SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2024

SAT 19:00 The Flying Gardener (b007qgmq)
Series 1 Shorts

Hampshire Garden

Chris Beardshaw visits Hampshire to find out the best way to get summer colour into the garden.


SAT 19:20 All Creatures Great and Small (p031d2pc)
Series 1

The Last Furlong

Some farmers like to do their own vetting, but James discovers that sometimes the vet can cure the farmer.


SAT 20:10 All Creatures Great and Small (p031d2pj)
Series 1

Sleeping Partners

Richard Carmody, a superior student, accompanies James on his rounds to learn, but it becomes clear that there is very little that he doesn't know.


SAT 21:00 Those Who Kill (m0023z7x)
Justice

Episode 7

With the latest killing, Louise's world falls apart. Jacob helps with the investigation, but Louise disturbs the process. Louise seeks comfort at Gunnar and Lena’s apartment only to discover a new shocking lead.

In Danish with English subtitles.


SAT 21:45 Those Who Kill (m0023z80)
Justice

Episode 8

Teaming up with Jacob, Louise tries to prove the killer’s guilt and uncover their motive.

In Danish with English subtitles.


SAT 22:35 No Bears (m00256xm)
A dissident film-maker who is trying to direct a movie in Turkey while being forced to remain in a nearby Iranian border town finds himself embroiled in a local scandal.


SAT 00:20 Porridge (p00bxnvd)
Series 2

A Storm in a Teacup

Sitcom set in Slade Prison. Fletcher inadvertently becomes involved in the murky world of drugs.


SAT 00:50 As Time Goes By (p045tll7)
Series 1

Getting to Know You - Again

Jean sends Sandy to Lionel’s hotel to assist him with his book revisions. But when she arrives, she is told he has checked out, and a charade of confusion follows.


SAT 01:20 All Creatures Great and Small (p031d2pc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:20 today]


SAT 02:10 All Creatures Great and Small (p031d2pj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:10 today]


SAT 02:55 The Flying Gardener (b007qgmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 today]

SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2024

SUN 19:00 BBC Proms (b07rkvp4)
2016

BBC Proms Encores: Schubert's Rondo

From the 2016 BBC Proms, Martha Argerich performs Schubert's Rondo in A.


SUN 19:15 BBC Proms (b03qw0jf)
Chamber Music

Britten and Dowland

Two great British tenors perform music by two great British composers. Ian Bostridge joins lutenist Elizabeth Kenny and the viol ensemble Fretwork for galliards and laments by John Dowland and a lute song from Benjamin Britten's opera Gloriana. James Gilchrist sings Britten's rarely heard Songs from the Chinese, accompanied by guitarist Christoph Denoth. To complete the programme, soprano Ruby Hughes joins James and Christoph for one of Britten's folk song arrangements, Master Kilby.


SUN 19:45 Curlew River (m0025b0t)
A spellbinding new film of Benjamin Britten's hauntingly beautiful chamber opera, Curlew River, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. The standout cast is led by internationally acclaimed tenor Ian Bostridge, as the Madwoman, in a performance lauded as 'heart-wrenchingly poignant', alongside the towering presence of Sir Willard White as the Abbott.

Set in the ancient Fenlands of East Anglia, the parable's deeply evocative story tells of a broken woman driven to despair as she searches for her missing child along the banks of the Curlew River.

In 1956, the composer Benjamin Britten travelled to Japan where he saw a performance of the 15th-century drama Sumigadawa – or Sumida River. The story had a profound impact on Britten, who, with his librettist William Plomer, reshaped it as a Christian parable. Despite its medieval origins, the story of an outsider ostracised by a small-minded community still resonates with audiences today.

This groundbreaking film interweaves live performance with filming in the Fenlands, framing the action along the hidden paths, on the waterways and under the huge skies of Suffolk's timeless landscape.


SUN 21:00 The Read (m00256y4)
Series 3

1984

A bleak dystopian future plays out before us as Royal Television Society award-winning actor Sacha Dhawan narrates George Orwell’s profoundly impactful and thought-provoking classic.

Nineteen Eighty-Four is Orwell's chilling critique of totalitarianism and the dangers of unchecked power. Despite its bleak tone, the compelling narrative and enduring relevance of its themes make it a must-read for lovers of literature.

The story follows Winston Smith, who works for the Ministry of Truth, altering historical records. Discontented with the regime, Winston begins a forbidden relationship with Julia. As they secretly rebel against the Party, they are eventually caught and subjected to brutal re-education and ultimate betrayal.

One of the BBC's '100 novels that shaped our world', Nineteen Eighty-Four is given an electrifying and fresh approach by Sacha Dhawan, who ingeniously taps into this psychological conflict, exploring the dichotomy between the human desire for safety and the equally strong yearning for personal freedom.


SUN 22:00 Nineteen Eighty-Four (m00256y7)
Rudolph Cartier's 1954 BBC adaptation of George Orwell's story about a man who tries to rebel against the totalitarian state in which he lives and works.


SUN 23:55 Jazz 625 (m000pjds)
The British Jazz Explosion

The biggest names in the current, buzzing UK jazz scene play live in a special edition of this iconic BBC jazz TV show. Sons of Kemet, Nubya Garcia, Kokoroko, Poppy Ajudha, Matthew Halsall, Moses Boyd and Exodus and Ezra Collective all contribute to an incredible line-up. The show, hosted by drummer Moses Boyd and 1Xtra presenter Jamz Supernova, also includes short films exploring the roots of the current UK jazz scene.

Jazz 625 originally ran on BBC TV in the mid-1960s and featured some of the greatest legends of that era. Stars like Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Cleo Laine and Art Blakey helped create TV shows that today are regarded as jazz gold. The show returned for a special edition in 2019 with an all-star cast playing classic jazz from the 60s.

But jazz is very much a music of the now and never has that been more apparent than over the last few years when a new generation of UK jazz players have taken the global music stage by storm. Bands like Sons of Kemet and Ezra Collective have won over music lovers of all kinds the world over. This is music that returns to the roots of jazz - making people dance and sing as well as listen and think.

In this special one-off edition of Jazz 625, the very biggest stars of the current UK jazz explosion bring their joyous music to the Jazz 625 studio. Along the way, they also share stories of the special places and communities that helped their music develop. The film explores the importance of passing on jazz’s musical traditions from generation to generation and takes a deeper look at the spiritual music of the Manchester jazz scene. And there is room for some classic archive from the Jazz 625 vaults.


SUN 01:30 Curlew River (m0025b0t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:45 today]


SUN 02:45 The Read (m00256y4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]

MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2024

MON 19:00 Great Australian Railway Journeys (m000l43h)
Series 1 (30-Minute Versions)

Kuranda to Townsville – Part 1

From tropical rainforest to the Great Barrier Reef, Michael Portillo navigates his way by rail through Queensland, Australia with the aid of his 1913 Bradshaw’s Guide.

Inching his way across the Stony Creek Bridge on the Kuranda Scenic Railway, he marvels at the engineering expertise of the 1890s, when the line was built, and the magnificent scenery 300 metres below him.

Following in the footsteps of Edwardian tourists, Michael is introduced to the beautiful flora and fauna of the rainforest – and its deadly inhabitants.

The Spirit of Queensland service carries him south to the Tully Sugar Plantation, where he learns to harvest sugar cane and seizes the chance to drive the Sugar Cane Express.

More challenging wildlife awaits him in the hinterland, where he braves a crocodile safari.


MON 19:30 Walking With... (m00111q6)
Series 1

Walking with Kate Garraway

Broadcaster Kate Garraway goes for an invigorating walk along the edge of the Cotswolds Hills. As she passes through the patch where she first cut her teeth as a reporter, she takes time to appreciate the stunning landscapes.

From the panoramic viewpoint of Painswick Beacon, Kate descends through beech woods to the village of Upton St Leonards, soaking up the sounds of nature as she goes. From there she climbs Cooper’s
Hill and wanders down to the church at Great Witcombe. Kate relishes the chance to have nothing to do but take in the ‘joy and rhythm of the
countryside’ as she crosses the gentle, rolling hills with just a 360-degree camera for company.

Along the way, she meets local craftspeople who are inspired by the ‘living theatre’ of the landscapes. Kate finds her natural surroundings a source of inspiration and resilience as she reflects on a year of challenges and change.


MON 20:00 Rome: A History of the Eternal City (b01p96g4)
Divine Gamble

Simon Sebag Montefiore charts the rocky course of Rome's rise to become the capital of western Christendom and its impact on the lives of its citizens, elites and high priests.

Rome casts aside its pantheon of pagan gods and a radical new religion takes hold. Christianity was just a persecuted sect until Emperor Constantine took a huge leap of faith, promoting it as the religion of Empire. But would this divine gamble pay off?


MON 21:00 Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit (b079v9nr)
Episode 2

In the second episode, Mary Beard explores the physical world of the Roman Empire, and finds surprising parallels with our own world. Setting out in the footsteps of the emperor Hadrian, she discovers a vast empire bound together by a common material culture, and a globalised economy of such scale that evidence of its side-effects can still be seen today, thousands of miles away from Rome. Mary unpicks the threads of a huge commercial and cultural network, taking in the vital supply of olive oil to Rome and her armies, the slave trade, and the all-important silver mines of Spain.

Following the famous Roman road network, and the shipping routes connecting the empire's thriving ports, Mary reveals another side to the Roman Empire, one where builders and traders eclipse soldiers, and starring slaves, not senators, making the most of a hugely connected new world.


MON 22:00 Don Cupitt Remembers... The Sea of Faith (m00256wy)
Don Cupitt, one of Britain’s leading Christian philosophers, once described by the Church Times as 'an ecclesiastical version of Tony Benn', marks 40 years since the broadcasting of his seminal 1984 series, The Sea of Faith.

Cupitt’s thought-provoking and challenging approach invited everyday viewers, as well as members of the Anglican clergy itself, to confront the reality of falling church attendances in the UK and to explore why and how attitudes to religion had changed over the years.

Here, Cupitt recalls the impact of the series at a time when a programme dealing with major issues could still make the front cover of the Radio Times and considers where such debate is taking place today.


MON 22:10 The Sea of Faith (m00256x2)
The Mechanical Universe

In Galileo's villa at Arcetri, refurnished from the original inventory, Don Cupitt reconstructs the experiments that threatened the entire cosmology of Christendom.


MON 23:00 The Sea of Faith (m00256x8)
The Human Animal

Don Cupitt explores how Darwin's theory of evolution seemed to make the idea of special creation by God impossible. And Sigmund Freud's consulting room in Vienna was the scene of an even greater challenge to Christian orthodoxy.


MON 23:50 Colosseum (p0fwgzv6)
Series 1

The Beastmaster

Over a million animals are slaughtered on the sands of the arena by trained beastmasters, none more famous than Carpophorus. But when met with the unprecedented challenge of battling 20 wild creatures, can Carpophorus survive?


MON 00:40 Colosseum (p0fwh1bd)
Series 1

The Gladiatrix

When the Emperor Trajan stages his great games of AD107, the crowd is treated to a rare spectacle – female gladiators. A Roman named Mevia illustrates the challenges of life for women in ancient Rome. She decides to trade her status as a free citizen to fight in the arena as a gladiatrix.


MON 01:25 Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (b01gxqgg)
Streetlife

We still live in the shadow of ancient Rome - a city at the heart of a vast empire that stretched from Scotland to Afghanistan, dominating the West for over 700 years. Professor Mary Beard puts aside the stories of emperors and armies, guts and gore, to meet the real Romans living at the heart of it all.

In this programme, Mary descends into the city streets to discover the dirt, crime, sex and slum conditions in the world's first high-rise city. This Rome is not the marble Rome we know, but a vast, messy metropolis with little urban planning, where most Romans lived in high-rise apartment blocks with little space, light, or even sanitation. Forced outdoors into the city streets, she reveals where they went to hang out, get drunk, have sex and get clean. She looks at the Forum as a place of gamblers, dentists and thieves, and she explores the lustiness of Roman bar life and jokes.

Finally, exploring law and order from the bottom up, Mary examines how this city really worked. She meets Ancarenus Nothus, an apartment dweller who lived in fear of the rent collector; 'Notorious' Primus, who wrote about his three great pleasures in life - 'baths, wine and sex'; and 'Unlucky' Doris, a seven-year-old girl killed in one of Rome's many fires.


MON 02:25 Rome: A History of the Eternal City (b01p96g4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 today]

TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2024

TUE 19:00 Great Australian Railway Journeys (m000l45p)
Series 1 (30-Minute Versions)

Kuranda to Townsville – Part 2

Michael Portillo continues his rail exploration of Queensland, Australia, from the tropical rainforest to the Great Barrier Reef.

In the wonderfully preserved Art Deco town of Innisfail, Michael learns how resilient Queenslanders withstand the tropical storms which strike the region.

At Mungalla Cattle Station, Michael joins the indigenous owner for a feast cooked underground. He hears how aboriginal people faced brutality at the hands of 19th century settlers and how today at Mungalla they are taking their destiny into their own hands.

After a singalong at the Billabong, Michael makes tracks for Townsville and the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. Pioneering photographs taken at the time of his Bradshaw’s brought the corals to the world’s attention, and now two million people visit the reef annually. Michael discovers a citizens’ army is deploying robots to protect the world heritage site from a hungry predator.


TUE 19:30 Walking With... (m00111h4)
Series 1

Walking with Nick Grimshaw

Famous for waking up the nation on Radio One and his afternoon drive-time show, DJ and presenter Nick Grimshaw heads to the north east of England for a stroll through a fascinating landscape. Exploring historic areas of Warkworth and Amble in Northumberland, Nick begins his walk at first light, dipping his toes in the sea for a refreshing wake-me-up along the beach.

Crossing sand dunes and an ancient river, Nick heads for the streets of Warkworth and reflects on the importance of family life, including the positive influence of his late father. Nick talks about recognising his sexuality as he was growing up - including questioning what ‘being gay’ would actually mean.

Taking the short boat crossing to the extraordinary Warkworth Hermitage - a retreat carved from a sandstone cliff - Nick talks about the benefits meditation has brought to his life. As Nick approaches the end of his walk, the conversation turns to the future. He talks passionately about his desire to start his own family with his partner. Revitalised after his seven-mile walk, Nick enjoys the sunset at Amble pier and vows to return to Northumberland.


TUE 20:00 Porridge (b00787cr)
Series 3

Poetic Justice

Classic comedy series. Fletcher is incensed when his peace and quiet is disrupted by the arrival of a third cellmate. To add insult to injury, the screws are being extra polite to the newcomer and giving him all the cushy jobs. Fletcher is determined to discover the reason why.


TUE 20:30 As Time Goes By (p045tlvl)
Series 1

The Copper Kettle

Lionel and Jean spend the day walking around an old town they used to visit when they were young. They find that even though things have changed, their treasured memories remain.


TUE 21:00 Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (b085zjww)
Episode 2

This episode follows the end of Henry's marriage to Katherine of Aragon, made possible by Henry's rejection of Catholicism and the pope, with him setting himself up as head of the Church of England. He marries his second wife, Anne Boleyn, and she gives birth to a baby girl, Elizabeth.

After rumours spread that Anne has been unfaithful to the king, she is arrested and executed, leaving Henry free to marry Jane Seymour. Jane gives birth to a son, Edward, but Henry's joy is overshadowed by grief as Jane dies 12 days later.


TUE 22:00 Storyville (m00256ws)
Agent of Happiness

Amber works as a happiness agent for the government of Bhutan, which has devised Gross National Happiness, a way of measuring and collating the contentment of the nation.

We join Amber and his colleague Gunar as they embark on a cross-country road trip through the mountains of the Himalayas, meeting citizens from all walks of life. The duo ask them how they score themselves, from zero to ten, in various areas - psychological well-being, health, education, cultural diversity and living standards - to record and measure how happy they are.

But Amber is not very happy with his own life, he is still single at the age of 40 and living with and caring for his elderly mother. Nevertheless, he is a hopeless romantic who dreams of finding love, marrying and having children; he is a happiness agent in search of his own happiness. Will he find it?


TUE 23:35 How to Get Ahead (b03yfwk1)
At Renaissance Court

Writer, broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith explores Renaissance Florence under the reign of Grand Duke Cosimo Medici. Cosimo's fledgling court prized the finer things in life and some of the greatest painters, sculptors and craftsmen in world history came to serve the Grand Duke. But successful courtiers had to have brains as well as brawn. The canniest of them looked to theorists like Niccolo Machiavelli for underhand ways to get ahead, whilst enlightened polymaths turned their minds to the heavens, and to ice cream.


TUE 00:35 Novels That Shaped Our World (m000bpvx)
Series 1

The Class Ceiling

Class is present from the time the very first novels in English appeared. This episode begins with one of the most famous portrayals of the fate of the poor and the destitute - Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist, published in 1837. The ‘Condition of England’ novel, by writers such as Dickens, Disraeli and Elizabeth Gaskell, whose Mary Barton is set in industrial Manchester, drew attention to and invoked pity for the lives lived by the have-nots in a ‘two-nation’ society. But, though sympathetic, they fell short of offering support for the aims of working-class movements. By the turn of the next century, though, these had grown in strength. Novels like Robert Tressell’s The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists, published in 1914, pressed not just for reform, but for socialism to take root. In the USA, meanwhile, class was thought by some not to exist. F Scott Fitzgerald’s high society The Great Gatsby showed that it did, while the sparkling Jeeves and Wooster series of PG Wodehouse showed that it could be funny.

In the late 1950s, DH Lawrence’s infamous adultery-across-the-classes novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover was put on trial for obscenity, and a new generation of working-class writers emerged with honest portraits of their own communities. Working-class people could now read novels by and about themselves. The episode closes with two books from recent decades that Charles Dickens would surely have recognised - Irvine Welsh’s incendiary Trainspotting and Avarind Adiga’s 2008 Booker Prize-winning The White Tiger. Dickens and Gaskell wrote about the fallout from the industrial revolution in the United Kingdom. The White Tiger shows the fallout from the tech revolution in India. The story of class in the novel has never gone away.


TUE 01:35 Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (b085zjww)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]


TUE 02:35 Great Australian Railway Journeys (m000l45p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 today]


TUE 03:05 Walking With... (m00111h4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:30 today]

WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2024

WED 19:00 Canal Boat Diaries (m001lmjn)
Series 4

Sheffield to Keadby

Robbie Cumming begins his 300-mile boating adventure across the north of England and the Midlands. He is forced to make a running repair to his narrowboat, the Naughty Lass, and on the Tinsley lock flight in South Yorkshire, he cruises beneath Conisbrough’s magnificent viaduct and must wait for an unusual sliding railway bridge to open on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal.


WED 19:30 Walking With... (m001111j)
Series 1

Walking with Shappi Khorsandi

Comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi walks through stunning scenery in the Peak District and along the Monsal Trail. From the hills above Tideswell, Shappi follows tracks and footpaths along Tideswell Dale and Miller’s Dale before reaching the disused railway line of the Monsal Trail. Along the way she meets residents who are charmed by her characteristic wit and ease.

Taking time to appreciate the hills and ridges surrounding her, Shappi enjoys a sense of calm and composure in the country air. Walking along the trail as it tunnels through hillsides and over gorges, Shappi takes the opportunity to ‘allow the hills to hold’ her. She talks candidly about her outlook on life and love. Funny and poignant, the comedian speaks of relationships, motherhood and mental health with a refreshing honesty


WED 20:00 Fungi: The Web of Life (m00256xw)
Much of life on earth is connected by a vast, hidden network that we are only just beginning to understand. Out of sight, between the world of plants and animals, another realm exists - the kingdom of fungi.

Passionate biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake travels the globe, exploring the secret world of fungi. Through dazzling images of fungi under the microscope and all around us in the forest, Merlin unravels the many secrets of these essential organisms. So much more than mushrooms, not only do fungi shape the weather and support life on land, they are also at the cutting edge of medical research and even have the power to break down plastic waste.

This film takes us from the ancient Tasmanian Tarkine rainforest to the mystical wilds of China’s Yunnan Province, in search of solutions to some of our planet’s biggest challenges. Can the answers be found in the wonderful world of fungi?


WED 20:40 A Wild Year (m000kjrl)
Series 1

The Fens

Hidden away in the most easterly part of the British Isles are the Fens of East Anglia, a landscape of big skies and distant horizons, wild wetlands and fertile farmland.

Water has always been the driving force here - its ebb and flow has shaped the Fens for thousands of years. The ancient wetlands covered hundreds of square miles and overflowed with wildlife. Today, well over 90% has gone, drained over the centuries and converted into farmland. Yet despite these changes, it is still possible to glimpse the richness of those wetlands.

Every winter, thousands of migrating whooper swans return to the flooded pastures of the Ouse washes from their Arctic breeding grounds. Here, they join thousands of other waterfowl in one of Britain’s greatest wildlife gatherings.

On the Welney Wetlands, spring sees ‘mad’ march hares boxing over mates. It was once thought these bouts were male hares boxing for dominance, but it is often the females throwing the punches to fend off the attentions of over-eager suitors.


WED 21:00 Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry (m0015nnc)
The Bayeux Tapestry is a remarkable and unique work of art that has survived for almost 1,000 years. Made in the 11th century, it tells the story of William of Normandy’s claim to the English throne, culminating in the Norman invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings.

Surprisingly for an object of its size, the Bayeux Tapestry is not mentioned in any contemporary records. So where does it come from? Who made it and why? Archaeologists, historians, biologists, anthropologists and even astrophysicists are unlocking some of the tapestry’s mysteries to understand better the story it tells us about England and France at that time.

At nearly 70 metres in length, the Bayeux Tapestry includes 623 characters, hundreds of animals and a wide diversity of scenes depicting everyday life and epic events. It is a treasure trove of information, offering an extraordinary insight into a pivotal moment in history.


WED 22:00 Wessex Tales (p0jvcp3t)
An Imaginative Woman

Fate brings Ella Marchmill to rent the rooms of a poet she has always admired. Her admiration gradually turns into obsession.


WED 22:55 Wessex Tales (p0jvcq3d)
The Melancholy Hussar

The arrival of the York Hussars on the Dorset Downs has a dramatic impact upon the life of Phyllis Grove.


WED 23:45 Wessex Tales (p0jvcpfc)
Barbara of the House of Grebe

Lord Uplandtowers vows that he will make Barbara his wife. But she has secret plans of her own.


WED 00:35 Canal Boat Diaries (m001lmjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 today]


WED 01:05 Walking With... (m001111j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:30 today]


WED 01:35 A Wild Year (m000kjrl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:40 today]


WED 01:55 Fungi: The Web of Life (m00256xw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 today]


WED 02:35 How to Get Ahead (b03yfwk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:35 on Tuesday]

THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2024

THU 19:00 Canal Boat Diaries (m001lldy)
Series 4

Keadby to Kiveton Park

Robbie Cumming tackles the fast-flowing tidal River Trent and is invited to join a night-time illuminated boat parade. However, his journey is hampered by a damaged wall in Worksop and a water shortage on the picturesque Chesterfield Canal. Will he make it by boat to Kiveton Park?


THU 19:30 Walking With... (m00111gr)
Series 1

Walking with Monica Galetti

Celebrity chef Monica Galetti walks through the open landscapes of the North York Moors. Along the way she meets residents and samples local produce. Starting off with a glorious view over the frost-covered valley, Monica drops down into the historic village of Rosedale Abbey.

Following the course of a stream up Rosedale, she climbs towards the heather, passing a fell runner on the way. On top of the moors she experiences the open expanse before her. Getting away from the hustle and bustle of the city gives Monica the chance to reflect and find peace. As her senses tune in to the birdsong around her, she reminisces about her homeland of Samoa and resolves to spend more time out in nature.

Crossing over to Farndale, she walks the quiet lanes and enjoys her escape from the heat of the kitchen, before ending with a well-deserved drink in the hamlet of Church Houses.


THU 20:00 Martin Scorsese Remembers… Powell and Pressburger (m00256yy)
Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese introduces the BBC’s much-anticipated season of films by the legendary team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Scorsese reveals why they resonate so strongly with him and are on his recommended list of essential viewing for any fan of cinema.

The season features I Know Where I’m Going, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death - all seemingly a world away from what most movie-goers would associate with the director of Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas. But Powell and Pressburger rank amongst the biggest influences on Scorsese’s career, and here, he kicks off the season with a special explanation of why it’s so important for him to celebrate their work.


THU 20:20 I Know Where I'm Going! (b0074rq7)
A headstrong woman who intends to marry for money is marooned on the Isle of Mull en route to her wedding. But when she meets the Laird of Kiloran, she is no longer sure she wants to go ahead with her wedding plans.


THU 21:50 I Know Where I'm Going!: 50 Years On (b00ktmvk)
Programme made for the fiftieth anniversary of classic movie I Know Where I'm Going! by maverick film-making duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, set on a Hebridean island and starring Dame Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey.


THU 22:25 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (b0074sgv)
Powell and Pressburger's classic British epic about the life and loves of a reactionary army officer, Clive Candy VC, told episodically in flashback.

From his dashing career in the Boer War of 1902, the film follows Candy through marriage during the First World War to the Blitz of 1943, when he searches London for his lost youth and loves.

The film was considered bad propaganda during World War II, and Winston Churchill personally banned its export.


THU 01:05 Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry (m0015nnc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Wednesday]


THU 02:05 Canal Boat Diaries (m001lldy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 today]


THU 02:35 Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit (b079v9nr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Monday]

FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2024

FRI 19:00 Top of the Pops (p00fsvdz)
Jockey Frankie Dettori presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 8 November 1996 and featuring Gina G, Bjork, 911, Moby, Simply Red, Boyzone and Robson & Jerome. Plus a burst of Slade and Generation X from the archives.


FRI 19:35 Top of the Pops (m00256xq)
Members of The Fast Show present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 15 November 1996 and featuring Robert Miles ft Maria Nayler, Backstreet Boys, Toni Braxton, The Woolpackers, Michael Jackson, East 17 ft Gabrielle, The Artist, Mark Owen and Robson & Jerome.


FRI 20:10 Top of the Pops (b08q2wc7)
Simon Bates and Richard Skinner present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 November 1983. Featuring Paul Young, Tina Turner, The Smiths, Marilyn, Simple Minds, The Style Council and Billy Joel.


FRI 20:45 Top of the Pops (m000bpk9)
Simon Mayo and Andy Crane present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 November 1988 and featuring Tiffany, Bomb the Bass ft Maureen, Deacon Blue, Michael Jackson, Pet Shop Boys, Iron Maiden, Bananarama, Chris de Burgh, Robin Beck and Hithouse.


FRI 21:15 Tina Live! (m000wvxg)
An electric Tina Turner performance from Arnhem, Netherlands, in 2009, as part of her blockbuster 50th Anniversary Tour.

During 2008 and 2009, Tina completed 90 shows in over 40 different cities across North America and Europe, celebrating 50 years of being in music. She performed to over a million adoring fans throughout the tour, in a set that contained some of her most-loved songs, including The Best, What’s Love Got to Do With It, Proud Mary and many more.


FRI 23:25 The Rolling Stones - Licked Live in NYC (p0cgmylt)
The Rolling Stones embarked on a worldwide tour in 2002 and 2003 that would cover 117 shows in a variety of theatres, arenas and stadiums.

This show captures their January 2003 performance at Madison Square Garden in New York City and features a guest appearance from Sheryl Crow on Honky Tonk Women. There are also previously unreleased performances of Start Me Up, Tumbling Dice, Gimme Shelter and Sympathy for The Devil.


FRI 00:25 Prince and The Revolution: Live (m001mpgh)
James Brown had the Apollo. Jimi Hendrix had Monterey Pop. And Prince had Syracuse, New York’s Carrier Dome – the site of his 30 March 1985 Purple Rain Tour performance that was beamed to millions live via satellite and captured for posterity as a Grammy-nominated concert film.

For the first time, this powerful performance by Prince and The Revolution has been entirely remixed and remastered, and the picture quality has been improved significantly. The film features smash hits from the legendary Prince albums Purple Rain, Controversy and 1999, including a mind-bending 18-minute version of the song Purple Rain.


FRI 01:45 Top of the Pops (p00fsvdz)
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FRI 02:20 Top of the Pops (m00256xq)
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FRI 02:55 Top of the Pops (b08q2wc7)
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FRI 03:30 Top of the Pops (m000bpk9)
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