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Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 7

Stockholm to the Arctic Circle

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Michael makes a scenic journey from Stockholm to Abisko. Michael celebrates Midsummer in Marielund, learns to decorate a Dala horse in Mora and takes an icy dip in one of the country’s 96,000 lakes. Show more

To the Manor Born

Series 2

Episode 5: The Honours List

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Stately sitcom. Fearing that DeVere's plans to enlarge the fields will destroy the surrounding countryside, Audrey leads the local community's campaign to stop him.

Contributors

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton:
Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere:
Peter Bowles
The Brigadier:
Anthony Sharp
The Rector:
Gerald Sim
Brabinger:
John Rudling
Mrs Beecham:
Betty Tucker

To the Manor Born

Series 2

Episode 6: Vive le Sport

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Stately sitcom. Audrey puts her back out fetching in the firewood.

Contributors

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton:
Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere:
Peter Bowles
Mrs Patterson:
Daphne Oxenford
Mrs Polouvicka:
Daphne Heard
Mr Purvis:
John Gleeson
Brabinger:
John Rudling
Mrs Beecham:
Betty Tucker

Timeshift

Series 15

Episode 6: How Britain Won the Space Race: The Story of Bernard Lovell and Jodrell Bank

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

How Bernard Lovell's telescope was used by both the Americans and the Russians to track their competing spacecraft and put Britain at the forefront of radio astronomy. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Maxine Peake
Producer:
Chloe Penman
Director:
Chloe Penman
Series Producer:
William Naylor
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole

Storyville

Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

A Storyville documentary. Why did Jim Jones, a charismatic American preacher and leader of the People's Temple, compel his members in 1978 to perform 'revolutionary suicide' in northern Guyana? Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Executive Producer:
Jennifer Davisson

Storyville

Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

A Storyville documentary. The Jonestown project quickly begins to implode. Jones’s excessive drug use, irrational behaviour and the isolation of his followers raises the alarm back home. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Executive Producer:
Jennifer Davisson

Documentary looking at the first murder on Britain's railways. On a Hackney bound train in 1864, a guard discovers blood in a first-class carriage and a body on the embankment. Show more

Contributors

Frederick Wicks:
Ben Addis
Richard Tanner:
Robert Whitelock
Jonathan Matthews:
Jim Conway
Elizabeth Jones:
Teresa Churcher
Thomas Briggs Junior:
Patrick Warner
Mary Ann Eldred:
Genevieve Barr

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 7

Stockholm to the Arctic Circle

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Michael makes a scenic journey from Stockholm to Abisko. Michael celebrates Midsummer in Marielund, learns to decorate a Dala horse in Mora and takes an icy dip in one of the country’s 96,000 lakes. Show more

The extraordinary story of how Irish dance evolved over centuries, from a simple folk dance, to become a global phenomenon adored by millions around the world. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Tim Creed
Narrator:
Marty Rea
Narrator:
Peter Warnock
Narrator:
Olga Wehrly
Choreographer:
Ty Knowlin
Choreographer:
Garret Coleman
Director:
Ruan Magan
Production Company:
Tyrone Productions

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