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The Brain with David Eagleman

Episode 5: Why Do I Need You?

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Series exploring how the brain conjures up the world we take for granted. This episode looks at how the human brain relies on other brains to thrive and survive. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Eagleman
Executive Producer:
Justine Kershaw
Executive Producer:
Dan Oliver
Director:
Toby Trackman
Director:
Glenn Barden
Series Producer:
Jennifer Beamish

Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions

Episode 1: When Worlds Collide

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Documentary examining the world of animal swarms, using the latest camera techniques to look into the heart of a superswarm and reveal how they view our world. Show more

Inspector Montalbano

As Per Procedure

Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 10 months

Italian detective drama. A woman is found dead in the foyer of an apartment block, her body showing signs of what can only have been a sexually motivated murder. Show more

Contributors

Salvo Montalbano:
Luca Zingaretti
Giuseppe Fazio:
Peppino Mazzotta
Mimi Augello:
Cesare Bocci
Catarella:
Angelo Russo
Dottor Pasquano:
Marcello Perracchio
Nicolo Zito:
Roberto Nobile
Livia Burlando:
Sonia Bergamasco
Ingrid Sjostrom:
Isabell Sollman
Leonard Attard:
Nuccio Vassallo
Olga Bergova:
Viktoriya Pisotska
Maria Simonova:
Lana Vlady

Len Goodman takes a step back in time to the heyday of British dance bands, a golden age of music in the years between the wars that laid the foundations for 20th-century pop. Show more

Andrew Marr discovers the story of Winston Churchill's passion for painting, travelling to the places he loved to paint and revealing how his private hobby shaped his public life. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Director:
David Barrie
Associate Producer:
Beth Sowersby
Executive Producer:
Patrick McGrady
Production Company:
Wavelength Films
Participant:
Emma Soames
Participant:
Celia Sandys
Participant:
David Coombs
Participant:
Bill Murray

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Dr James Fox tells the story of Vienna in 1908, when Klimt painted The Kiss and Freud revealed the Oedipus complex, but also when Adolf Hitler arrived in the city. Show more

Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions

Episode 1: When Worlds Collide

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Documentary examining the world of animal swarms, using the latest camera techniques to look into the heart of a superswarm and reveal how they view our world. Show more

BBC Four HD

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