Programme Index

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Earth's Natural Wonders

Series 2

Episode 1: Surviving the Extreme

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Series looking at places where nature is visible at its most primal, most powerful and most extraordinarily beautiful. Show more

Age of the Image

Series 1

A New Reality

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

James Fox explores how technological advances in the early 20th century created new ways of seeing the world, making links between artists, film-makers, photographers and scientists. Show more

Duration: 60 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 8 months

Mrs Thatcher confronts her enemies, leading the country to war, taking the economic fight to her opponents in the trade union movement, and her life is threatened by the IRA. Show more

Rainbow City

Series 1

What Sort of a Boy?

Duration: 24 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

First episode of a groundbreaking BBC drama series from 1967 about the experience of the West Indian community in Birmingham, featuring Errol John in the lead role. Show more

Contributors

John Steele:
Errol John
Mary Steele:
Gemma Jones
Youth Leader:
Calvin Lockhart
Schoolteacher:
Dolores Mantez
Producer:
John Elliot

Genres

During World War II, thousands of men and women from the Caribbean colonies volunteered to join the fight against Hitler. They tell their extraordinary stories in their own words. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
David Olusoga
Executive Producer:
Chris Granlund
Production Manager:
Alison Mills
Production Coordinator:
Josef d'Bache-Kane

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Immersive history series, reviving the training programme of one of World War II's most covert organisations. The students learn survival skills in the remote Scottish Highlands. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Cate Hall
Series Producer:
Michael Fraser
Producer:
Mark Carter
Production Manager:
Ross Booker
Editor:
Matt White
Production Company:
Wall to Wall Media

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Immersive history series. The students are transported to a 1940s spy school which prepared agents for a life living undercover in enemy territory. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Cate Hall
Series Producer:
Michael Fraser
Production Manager:
Ross Booker
Production Company:
Wall to Wall Media

Earth's Natural Wonders

Series 2

Episode 1: Surviving the Extreme

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Series looking at places where nature is visible at its most primal, most powerful and most extraordinarily beautiful. Show more

Duration: 60 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 8 months

Mrs Thatcher confronts her enemies, leading the country to war, taking the economic fight to her opponents in the trade union movement, and her life is threatened by the IRA. Show more

BBC Four HD

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