Shooting the War
Episode 1: Men
59 minutes
How WW2 was documented by home movie makers. A look at the films of four fighting men - Britons Derek Brown and Leslie Fowler and Germans Paul Kellermann and Klaus Eismann. Show more
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59 minutes
How WW2 was documented by home movie makers. A look at the films of four fighting men - Britons Derek Brown and Leslie Fowler and Germans Paul Kellermann and Klaus Eismann. Show more
Film about the home movie makers who captured the ways people have enjoyed the sea during the 20th century, including 1930s yachting and surfing in the 1950s. Show more
Documentary about home movie makers who captured the exploits of the maritime rescue services, including the Texaco Caribbean disaster and the 1979 Fastnet race. Show more
Film telling the story of Britain's fishermen during the 20th century, captured in amateur home movies from places as varied as Hull, St Ives and Peterhead in Scotland. Show more
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Series looking at the history of 20th-century farming in Britain. How the country became self-sufficient in producing bread-making wheat after the Second World War. Show more
For 40 years, Ray Gosling enjoyed success as a TV and radio presenter but was recently declared bankrupt. This film follows him from the time an eviction notice was served. Show more
Documentary following TV presenter Ray Gosling's refusal to face up to his own bankruptcy situation. He looks at how company pension schemes are going bankrupt across the country. Show more
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Series looking at the history of 20th-century farming in Britain. This episode features the stories of two dairy farmers who survived the supermarket revolution. Show more
1 hour
Series looking at the history of British 20th-century farming charts the changes in the way fruit and veg was grown, picked and sold, and the impact of supermarkets. Show more
1 hour
Johnny Kingdom takes the trip of a lifetime to Kodiak Island in Alaska in search of brown bears and to get footage of them fishing for sockeye salmon in the remote rivers. Show more
Michael Portillo traces the route of a much-loved railway line which shut in 1966, and explores the changes convulsing the west in this momentous year.
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
The series on the history of 20th-century farming in Britain looks at how Hereford and Aberdeen Angus cattle helped earn Britain a reputation as the stockyard of the world. Show more
1 hour
Documentary about Falklands War veteran Jim Armstrong, who is now a farmer in Dorset. The film follows Jim as he helps to raise a herd of Longhorn cattle and a flock of sheep. Show more
TV presenter Ray Gosling talks about his life as a pensioner in semi-sheltered housing, about an OAPs weekend in Bridlington and about teaching University of the Third Age. Show more
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
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Home movies tell the story of how, when steam started to disappear in the 1950s, volunteers were able to save some of the tracks and the engines that ran on them. Show more
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Lucy Worsley journeys across England and Wales in search of Dorothy Hartley, the writer of what is today considered to be one of the masterpieces of food writing, Food in England. Show more
Barbara Flynn narrates the story of the nation's love affair with the steam locomotive that symbolises all that was great about British engineering, the Flying Scotsman. Show more
Documentary featuring home movies of the diehard enthusiasts and boat owners who helped to save the inland waterways for the nation and create a second golden age of the canals. Show more