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What Do Artists Do All Day?

Frank Bowling's Abstract World

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 8 months

Brenda Emmanus meets abstract artist Frank Bowling, who became the first black Royal Academician in 2005, to discuss a major retrospective of his work at Tate Britain. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Brenda Emmanus
Interviewed Guest:
Frank Bowling
Director:
Charlie Sever
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson

Professor Jeremy Black explains the unique economic, social and political factors that helped Britain transform itself almost entirely by the 19th century. Show more

Documentary. With unparalleled access to Pompeii and featuring cutting-edge modern technology, Mary Beard guides us through this amazing slice of the ancient world. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mary Beard
Writer:
Mary Beard
Director:
Ian A Hunt
Film Editor:
Nigel Timperley
Executive Producer:
Richard Bradley
Executive Producer:
Caterina Turroni
Director of photography:
David Langan
Sound Recordist:
Tim Hodge
Production Company:
Lion Television
Production Company:
At Land Productions

The Alan Clark Diaries

Episode 3: Foreign Parts

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Dramatisation of the colourful memoirs of the late Conservative MP. Clark revels in his new-found status as minister of trade and his new diary secretary. Show more

Contributors

Alan Clark:
John Hurt
Jane Clark:
Jenny Agutter
Jonathan Aitken:
Jeremy Clyde
Tristan Garel-Jones:
Hugh Fraser
Michael Branford:
William Armstrong
Director:
Jon Jones

The Alan Clark Diaries

Episode 4: Defence of the Realm

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Dramatisation of the colourful memoirs of the late Conservative MP. Clark has finally made it into the Ministry of Defence, but his triumph is short-lived. Show more

Contributors

Alan Clark:
John Hurt
Jane Clark:
Jenny Agutter
Julian Scopes:
Julian Wadham
Margaret Thatcher:
Louise Gold
Tom King:
Peter Blythe
Charles Powell:
Terence Harvey
Director:
Jon Jones

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

David Hayman meets men who sailed on HMS Hood and travels to Scapa Flow to experience what life was like for those people working to protect vital North Atlantic convoys. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Graeme Thomson
Executive Producer:
Craig Hunter
Director:
David Briggs
Presenter:
David Hayman

Brenda Emmanus follows acclaimed artist Sonia Boyce in the lead up to a new exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery, highlighting groundbreaking artists of African and Asian descent. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Brenda Emmanus
Participant:
Sonia Boyce
Participant:
Rasheed Araeen
Participant:
Lubaina Himid
Participant:
Yinka Shonibare
Participant:
Althea McNish
Director:
Alex Harding
Producer:
Alex Harding
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson

Professor Jeremy Black explains the unique economic, social and political factors that helped Britain transform itself almost entirely by the 19th century. Show more

Documentary. With unparalleled access to Pompeii and featuring cutting-edge modern technology, Mary Beard guides us through this amazing slice of the ancient world. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mary Beard
Writer:
Mary Beard
Director:
Ian A Hunt
Film Editor:
Nigel Timperley
Executive Producer:
Richard Bradley
Executive Producer:
Caterina Turroni
Director of photography:
David Langan
Sound Recordist:
Tim Hodge
Production Company:
Lion Television
Production Company:
At Land Productions

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