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Indian School

Indian School: Episode 7: Type Caste

Episode 7

Episode 7: Type Caste

Type Caste

BBC Four - Indian School, Type Caste

A look at how the caste system still affects the lives of schoolchildren in India today.

Series about school life in Pune, India. This edition looks at how the caste system affects children, in the shape of high caste girl Meghna and low caste boy Rohit.

Series about life in two secondary schools in the IT boom city of Pune, India. In a look at how the ancient caste system still affects the lives of schoolchildren in India today, this edition focuses on Meghna, an ambitious high caste girl who bitterly resents the policy, and Rohit a shy, bullied, low caste boy who is benefiting from it.

A look at life in an Indian school in the booming IT city of Pune

New. 7/10. Mrs Kapoor takes steps to ensure the pupils have an awareness of the issue of caste.   www.open2.net/indianschool

Thoroughly Modern...

Thoroughly Modern...: Episode 2: The Snapshot Camera

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Snapshot Camera

The Snapshot Camera

BBC Four - Thoroughly Modern..., The Snapshot Camera

Documentary series about objects the Edwardians invented or advanced. 2: Snapshot cameras.

Documentary series about objects the Edwardians either invented or advanced looks at George Eastman and his Kodak box brownie camera, which made photography accessible to all.

Documentary series about objects the Edwardians either invented or advanced. In 1901 George Eastman and his Kodak box brownie revolutionised photography, making it accessible to all. 100 years after Queen Alexandra used it to create memories of her family, The Sun's royal photographer Arthur Edwards uses the box brownie to take a snap of the Queen, and hopefully get an Edwardian picture into a 21st century Sun.

Documentary series about objects the Edwardians either invented or advanced

Thoroughly Modern

The development of photographic technology.

Masterpieces of the East

Masterpieces of the East: Episode 3: Shiva and Parvati Seated on a Terrace

Episode 3

Episode 3: Shiva and Parvati Seated on a Terrace

Shiva and Parvati Seated on a Terrace

BBC Four - Masterpieces of the East, Shiva and Parvati Seated on a Terrace

A look at a miniature painting featuring the Hindu god Shiva and his partner Parvati.

Stories behind iconic artefacts from the Indian subcontinent. The god Shiva and his partner Parvati are the subjects of a miniature painting.

Series revealing the stories behind iconic artefacts from the Indian subcontinent. The Hindu god Shiva and his partner Parvati are the subjects of an exquisite miniature painting, crammed with detail. It was bought by a British army officer in India at the end of the 18th century and dates from a time when two great nations met as equals.

A look at iconic artefacts from the Indian subcontinent

New. Examining a detailed miniature painting of Hindu god Shiva and his partner Parvati. See panel.

Crisis at the Castle

Series about aristocratic families trying to save their homes

Crisis at the Castle: Burton Court

Burton Court

BBC Four - Crisis at the Castle, Burton Court

Documentary about life at Burton Court in Herefordshire.

Series following three aristocratic families struggling to hang on to their historic homes. The Simpsons turn Burton Court into an upmarket wedding and function venue.

Documentary series following three aristocratic families struggling to hang on to their historic homes. Burton Court in Herefordshire has been owned by Commander Robert Simpson and his wife Helen since the 1960s. In order to maintain it, Robert started a soft-fruit farm and Helen a costume and curio museum, but recently they haven't been making enough money to keep the house going. Their son Edward decides that the only option is to turn Burton Court into an upmarket wedding and function venue. With most of the family savings sunk into the project, can Edward make it succeed?

New. Following Robert and Helen Simpson as they try to hang on to their historic 14th-century Herefordshire home, Burton Court. See panel.

Storyville

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries.

Amazing, shocking, inspiring and award-winning - the best in international documentaries, shining a light on untold stories from across the globe.

Storyville: Office Tigers

Storyville: Office Tigers: Part 2

Part 2 Office Tigers

BBC Four - Storyville, Office Tigers, Part 2

Four-part series which goes inside the world of Western corporate outsourcing hub Chennai.

Series about Western corporate outsourcing in the Indian town of Chennai, featuring local employees of Office Tiger and the Americans who strive to guide them. Part two of four.

Four-part series which goes inside the closed world of Western corporate outsourcing in the Indian town of Chennai. It's based around the ambitious Office Tiger employees such as Amita and Sunita, who eagerly soak up the language and style of their bosses while holding on to the aspects of their own culture that serve them best, and the Americans who strive to guide them, including Joe (co-CEO), a former Goldman Sachs banker who never sleeps and is always asking his workers for more effort.

Series which goes inside the closed world of Western corporate outsourcing in India

Series which goes inside the closed world of Western corporate outsourcing in the Indian town of Chennai

New. 2/4. Behind the scenes of a new business in Chennai, India, exploring the effects of corporate outsourcing and the new global economy.

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

16/06/2007

BBC - Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Writer Ian Rankin looks into Stevenson's novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, tracing Robert Louis Stevenson's story back to events in Stevenson's childhood.

Crime writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Starting with Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmare in September 1885, Rankin traces the roots of this story, which stretches back to Stevenson's childhood. Grave-robbers, hallucinatory drugs and prostitution all play their part in the disturbing account of Henry Jekyll's double-life, as Rankin's journey takes him into the yeasty draughts and unlit closes of the city that inspired the tale - Edinburgh.

Award-winning crime writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

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