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Rock Family Trees

Series 1

Episode 3: Deep Purple People

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Programme charting the history of one of the greatest hard rock bands of all time. Band members recall the highs and lows of three decades in the music business. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Jonathan Meades continues his quixotic tour of Scotland. He travels from Stirling to the Isles of Lewis and Harris, where he discovers serenity, Calvinism and peat bog bodies. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Jonathan Meades concludes his tour of Scotland. Driving around some lower league football towns, he celebrates an oil refinery and extols the virtues of Irn Bru as a tanning agent. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

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

Jonathan Meades provides a tour of Essex, a county he sees as the home of picturesque villages, pre-war modernism and 19th-century social experiments. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Meades
Director:
Francis Hanly
Executive Producer:
Franny Moyle

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for years

Nile reveals the moment when, as a teenager, he first picked up a guitar, and why he has never looked back. He tells about his session work before following his dream with Chic. Show more

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Summer 2010

Episode 1: Nigel Kennedy's Polish Adventure

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Nigel Kennedy now lives in Poland, where he fronts an all-Polish jazz band. Alan Yentob follows him as he explores the rich musical traditions of his adopted homeland. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

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

In this provocative television essay, writer and broadcaster Jonathan Meades turns his forensic gaze on that modern phenomenon that drives us all up the wall - jargon. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Meades
Executive Producer:
Janet Lee
Director:
Francis Hanly

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Jonathan Meades completes his quartet on the architecture of European dictators of the 20th century. Franco's architectural legacy was more enduring and surprising than any of the others. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Meades
Executive Producer:
Janet Lee
Director:
Francis Hanly

Rock Family Trees

Series 2

Episode 1: California Dreamin'

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series charting the dramas behind rock and pop groups of the last 40 years. This programme features 60s bands the Mamas and the Papas and the Lovin' Spoonful. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Available for years

Two-part documentary in which Jonathan Meades makes the case for 20th-century concrete Brutalist architecture in an homage to a style that he sees a brave, bold and bloody-minded. Show more

Brazil with Michael Palin

Episode 3: The Road to Rio

Duration: 1 hour

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

Michael Palin explores what makes Brazil tick. He journeys to Minas Gerais, the source of Brazil's great mineral wealth, and checks into an infamous 'love hotel'. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Palin
Series Producer:
John-Paul Davidson
Executive Producer:
Steve Abbott
Executive Producer:
Charlotte Moore
Director:
Francis Hanly

Brazil with Michael Palin

Episode 4: The Deep South

Duration: 59 minutes

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

Michael Palin finds out what makes Brazil tick. He meets Prince Joao de Braganza, heir to the defunct Brazilian throne, and visits aircraft manufacturer Embraer. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Palin
Series Producer:
John-Paul Davidson
Executive Producer:
Steve Abbott
Executive Producer:
Charlotte Moore
Director:
Francis Hanly

Brazil with Michael Palin

Episode 1: Out of Africa

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary series. Michael Palin crosses Brazil to find out what makes it tick. He starts where modern Brazil was born - the north east. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Palin
Series Producer:
John-Paul Davidson
Director:
Francis Hanly

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Middle EastLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Two-part documentary in which Jonathan Meades looks at the architectural movement known as brutalism.

Duration: 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Focusing on the influence of Le Corbusier's post-war work, Jonathan Meades reclaims the reputation of once-maligned buildings that he argues stood for optimism and grandeur. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Architecture critic Jonathan Meades takes a quixotic tour of Scotland. He celebrates Aberdeen, the granite city full of 'brand new' 300-year-old buildings. Show more

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The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour

Episode 1: Magical Mystery Tour Revisited

Duration: 55 minutes

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

The making of The Beatles' controversial 1967 film, featuring previously unseen archive footage. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Francis Hanly
Executive Producer:
Anthony Wall
Executive Producer:
Jeff Jones
Participant:
Paul McCartney
Participant:
Ringo Starr
Participant:
Martin Scorsese
Participant:
Peter Fonda
Participant:
Terry Gilliam
Participant:
Paul Merton
Participant:
Neil Innes

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Stanley and his Daughters

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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

Exploring the relationship of artist Stanley Spencer's daughters, Unity and Shirin, as they try to understand and reclaim their father and investigate their family's archaeology. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Unity Spencer
Participant:
Shirin Spencer
Participant:
John Spencer
Director:
Francis Hanly
Executive Producer:
Anthony Wall
Executive Producer:
Philip Armstrong-Dampier
Production Company:
1212 Productions

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Rock Family Trees

Series 1

Episode 2: The Birmingham Beat

Duration: 50 minutes

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

A look at the dramas that lie behind some of the best-known Birmingham bands of the 1960s and 70s, including the Move, ELO and Wizzard. Narrated by John Peel. Show more

Rock Family Trees

Series 1

Episode 1: The Fleetwood Mac Story

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series that looks at pop history. Formed in 1967, Fleetwood Mac have had many different line-ups. Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Stevie Nicks tell the story. Show more