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Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 10 months

Janina is in Scandinavia, investigating the lost thousand-year-old ship that transformed the fierce reputation of the Vikings and became a symbol of a nation's fight for freedom.

Wild Arabia

Episode 2: The Jewel of Arabia

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Wildlife documentary series. Swept by the annual Indian Ocean monsoon, the Dhofar mountains become a magical lost world of waterfalls and cloud forests. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Brian Leith
Series Producer:
Dan Rees
Series Producer:
Chadden Hunter

Señorita 89

Series 1

Elena

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

A party is in full swing on the night before the grand finale of the beauty pageant when a body falls from a terrace and into the path of a woman called Elena.

Contributors

Dr Franco:
Aida López
Isabel, Miss Yucatán:
Natasha Dupeyrón
Ángeles, Miss Oaxaxa:
Coty Camacho
Dr Carlos Hidalgo:
Marcelo Alonso
Néstor Valenzuela Helú:
Ari Brickman
Director:
Lucía Puenzo

Señorita 89

Series 1

Jocelyn

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

Jocelyn learns that her sister has disappeared. The press takes interest, and Nora recruits Dolores, Ángeles and Jocelyn to sneak into a movie set in a cabin in the woods.

Contributors

Jocelyn, Miss Chihuahua:
Leidi Gutiérrez
Dolores, Miss Guerrero:
Bárbara López
Ángeles, Miss Oaxaxa:
Coty Camacho
Héctor Canales:
Irineo Alvarez
Miss Tlaxcala:
Nuria Vega
Néstor Valenzuela Helú:
Ari Brickman
Director:
Lucía Puenzo

To the Manor Born

Series 2

Episode 3: Never Be Alone

Duration: 26 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Stately sitcom. Audrey helps Richard catalogue his antique china, only to discover one piece has been mislaid.

Contributors

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton:
Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere:
Peter Bowles
Mrs Polouvicka:
Daphne Heard
The Rector:
Gerald Sim

Ever Decreasing Circles

Series 4

Episode 6

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

After some poor results in an Open University test, Ann decides it would be best to bounce her ideas off someone in future. However, her choice of study partner causes a stir. Show more

The Young Ones

Series 1

Episode 3: Boring

Duration: 35 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Although there are all sorts of interesting things going on around them, the gang are feeling incredibly bored, so they decide to go to the pub.

Contributors

Vyvyan Basterd:
Adrian Edmondson
Neil Pye:
Nigel Planer
Jerzy Balowski:
Alexei Sayle
Director:
Geoff Posner

In 1822, Jean-François Champollion became the first person to decipher hieroglyphs in over a thousand years. Now, a new generation of Egyptologists is learning more about the people who wrote them. Show more

Country Music by Ken Burns

Series 1

I Can't Stop Loving You (1953-1963)

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

In Memphis, Sun Studios' budding artists Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley ushered in the era of rockabilly, while Patsy Cline showed off Music City's smooth new Nashville sound. Show more

Country Music by Ken Burns

Series 1

The Sons and Daughters of America (1964-1968)

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

How country music reflected a changing America. Loretta Lynn spoke to women everywhere, Merle Haggard became the 'Poet of the Common Man' and audiences looked beyond race to embrace Charley Pride. Show more

Country Music by Ken Burns

Series 1

Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1968-1972)

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

How country music responded to a nation divided by the Vietnam War. Army captain-turned-songwriter Kris Kristofferson set a new lyrical standard while Johnny Cash returned to the Ryman Auditorium. Show more

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