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Rolf on Art

Series in which Rolf Harris explores the lives and works of influential artists

Rolf on Art: Africa Special

03/07/2005

Africa Special

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Rolf Harris goes on a journey to discover the diversity of art in Africa.

Rolf Harris goes on a journey to discover the diversity of art in Africa. Along the way he tries his hand at rock art in South Africa and wood carving in Ghana.

Rolf Harris goes on a journey to discover the diversity of art in Africa. Along the way he tries his hand at rock art in South Africa and wood carving in Ghana. His final masterpiece, painted at a community college in Soweto, portrays his own personal vision of Africa.

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55 Degrees North

Detective Sergeant Nicky Cole is relocated to Newcastle after exposing police corruption.

Detective Sergeant Nicky Cole, an ambitious London detective, is relocated to Newcastle upon Tyne after blowing the whistle on police corruption.

55 Degrees North: Series 2: Episode 7

Episode 7

Series 2

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Nicky's brother Adam turns up claiming to be clean. Yates takes a case off Nicky's hands.

Nicky's errant brother Adam turns up claiming to be clean. Yates takes a case off Nicky's hands. A bereaved mother comes to Claire for help.

55 Degrees North: Series 2

Second series of the police drama. Detective Sergeant Cole makes it onto the day shift.

A Picture of Britain: Episode 5: The Home Front

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Home Front

A Picture of Britain

The Home Front

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David Dimbleby examines how Hampshire, Sussex and Kent inspired artists and writers. 

David Dimbleby examines how the 'Home Front' of Hampshire, Sussex and Kent, areas which have faced invasion, inspired artists, composers and writers. 

In this episode, David Dimbleby explores the images that have helped define England - thatched cottages, rolling Downs and hidden villages along the coast of Hampshire, Sussex and Kent. This has also been the place of threatened invasion.David sails Rocket, his own boat, through the treacherous waters of the Solent that inspired JMW Turner's seascapes; explores the hills immortalized by William Blake in Jerusalem; and discovers the terrible beauty of paintings by Paul Nash, the World War Two artist.  David's journey comes to an end on the white cliffs of Dover where Dame Vera Lynn movingly sings her wartime classic of the same name. 

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.

Series which journeys around Britain and considers how the landscape has inspired artists

Series in which David Dimbleby journeys around Britain and considers how the landscape has inspired artists through the centuries

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: Deep Impact

Deep Impact

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Patrick Moore investigates the pros and cons of NASA's Deep Impact programme.

With NASA sending a probe into the comet 9P/Tempel-1 in the Deep Impact programme, Patrick Moore investigates the pros and cons of hitting a comet.

NASA are sending a probe into the comet 9P/ Tempel-1, early on the morning of 4 July 2005. This is a unique event, from which they hope to find out how comets are made. Are they balls of ice and mud, the harbourers of life's components, or just solid rocks of sterile cosmic debris? The Deep Impact programme hopes to provide the answers, but this destructive act is not without its critics. The Sky at Night explores the pros and cons of hitting a comet.

BBC Four

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.

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