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Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Benjamin Britten’s opera The Turn of the Screw, a chilling tale of a young governess at a country house, where ghostly encounters find her in a battle to save her wards from evil. Show more

Contributors

The Governess:
Rhian Lois
The Prologue and Peter Quint:
Robert Murray
Miss Jessel:
Francesca Chiejina
Conductor:
John Wilson
Director:
Dominic Best
Director:
Selina Cadell
Production Company:
OperaGlass Works

Documentary exploring the relationship that developed between composer Benjamin Britten and the BBC as they worked together to broadcast modern classical music further and wider. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

In Senegal, Afua Hirsch discovers how exuberant hip-hop, film and fashion scenes have fed off colonial history, and she traces the story of a poet who became the father of Senegalese independence. Show more

Documentary in which Alison Millar sets out to unearth the secrets behind the mystery of Shergar's disappearance in 1983, at the height of the Troubles. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alison Millar
Producer:
Alison Millar
Director:
Alison Millar
Executive Producer:
Angus MacQueen
Executive Producer:
Clare Sillery
Executive Producer:
Justin Binding
Production Company:
Erica Starling Productions

Ocean Giants

Episode 1: Giant Lives

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

Series about whales and dolphins. Explore the ocean's largest creatures - humpback whales, 200-ton feeding blue whales and southern right whales with one-ton testicles. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Sara Ford
Series Producer:
Mark Brownlow
Series Producer:
Phil Chapman
Narrator:
Stephen Fry

What Do Artists Do All Day?

Episode 26: Dougie Wallace

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Film following photographer Dougie Wallace as he finishes Harrodsburg, a series documenting the super-rich in one of the UK's most wealthy and exclusive postcodes. Show more

Documentary exploring the relationship that developed between composer Benjamin Britten and the BBC as they worked together to broadcast modern classical music further and wider. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Documentary series examining the impact of four individual bombs during the Blitz. A look at the impact of the incendiary bomb that set fire to St Peter's Church, Bristol, in 1940. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Shaun Dooley
Director:
Kate Misrahi
Series Producer:
Tim Kirby
Executive Producer:
Cate Hall
Executive Producer:
Francesca Maudslay
Production Company:
Wall to Wall Media

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