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Documentary about the development of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet, a billion-dollar gamble that pushed 1960s technology to the limits and revolutionised mass air travel. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Tom Brisley
Executive Producer:
Alan Handel

Arctic with Bruce Parry

Episode 1: Siberia

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Bruce Parry meets the Sakha horse people and Eveny reindeer herders in Siberia's Verkhoyansk Mountains to see how they are embracing the challenges of a post-Soviet Arctic. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruce Parry
Director:
Gavin Searle
Producer:
James Smith
Executive Producer:
Steve Robinson
Executive Producer:
Sam Organ

To the Manor Born

Series 1

Episode 1: Grantleigh

Duration: 25 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Sitcom. Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, an upper-class widow, is forced into an alliance with a self-made man in a bid to keep her stately home. Show more

Contributors

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton:
Penelope Keith
Richard Devere:
Peter Bowles
Marjory Frobisher:
Angela Thorne
Barbinger:
John Rudling
The Rector:
Gerald Sim
JJ Anderson:
Jonathan Elsom

Yes, Prime Minister

Series 1

Episode 1: The Grand Design

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Classic political sitcom. Jim Hacker considers cancelling the Trident programme after discovering some interesting facts about the UK's defence system.

Contributors

Jim Hacker:
Paul Eddington
Sir Humphrey Appleby:
Nigel Hawthorne
Bernard Woolley:
Derek Fowlds
Chief of Defence Staff:
Frederick Treves
Chief Scientific Advisor:
Oscar Quitak
Malcolm Warren:
Barry Stanton
Annie Hacker:
Diana Hoddinott

Documentary about the development of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet, a billion-dollar gamble that pushed 1960s technology to the limits and revolutionised mass air travel. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Tom Brisley
Executive Producer:
Alan Handel

Arctic with Bruce Parry

Episode 1: Siberia

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Bruce Parry meets the Sakha horse people and Eveny reindeer herders in Siberia's Verkhoyansk Mountains to see how they are embracing the challenges of a post-Soviet Arctic. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruce Parry
Director:
Gavin Searle
Producer:
James Smith
Executive Producer:
Steve Robinson
Executive Producer:
Sam Organ

BBC Four HD

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