Programme Index

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Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam

Episode 6: Steam and the Modern Age

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Fred Dibnah looks at the advances made with the invention of the steam turbine, still used to generate electricity in coal-fired and nuclear power stations. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 11 months

Musical comedy. Time is short if playboy CK Dexter-Haven is to reclaim his former wife before she remarries. Cynical reporter Mike Connor is covering the wedding.

Contributors

Uncle Willie:
Louis Calhern
Mike Connor:
Frank Sinatra
Producer:
Sol C Siegel
George Kittredge:
John Lund
Liz Imbrie:
Celeste Holm
Tracy Lord:
Grace Kelly
CK Dexter-Haven:
Bing Crosby

Artsnight

Series 4

Episode 2: Michael Palin Meets Jan Morris

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 10 months

Magazine arts show. Veteran broadcaster Michael Palin travels to north Wales to interview the legendary travel writer Jan Morris. Show more

imagine...

2018

Tracey Emin: Where Do You Draw the Line?

Duration: 1 hour, 16 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Artist Tracey Emin talks to Alan Yentob about her life, from her troubled early years in Margate to a series of breakthroughs in the 1990s. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Participant:
Tracey Emin
Participant:
Nicholas Serota
Participant:
Jay Jopling
Participant:
Maria Balshaw
Participant:
David Dawson
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Producer:
John O'Rourke
Director:
John O'Rourke

Inside Cinema

Series 1

Guilt-Free Pleasures

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

What’s your favourite cinematic guilty pleasure? And why the guilt? An hour-long celebration of trashy films from Showgirls to Love Actually to Cats. Comedian Mae Martin narrates. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Catherine Bray
Narrator:
Mae Martin
Production Manager:
Annie Hughes
Executive Producer:
Dan Jones
Executive Producer:
Catherine Bray
Producer:
Anthony Ing
Production Company:
Little Dot Studios
Production Company:
Loop

Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam

Episode 6: Steam and the Modern Age

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Fred Dibnah looks at the advances made with the invention of the steam turbine, still used to generate electricity in coal-fired and nuclear power stations. Show more

Storyville

Locked In: Breaking the Silence

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Film-maker Xavier Alford has a rare and life-changing illness. Confronting his fears, he finds talking with fellow patients and his family makes all of them stronger. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Sacha Mirzoeff
Executive Producer:
Lisa Marie Russo
Director:
Xavier Alford

BBC Four HD

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