World News Today
12/04/2016
The Flying Archaeologist
2. Norfolk Broads
Timeshift
Series 10: 7. The Modern Age of the Coach
Stephen Hawking on Black Holes
30
Mins
A look at how the detection of gravitational waves could help us understand black holes.
First shown: 10 Apr 2016
Delve into the archives
From game shows to the space race and Gothic literature, enjoy some BBC classics from across the decades.
BBC Four
8 episodes
Episode 1
Police detective Mads investigates when a body is washed ashore near a wind farm....
Episode 2
Claudia deals with a case about insider trading that could damage Energreen....
Episode 3
Mads and Alf pursue leads to Energreen's missing traders.
Episode 4
Mads and Alf interrogate the CFO of Energreen. Claudia is sent to Thullander Industries....
Episode 5
Mia is approached by a whistleblower and tries to find out the truth about Energreen....
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Police detective Mads investigates when a body is washed ashore near a wind farm.
First shown: 19 Mar 2016
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Claudia deals with a case about insider trading that could damage Energreen.
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First shown: 26 Mar 2016
Series 1: 1. Age of Ice
Life in Britain in the brutal world of the last ice age.
First shown: 9 Feb 2011
2016: 1. Keyboard Final
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Five young musicians battle it out, playing music by Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin.
First shown: 8 Apr 2016
2012-2013: 2. Tiger Island
Could a maverick millionaire be the saviour of the man-eating jungle tigers of Sumatra?
First shown: 26 Jul 2012
1. Matilda and Eleanor
Helen Castor looks at the lives of Matilda and her daughter-in-law, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
First shown: 7 Mar 2012
3 episodes
1. Lawnmower
James tries to put a 1959 Suffolk Colt petrol lawnmower back together again....
2. Telephone
James tries to put a 1957 Bakelite dial telephone back together again....
3. Electric Guitar
James reassembles an electric guitar, with soldering, screwdrivers and fiddly electronics....
James tries to put a 1959 Suffolk Colt petrol lawnmower back together again.
First shown: 4 Apr 2016
James tries to put a 1957 Bakelite dial telephone back together again.
First shown: 5 Apr 2016
James reassembles an electric guitar, with soldering, screwdrivers and fiddly electronics.
First shown: 6 Apr 2016
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Bob Geldof examines the life and work of the great 20th-century poet, WB Yeats.
First shown: 3 Apr 2016
Scientist Mark Miodownik challenges chef Marcus Wareing to a cookery competition.
First shown: 23 Mar 2016
2012-2013: 2. Mission to Mars
Behind the scenes at Nasa, as they prepare to the land the Mars rover on the planet.
First shown: 30 Jul 2012
1. The Beginning
Jim Al-Khalili takes us back in time to tackle the question of how the universe began.
First shown: 22 Mar 2016
1. Stonehenge: The Missing Link
Ben Robinson reveals evidence about Stonehenge that explains the reason for its location.
First shown: 19 Apr 2013
2. Kings
A look at the decline of Athens and the triumph and transformation of theatre.
First shown: 3 Sep 2013
Collection
9 programmes
BBC
Film Night
Film Night Special: Carry On Forever
Best Of British
Barbara Windsor
Tuesday Documentary
The Ealing Comedies
Comic Roots
Series 2: 4. Kenneth Williams
Film Profile
Dirk Bogarde
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Film Night Special looks at the story behind the success of the Carry On films. (1970)
First shown: 12 Apr 1970
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Barbara Windsor recalls her rise to stardom in musicals and the Carry On films. (1998)
First shown: 4 Nov 1998
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The story of the films that were so original and funny they put Ealing on the map. (1970)
First shown: 8 Sep 1970
5. Mountains - Life in Thin Air
Film which explores the extraordinary ways in which people survive at extreme altitudes.
First shown: 10 Feb 2011
2015-2016: 19. My Nazi Legacy
Three men travel go in search of answers about their families' links to the Nazis.
First shown: 30 Mar 2016
Film tracing the ebb and flow of the guitar riff - the DNA of rock 'n' roll.
First shown: 18 Jul 2014