Programme Index

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Secret Life of Farm Animals

Series 1

Episode 1: Sheep

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Spring. We encounter the secret life of sheep, and meet a goose obsessed with his reflection, a ram who is best friends with a four-year-old, and a piglet that thinks he is a cow. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 1

Newcastle to Lynemouth

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

Michael heads north from Newcastle to the former mining town of Lynemouth. Along the way, he visits a work of landform art made from the spoil of a coal mine and learns sea shanties in Blyth. Show more

Yes, Minister

Series 1

Episode 4: Big Brother

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Sitcom about a British government minister and the advisers who surround him. Jim tries to implement a privacy safeguard for a new national computer database. Show more

Contributors

James Hacker:
Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley:
Derek Fowlds
Tom Sargent:
Robert Urquhart
Godfrey Finch:
Frederick Jaeger
Annie Hacker:
Diana Hoddinott
Frank Weisel:
Neil Fitzwiliam
Writer:
Antony Jay

The Thick of It

Series 3

Episode 4

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Satirical political sitcom. The civil servants at DoSAC prepare for a visit from the DoSAC shadow minister Peter Mannion - yet another distraction for Nicola Murray. Show more

Contributors

Malcolm Tucker:
Peter Capaldi
Olly Reeder:
Chris Addison
Glenn Cullen:
James Smith
Terri Coverley:
Joanna Scanlan
Nicola Murray:
Rebecca Front
Peter Mannion:
Roger Allam
Emma Messinger:
Olivia Poulet
Phil Smith:
Will Smith
Stewart Pearson:
Vincent Franklin
Permanent Secretary:
Simon Chandler
Head Teacher:
Nick Sidi
Writer:
Ian Martin
Producer:
Adam Tandy

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Documentary looking at the perception of AI from 1964 to the present day. Can we be optimistic about all that AI can deliver - or fearful of its ability to control our lives? Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Steve Crabtree
Production Manager:
Kassi Jones
On-line editing:
Alexander Leask
Assistant Producer:
Sophie Walsh
Archive producer:
Martin West
Re-recording mixer:
Danny Finn

Horizon

2018

Dawn of the Driverless Car

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Horizon explores the artificial intelligence required to replace human drivers and explores the implications of a driverless world. Show more

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 1

Newcastle to Lynemouth

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

Michael heads north from Newcastle to the former mining town of Lynemouth. Along the way, he visits a work of landform art made from the spoil of a coal mine and learns sea shanties in Blyth. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Documentary series. In his exploration of the collision of the West and Pacific culture, James Fox explores how the West has created a vision of Polynesia as paradise. Show more

BBC Four HD

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