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Weird Nature

Episode 4: Fantastic Feeding

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Series that explores strange behaviour in the animal kingdom. The bizarre methods employed by some creatures to catch their prey, from fish to lemurs. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
John Downer
Camera Operator:
Rod Clarke
Camera Operator:
Steve Downer
Camera Operator:
Warwick Sloss
Camera Operator:
John Waters
Producer:
Mark Brownlow

Dr Lucy Worsley explores the royal wardrobes of our monarchs over the last 400 years, showing how they have always been regarded as their personal statement to their people. Show more

Planet Earth II

Episode 6: Cities

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Cities can be worlds of surprising opportunity for animals, from the leopards prowling the streets of Mumbai to the peregrine falcons hunting amongst New York's skyscrapers. Show more

Indian Hill Railways

Episode 3: The Kalka-Shimla Railway

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

Sanjay the stationmaster is looking for promotion, his boss Bataljit waits for a transfer, and everybody is anticipating the snow on the Kalka-Shimla line. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Frank Skinner and Suzy Klein examine what happened to British popular entertainment - its stars and its audiences - during the Second World War and beyond. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Skinner
Presenter:
Suzy Klein
Production Company:
Liberty Bell Productions
Executive Producer:
Jamie Isaacs
Executive Producer:
Claire Whalley
Director:
Kim Lomax
Writer:
Kim Lomax
Musician:
Paul Smith
Participant:
Vicky Butterfly
Participant:
Jimmy McWilliams
Participant:
Andy Eastwood
Participant:
Brian Ward
Participant:
Jan Hunt
Participant:
Jacquie Storey
Participant:
Benjamin Holder
Participant:
Pippa Gearing
Participant:
Sarah Lindsay
Participant:
Lizzie Deane
Participant:
Mick Toner
Hairdresser:
Christine Vidler
Participant:
John Henty
Participant:
Walter Atherton
Participant:
Gerald Oxley
Participant:
Barry Cryer
Participant:
Chaz McDevitt
Participant:
Peter Donegan
Participant:
Ronald Regan
Participant:
Ruth Cherrington

Alexander Armstrong explores the literature that inspired Michael Palin and Terry Jones's comedy Ripping Yarns, a parody of the Boys' Own books and magazines of their childhood. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Michael Palin
Participant:
Terry Jones
Producer:
Mary Crisp
Director:
Mary Crisp
Executive Producer:
Tara Duffy
Executive Producer:
Mark Freeland

Planet Earth II

Episode 6: Cities

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Cities can be worlds of surprising opportunity for animals, from the leopards prowling the streets of Mumbai to the peregrine falcons hunting amongst New York's skyscrapers. Show more

BBC Four HD

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