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Orangutan Diary

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Michaela Strachan and Steve Leonard present a series featuring orphaned and rescued orangutans in Borneo. They help three babies learn how to behave like wild orangutans. Show more

Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution

Episode 3: Madeira: Island Ark

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Richard Fortey travels to Madeira to examine what happens to a volcanic island as it nears the end of its life cycle and starts sinking back into the sea. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Fortey
Production Company:
Lion Television
Series Producer:
Shaun Trevisick
Executive Producer:
Bill Locke
Assistant Producer:
Georgina Stewart
Production Manager:
Emma Falkus
Production Coordinator:
Katie King
Participant:
Umberto Silva
Participant:
Jose Jesus
Participant:
Jao Canning Claud
Participant:
Manuel Biscoito

Series exploring the Celts looks at the golden age of the La Tene Celtic warrior. But by the middle of the first century BC, the Celts were under threat from the Roman Empire. Show more

Adam Nicolson uses newly found 17th-century manuscripts to tell the story of how arguably the greatest work of English prose ever written, the King James Bible, came into being. Show more

Horizon

2011-2012

Episode 2: Seeing Stars

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Horizon follows the astronomers pushing the limits of science and engineering with a new generation of supertelescopes in the hunt for mysterious objects in the universe. Show more

Metalworks!

Episode 1: The Golden Age of Silver

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Dan Cruickshank visits Britain's finest country houses, museums and factories as he uncovers the 18th- and 19th-century fascination with silver. Show more

Series exploring the Celts looks at the golden age of the La Tene Celtic warrior. But by the middle of the first century BC, the Celts were under threat from the Roman Empire. Show more

Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution

Episode 3: Madeira: Island Ark

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Richard Fortey travels to Madeira to examine what happens to a volcanic island as it nears the end of its life cycle and starts sinking back into the sea. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Fortey
Production Company:
Lion Television
Series Producer:
Shaun Trevisick
Executive Producer:
Bill Locke
Assistant Producer:
Georgina Stewart
Production Manager:
Emma Falkus
Production Coordinator:
Katie King
Participant:
Umberto Silva
Participant:
Jose Jesus
Participant:
Jao Canning Claud
Participant:
Manuel Biscoito

The Brits Who Built the Modern World

Episode 2: The Power of the Past

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Modern British architects such as Richard Rogers, Terry Farrell and Norman Foster reveal the stories behind some of their most famous creations of the 1980s. Show more

BBC Four HD

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