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Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone

Episode 5: The Victorian Gentleman

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Fred Dibnah celebrates the Victorian age, looking at the engineering, architectural and decorative skills of the day. Show more

Yes, Minister

Series 1

Episode 1: Open Government

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

First episode of the acclaimed sitcom about an apparently clueless British government minister and the advisers who surround him. Show more

Contributors

James Hacker:
Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley:
Derek Fowlds
Sir Arnold Robinson:
John Nettleton
Annie Hacker:
Diana Hoddinott
The Mayor:
Norman Mitchell
Producer:
Stuart Allen
Director:
Stuart Allen
Writer:
Antony Jay

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Popular 1970s sitcom about a middle-class, middle-aged rebel. Why is Reggie referring to his mother-in-law as a hippopotamus? Show more

Celebrating the British sitcom and looking at the social and political context from which our favourites grew, with help from Steve Coogan, Richard Curtis, Jack Dee and others. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Rebecca Front
Producer:
Breid McLoone
Director:
Breid McLoone
Executive Producer:
Steven Canny
Participant:
Steve Coogan
Participant:
James Corden
Participant:
Lord Grade
Participant:
Richard Curtis
Participant:
Dick Clement
Participant:
Ian La Frenais
Participant:
Graham Linehan
Participant:
Josh Widdicombe
Participant:
Jack Dee
Participant:
Hugh Dennis
Participant:
Beryl Vertue
Participant:
Jonathan Harvey
Participant:
Lee Mack
Participant:
Nerys Hughes
Participant:
Anna Raeburn
Participant:
Trix Worrell
Participant:
Adil Ray
Participant:
Jon Plowman

Arena

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

on BBC Four HD

A celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Secret Policeman's Ball. Contributors include Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry and Lenny Henry. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Roger Graef
Series Editor:
Anthony Wall
Participant:
John Cleese
Participant:
Bob Geldof
Participant:
Terry Gilliam
Participant:
Terry Jones
Participant:
Ruby Wax
Participant:
Jennifer Saunders
Participant:
Stephen Fry
Participant:
Lenny Henry
Participant:
Michael Palin
Participant:
Peter Cook
Participant:
Rowan Atkinson
Participant:
Sting undefined
Participant:
Phil Collins

Brand

Arena

Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone

Episode 5: The Victorian Gentleman

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Fred Dibnah celebrates the Victorian age, looking at the engineering, architectural and decorative skills of the day. Show more

Darcey Bussell uncovers the life of Margot Fonteyn, revealing how she got drawn into a failed foreign revolution, danced on for far too long and died alone and in poverty. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Darcey Bussell
Producer:
Marion Milne
Director:
Marion Milne
Executive Producer:
Ross Wilson
Executive Producer:
Emma Cahusac
Production Company:
Matchlight

BBC Four HD

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