Programme Index

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Dangerous Earth

Episode 2: Volcano

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

Dr Helen Czerski looks at volcanoes. New thermal imagery and ultra high-speed photography capture the complex processes crucial to understanding how and why they erupt. Show more

Origins of Us

Episode 2: Guts

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Series exploring how the human body charts our evolution. How our ancestors' hunt for food changed the shape of our face, the way we see and how we attract the opposite sex. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Series Producer:
Zoe Heron
Executive Producer:
Sacha Baveystock
Producer:
Matthew Dyas
Director:
Matthew Dyas

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 9 months

From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and resilient pioneers. Show more

There She Goes

Series 1

Episode 2: Bubble Chess

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 8 months

Comedy drama. It's bath night for Rosie and, as usual, that means chaos as she insists on having all the bubble bath. Emily decides that she needs to form a strategy. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Sharon Horgan
Executive Producer:
Clelia Mountford
Executive Producer:
Alex Moody
Director:
Simon Hynd
Writer:
Shaun Pye

The Silk Road

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Sam Willis traces the story of the famous trade route. He explores Venice's Renaissance architecture and art before travelling to the beginning of the Silk Road in China's Xian. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sam Willis
Series Producer:
Richard Downes
Director:
Tim Niel
Assistant Producer:
Jon Morrice
Executive Producer:
Mike Smith

Howard Goodall explores why Sgt Pepper is still seen as so innovative, so revolutionary and so influential, with the help of outtakes and studio conversations between the band. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Howard Goodall
Director:
Francis Hanly
Associate Producer:
David Jeffcock
Director of photography:
Steve Plant
Executive Producer:
Jan Younghusband
Production Company:
Huge Films Limited

Artsnight

Series 4

Episode 7: The Brits Who Designed the Modern World

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Brenda Emmanus meets and profiles ten great living British designers, to find out what inspires them and explore how they have responded to society's evolving tastes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Brenda Emmanus
Series Producer:
John Mullen
Executive Producer:
Janet Lee

Origins of Us

Episode 2: Guts

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Series exploring how the human body charts our evolution. How our ancestors' hunt for food changed the shape of our face, the way we see and how we attract the opposite sex. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alice Roberts
Series Producer:
Zoe Heron
Executive Producer:
Sacha Baveystock
Producer:
Matthew Dyas
Director:
Matthew Dyas

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 9 months

From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and resilient pioneers. Show more

BBC Four HD

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