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Walk the Line

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Barra Best explores some of Northern Ireland's lost railways. In this episode he hears how the Fermanagh railways were used in a game of wartime espionage, and visits the barbers. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Barra Best
Producer:
Jane Magowan
Director:
Jane Magowan
Series Producer:
John Deering
Executive Producer:
Paul McGuigan

Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Series 1

Episode 3: Endgame

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Drama-documentary series. Newly discovered documents reveal a remarkable web of misunderstandings that stopped the Spanish from invading. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Snow
Queen Elizabeth I:
Anita Dobson
King Phillip II:
Philip Cox
Lord William Burghley:
Rupert Frazer
Sir Francis Walsingham:
Crispin Redman
Sir Francis Drake:
Iain Fletcher
Admiral Charles Howard:
Dominic Jephcott
Medina Sidonia:
Joseph Balderrama
Juan Martinez de Recalde:
Alun Raglan
Elizabeth Throckmorton:
Phoebe Thomas
Blanche Parry:
Gwenyth Petty
Mateo:
Zeh Prado
Production Coordinator:
Kassi Jones
Production Manager:
Sophie Chapman
Executive Producer:
Cameron Balbirnie
Series Producer:
Robin Dashwood

Elizabeth R

The Enterprise of England

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Classic historical drama series. With the threat of war against Spain suddenly imminent, Elizabeth must place her faith in the strength of the navy, led by Sir Francis Drake.

Contributors

Elizabeth:
Glenda Jackson
King Philip II of Spain:
Peter Jeffrey
Sir Francis Drake:
John Woodvine
Robert Dudley:
Robert Hardy
William Cecil:
Ronald Hines
Walsingham:
Stephen Murray

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

A look at the secret network behind Queen Elizabeth I's 40-year reign and the world's first secret service. An ambitious aristocrat tries to take over Robert Cecil's spy network. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Chris Durlacher
Executive Producer:
Mark Raphael
Executive Producer:
David Glover
Director:
Julian Jones

Some People with Jokes

Series 2

Episode 2: Some Irish People with Jokes

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

It's not just Irish eyes that are smiling when some of the Emerald Isle's finest exports tell their favourite jokes. Forget the gift of the gab, this lot have the gift of the gag. Show more

Walk the Line

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Barra Best explores some of Northern Ireland's lost railways. In this episode he hears how the Fermanagh railways were used in a game of wartime espionage, and visits the barbers. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Barra Best
Producer:
Jane Magowan
Director:
Jane Magowan
Series Producer:
John Deering
Executive Producer:
Paul McGuigan

Armada: 12 Days to Save England

Series 1

Episode 3: Endgame

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Drama-documentary series. Newly discovered documents reveal a remarkable web of misunderstandings that stopped the Spanish from invading. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Snow
Queen Elizabeth I:
Anita Dobson
King Phillip II:
Philip Cox
Lord William Burghley:
Rupert Frazer
Sir Francis Walsingham:
Crispin Redman
Sir Francis Drake:
Iain Fletcher
Admiral Charles Howard:
Dominic Jephcott
Medina Sidonia:
Joseph Balderrama
Juan Martinez de Recalde:
Alun Raglan
Elizabeth Throckmorton:
Phoebe Thomas
Blanche Parry:
Gwenyth Petty
Mateo:
Zeh Prado
Production Coordinator:
Kassi Jones
Production Manager:
Sophie Chapman
Executive Producer:
Cameron Balbirnie
Series Producer:
Robin Dashwood

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