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Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

Nature documentary. Adventurer Steve Backshall embarks on a dramatic expedition to explore Venezuela's tepuis - ancient, sheer-sided mountains cut off from the jungle below. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf
Executive Producer:
Cameron Balbirnie
Director:
Ben Lawrie
Presenter:
Steve Backshall
Camera Operator:
Keith Partridge
Assistant Producer:
Max Goldzweig
Camera Assistant:
Hugh Campbell

Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

Episode 1: Knights of the Road: The Highwayman's Story

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

Series charting the age of the outlaw begins with the arrival of a new breed of gentleman criminal out of the ashes of the Civil War. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sam Willis
Producer:
Andy Hall
Director:
Andy Hall
Series Producer:
William Naylor
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole
Assistant Producer:
Christopher Boreham
Production Coordinator:
Emily Casstles

Dark Hearts

Series 1

High Value Target

Duration: 48 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

On the mission to locate Salwa, Martin admits to Sab that he has been hard on her and apologises. Adele visits the hospital in Erbil, but she receives shocking news.

Dark Hearts

Series 1

Rescue

Duration: 46 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Sab has been captured by Isis soldiers, but she cannot be found, despite the assistance of the US army. Zaid promises to help them by reaching a deal with the captors.

The Hollow Crown

The Wars of the Roses

Episode 1: Henry VI - Part 1

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 4 months

Screen adaptations of Shakespeare plays. Seventeen years after Henry V's death, the realm is under the protection of the Duke of Gloucester and the young Henry VI. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Dominic Cooke
Adaptor:
Ben Power
Gloucester:
Hugh Bonneville
Plantagenet:
Adrian Dunbar
Somerset:
Ben Miles
Henry VI:
Tom Sturridge
Bishop of Winchester:
Samuel West
Sir William Lucy:
Tom Beard
John Talbot:
Max Bennett
Dauphin Charles:
Tom Byam Shaw
Murderer:
Sean Cernow
Joan's Mother:
Pandora Colin
Brakenbury:
John MacKay
Young Cecily:
Lucy Robinson
Young Cecily:
David Troughton
Production Company:
Neal Street Productions

Simon Schama's Shakespeare

Episode 2: Hollow Crowns

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Simon looks at how Shakespeare's most profound tragedies may have been inspired by the bard's experiences writing for the courts of Elizabeth I and James I. Show more

Yes, Minister

Series 2

Episode 6: The Quality of Life

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Political sitcom. Jim Hacker makes a rash promise to save a popular city farm from closure but he needs Sir Humphrey's help.

Contributors

James Hacker:
Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley:
Derek Fowlds
Sir Desmond Glazebrook:
Richard Vernon
Sir Frank Gordon:
Peter Cellier
Bill Pritchard:
Anthony Carrick
Mrs. Phillips:
Zulema Dene
Crawford:
Rex Robinson
Writer:
Antony Jay

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Series 3

Episode 1: Moving House

Duration: 31 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

The Spencers need to move after the council condemns their house, even after all the DIY improvements Frank made. Show more

Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

Episode 1: Knights of the Road: The Highwayman's Story

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for 7 months

Series charting the age of the outlaw begins with the arrival of a new breed of gentleman criminal out of the ashes of the Civil War. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sam Willis
Producer:
Andy Hall
Director:
Andy Hall
Series Producer:
William Naylor
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole
Assistant Producer:
Christopher Boreham
Production Coordinator:
Emily Casstles

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