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Tinga Tinga Tales

Series 1

Episode 14: Why Giraffe Has a Long Neck

on BBC HD

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. Giraffe had a short neck until her head became stuck in a honey tree. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 20 minutes

on BBC HD

Stirring real-life drama in which a jockey, a trainer and an entrepreneur buy an undersized thoroughbred with the hope of it becoming a world-class racehorse. With Tobey Maguire. Show more

Contributors

Red Pollard:
Tobey Maguire
Charles Howard:
Jeff Bridges
Tom Smith:
Chris Cooper
Director:
Gary Ross
Annie Howard:
Valerie Mahaffey
Mr Pollard:
Michael O'Neill
Mrs Pollard:
Annie Corley
Charles Strub:
Ed Lauter
Mr Blodget:
Sam Bottoms
Marcela Howard:
Elizabeth Banks
George Woolf:
Gary Stevens
Tick Tock McGlaughlin:
William H Macy
Samuel Riddle:
Eddie Jones
Writer:
Gary Ross
Producer:
Gary Ross
Producer:
Jane Sindell
Composer:
Randy Newman
Director of photography:
John Schwartzman

Deadly 60

Series 2

Episode 7: Mozambique

on BBC HD

Available for 8 months

Wildlife series. Deep in the waters of the Indian Ocean, Steve goes in search of the biggest fish in the sea, so big that it can weigh as much as a double decker bus. Show more

The Cut

Series 2

Episode 13: Don't Look Up

Duration: 25 minutes

on BBC HD

Multi-platform soap from BBC Switch packed with plenty of drama. In the gripping season finale, Alex gets closer to the edge. Show more

Contributors

Olive Loxley:
Billie North
Toni Loxley:
Jessica Dickens
Alex Fitzpatrick:
Connor Scarlett
Cameron Benedick:
Wilfred Taylor
Rory Andrews:
Duane Henry
Elliott Baden:
Alex Roe
Jay Kelso:
Samuell Benta
Performer:
Jordan Stephens

Coast

Series 5

Episode 6: Glasgow to Edinburgh via Caledonian Canal

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC HD

Coast takes a shore-to-shore route through the heart of Scotland on Britain's greatest man-made waterway, the Caledonian Canal. Show more

BBC Proms

2010

The National Youth Orchestra

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

on BBC HD

A fantasy-themed concert by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by Semyon Bychkov, including the London premiere of Julian Anderson's capricious Fantasias. Show more

The Birth of British Music

Episode 1: Purcell - The Londoner

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC HD

Charles Hazlewood explores the lives of great composers. Seminal figure Henry Purcell is celebrated, from his tavern songs to sacred music and stage works. Show more

Live at the Apollo

Series 5 (Extended Versions)

Episode 2

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC HD

Stand-up comedy. Bafta-nominated actor and comedian from the Valleys Rob Brydon hosts, and special guests are funny lady Sarah Millican and Ireland's very own Jason Byrne. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rob Brydon
Participant:
Sarah Millican
Participant:
Jason Byrne
Director:
Paul Wheeler
Series Producer:
Anthony Caveney
Executive Producer:
Addison Cresswell
Executive Producer:
Joe Norris
Executive Producer:
Andrew Beint

The Deep

Episode 3: Ghosts of the Deep

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC HD

Drama. The crew are trapped on Volos and its reactor is overheating. Whoever shuts it down will be exposed to lethal radiation. Who will draw the short straw? Show more

Genres

Series

The Deep

Drama based on the events of May 1915, when the passenger liner Lusitania was sunk just off the coast of Ireland by a single torpedo fired from the German submarine U-20. Show more

BBC HD

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