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University Challenge

Christmas 2017

Episode 4: University of Leicester v UCL

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

A festive quiz featuring university alumni. The University of Leicester team includes Danielle Brown and the UCL team includes journalist Jeremy Bowen. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Paxman
Series Producer:
Irene Daniels
Executive Producer:
Peter Gwyn
Director:
Tracey Rooney
Production Company:
ITV Studios

Secret Life of Farm Animals

Series 1

Episode 2: Cows

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Documentary Series It is summer and the focus is on cows. A look at how cows thrive in the wild, love music and problem-solving, and how chickens use 24 different clucks. Show more

Sir David Attenborough tells the story of the discovery in Argentina of the largest animal to ever walk the earth, a new species of the plant-eating titanosaur. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Miles Barton
Executive Producer:
Mike Gunton
Participant:
Ben Garrod
Participant:
Diego Pol

A tribute to British comedian Mel Smith, who died in July 2013, aged 60, featuring home video footage, rare archive material and many classic sketches. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Richard Curtis
Participant:
John Lloyd
Participant:
Griff Rhys Jones
Narrator:
Rebecca Front
Executive Producer:
Caroline Wright
Director:
Archie Powell
Producer:
Archie Powell

Christmas special about a dysfunctional family with a video camera. What is a little over-indulgence for most of us is, for this clan, an orgy of hitherto uncharted proportions. Show more

Contributors

Grandmother:
Dorothea Alexander
Hospital Sister:
Frankie Cosgrave
Policewoman:
Janice Cramer
Shirley:
Jenny Jay
Neighbour:
Raymond Mason
Policeman:
Pete McCarthy
Grandfather:
Walter Sparrow
Ambulancewoman:
Rebecca Stevens
Mrs Aldershot:
Joanne Noble
Pub Landlord:
Stan Young
Producer:
John Kilby
Producer:
Jamie Rix
Director:
John Kilby

Timeshift

Series 11

Episode 2: Hotel Deluxe

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

A Timeshift documentary that charts how luxury hotels have met the needs of new forms of wealth - from aristocrats to rock stars and beyond - with comfort, innovation and service. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Ben Southwell
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

Collateral

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Crime drama series. When the killers claim another victim, DI Kip Glaspie decides to break the rules to get to the bottom of the mystery. Show more

Contributors

DI Kip Glaspie:
Carey Mulligan
David Mars:
John Simm
Jane Oliver:
Nicola Walker
Karen Mars:
Billie Piper
Sandrine Shaw:
Jeany Spark
DSU Jack Haley:
Ben Miles
Fatima Asif:
Ahd Kamel
Peter Westbourne:
Richard McCabe
Phoebe Dyson:
Orla Brady
Major Tim Dyson:
Robert Portal
Sam Spence:
John Heffernan
Berna Yalaz:
Maya Sansa
Xan Schofield:
Adrian Lukis
Eleanor Shaw:
Deborah Findlay
Linh Xuan Huy:
Kae Alexander
Laurie Stone:
Hayley Squires
Mehmet Akman:
George Georgiou
Bhuran Demir:
Guy List
Amanda Hall:
Alex Reid
DC Rakhee Shah:
Vineeta Rishi
Alice Stone:
Nicola Duffett
Genevieve:
Alais Lawson
Suki Vincent:
Kim Medcalf
Jill Leong:
Vera Chok
Gillian Noxolo:
Anna Maria Nabirye
Mona Asif:
July Namir
Bishop Rufus Chambers:
Jonathan Coy
Casino Bouncer:
Andrew Burford
DC Euan Johnson:
Rob Jarvis
Fabrice Pierre:
Charlie Anson
Gerald:
Tom Turner
Abdullah Asif:
Sam Otto
Boat Captain:
Gunyol Bakoglu
Writer:
David Hare
Director:
SJ Clarkson
Production Company:
The Forge Entertainment Ltd

Collateral

Series 1

Episode 4

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

As the net draws in, DI Kip Glaspie enters a dangerous power play with MI5. But is it too late to save everyone involved?

Contributors

DI Kip Glaspie:
Carey Mulligan
David Mars:
John Simm
Jane Oliver:
Nicola Walker
Karen Mars:
Billie Piper
Sandrine Shaw:
Jeany Spark
DSU Jack Haley:
Ben Miles
Fatima Asif:
Ahd Kamel
Deborah Clifford:
Saskia Reeves
Phoebe Dyson:
Orla Brady
Peter Westbourne:
Richard McCabe
Sam Spence:
John Heffernan
Berna Yalaz:
Maya Sansa
Major Tim Dyson:
Robert Portal
Eleanor Shaw:
Deborah Findlay
Linh Xuan Huy:
Kae Alexander
Mikey Gowans:
Brian Vernel
DC Rakhee Shah:
Vineeta Rishi
DC Euan Johnson:
Rob Jarvis
Mehmet Akman:
George Georgiou
Bhuran Demir:
Guy List
Black Cab Driver:
Lloyd Bass
Laurie Stone:
Hayley Squires
Robert Walsh:
Mark Umbers
Mona Asif:
July Namir
Jdg Guard:
Gary Shelford
Midwife:
Jane Fowler
Sarah Lawson:
Joanna Bobin
Inspector Shields:
Susannah Wise
Elfie Mars:
Molly Simm
Suki Vincent:
Kim Medcalf
Gerald:
Tom Turner
Writer:
David Hare
Director:
SJ Clarkson
Production Company:
The Forge Entertainment Ltd

Treasures of Ancient Rome

Episode 3: The Empire Strikes Back

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Alastair Sooke charts the fall of the Roman Empire through some of its artistic treasures, including one of the best preserved Roman cities in Libya. Show more

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