Debbie Wiseman explores the life of the composer who created the music for TV’s Rumpole of the Bailey. From 2011.
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Fry's Planet Word
Episode 1: Babel
1 hour
Documentary series focusing on language. Stephen Fry seeks to uncover the origins of language and how and why we are the only species on the planet to have this gift. Show more
Fry's Planet Word
Episode 3: Uses and Abuses
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD
Documentary series. Stephen learns that swearing plays an important part in human communication, and that slang and jargon can both aid and thwart clarity. Show more
Period drama series. When Mrs McCarthy's goddaughter goes missing, Father Brown follows her trail to a risque gentlemen's club.
Period drama series. Father Brown must investigate a 300-year-old secret hidden in a university in order to save an old friend.
Poignant dramatisation of the life of Oscar Wilde, leading up to the sensational trial that resulted in his ultimate downfall. Stephen Fry stars. Show more
Period drama series. Father Brown is trapped in a derelict building when a former music hall comedian swears revenge.
Period drama series. When Mrs McCarthy takes over the running of the mobile library, Father Brown discovers a shocking secret. Show more
Fry's Planet Word
Episode 2: Identity
1 hour
Documentary series. Stephen Fry argues that the way we speak defines us above all - be it a national language, a regional dialect or even class variation. Show more
Fry's Planet Word
Episode 4: Spreading the Word
1 hour
Stephen Fry looks at the written word, starting with the earliest form of writing - cuneiform, and ending with the modern inventions of blogging and twittering. Show more
Fry's Planet Word
Episode 5: The Power and the Glory
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland
Stephen Fry explores language. He looks at our desire to entertain and explain through stories, and why any attempt at formula is doomed to fail. Show more
Crime drama. After a hoax callout, a volunteer in the Lighthaven lifeboat crew drowns. Jane suspects foul play, but Davey is sceptical. Show more
Period drama series. When a local writer is murdered, Father Brown must delve into her infamous novel Lulu and Lucia for inspiration.
Period drama series. Past and present collide when Father Brown investigates the macabre world of dollhouse crime scenes.
Period drama series. When an old foe tells him that she has arranged the death of her former lover, Father Brown soon finds himself blamed for the murder.
Period drama series. Father Brown struggles to promote understanding when a group of pagans are suspected of killing one of their own.
Period drama series. Father Brown is drawn into the shady world of boxing when a local fighter is found dead in suspicious circumstances.
Historian Fern Riddell and composer Debbie Wiseman on why the piano is essentially erotic while psychologist Frank Tallis and Tiffany Watt Smith explore obsessive love. Show more
Drama series based on the stories of GK Chesterton. Father Brown investigates the poisoning of a former hangman, while romance is in the air for Mrs McCarthy.
Period drama series. Flambeau enlists Father Brown's help to steal the pope's coronation gift to the Queen of England.