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Canal Boat Diaries

Series 1

Shardlow to Stoke-on-Trent

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

Life on board a narrowboat with Robbie Cumming. Robbie tackles a propeller problem and tricky locks on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Derbyshire.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robbie Cumming
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker

Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain

Episode 3: The Age of the Carpenter

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Fred Dibnah looks at how carpenters have used their talents to transform buildings such as Stokesey Castle, Little Moreton Hall and Harvington Hall. Show more

The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution

Episode 3: Painting the People

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Waldemar Januszczak continues his investigation of the Impressionists, focusing this time on the people they painted and in particular the works of Edgar Degas. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Renowned landscape painter James Morrison struggles with the loss of his sight in a poignant account of a creative mind dealing with the physical frailties that catch up with all. Show more

Contributors

Featured Artist:
James Morrison
Composer:
Dominic Glynn
Executive Producer:
Mark Thomas
Executive Producer:
David Harron
Executive Producer:
Beatrix Wood
Production Company:
Montrose Pictures

Documentary looking at how the British landscape has been depicted, from Flemish beginnings in the court of Charles I to the digital thumbstrokes of David Hockney's iPad. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Simon Callow
Participant:
Will Self
Participant:
Wayne Hemingway
Participant:
Nic Roeg
Participant:
Dan Snow
Executive Producer:
Greg Sanderson

Canal Boat Diaries

Series 1

Shardlow to Stoke-on-Trent

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

Life on board a narrowboat with Robbie Cumming. Robbie tackles a propeller problem and tricky locks on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Derbyshire.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robbie Cumming
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker

Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain

Episode 3: The Age of the Carpenter

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Fred Dibnah looks at how carpenters have used their talents to transform buildings such as Stokesey Castle, Little Moreton Hall and Harvington Hall. Show more

The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution

Episode 3: Painting the People

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Waldemar Januszczak continues his investigation of the Impressionists, focusing this time on the people they painted and in particular the works of Edgar Degas. Show more

BBC Four HD

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