Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 277,256 playable programmes from the BBC

Secrets of Skin

Series 1

Adaptability

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Professor Ben Garrod explores how versatile the basic skin structure truly is, revealing how slight adaptations have created birds' feathers and a rhinoceros’s horn. Show more

Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Episode 2: The Land of Lost Content

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Presented by Andrew Marr. The 1950s were a period of apparent calm, order and prosperity for Britain, but much of the populace was hungry for change. Show more

Timeshift

Series 9

Episode 8: Bread: A Loaf Affair

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Documentary about the rise of the popular loaf in Britain. After the holy grail of affordable white bread was achieved, dietary experts began to trumpet the virtues of brown. Show more

Arena

The Changin’ Times of Ike White

Duration: 1 hour, 18 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 2 months

In 1974, Ike White recorded an album while serving life for murder. The album became his ticket to freedom. But, just as he was on the cusp of stardom, Ike disappeared. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Greg Errico
Interviewed Guest:
Rico Fanning
Interviewed Guest:
Jerry Goldstein
Interviewed Guest:
David Maestro
Director:
Daniel Vernon
Production Company:
Erica Starling Productions

Brand

Arena

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Arabist and explorer Alice Morrison takes on the vast Sahara in an epic camel trek over the dunes, and her journey comes to a close as she finally reaches the City of Gold. Show more

Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency

Episode 3: The Many and the Few - A Divided Decade

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Lucy Worsley examines a world turned upside down by change, as the Prince Regent's excesses provoke riots, political unrest and assassination attempts. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

While the Habsburgs headed for extinction, Vienna blossomed, as the theories of Freud and the sensuality of the secession artists like Klimt and Schiele ushered in the modern age. Show more

Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Episode 2: The Land of Lost Content

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Presented by Andrew Marr. The 1950s were a period of apparent calm, order and prosperity for Britain, but much of the populace was hungry for change. Show more

BBC Four HD

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