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Yorkshire Walks

Series 1

Heptonstall to Stoodley Pike

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 17 days

Shanaz Gulzar steps back in time walking through the historic village of Heptonstall. Filming on her 360-degree selfie-style camera, she rambles past Hell Hole, and along the canal in Hebden Bridge. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Shanaz Gulzar
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker
Assistant Producer:
Ellie Hunt
Series Producer:
Cy Chadwick

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

Keeping Up Appearances

Series 2

Episode 5: Problems with Relatives

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

Sitcom about an irrepressible snob. Hyacinth's quest for perfection is somewhat hampered by the dubious antics of the rest of her family.

Contributors

Richard:
Clive Swift
Young Missionary:
Brendan O'Hea
Chairman at Meeting:
Simon Merrick
Executive at Meeting:
Robert McBain
Registrar:
Helen Christie
Producer:
Harold Snoad
Writer:
Roy Clarke

Yes, Prime Minister

Series 1

Episode 5: A Real Partnership

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Classic political sitcom. The government runs into a financial crisis just as MPs are due for a pay rise.

Contributors

James Hacker:
Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley:
Derek Fowlds
Sir Arnold Robinson:
John Nettleton
Sir Frank Gordon:
Peter Cellier
Dorothy Wainwright:
Deborah Norton
Annie Hacker:
Diana Hoddinott
Writer:
Antony Jay

The Secret Life of the Motorway

Episode 3: The End of the Affair

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Documentary series about Britain's motorways. This final episode explores how people questioned the promises made by the motorways and began to protest. Show more

Dan Snow looks at how, from their beginnings as track-ways for coal carts in the early 18th century, railways developed into the pivotal technology for modern Britain. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Stephen Smith explores how Vienna's artists rebelled against the establishment in the late 19th century and brought their own highly sexed version of art nouveau to the city. Show more

Handmade in Bolton

Series 1

Rock Crystal Bottle

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Dr Janina Ramirez sets ex-forger Shaun Greenhalgh the almost impossible task of carving an Islamic bottle out of rock crystal in the style of the 10th-century Egyptian Fatimids. Show more

Yorkshire Walks

Series 1

Heptonstall to Stoodley Pike

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 17 days

Shanaz Gulzar steps back in time walking through the historic village of Heptonstall. Filming on her 360-degree selfie-style camera, she rambles past Hell Hole, and along the canal in Hebden Bridge. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Shanaz Gulzar
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker
Assistant Producer:
Ellie Hunt
Series Producer:
Cy Chadwick

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

The Secret Life of the Motorway

Episode 3: The End of the Affair

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Documentary series about Britain's motorways. This final episode explores how people questioned the promises made by the motorways and began to protest. Show more

BBC Four HD

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