Bbc Four TV Series - Page 9
Brushing Up On...
2013
Brushing Up On...
2013
Danny Baker uses archive material to look at aspects of British manufacturing.Hyper Evolution: Rise of the Robots
2017
Evolutionary biologist Dr Ben Garrod and electronics engineer Professor Danielle George explore whether machines built to enhance our lives could one day become our greatest rivals.The Twenties In Colour
2007
Thirties in Colour: Countdown to War takes black-and-white films from the era and colourises the footage, bringing the past vividly back to life.England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey
2018
star 6The rise and fall of Lady Jane Grey. England's Queen for only 9 daysThe Brits Who Built the Modern World
2014
The three-part series tells the story of British architects Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Nicholas Grimshaw, Michael Hopkins and Terry Farrell.Rock 'n' Roll America
2015
star 9A three-part series tracing the history of American rock 'n' roll music from the 1950s onwards.Hidden Killers
2013
Dan Snow's Norman Walks
2010
Historian Dan Snow puts his walking boots on and sets off to see what the great British landscape can teach us about our Norman predecessorsKing Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
2013
star 7Michael Wood argues that the most important and influential British kings were a father, son and grandson who lived over a thousand years ago during the age of the Vikings.From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature
2018
star 7Dr Helen Czerski goes on a spectacular journey to the extremes of the temperature scale, where everyday laws of physics break down and a new world of scientific possibility begins.Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures
2012
It is estimated that 99 per cent of species have become extinct and there have been times when life's hold on Earth has been so precarious it seems it hangs on by a thread. This series focuses on the survivors - the old-timers - whose biographies stretch back millions of years and who show how it is possible to survive a mass extinction event which wipes out nearly all of its neighbours. The Natural History Museum's professor Richard Fortey discovers what allows the very few to carry on going - perhaps not for ever, but certainly far beyond the life expectancy of normal species. What makes a survivor when all around drop like flies? Professor Fortey travels across the globe to find the survivors of the most dramatic of these obstacles - the mass extinction events.Genius of the Ancient World
2015
star 6.6Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy - Buddha, Socrates and Confucius.H2O: The Molecule that Made Us
2020
star 8A landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected to our control of the molecule, but that the growth of our civilizations has also created a dangerous dependence on a precious resource. One that may be about to run out.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.Your Inner Fish
2014
Your Inner Fish
2014
It took more than 350 million years for the human body to take shape. Anatomist Neil Shubin reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates, the ancestors you never knew were in your family tree. Our bodies carry the anatomical legacy of animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago.Julia Bradbury's German Wanderlust
2010
Julia Bradbury takes her boots and backpack to the Continent to explore the landscape of Germany and the cultural movement that made it famous - RomanticismComics Britannia
2007
Comics Britannia
2007
Comics Britannia is a three-part documentary series from BBC Four which started on 10 September 2007. It was then repeated on BBC Two starting on 19 July 2008. The series looks at the history of the British comic and is also the centre of a Comics Britannia season.Fabric of Britain
2013
Fabric of Britain
2013
Series of documentaries exploring Britain's relationship with fabric, featuring knitting, needlework and wallpaper.
