BBC Four

Timeshift

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.

Watching the Russians - Timeshift

Timeshift: Series 7: Watching the Russians

21/11/2007

Watching the Russians

Series 7

BBC Four - Timeshift, Series 7, Watching the Russians

Stella Rimington explores our love-hate relationship with Russia over the past 150 years.

Beginning with the rise of Russophobia in Victorian Britain, former MI5 director general Stella Rimington explores our love-hate relationship with Russia over the past 150 years.

Beginning with the rise of Russophobia in Victorian Britain, former MI5 director general Stella Rimington explores our love-hate relationship with Russia over the past 150 years. The journey takes her to the East End of London on the trail of Russian revolutionaries and to the former mining town of Chopwell, once dubbed Little Moscow. She talks to former Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky and shares recollections of the bugged British embassy in Moscow with former ambassador Rodric Braithwaite.

Timeshift: Series 7

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

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

A series of documentaries exploring British cultural history

Former director general of M15, Stella Rimington , examines British views of Russia and talks to former Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky and ex-
British ambassador Rodric Braithwaite. 
Part of the Time Shift strand.

Sleepers

Sleepers: Episode 2: The Net Tightens

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Net Tightens

The Net Tightens

BBC Four - Sleepers, The Net Tightens

MI5 and the CIA are perplexed by the sudden increase in KGB activity in the UK.

Post-glasnost comedy thriller by John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch. MI5 and the CIA are perplexed by the sudden increase in KGB activity in the UK.

Post-glasnost comedy thriller by John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch. MI5 and the CIA are perplexed by the sudden increase in KGB activity in the UK, and our 'heroes' past lives are catching up with them.

Post-glasnost comedy thriller by John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch.

2/2. Comedy thriller starring Nigel Havers and Warren Clarke as two undercover KGB agents who are sent to the UK in 1966 and are virtually forgotten for 25 years, by which time they have become more British than their hosts. See panel.

The Real Life on Mars

11/08/2008

BBC Four - The Real Life on Mars

A look at the world of 'old-style policing' as portrayed on TV in Life on Mars.

Documentary which looks at the world of policing before the 1980s and asks whether the non-politically correct methods were as bad as that portrayed on TV in Life on Mars.

Documentary which looks at the world of policing before the 1980s and asks whether 'old-style policing' was as bad as that portrayed on TV in Life on Mars or whether it might have actually been more effective than the political correctness and forensic paraphernalia of today. Includes interviews with ex-cops, criminals, academics and writers.

A look at the reality behind the hit series Life on Mars and the origins of DCI Gene Hunt. Includes interviews with ex-cops and criminals, who talk about policing in the 1970s.

Return to Lonesome Dove

Return to Lonesome Dove: Episode 3: The Legacy

Episode 3

Episode 3: The Legacy

The Legacy

BBC Four - Return to Lonesome Dove, The Legacy

Gideon's former attraction for Clara is rekindled and she joins him on the trail.

The third of a four-part epic based on the westerns of Larry McMurtry. Gideon's former attraction for Clara is rekindled and she decides to join him on the trail.

The third of a four-part epic based on the westerns of Larry McMurtry.

Gideon's former attraction for Clara is rekindled and she decides to join him on the trail. Meanwhile, the range war between cattlemen and homesteaders reaches a head. Newt asks Captain Call for assistance and is stunned by his refusal.

Four-part epic based on the westerns of Larry McMurtry.

3/4. Gideon's former attraction for Clara is rekindled and she decides to join him on the trail. Meanwhile, the range war between cattlemen and homesteaders reaches a head. Stars Jon Voight Barbara Hershey and Rick Schroder.  
11.55 4/4. Innocents are caught in the crossfire as the hostilities increase. 
Elsewhere, Dobbs considers his inheritance.

Return to Lonesome Dove: Episode 4: The Passing

Episode 4

Episode 4: The Passing

The Passing

BBC Four - Return to Lonesome Dove, The Passing

The prospect of a range war puts Captain Call's companions in grave danger again.

Four-part epic based on the westerns of Larry McMurtry. The prospect of a range war puts Captain Call's companions in grave danger again.

Four-part epic based on the westerns of Larry McMurtry. The prospect of a range war against the forces of Gregor Dunnegan puts Captain Call's companions in grave danger again - and a familiar enemy joins the battle. Oblivious of the casualties, Newt considers his inheritance.

Glastonbury

BBC Music

Soak up the unique atmosphere of the world’s most famous music festival.

Glastonbury: 2008

Glastonbury: 2008: The Verve

09/08/2008

The Verve

2008

BBC Music - Glastonbury, 2008, The Verve

Richard Ashcroft and the band play material from their momentous 90s album Urban Hymns.

The Verve close the 2008 festival in anthemic style, as the band remind the crowd of their 90s album Urban Hymns by playing its hits, Bitter Sweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work.

The Verve close the 2008 festival in true anthemic style, as Richard Ashcroft and band remind the crowd of their momentous 90s album Urban Hymns by playing its hits, Bitter Sweet Symphony and The Drugs Don't Work, along with a couple of new numbers including Love Is Noise.

BBC Two

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

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Coverage of the Glastonbury Festival from Worthy Farm in Somerset

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