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Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Series chronicling the unlikely survival of Homo sapiens. What happened when our ancestors and Homo erectus met after a volcanic eruption 75,000 years ago in India. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Chris Stringer
Interviewed Guest:
Sacha Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Petraglia
Interviewed Guest:
John Shea
Executive Producer:
Ailsa Orr
Executive Producer:
Michael Mosley
Director:
Tony Mitchell

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Adaptation of Malcolm Bradbury's satirical novel of 1970's greybrick campus life stars a moustachioed Antony Sher as Howard Kirk, Marxist sociologist, womaniser and bully. Show more

Contributors

Howard Kirk:
Antony Sher
Barbara Kirk:
Geraldine James
Flor Beniform:
Isla Blair
Henry Beamish:
Paul Brooke
George Carmody:
Peter Hugo-Daly

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four

Adaptation of Malcolm Bradbury's satirical novel of 1970s greybrick campus life. Starring a moustachioed Antony Sher as Howard Kirk - Marxist sociologist, womaniser and bully. Show more

Contributors

Howard Kirk:
Antony Sher
Barbara Kirk:
Geraldine James
Flor Beniform:
Isla Blair
Henry Beamish:
Paul Brooke
George Carmody:
Peter Hugo-Daly

Genres

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One North WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

A tribute to actor and director Lord Richard Attenborough. Narrated by Alan Rickman and featuring contributions from many of the people who worked closely with him. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Alan Rickman
Participant:
Candice Bergen
Participant:
Terence Clegg
Participant:
Michael Douglas
Participant:
Edward Fox
Participant:
Geraldine James
Participant:
Lord Grade
Participant:
Anthony Hopkins
Participant:
John Hurt
Participant:
Ben Kingsley
Participant:
Shirley MacLaine
Participant:
Hayley Mills
Participant:
Nanette Newman
Participant:
Alan Parker
Participant:
Frank Price
Participant:
David Puttnam
Participant:
Debra Winger
Executive Producer:
Phil Dolling
Director:
Sally Norris
Producer:
Sally Norris

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Series chronicling the survival of Homo sapiens. As the ice caps retreated 35,000 years ago, the Neanderthal stronghold in Europe weakened, providing an opportunity. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Chris Stringer
Interviewed Guest:
John Shea
Interviewed Guest:
Sacha Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Ridley
Executive Producer:
Ailsa Orr
Executive Producer:
Michael Mosley
Director:
David Stewart

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

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

Cold War thriller set in 1974. When a trainee MI6 spy is asked to 'turn' a Russian diplomat he knew at university, he discovers a shocking revelation about his own family. Show more

Contributors

Charles Thoroughgood:
Charlie Cox
Anna March:
Romola Garai
Viktor Koslov:
Andrew Scott
Hugo March:
Christian McKay
Eva Pym:
Olivia Grant
Joyce Thoroughgood:
Tessa Peake-Jones
Annikov:
Robert Ashby
Director:
Pete Travis

Uncle

Series 3

Episode 5: Rivals

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Available for 5 months

Sitcom about a schoolboy and his immature uncle. Andy and Sam's chaotic parents visit, triggering old sibling rivalries. Errol pits Ben against Bruce to gain favour. Show more

Little Britain

Series 2

Episode 4

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ThreeLatest broadcast: on BBC Three

Available for years

Dr Lawrence watches Anne take part in a theatre production and Emily and Florence go to the ballet. With Anthony Head and Geraldine James. Show more

This Town

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Available for years

1981, and Birmingham explodes. Dante, in love, wanders into a riot. He finds himself in a new world, surprising, dangerous, but full of opportunity.

Contributors

Dante Williams:
Levi Brown
Gregory Williams:
Jordan Bolger
Deuce Williams:
Nicholas Pinnock
Bardon Quinn:
Ben Rose
Jeannie:
Eve Austin
Eamonn Quinn:
Peter McDonald
Robbie Carmen:
David Dawson
Mrs Porter:
Seainin Brennan
Policeman:
John Tueart
Belfast Woman:
Antoinette Morelli
Dance Judge:
Simon Wolfe
Soldier:
Paddy Rowan
Lieutenant Colonel Harley:
Roger Barclay
Executive Producer:
Karen Wilson
Executive Producer:
Katie McAleese
Executive Producer:
Steven Knight
Executive Producer:
Paul Whittington
Executive Producer:
Martin Haines
Producer:
Tim Whitby

Genres

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Comedy drama charting the fight of female factory workers at the Ford Dagenham plant for equal pay. In 1968, one determined factory worker leads her colleagues out on strike. Show more

Contributors

Rita O'Grady:
Sally Hawkins
Albert Passingham:
Bob Hoskins
Eddie O'Grady:
Daniel Mays
Barbara Castle:
Miranda Richardson
Lisa Hopkins:
Rosamund Pike
Robert Tooley:
Richard Schiff
Mr Clarke:
Andrew Lincoln
Monty Taylor:
Kenneth Cranham
Peter Hopkins:
Rupert Graves
Undersecretary:
Miles Jupp
Bartholomew:
Peter-Hugo Daly
Harold Wilson:
John Sessions
Trevor Innes:
Matt King
Director:
Nigel Cole

Formats

Back to Life

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Three HD

Available for 9 months

Miri is excited about her first day working at Nathan’s fish and chip shop, but the community aren’t taking kindly to her return. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Back to Life

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Three HD

Available for 9 months

When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, she stumbles back into adult life in the coastal town she once knew, while the shadow of her past looms large. Show more

Contributors

Miri Matteson:
Daisy Haggard
Caroline Matteson:
Geraldine James
Oscar Matteson:
Richard Durden
Janice:
Jo Martin

Genres

Back to Life

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 26 minutes

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

Available for 9 months

Miri and her neighbour Billy escape to an amusement park for the day, but Miri’s past continues to chase her. Meanwhile, Caroline attempts to end things with Dom for good. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Back to Life

Series 1

Episode 4

Duration: 24 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Three HD

Available for 9 months

Miri and Caroline embark on a road trip to visit Oscar’s aunt. But when an accident stalls them, they are forced to discuss how Caroline truly feels about Miri’s time in prison. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Duration: 3 hours, 11 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

The celebrated blockbuster recounting the life of Mohandas K Gandhi, who started out as a lawyer and rose to become the leader of the Indian independence movement. Show more

Contributors

Mahatma Gandhi:
Ben Kingsley
Margaret Bourke-White:
Candice Bergen
General Dyer:
Edward Fox
Lord Irwin:
John Gielgud
Judge Broomfield:
Trevor Howard
The Viceroy:
John Mills
Charlie Andrews:
Ian Charleson
General Smuts:
Athol Fugard
Sardar Patel:
Saeed Jaffrey
Pandit Nehru:
Roshan Seth
Senior Police Officer:
Ian Bannen
Sir George Hodge:
Michael Hordern
Nahari:
Om Puri
Sir Edward Gait:
Richard Vernon
Commentator:
Shane Rimmer
European Passenger:
Peter Cartwright
Police Sergeant:
Ken Hutchison
Manager of the Mine:
John Savident
Composer:
Ravi Shankar
Director of photography:
Ronnie Taylor
Director of photography:
Billy Williams

Back to Life

Series 1

Episode 6

Duration: 24 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Three HD

Available for 9 months

After being locked up in a cell once again, Miri gets out determined to tell her side of the story and to finally get the town on her side. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Back to Life

Series 1

Episode 5

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Three HD

Available for 9 months

A terrible coincidence puts Miri back in the community’s firing line as she becomes the key suspect in a new crime. Caroline and Oscar attempt to revive their relationship. Show more

Contributors

Genres

Screen One

Series 1

She's Been Away

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

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

Drama about an unexpected pact that develops between two women, one of whom has been away in a 'home' since she was a rebellious girl half a century ago. Show more

Contributors

Lillian Huckle:
Peggy Ashcroft
Harriet Ambrose:
Geraldine James
Hugh Ambrose:
James Fox
Dominic Ambrose:
Jackson Kyle
Young Lillian:
Rebecca Pidgeon
George:
Hugh Lloyd
Mental Hospital Nurse:
Brid Brennan
Mental Hospital Doctor:
David Hargreaves
Harley Street Doctor:
Richard Haddon Haines
Young Cousin Edward:
Barnaby Holm
Young Lillian's Father:
Donald Douglas
Movie Buff:
David Timson
City Friend at Party:
Malcolm Mudie
Traffic Warden:
Doyle Richmond
Supermarket Cashier:
Anne Haydn
Director:
Peter Hall
Producer:
Kenith Trodd

Genres