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Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

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Celebrating Dibnah's contribution to our appreciation of Britain's architectural, industrial and engineering heritage. This edition looks at steam-powered engines. Show more

Canal Boat Diaries

Series 3

Knottingley to Ripon

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

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As Robbie makes his way to Ripon in North Yorkshire, he tackles the fast-flowing River Ouse and is forced to make an emergency stop. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Robbie Cumming
Production Manager:
Louise Cavanagh
Series Producer:
Stuart Woodman
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker
Aerial Photographer:
Philip Fearnley

Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

William Shakespeare is out of ideas. That is, until Viola de Lesseps, the stage-struck daughter of a wealthy merchant, attends auditions disguised as Thomas Kent. Show more

Contributors

Director:
John Madden
Viola De Lesseps:
Gwyneth Paltrow
William Shakespeare:
Joseph Fiennes
Philip Henslowe:
Geoffrey Rush
Lord Wessex:
Colin Firth
Ned Alleyn:
Ben Affleck
Queen Elizabeth:
Judi Dench

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

on BBC Four HD

The story of the enduring love between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from the romance of their early days at Oxford in the 1950s to her tragic death in 1999. Show more

Contributors

Iris Murdoch:
Judi Dench
John Bayley:
Jim Broadbent
Janet Stone:
Penelope Wilton
Young John:
Hugh Bonneville
Young Iris:
Kate Winslet
Principal:
Eleanor Bron
Director:
Richard Eyre

Canal Boat Diaries

Series 3

Knottingley to Ripon

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

As Robbie makes his way to Ripon in North Yorkshire, he tackles the fast-flowing River Ouse and is forced to make an emergency stop. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Robbie Cumming
Production Manager:
Louise Cavanagh
Series Producer:
Stuart Woodman
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker
Aerial Photographer:
Philip Fearnley

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Celebrating Dibnah's contribution to our appreciation of Britain's architectural, industrial and engineering heritage. This edition looks at steam-powered engines. Show more

BBC Four HD

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