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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Lars Tharp visits China to explore why Chinese vases are so famous and expensive, visiting the mountain where porcelain was first created and Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lars Tharp
Executive Producer:
Alistair Pegg
Producer:
Ian Denyer
Director:
Ian Denyer

Handmade

Episode 2: Metal

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Filmed without voiceover or music, this film is an absorbing portrait of the complex processes behind the crafting of a steel knife by bladesmith Owen Bush. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Owen Bush
Executive Producer:
Richard Bright
Director:
Ian Denyer

Series

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Episode 3: Wood

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Filmed over five days, this film reveals the complex, time-consuming processes involved in creating a Windsor chair, made by Jim Steele in his Warwickshire workshop. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Jim Steele
Executive Producer:
Richard Bright
Director:
Ian Denyer

Series

Handmade

An Island Parish

Series 12 - Anguilla

Episode 6: Beauty Is Power, a Smile Is Its Sword

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

This series of An Island Parish visits the island of Anguilla. The bishop and the National Trust visit the island of Sombrero. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 10 months

Simon King and Dave Myers embark on a weight-loss campaign. The pair attempt to reinvent a cooked breakfast, a roast chicken dinner - and replace curry with a French cassoulet. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon King
Presenter:
Dave Myers
Executive Producer:
Nicola Moody
Director:
Ian Denyer
Series Producer:
Ian Denyer

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 10 months

Simon King and Dave Myers embark on a weight-loss campaign. The pair attempt to reinvent a cooked breakfast, a roast chicken dinner, and a French cassoulet. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon King
Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Dave Myers
Executive Producer:
Nicola Moody
Executive Producer:
Nicola Moody
Director:
Ian Denyer
Director:
Ian Denyer
Series Producer:
Ian Denyer
Series Producer:
Ian Denyer

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 10 months

Simon King and Dave Myers embark on a weight-loss campaign. The pair reinvent indulgent party treats to celebrate their new svelte frames with their families and friends. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon King
Presenter:
Dave Myers
Executive Producer:
Nicola Moody
Director:
Ian Denyer
Series Producer:
Ian Denyer

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 10 months

Simon King and Dave Myers embark on a weight-loss campaign. They join forces with a group of dieting foodies who help to road test Si and Dave's reduced-calorie recipes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon King
Presenter:
Dave Myers
Presenter:
Dave Myers
Executive Producer:
Nicola Moody
Executive Producer:
Nicola Moody
Director:
Ian Denyer
Director:
Ian Denyer
Series Producer:
Ian Denyer
Series Producer:
Ian Denyer

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Amanda Vickery and Alastair Sooke recreate a Regency ball, the social event at the heart of Pride and Prejudice, to mark the 200th anniversary of the novel's release. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Ian Denyer
Director:
Ian Denyer
Executive Producer:
Jon Swain

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

CS Lewis's biographer AN Wilson goes in search of the man behind Narnia, a highly secretive man whose personal life was marked by the loss of the three women he most loved. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
AN Wilson
Director:
Ian Denyer
Producer:
Susie Attwood
Executive Producer:
Claire Whalley
Production Manager:
Hannah Melia

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary showing how drab post-war Britain was enlivened by the trad-jazz scene, which ballooned into our first mass youth culture with people dancing in underground clubs. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
George Melly
Producer:
Ian Denyer
Director:
Ian Denyer
Executive Producer:
Andrew Bethel

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Historian and author AN Wilson explores the life of Josiah Wedgwood. Wilson reveals the achievements of the self-made, self-educated creative giant famous for his pottery. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
AN Wilson
Producer:
Ian Denyer
Director:
Ian Denyer
Executive Producer:
Claire Whalley
Production Manager:
Nic Preston

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Lars Tharp journeys through a thousand years of Chinese history to uncover what six pieces of porcelain tell us about Chinese emperors, scholars, workers, merchants and artists. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Artist Ryan Gander explores Japanese visual culture through symbols including the Geisha, Samurai and cherry blossom to find what they tell about their past, present and future. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ryan Gander
Executive Producer:
Sam Anthony
Director:
Ian Denyer
Production Manager:
Christina Lee Graham

What Do Artists Do All Day?

Episode 16: Michael Landy

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Following Michael Landy as he takes his Art Bin project to Yokohama, this film is a portrait of artistic exchange as artists fragment their failures in his giant bin. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 9 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

John Travolta, Barry Gibb and the Saturday Night Fever cast and crew tell the story behind the mega-hit film. Bruno Tonioli goes through the disco steps that made movie history. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Bruno Tonioli
Executive Producer:
Franny Moyle
Director:
Ian Denyer
Production Company:
IWC Media

Handmade

Episode 1: Glass

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Filmed in real time and without voiceover or music, this is a portrait of the making of a simple glass jug by glass designer Michael Ruh. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Michael Ruh
Executive Producer:
Richard Bright
Director:
Ian Denyer

Series

Handmade

Rich Man, Poor Man

Episode 1: A Knight's Tale

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Documentary looking at how multi-millionaire businessman and philanthropist John Madejski comes to terms with troubling aspects of his past ahead of receiving a knighthood. Show more