Bbc Four TV Series - Page 7
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.Folk Britannia
2006
Folk Britannia
2006
Three 1-hour films exploring British folk music from the rebirth of English romance to the latter day revival.The Beauty of Maps
2010
The Beauty of Maps
2010
Documentary series looking at maps in incredible detail to highlight their artistic attributions and reveal the stories that they tell.On Hannibal's Trail
2010
On Hannibal's Trail
2010
Series in which three Australian brothers - Danny, Ben and Sam Wood - set out cycling on the trail of Hannibal, the warrior who marched from Spain to Rome at the head of an invading army.I've Never Seen Star Wars
2009
I've Never Seen Star Wars is a comedy chat show broadcast on BBC Four and BBC Two, first broadcast on 12 March 2009. Created and produced by Bill Dare and hosted by Marcus Brigstocke for the 2009 episodes & Jo Brand for the 2011 special episode, each episode features a celebrity guest trying out new experiences. Based on the original radio version broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the title comes from the fact that Dare has never seen the Star Wars films. An eight part series was recorded in March 2009, with guests including John Humphrys, Esther Rantzen, Rory McGrath and Hugh Dennis. A new host, Jo Brand, presented a December 2011 episode.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.The Read
2022
British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
2017
star 6.5Lucy Worsley explores how British history is a concoction of fibs and stories manipulated by whoever was in power at the time.Pain, Pus and Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines
2013
star 8In this "entertaining medical series" (The Sunday Times, U.K.), Dr. Michael Mosley shows how drugs have revolutionized medicine and changed the course of human history. Unfolding over a period of 200 years, it's an extraordinary tale of daring, self-experimentation, revelation, genius, and outright luck.The Brain: A Secret History
2011
Michael Mosley embarks on three journeys to understand science's last great frontier - the human mind - as he traces the history of the attempts to understand and manipulate the brain.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.The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs
1998
The main decision-makers from Israel, the Arab states, Russia and the US tell the inside story of the Arab-Israel conflict.Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls
2012
star 4Historian Dr Lucy Worsley immerses herself in the world of Restoration England, exploring the captivating lives of the women of the period.More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007
star 5Dawn French interviews famous comedians about how they started, their inspirations and their careers.Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand
2017
Composer and musician Neil Brand presents a series on musical theatre evolution over the last century.Genius of the Modern World
2016
star 7.4Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.Archaeology: A Secret History
2013
star 10Dr Richard Miles seeks our ancient treasures and explores our relationship with the past.Racism: A History
2007
star 6Racism: A History is a three-part British documentary series originally broadcast on BBC Four in March 2007. It was part of the season of programmes broadcast on the BBC marking the 200th anniversary of the Slave Trade Act 1807, a landmark piece of legislation which abolished the slave trade in the British Empire. The series explores the impact of racism on a global scale and chronicles the shifts in the perception of race and the history of racism in Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia. The series was narrated by Sophie Okonedo.James May: The Reassembler
2016
star 7.1When we look around our homes, sheds and garages we see an array of household objects that with one click of a button or twist of a knob will spring to life, and - most of the time - do exactly what we want them to. But how on earth do these objects work? To find out, James May (fuelled by endless cups of tea) heads into his workshop with thousands of little pieces to assemble some of our most beloved and recognisable objects from scratch to see what it actually takes to get them to work.
