Bbc Four TV Series - Page 18
Tory! Tory! Tory!
2006
Tory! Tory! Tory!
2006
Tory! Tory! Tory! is a 2006 BBC television documentary series on the history of the people and ideas that formed Thatcherism told through the eyes of those on the New Right. It was nominated for the best Historical Documentary at the Grierson Awards in 2006.Locomotion
1993
Locomotion
1993
This television documentary in four episodes features interviews, archival footage, and scenery to trace the history of railroads from Victorian England to high-tech Japan.Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness
2014
Rococo art is often dismissed as frivolous. But Waldemar Januszczak disagrees and in this three-part series he tries to bring Rococo art closer to us, and argues that the Rococo was the age in which the modern world was born.Crisis at the Castle
2007
Crisis at the Castle
2007
Three British aristocratic families struggle to hang on to their historic homes. Their lifestyle is assumed to be idyllic, but constant battle with roof-leaks, falling visitor numbers, and mounting debts all put pressure on their personal relationships and peace of mind.Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau
2012
How the Art Nouveau movement flourished in the burgeoning cities of Europe at the end of the 19th century.Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider's Guide to the Music Business
2018
What does it take to spot a pop genius? To break a global act, to book a million-selling tour or reunite music legends to great acclaim - and huge profits? In this series, three music industry insiders reveal how the business really works.Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History
2013
Maritime historian Dr Sam Willis looks at how and why the shipwreck came to loom so large in British history.Jonathan Meades - Magnetic North
2008
star 9Jonathan Meades travels from the flatlands of Flanders to Germany's spectacular Baltic coast in an attempt to decipher exactly what northernness entails.Secrets of Skin
2019
Secrets of Skin
2019
Featuring groundbreaking new science, experiments and leading scientists from a variety of disciplines, the series unravels the natural history of the body's largest organ.The Britpop Story
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The Britpop Story
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The Britpop Story is a British television documentary about the Britpop movement which occurred in Britain during the 1990s. Hosted by John Harris, it was first broadcast on BBC Four in August 2005. It features interviews with Blur's Graham Coxon, Elastica frontwoman Justine Frischmann, Louise Wener of Sleeper and Alan McGee, founder of Creation Records.The Boats That Built Britain
2010
Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring and puts some of the vessels featured in the programme through their pacesHow the Celts Saved Britain
2009
Dan Snow shines a light into the Dark Ages after the collapse of the Roman Empire in BritainDissected
2014
Dissected
2014
This ground-breaking two-part series takes us inside two of the most amazing structures in the natural world: our hands and feet.Legends
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Inside the Medieval Mind
2008
Professor Robert Bartlett, a leading authority on the Middle Ages, presents a series which examines the way we thought during Medieval times.Charles I: Killing a King
2019
Documentary series that investigates a momentous event in history, the trial and execution of King Charles I, an act that changed politics and power in England forever.Time to Remember
2010
Time to Remember
2010
From newsreels and films of the early twentieth century, this series gives us a look at how the first half of the 20th Century saw itself.
