Programme Index

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Great Coastal Railway Journeys

Series 1

Alnmouth to Bamburgh

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 6 months

Michael travels from Alnmouth to Bamburgh Castle, an icon of Northumberland. Along the way, he takes to the waves in a traditional skiff and discover a fascinating map which charts shipwrecks. Show more

Climbing Great Buildings

Episode 4: New College, Oxford

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Dr Jonathan Foyle scales Britain's most iconic structures to reveal the buildings' secrets. Jonathan's journey takes him to New College in Oxford. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Foyle
Participant:
Lucy Creamer
Camera Operator:
Ian Burton
Director:
Emma Gray
Series Producer:
Adam Barry
Executive Producer:
Emma Read

Dog Tales and Cat Tales

Series 1

Cat Tales: In from the Wild

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

The latest archaeology and genetics answer the biggest questions about our cats. Where do they come from? Why do we love them? What’s going on inside their heads? Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 11 months

Thriller about the bigoted sheriff of a small Mississippi town who finds himself forced into collaboration with a black detective from Philadelphia. Show more

Contributors

Virgil Tibbs:
Sidney Poitier
Gillespie:
Rod Steiger
Sam Wood:
Warren Oates
Mrs Colbert:
Lee Grant
Endicott:
Larry Gates
Mama Caleba:
Beah Richards
Harvey Oberst:
Scott Wilson

Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Classic spaghetti western. When two bounty hunters find themselves after the same notorious bandit, they make an uneasy alliance to collect the $10,000 reward.

Contributors

Formats

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

Dog Tales and Cat Tales

Series 1

Cat Tales: In from the Wild

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

The latest archaeology and genetics answer the biggest questions about our cats. Where do they come from? Why do we love them? What’s going on inside their heads? Show more

BBC Four HD

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