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Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 3 - Reversions

Episode 10: Lyon to Marseille: Part 2

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Michael Portillo journeys from the heart of France to the Mediterranean coast. In Marseilles, he joins a pilot boat leading a supertanker to its berth. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

The story of the dynasty that ruled Russia for more than three centuries. Lucy examines the reign of Catherine the Great and the conflict with Napoleonic France. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lucy Worsley
Director:
John Das
Series Producer:
John Das
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Documentary which maintains that the real pioneers of space exploration were the Soviet cosmonauts, telling the story of how the Russians led us into the space age. Show more

Detectorists

Series 3

Episode 1

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Comedy series about two metal-detecting friends, with a BAFTA-winning performance by Toby Jones. The dark cloud of a solar farm threatens the tranquillity. Show more

The League of Gentlemen

Series 1

Episode 1: Welcome to Royston Vasey

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Black comedy series set in a remote town. Outsider Benjamin arrives. Ben's friend Martin visits the Local Shop and the unfailingly strange Tubbs and Edward. Show more

Series in which Andrew Marr explores the books we read. He investigates detective fiction, a genre whose most famous heroes are now embedded in our collective psyche. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

AN Wilson reveals that the years after her beloved Prince Albert's death were actually a process of liberation and the most productive and exciting times for Queen Victoria. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
AN Wilson
Voice of Queen Victoria:
Anna Chancellor
Director:
Ian Denyer
Writer:
AN Wilson
Executive Producer:
Claire Whalley
Producer:
Susie Attwood
Assistant Producer:
John Woolf
Production Manager:
Claire Otway
Sound Recordist:
Doug Dreger
Makeup Artist:
Ruth Pease
Production Coordinator:
Louise-Afzal Faerkel
Camera Operator:
Sam Ardley
Camera Operator:
Robin Fox
Production Company:
What Larks! Productions

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Ifor ap Glyn sets out to understand the appeal of islands as holy retreats in a journey that takes him to the Lake District, Lindisfarne and the Western Isles in Scotland. Show more

British Art at War: Bomberg, Sickert and Nash

Episode 2: Walter Sickert and the Theatre of War

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of artist Walter Sickert, who understood that the theatre of war was not confined to the trenches. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Documentary which maintains that the real pioneers of space exploration were the Soviet cosmonauts, telling the story of how the Russians led us into the space age. Show more

BBC Four HD

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