Programme Index

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Top of the Pops

25/12/1986

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for 11 months

Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 December 1986, featuring performances by Billy Ocean, The Communards, a-ha, Diana Ross and George Michael. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Powell
Performer:
The Communards
Performer:
a-ha
Performer:
Europe
Performer:
Cliff Richard
Performer:
The Young Ones
Performer:
Spitting Image
Performer:
Boris Gardiner
Performer:
Diana Ross
Performer:
Berlin
Performer:
Simply Red
Performer:
Nick Berry
Performer:
Falco
Performer:
George Michael
Performer:
Pet Shop Boys

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

2018: Who Am I?

What Makes Me Human?

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Professor Alice Roberts explores the story of human evolution, revealing how a humble African ape became a successful global species. Show more

Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema

Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema Secrets

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Mark Kermode unwraps a glittering selection of Christmas cinematic treats, from much-loved classics to hidden gems, from Hollywood blockbusters to international films. Show more

Top of the Pops

Christmas 1978

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Noel Edmonds presents a special Top of the Pops from 1978, with Darts, Abba, Boney M, Brotherhood of Man, Father Abraham, Bee Gees, Brian and Michael, Wings and Showaddywaddy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Noel Edmonds
Performer:
Darts
Performer:
Abba
Performer:
Boney M.
Performer:
Father Abraham
Performer:
Bee Gees
Performer:
Wings
Performer:
Showaddywaddy
Performer:
Rose Royce
Performer:
John Travolta
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Legs & Co.

Stephen Smith explores the life and work of the virtuoso jeweller Carl Faberge, who transformed his father's modest business into the world's most famous supplier of luxury items. Show more

Dan Cruickshank looks at the extravagant 19th-century castles and palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, believing them to be the work of an architectural genius ahead of his time. Show more

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