Bbc Four TV Series - Page 12
King 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.Great British Photography Challenge
2021
The search is on for an exciting new name in British photography. Six talented photographers from across the UK embark on the photographic masterclass of a lifetime with Rankin.Brushing Up On...
2013
Brushing Up On...
2013
Danny Baker uses archive material to look at aspects of British manufacturing.Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story
2015
star 7.5Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics StoryLost Kingdoms of Central America
2014
star 8Dr Jago Cooper explores the rise and fall of the forgotten civilisations of Central America.Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities
2014
star 7Dr James Fox tells the story of three cities in three exceptional years - cities whose artists and thinkers, writers and musicians set the world on a new course.Tales From The Wild Wood
2012
Writer and woodsman Rob Penn begins a year-long project to bring part of an abandoned woodland, Strawberry Cottage Wood, back to life.The Music of the Primes
2010
For more than 2,000 years, a mathematical riddle has baffled the world’s greatest minds. It’s a problem of such difficulty that it has tormented those brave enough to tackle it. Some have given up in despair. Others have been driven mad. Primes are fundamental to mathematics yet they seem to surface entirely randomly along the number line. But are the primes truly random or is there some hidden pattern? It’s the greatest unsolved problem of mathematics. In The Music of the Primes, Marcus du Sautoy investigates the fascinating story of great mathematicians who have all grappled with the problem of the primesThe Art of Russia
2009
star 8Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon travels through time to unlock the world of Russian art.Birds Britannia
2010
Birds Britannia
2010
Birds Britannia is a four-part BBC Four television series about the birds of the United Kingdom, first shown in 2010. It was produced by Stephen Moss. Each of the four, sixty-minute episodes concentrates on one kind of bird: garden birds, waterbirds, seabirds and birds of the countryside. The series has no presenter, and is narrated by the Scottish actor Bill Paterson, with filmed interviews with a wide range of experts and bird enthusiasts, including David Attenborough, Mark Cocker, Jeremy Mynott, Tim Birkhead, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, Christopher Frayling, Kate Humble, Rob Lambert, Desmond Morris, David Lindo, Helen Macdonald, Andrew Motion, Tony Soper, and Bill Oddie. It has been announced that a book of the same title, by Stephen Moss, will be published by Collins in April 2011.The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain
2014
The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, will present the revealing and surprising story of Britain in the reigns of George I and George II (1714-60) – the age of the ‘German Georges’. In 1714, Britain imported a new German royal family from Hanover, headed by Georg Ludwig (aka George I) - an uncharismatic, middle-aged man with a limited grasp of English. Lucy Worsley will reveal how this unlikely new dynasty secured the throne – and how they kept it. An intimate and close-up portrait of these German kings of Britain, the series will follow George I, his son George II, and their feuding family as they slowly established themselves in their adopted kingdom - despite ongoing threats from invading Jacobites and a lukewarm initial response from the British public.The Inca: Masters of the Clouds
2015
star 7.5Dr Jago Cooper travels through Peru and Ecuador to reassess the origins, accomplishments and nature of one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen.Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture
2011
Alastair Sooke examines three periods in the history of British sculpture and the masterpieces they produced.Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand
2017
Composer and musician Neil Brand presents a series on musical theatre evolution over the last century.The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney
2014
Series which follows Martha Kearney's bee-keeping year and explores the science, art and culture of the honeybee, the most ingenious insect known to humankind.Gregory Porter's Popular Voices
2017
star 6Soul and jazz singer Gregory Porter explores the transcendent power of the popular singing voice in this joyous new series, celebrating everyone from Prince to Whitney, Caruso to Freddie MercuryKermode and Mayo’s Home Entertainment Service
2020
star 6Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo host a weekly guide to the best (and worst) of streaming culture in the 21st century, across film and premium television.The Big Thinkers
2016
