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This is BBC Four. Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Immersive history series. The students are transported to a 1940s spy school which prepared agents for a life living undercover in enemy territory. Show more
Documentary about the Victorian botanical artist Marianne North, who rejected marriage and social convention for a pioneering life of conservation and adventure. Show more
Vanessa Engle talks to people walking their dogs on Hampstead Heath, discovering moving and surprising stories about the often remarkable relationships owners have with their pets. Show more
A heartwarming story of homelessness, belonging, adventure and hope as an unlikely group of homeless people throw loneliness aside and come together to create and perform a play. Show more
Using actual radio footage, eyewitness testimony and memories of bereaved family members, the story of the 1981 Penlee lifeboat tragedy off the Cornish coast. First shown in 2006. Show more
Sitcom set in Tudor England. Edmund is in trouble when he is visited by a debt-collecting bishop armed with a red-hot poker.
Comedy series set in Tudor England. There are problems in the Blackadder household due to an embarrassing incident with a turnip, an ostrich feather and a puritanical fat aunt.
Classic historical comedy. The evil Prince Ludwig kidnaps both Blackadder and Lord Melchett. Is our hero doomed, or does Baldrick have a cunning plan? Show more
Sanjeev Bhaskar travels across the subcontinent to get under the skin of the Indian movie business, meeting the stars of the silver screen and the people behind the scenes. Show more
Documentary about the Victorian botanical artist Marianne North, who rejected marriage and social convention for a pioneering life of conservation and adventure. Show more
This is BBC Four. Programmes start at 7.00pm.