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Top of the Pops

05/02/1987

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Janice Long and John Peel present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 February 1987 and featuring The Blow Monkeys, The Smiths, and Aretha Franklin with George Michael. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Janice Long
Presenter:
John Peel
Performer:
Randy Crawford
Performer:
The Smiths
Performer:
Aretha Franklin
Performer:
George Michael

Wonders of Life

Original Series

Episode 3: Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 28 days

Professor Brian Cox asks how, from a lifeless cosmos ruled by the laws of physics and chemistry, it is possible that a planet can produce so much wonderful, varied biology. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Lucy Worsley shows how the history of the American Civil War has been retold over time, in movies, books and speeches, to promote freedom and equality but also hatred and division Show more

Britain's Treasure Islands

Episode 1: Ocean Odyssey

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Naturalist Stewart McPherson explores the British Overseas Territories. He begins in Bermuda, travelling on to the British Indian Ocean Territory and Pitcairn Island. Show more

Timeshift

Series 13

Episode 5: The Ladybird Books Story: The Bugs that Got Britain Reading

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Timeshift documentary about Ladybird books, which once informed people on such diverse subjects as how magnets work and what to look for in winter, but also helped to teach many to read. Show more

Top of the Pops

05/02/1987

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Janice Long and John Peel present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 February 1987 and featuring The Blow Monkeys, The Smiths, and Aretha Franklin with George Michael. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Janice Long
Presenter:
John Peel
Performer:
Randy Crawford
Performer:
The Smiths
Performer:
Aretha Franklin
Performer:
George Michael

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Exploring Scotland's past using only Scottish film archive. Images of ordinary people from the past are edited together and soundtracked by the music and lyrics of King Creosote. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Grant Keir
Executive Producer:
Mark Thomas
Film Editor:
Colin Monie

Wonders of Life

Original Series

Episode 3: Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 28 days

Professor Brian Cox asks how, from a lifeless cosmos ruled by the laws of physics and chemistry, it is possible that a planet can produce so much wonderful, varied biology. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Lucy Worsley shows how the history of the American Civil War has been retold over time, in movies, books and speeches, to promote freedom and equality but also hatred and division Show more

BBC Four HD

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