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Winter Walks

Series 1

Selina Scott

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Broadcaster and author Selina Scott enjoys a gentle walk around Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales. Filmed in February 2020 before Covid restrictions were introduced. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Selina Scott
Associate Producer:
Ellie Hunt
Series Producer:
Cy Chadwick
Director:
Cy Chadwick
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker
Production Company:
Atypical Media

The Good Life

Christmas Special

Duration: 26 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Seasonal special of the suburban sitcom. The Goods and the Leadbetters plan their respective Christmases, but neither go according to plan. Classic from 1977. Show more

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbeatter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbeatter:
Paul Eddington
Writer:
Bob Larbey

Top of the Pops

Christmas 1998

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Jayne Middlemiss, Kate Thornton and Jamie Theakston present the Top of the Pops Christmas special from 1998, featuring Spice Girls, Robbie Williams, B*Witched, Fat Les, LeAnn Rimes and Boyzone. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Thornton
Presenter:
Jamie Theakston
Performer:
Spice Girls
Performer:
Robbie Williams
Performer:
B*Witched
Performer:
Fat Les
Performer:
LeAnn Rimes
Performer:
Boyzone

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch argues that rather than being a thug, Thomas Cromwell was a principled and pioneering statesman who laid the foundations for the modern British state. Show more

Contributors

Wolf Hall

Episode 1: Three Card Trick

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Historical drama chronicling Thomas Cromwell's rise to power. Lacking a male heir, King Henry VIII is desperate to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Cromwell:
Mark Rylance
King Henry VIII:
Damian Lewis
Anne Boleyn:
Claire Foy
Cardinal Wolsey:
Jonathan Pryce
Duke of Norfolk:
Bernard Hill
Thomas More:
Anton Lesser
Stephen Gardiner:
Mark Gatiss
Eustache Chapuys:
Mathieu Amalric
Katherine of Aragon:
Joanne Whalley
Harry Percy:
Harry Lloyd
Jane Rochford:
Jessica Raine
Johane Williamson:
Saskia Reeves
Mary Boleyn:
Charity Wakefield
Liz Cromwell:
Natasha Little
Richard Cromwell:
Joss Porter
Jane Seymour:
Kate Phillips
George Cavendish:
Robert Wilfort
Duke of Suffolk:
Richard Dillane
Henry Norris:
Luke Roberts
Mark Smeaton:
Max Fowler
Sir Thomas Boleyn:
David Robb
Anne Cromwell:
Emilia Jones
Grace Cromwell:
Athena Droutis
Mercy Pryor:
Mary Jo Randle
Producer:
Mark Pybus

Series

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall

Episode 2: Entirely Beloved

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Historical drama chronicling Thomas Cromwell's rise to power. As Wolsey retreats north, he urges Cromwell to get close to Anne Boleyn to regain the King's favour. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Cromwell:
Mark Rylance
King Henry VIII:
Damian Lewis
Anne Boleyn:
Claire Foy
Cardinal Wolsey:
Jonathan Pryce
Duke of Norfolk:
Bernard Hill
Thomas More:
Anton Lesser
Stephen Gardiner:
Mark Gatiss
Harry Percy:
Harry Lloyd
Jane Rochford:
Jessica Raine
Johane Williamson:
Saskia Reeves
Mary Boleyn:
Charity Wakefield
Richard Cromwell:
Joss Porter
Gregory Cromwell:
Tom Holland
Jane Seymour:
Kate Phillips
George Cavendish:
Robert Wilfort
Duke of Suffolk:
Richard Dillane
Henry Norris:
Luke Roberts
Thomas Cranmer:
Will Keen
Frances Weston:
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd
Sir Thomas Boleyn:
David Robb
Thomas Wriothesley:
Joel MacCormack
Mark Smeaton:
Max Fowler
William Brereton:
Alastair Mackenzie
George Boleyn:
Edward Holcroft
Producer:
Mark Pybus

Series

Wolf Hall

Painting the Holy Land

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Artist Lachlan Goudie explores the role of Mary in the Bible with an artist's question - why is she such a shadowy figure in the gospels, but so well represented in art? Show more

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch argues that rather than being a thug, Thomas Cromwell was a principled and pioneering statesman who laid the foundations for the modern British state. Show more

Contributors

Top of the Pops

Christmas 1998

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Jayne Middlemiss, Kate Thornton and Jamie Theakston present the Top of the Pops Christmas special from 1998, featuring Spice Girls, Robbie Williams, B*Witched, Fat Les, LeAnn Rimes and Boyzone. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Thornton
Presenter:
Jamie Theakston
Performer:
Spice Girls
Performer:
Robbie Williams
Performer:
B*Witched
Performer:
Fat Les
Performer:
LeAnn Rimes
Performer:
Boyzone

Winter Walks

Series 1

Selina Scott

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Broadcaster and author Selina Scott enjoys a gentle walk around Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales. Filmed in February 2020 before Covid restrictions were introduced. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Selina Scott
Associate Producer:
Ellie Hunt
Series Producer:
Cy Chadwick
Director:
Cy Chadwick
Executive Producer:
Tony Parker
Production Company:
Atypical Media

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