:
William Naylor
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

Wonders of the Universe

Episode 4: Messengers

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Professor Brian Cox explores the laws of the universe. He shows how light holds the key to our understanding of the whole universe, including our own deepest origins. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Cox
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf
Producer:
Chris Holt
Director:
Chris Holt
Series Producer:
James Van Der Pool

Horizon

2013-2014

Episode 9: How You Really Make Decisions

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Science series. Horizon uncovers the truth about decision making, revealing the intuitive part of your mind is a lot more powerful than you may realise. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Professor Iain Stewart shows that where the south of Eurasia is today there was once an ocean and how, in 250 million years, all of the continents will collide together Show more

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