1066 The Battle for Middle Earth it's the most famous date in British history: but what was 1066 like for the people caught up in its catastrophic events? In this innovative blend of historical drama and original source material Channel 4 re-imagines the story of this decisive year, not from the saddles of kings and conquerors, but through the eyes of the ordinary men who fought on their behalf. Broadcast in 2009.
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An American serial action/drama television series starring Kiefer Sutherland as special agent Jack Bauer. The show is presented in the semblance of real time, with each 24-episode season covering 24 hours in the life of Bauer.
A Very British Coup is a 1982 novel by British politician Chris Mullin. In 1988, the novel was adapted for television. Harry Perkins, an unassuming, working class, very left-wing Leader of the Labour Party and Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central, is elected Prime Minister in March 1989. The priorities of the Perkins Government include dissolving all newspaper monopolies, removing all American military bases on UK soil, unilateral nuclear disarmament, and true open government. Immediately, the right wing and allies scheme to depose him, with the U.S. the key, but covert, conspirator.
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire.
Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation in an epic series that runs from the creation of the first cities in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. Broadcast in 2011.
In this three-part documentary series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of one of the greatest scientific discoveries ever: that the material world is made up of atoms. First broadcast in 2008.
Bill in 2010.
Bill in 2004.
Bill in 2008.
It's Just a Ride is the Bill Hicks story told by those that knew him. Revelations was recorded in London, 1993.
Bill in 1992.
Bill in 1989.
Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror is a BAFTA nominated 2003 Carlton Television documentary film written and directed by John Pilger, produced by Christopher Martin and co-directed by Steve Connelly. In the film, John Pilger dissects the truth and lies in the 'war on terror'.
2006 documentary by Dispacthes.
The Century of the Self is a British television documentary film that focuses on the family of Sigmund Freud, particularly his daughter and nephew, who influenced the way corporations and governments throughout the 20th century have thought about, and dealt with, people. Made by Adam Curtis and broadcast in 2002.
The explosive story of chemistry is the story of the building blocks that make up our entire world - the elements.
Chris in 1999.
Chris in 1996.
Chris in 2004.
Astronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the Universe. From 1980.
Denis in 1992.
Eddie in 2002.
Eddie in 1996.
Eddie in 1998.
Eddie in 1997.
Eddie in 1993.
Eddie in 2003.
Eddie in 1994.
Edge of Darkness is a British television drama serial, originally broadcast in six fifty-five minute episodes in late 1985. A mixture of crime drama and political thriller, it revolves around the efforts of a policeman to unravel the truth behind the brutal killing of his daughter.
The Enemies of Reason is a two-part television documentary, written and presented by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins broadcast in 2007.
Documentary about Ethel MacDonald (24 February 1909—1 December 1960) was a Glasgow-based Scottish anarchist and activist and, in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, a propagandist on Barcelona Loyalist radio.
A History of Britain is a BBC documentary series written and presented by Simon Schama, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 30 September 2000.
BBC series exploring topical scientific issues and their effects for the future.
I, Claudius is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves's I, Claudius and Claudius the God. It proved one of the corporation's most successful drama serials of all time. It starred Derek Jacobi as Claudius, with Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, John Hurt, and Patrick Stewart.
TV series from 1998.
It Felt Like a Kiss is an olfactory-audiovisual promenade-style theatre production, first performed between 2 and 19 July 2009 as part of the second Manchester International Festival. Themed on "how power really works in the world", it is a collaboration between film-maker Adam Curtis and the Punchdrunk theatre company, with original music composed by Damon Albarn and performed by the Kronos Quartet.
A study of the evolution and habits of amphibians and reptiles - BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 4 February 2008 on BBC One.
A study of the evolution and habits of invertebrates - BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 23 November 2005.
Three-part series presented by Rageh Omaar which charts the life of Muhammad. Broadcast in 2011.
Series in which British art historian Dr Gus Casely-Hayford explores the pre-colonial history of some of Africa's most important kingdoms.
Marcus does stand up.
Written and delivered by Mark Steel, each scripted lecture presents persuasive, yet witty, arguments for the importance of a historical figure.
The lectures were originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 over three series between 1999 and 2002. The programme transferred to television in 2003, with an Open University series on BBC Four, which was later repeated on BBC Two.
Dispatches programme from 2006.
Undercurrents film.
Mark in 1995.
The Mark Thomas Comedy Product, later renamed The Mark Thomas Product, was a television show fronted by the English comedian, presenter, political activist and reporter, Mark Thomas. It was broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 from February 1996 to May 2002.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus is an innovative, highly influential BBC TV sketch comedy programme from the Monty Python comedy team, and the group's initial claim to fame. The first episode was recorded on 7 September and broadcast on 5 October 1969 on BBC One, with 45 episodes airing over four series from 1969 to 1974. List of episodes.
Nuclear Secrets, aka Spies, Lies and the Superbomb, is a 2007 BBC Television docudrama series which looks at the race for nuclear supremacy from the Manhattan Project through to the Pakistani nuclear weapons.
Peep Show follows the lives of two men in their late twenties and early thirties, Mark Corrigan (Mitchell), employed as a loan manager, and Jeremy Osbourne, an unemployed musician (Webb).
Peep Show is a BAFTA award-winning British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The programme is written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by Mitchell and Webb themselves, amongst others. It has been broadcast on Channel 4 since 2003. List of episodes.
The Power of Nightmares, subtitled The Rise of the Politics of Fear, is a BBC documentary film series, written and produced by Adam Curtis. Its three one-hour parts consist mostly of a montage of archive footage with Curtis's narration. The series was first broadcast in the United Kingdom in late 2004.
A study of the growth, movement, reproduction and survival of plants - BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 11 January 1995.
Red Riding is a 2009 television adaptation of English author David Peace's Red Riding Quartet. Set against a backdrop of serial murders, including the Yorkshire Ripper case, they deal with multi-layered corruption and feature several recurring characters across the four books. Though real crimes are featured, the scripts are fictionalised and dramatised versions of events rather than contemporary factual accounts.
Rob in 2004.
Rob in 2007.
Jim Al-Khalili travels through Syria, Iran, Tunisia and Spain to tell the story of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in the Islamic world between the 8th and 14th centuries. First broadcast in 2009.
Chaos theory has a bad name, conjuring up images of unpredictable weather, economic crashes and science gone wrong. But there is a fascinating and hidden side to Chaos, one that scientists are only now beginning to understand. It turns out that chaos theory answers a question that mankind has asked for millennia - how did we get here?
State of Play is a six-part British television drama first broadcast in 2003. It starred David Morrissey, John Simm, Kelly Macdonald, Polly Walker, Bill Nighy, and James McAvoy, telling the story of a newspaper's investigation into the death of a young woman, and centres on the relationship between the leading journalist and his old friend, who is a Member of Parliament and the murdered woman's employer.
Steal This Film is a film series documenting the movement against intellectual property produced by The League of Noble Peers and released via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol.
A series outlining aspects of the history of mathematics aired in October 2008 on BBC Four. The material was written and presented by Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy.
The IT Crowd is a British sitcom by Channel 4, written by Graham Linehan, produced by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson and Matt Berry.
The Living Dead: Three Films About the Power of the Past was the second major documentary series made by British film-maker Adam Curtis. This series investigated the way that history and memory (both national and individual) have been used by politicians and others. It was transmitted on BBC Two in the spring of 1995.
The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom is a BBC documentary series by English film maker Adam Curtis. It began airing in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 11 March 2007.[1]
This Is Modern Art was a six-part TV series written and presented by the English art critic Matthew Collings. It was broadcast in 1998 on Channel 4.
Tribe is a documentary television series hosted by former British Royal Marine Bruce Parry. In each series, Parry visits a number of remote tribes in such locales as the Himalayas, Ethiopia, West Papua, Gabon and Mongolia, spending a month living and interacting with each society.
The Wire is an American television drama series set and produced in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon, the series was broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States. The Wire premiered on June 2, 2002 and ended on March 9, 2008, comprising sixty episodes over five seasons.
In this spellbinding series Professor Brian Cox visits the most extreme locations on Earth to explain how the laws of physics carved natural wonders across the solar system. First broadcast in 2010.
Wonders of the Universe is a 2011 television series produced by the BBC, and hosted by physicist Brian Cox. Wonders of the Universe was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on March 6, 2011. The series comprises four episodes, each of which focuses on an aspect of the Universe and features a 'wonder' relevant to the theme.