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Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Steve Backshall meets super giant animals across the world and finds out what they can do, from swimming with crocodiles in Botswana to diving with sperm whales in the Caribbean. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

This episode of the documentary series looks at Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost and wildest island. It takes tough animals and people to survive in this ever-changing place. Show more

Inspector Montalbano

A Diary from '43

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 10 months

Italian crime drama series. What is the connection between one man's return to Sicily from America, a World War Two diary and the murder of a 90-year-old businessman? Montalbano investigates. Show more

Contributors

Salvo Montalbano:
Luca Zingaretti
Matteo Todaro:
Marco Basile
Livia Burlando:
Sonia Bergamasco
Mimi Augello:
Cesare Bocci
Carlo Colussi:
Giulio Brogi
Alessandra De Rossi:
Selene Caramazza

Gregory Porter's Popular Voices

Series 1

Episode 3: Truth Tellers

Duration: 60 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Gregory shows how truth became a quest of rock 'n' roll's greatest poets and why great voices don't have to be technically perfect to resonate deeply and stir souls. Show more

Timeshift

Series 10

Episode 5: Italian Noir: The Story of Italian Crime Fiction

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Profile of a new wave of Italian crime fiction that has emerged to challenge the conventions of the detective novel - a dark world of corruption, unsolved murders and the mafia. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Jason Isaacs
Producer:
Francis Welch
Series Producer:
Ben Southwell
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

This episode of the documentary series looks at Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost and wildest island. It takes tough animals and people to survive in this ever-changing place. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Steve Backshall meets super giant animals across the world and finds out what they can do, from swimming with crocodiles in Botswana to diving with sperm whales in the Caribbean. Show more

BBC Four HD

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