Bbc Four TV Series - Page 5
How the BBC Began
2022
How the BBC Began
2022
The often-hilarious stories of the BBC's first 50 years. The corporation's pioneers describe its evolution – which was often by accident rather than design.Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City
2011
star 7.5Author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore presents a three-part series that illuminates the history of the sacred, and peerlessly beautiful city - Jerusalem.Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War
2013
star 7The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and made the reputations of Edward III and Henry V. It gave France a national heroine in Joan of Arc. But, even now, the jury is out as to its causes and outcome. Was it the final swansong of a redundant knightly class whose only reason for being was to fight? Was it a battle over ever more important territory to the emerging economies of England and France? Or was it the painful birth of two distinct national identities, forged through their long and violent divorce? Dr Janina Ramirez guides us through the stories of kings, great knights, bloody battles and cultural triumphs of this momentous conflict.Chemistry: A Volatile History
2010
star 4.7Jim Al-Khalili traces the story of how the elements, the building blocks that make up our entire world, were discovered and mapped.An Art Lovers' Guide
2017
An Art Lovers' Guide
2017
With sumptuous palaces, exquisite artworks and stunning architecture, every great city offers a dizzying multitude of cultural highlights. So what should an art lover see on a flying visit? Art historians Dr Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke take us on entertaining and revealing cultural city breaks, offering surprising new insights into famous locations and uncovering hidden gems and untold stories, as they discover how religion, revolution and trailblazing individuals can shape the art - and soul - of a city.Timothy Spall: Back At Sea
2011
Untrained mariner Timothy Spall has spent a fortune on technology for his new challenge - the unpredictable Irish Sea - as he and his wife continue their mini-odyssey around BritainA History Of Christianity
2009
star 7Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch - one of the world's leading historians - reveals the origins of Christianity and explores what it means to be a Christian.Britain by Bike
2010
Britain by Bike
2010
Clare Balding embarks on a pedal-powered odyssey across Britain to rediscover the magical world of 1950s cyclingBetter Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015
The cover version has always been a staple of the pop charts. Yet it's often been viewed as the poor relation of writing your own songs. This film challenges and overturns that misconception by celebrating an exciting, underrated musical form that has the power to make or break an artist's career. Whether as tribute, reinterpretation or as an act of subversion, the extraordinary alchemy involved in covering a record can create a new, defining version - in some cases, even more original than the original.Parkinson: The Interviews
1995
Michael Parkinson reflects on the most memorable subjects of his interviews from the 1970s and 1980s.Precision: The Measure of All Things
2013
star 7.1Precision: The Measure of All Things is a three-part British television series outlining aspects of the history of measurement. It was originally aired in June 2013 on BBC Four. The series comprised three programmes: Time and Distance; Mass and Moles and Heat, Light and Electricity.Fanny Hill
2007
star 7.2Two-part TV drama based on the novel by John Cleland. Set in the 18th century, the story of a young country girl who through financial neccessity falls into prostitution.Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
2012
star 5Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated manuscripts from the British Library's Royal Manuscripts collection.Michael Wood's Story Of England
2010
star 8Groundbreaking series in which Michael Wood tells the story of one place throughout the whole of English history. The village is Kibworth in Leicestershire in the heart of England - a place that lived through the Black Death, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution and was even bombed in World War Two.Archaeology: A Secret History
2013
star 10Dr Richard Miles seeks our ancient treasures and explores our relationship with the past.The Secret Life of the Airport
2009
Documenting the rise of mass air travel, starting with a look at the advent of commercial air travel through to the dropping of prices and the rise of mass air tourism. The series looks at how the system of airports developed, and how they have transformed people's attitudes towards travel and made long distance travel more widely available.The Art of Russia
2009
star 8Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon travels through time to unlock the world of Russian art.The Genius of Photography
2007
star 7.2Documentary series exploring the history of photography - from daguerreotype to digital, from portraits to photo-journalism, from art to advertising.Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
2004
star 8Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief – known in the United States as A Brief History of Disbelief – is a 2004 television documentary series written and presented by Jonathan Miller for the BBC and tracing the history of atheism.
