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Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility: Episode 1

Episode 1

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Dramatisation of Jane Austen's novel. The Dashwoods start a new life in Devonshire.

Dramatisation of Jane Austen's novel. The Dashwoods start a new life in Devonshire where, one of the sisters, Marianne, quickly finds she has suitors to choose from.

Dramatisation of Jane Austen's novel. Mrs Dashwood is devastated when her husband dies. His estate and fortunte are bequeathed by law to his sone from a previous marriage. The Dashwoods start a new life in Devonshire. The eldest daughter, Eleanor, is upset to leave her sweetheart, while her younger sister, Marianne, quickly finds she has suitors to choose from.

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Adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel about the Dashwood family

Adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel, which portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne

1/3. Charity Wakefield and Hattie Morahan lead the cast in Andrew Davies 's fine dramatisation of Jane Austen 's novel. Following the death of her husband, Mrs Dashwood and her daughters are forced to give up their home and move to a cottage. Despite the girls' lack of prospects, plenty of eligible suitors come calling.  9i
8.00 2/3. Colonel Brandon is called away on business, leaving Marianne free to fall even deeper in love with Willoughby, and Lucy entrusts Elinor with a shocking secret. See page 48. First shown on BBC1

Sense and Sensibility: Episode 2

Episode 2

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Marianne and Willougby fall in love while Colonel Brandon is away on business.

Marianne and Willougby find themselves falling in love while Colonel Brandon is away on business. Eleanor receives a visit from Edward, but his odd behaviour leaves her unassured.

Dramatisation of Jane Austen's novel. Marianne and Willoughby find themselves falling blissfully in love, with Colonel Brandon out of the picture after he is called away on urgent London business. Things take an unexpected turn for the worse, though, when Willoughby himself leaves for the capital, declaring he is unlikely to return. Meanwhile, Eleanor finally receives her visit from Edward, but his behaviour is so odd and distant that she is left far from reassured. It is only when Sir John’s nieces, the Miss Steeles, come to Devonshire that Eleanor discovers the reason for Edward’s coldness – he is secretly engaged to Lucy Steele. When the girls receive an invite to stay in London with Sir John's mother-in-law, Mrs Jennings, Marianne is full of hope for a happy reunion with Willoughby. Little does she know how much Willoughby's plans have changed since his happy days with her in Devonshire...

Goodbye Lenin

17/09/2004

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A son hides the Berlin Wall's fall from his mother when she wakes from a coma.

Provocative comedy in which a son tries to prevent his mother from learning about the fall of the Berlin Wall when she emerges from a lengthy coma, fearing the shock may kill her.

Provocative comedy in which a son tries to prevent his mother from learning about the fall of the Berlin Wall when she emerges from a lengthy coma, fearing the shock may kill her. Helped by his friends, he devises some complicated ruses to maintain his mother's ignorance of Germany's reunification and the failure of communism in her beloved East Germany.

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

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Good Bye Lenin!

Comedy drama starring Daniel Bruhl. East Berlin before the reunification of Germany: Christiane Kerner is a communist who falls into a coma when she sees her son attacked. While comatose, however, the Berlin Wall falls. In German with English subtitles. 
Director Wolfgang Becker (2003, 15)

Bad Education

04/11/2006

BBC Two - Bad Education

Drama. A film-maker and an actor combine to produce a film based on their schooldays.

Drama starring Gael Garcia Bernal. A film-maker and an aspiring actor combine to produce a film based on their school experiences of sexual abuse at the hands of a Catholic priest.

Drama in which a film-maker and an aspiring actor combine to produce a film based on their traumatic schooldays. Enrique is a successful director in search of inspiration for his next film. He receives a great plot when old school friend Ignacio Rodriguez, now an out-of-work actor, delivers a short story called The Visit, which draws on their school experiences of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priest Father Manolo. Enrique decides to start work on the film as soon as possible, but can't quite shake the feeling that ambitious young actor Ignacio has changed a lot over the years.

BBC Two

BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

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Drama starring Gael Garcia Bernal. 
A director finds inspiration for his next movie when an old friend brings him a story based on their childhood. In Spanish with English subtitles. 
Director Pedro Almodovar (2004,15)

Pop Britannia

Pop Britannia: Episode 3: Two Tribes

Episode 3

Episode 3: Two Tribes

Two Tribes

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A look at music's struggle between the forces of art and commerce from the early 1980s.

Documentary series telling the story of British pop music since the 1950s. This last part looks at the struggle between the forces of art and commerce since the 1980s.

Three-part documentary series telling the story of popular music and its place in British culture since the 1950s. This last part looks at the constant struggle between the forces of art and commerce. In the early 80s, punk-inspired art students such as The Human League and ABC took British pop to the top of the world's charts, but from the late 80s onwards, dynasties of star-makers such as Stock Aitken and Waterman have tried to mould British pop into a highly-profitable production line.

Documentary charting the history of British pop music.

10 Things You Didn't Know About...

10 Things You Didn't Know About...: Episode 1: Tsunamis

Episode 1: Tsunamis

Tsunamis

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Iain Stewart explores the most powerful giant waves in history.

Iain Stewart journeys across the oceans to explore stories about the most powerful giant waves in history, including how one caused the ruin of an entire ancient civilization.

Iain Stewart journeys across the oceans to explore the most powerful giant waves in history, with ten remarkable stories about tsunamis. 

These massive waves can be taller than the biggest skyscraper, travel at the speed of a jet plane and when they reach land, rear up and turn into a terrifying wall of water that destroys everything in its path. These unstoppable, uncontrollable forces of nature caused the ruin of an entire ancient civilization, may have played a small part in the demise of the dinosaurs, and in World War II were used as a weapon. Yet astonishingly, two men who surfed the tallest wave in history - half a kilometre high - survived.

Iain Stewart reveals some surprising facts about natural phenomena.

Iain Stewart reveals some surprising facts about the world's most destructive and spectacular natural phenomena, from earthquakes and tsunamis to avalanches and volcanoes.

Ten Things You  Didn't Know about Tsunamis

Citizen Smith

Citizen Smith: Episode 1: Hartlepool

Episode 1: Hartlepool

Hartlepool

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Michael Smith searches for a modern definition of nationality in his home town, Hartlepool

Michael Smith scours England in search of a modern day definition of nationality. Beginning in Hartlepool, he encounters the Monkey mascot mayor and Tory developers.

Publisher Michael Smith takes on the guise of a contemporary Citizen Smith, scouring England in search of a modern day definition of nationality. Beginning in his home town of Hartlepool, he encounters Andy Capp, the Monkey mascot mayor, Tory developers and the next generation of local voices, combining his skill for a sweet turn of phrase with a disarming conversational style that forgoes the sledgehammer whilst very definitely cracking the nut.

Publisher Michael Smith scours England in search of a modern definition of nationality.

Publisher Michael Smith takes on the guise of a contemporary Citizen Smith, scouring England in search of a modern day definition of nationality.

The Sky at Night

Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy.

Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy with the latest thinking on what's out there in space and what you can see in the night sky.

The Sky at Night: Meteor Mania

25/11/2007

Meteor Mania

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Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Brian May and Jon Culshaw to see the Perseid meteor shower.

In his garden, Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Brian May and Jon Culshaw to watch the cosmic firework display known as the Perseid meteor shower.

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