Programme Index

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Secrets of Bones

Episode 6: Sex

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ben Garrod
Series Producer:
Aaron Paul
Executive Producer:
Jonny Keeling
Director:
Aaron Paul

Planet Earth II

Episode 2: Mountains

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

The wildlife documentary series with David Attenborough continues with a unique and intimate glimpse into the secretive lives of mountain-dwelling animals. Show more

Timeshift

Series 16

Episode 5: Flights of Fancy: Pigeons and the British

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Timeshift ventures inside places of sporting achievement, scientific endeavour and male obsession - the lofts of pigeon fanciers - to tell the story of a remarkable bird. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Miles Jupp
Producer:
Jake Hayes
Director:
Jake Hayes
Executive Producer:
John Das
Series Producer:
William Naylor

D-Day: The Last Heroes

Original Series

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

Historian Dan Snow examines how two years of meticulous planning, espionage and the analysis of aerial photographs helped the Allied forces gain a foothold in northern France. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Snow
Producer:
Tim Dunn
Series Producer:
Jeremy Hall
Executive Producer:
Eamon Hardy

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Helen Rosslyn focuses on the 18th century, the Grand Tour era when aristocrats filled their Palladian villas with masterpieces by 17th-century classical painters. Show more

Art critic Alastair Sooke delves into the murky world of art theft. Despite the high stakes and daring involved, many of the crimes go unnoticed by the media. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alastair Sooke
Executive Producer:
Ross Harper
Executive Producer:
Greg Sanderson
Assistant Producer:
Iain Robson
Production Manager:
Michelle Gauntlett
Production Manager:
Nina Robertson
Production Coordinator:
Catherine Ross
Director of photography:
Richard Cook
Sound Recordist:
John Osborne
Sound Recordist:
Cameron Mercer
Participant:
Jan De Kesel
Participant:
Anthony Amore
Participant:
Tom Mashberg
Participant:
Geoff Kelly
Participant:
Dick Ellis
Participant:
Julian Radcliffe
Participant:
Ludovico Gippetto
Participant:
Giovanni Pastore
Participant:
Myles Connor
Participant:
Marty Leppo
Participant:
Noah Charney

Timeshift

Series 16

Episode 5: Flights of Fancy: Pigeons and the British

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Timeshift ventures inside places of sporting achievement, scientific endeavour and male obsession - the lofts of pigeon fanciers - to tell the story of a remarkable bird. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Miles Jupp
Producer:
Jake Hayes
Director:
Jake Hayes
Executive Producer:
John Das
Series Producer:
William Naylor

BBC Four HD

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