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World-class British vocal ensemble Tenebrae give a special performance, filmed in 2020 under the extraordinary conditions of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Show more

Contributors

Choir:
Tenebrae
Conductor:
Nigel Short
Sound Supervisor:
Mike Hatch
Line Producer:
Charlotte Gazzard
Producer:
Olivia Howie
Executive Producer:
Guy Freeman
Executive Producer:
Ben Weston
Executive Producer:
Maurice Whitaker

Canal Boat Diaries

Series 1

Shardlow to Stoke-on-Trent

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 4 months

Life on board a narrowboat with Robbie Cumming. Robbie tackles a propeller problem and tricky locks on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Derbyshire.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robbie Cumming
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker

Chris Packham and a team of wildlife experts follow five suburban gardens over a year, uncovering hidden wildlife dramas, and a vast cast of creatures battling for survival. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Packham
Production Company:
Windfall Films Ltd
Expert:
Dawn Scott
Expert:
Steph West
Expert:
Mat Disney
Producer:
Tom Cook
Director:
Tom Cook
Executive Producer:
David Dugan
Director of photography:
George Woodcock
Production Manager:
Eva Robins
Production Manager:
Mel Moore
Production Manager:
Pete Youens

The Sky at Night

Here Comes the Sun

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

The Sky at Night discovers how Esa’s solar orbiter was built, and how it will protect itself against the sun’s searing heat and investigate its mysteries. Show more

Wolf Hall

Episode 1: Three Card Trick

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Historical drama chronicling Thomas Cromwell's rise to power. Lacking a male heir, King Henry VIII is desperate to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Cromwell:
Mark Rylance
King Henry VIII:
Damian Lewis
Anne Boleyn:
Claire Foy
Cardinal Wolsey:
Jonathan Pryce
Duke of Norfolk:
Bernard Hill
Thomas More:
Anton Lesser
Stephen Gardiner:
Mark Gatiss
Eustache Chapuys:
Mathieu Amalric
Katherine of Aragon:
Joanne Whalley
Harry Percy:
Harry Lloyd
Jane Rochford:
Jessica Raine
Johane Williamson:
Saskia Reeves
Mary Boleyn:
Charity Wakefield
Liz Cromwell:
Natasha Little
Richard Cromwell:
Joss Porter
Jane Seymour:
Kate Phillips
George Cavendish:
Robert Wilfort
Duke of Suffolk:
Richard Dillane
Henry Norris:
Luke Roberts
Mark Smeaton:
Max Fowler
Sir Thomas Boleyn:
David Robb
Anne Cromwell:
Emilia Jones
Grace Cromwell:
Athena Droutis
Mercy Pryor:
Mary Jo Randle
Producer:
Mark Pybus

Series

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall

Episode 2: Entirely Beloved

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Historical drama chronicling Thomas Cromwell's rise to power. As Wolsey retreats north, he urges Cromwell to get close to Anne Boleyn to regain the King's favour. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Cromwell:
Mark Rylance
King Henry VIII:
Damian Lewis
Anne Boleyn:
Claire Foy
Cardinal Wolsey:
Jonathan Pryce
Duke of Norfolk:
Bernard Hill
Thomas More:
Anton Lesser
Stephen Gardiner:
Mark Gatiss
Harry Percy:
Harry Lloyd
Jane Rochford:
Jessica Raine
Johane Williamson:
Saskia Reeves
Mary Boleyn:
Charity Wakefield
Richard Cromwell:
Joss Porter
Gregory Cromwell:
Tom Holland
Jane Seymour:
Kate Phillips
George Cavendish:
Robert Wilfort
Duke of Suffolk:
Richard Dillane
Henry Norris:
Luke Roberts
Thomas Cranmer:
Will Keen
Frances Weston:
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
Sir Thomas Boleyn:
David Robb
Thomas Wriothesley:
Joel MacCormack
Mark Smeaton:
Max Fowler
William Brereton:
Alastair Mackenzie
George Boleyn:
Edward Holcroft
Producer:
Mark Pybus

Series

Wolf Hall

Handmade in Bolton

Series 1

Palissy Plate

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh is set the task of making a Renaissance animal plate of the type invented by the great French potter Bernard Palissy. Show more

Historian Amanda Vickery and broadcaster Tom Service unearth the fascinating story of the lifelong friendship between composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Amanda Vickery
Presenter:
Tom Service
Executive Producer:
Ben Weston
Executive Producer:
Elizabeth Hartford
Production Manager:
Lisa Quilter
Editor:
Paul Binns
Production Company:
Reef Television Ltd

World-class British vocal ensemble Tenebrae give a special performance, filmed in 2020 under the extraordinary conditions of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Show more

Contributors

Choir:
Tenebrae
Conductor:
Nigel Short
Sound Supervisor:
Mike Hatch
Line Producer:
Charlotte Gazzard
Producer:
Olivia Howie
Executive Producer:
Guy Freeman
Executive Producer:
Ben Weston
Executive Producer:
Maurice Whitaker

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