SATURDAY 06 JUNE 2009

SAT 19:00 D-Day Remembered (b00l21w8)
Episode 1

On the day D-Day celebrates its 65th birthday, BBC4 comes from Normandy for an evening of discussion, reflection and recollection.

Host Fiona Bruce will be joined throughout the night by veterans and key figures from the worlds of history, politics and the arts to look at the legacy of D-Day and its emotional impact.


SAT 19:15 News 44 (b00l21wb)
D-Day

Series dealing with the news of the week of the D-Day landings in June 1944. Presented by Sue Lawley, with scripts by Nicholas Witchell, weather reports from Michael Cole, Fred Emery, Francine Stock and Tim Sebastian. This edition looks at the first secret landings in Normandy.


SAT 19:30 D-Day Remembered (b00l6m90)
Episode 2

On the day D-Day celebrates its 65th birthday, BBC4 comes from Normandy for an evening of discussion, reflection and recollection.

Host Fiona Bruce will be joined throughout the night by veterans and key figures from the worlds of history, politics and the arts to look at the legacy of D-Day and its emotional impact.


SAT 19:45 D-Day: Turning the Tide (b0074q6k)
The extraordinary and moving story of D-Day, through the eyes of those who took part. Presenter Charles Wheeler, a Royal Marine in 1944 and a Normandy veteran, offers a personal perspective on the first 24 hours of operation Overlord. He interviews French civilians as well as British and German servicemen, who revisit the locations where they lost friends and experienced some of the most intense moments of their lives.


SAT 20:35 D-Day Remembered (b00l6m92)
Episode 3

On the day D-Day celebrates its 65th birthday, BBC4 comes from Normandy for an evening of discussion, reflection and recollection.

Host Fiona Bruce will be joined throughout the night by veterans and key figures from the worlds of history, politics and the arts to look at the legacy of D-Day and its emotional impact.


SAT 20:50 D-Day: Secret Maps (b00l21wd)
Historian Richard Holmes describes how tens of thousands of maps were created for the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944. The War Office made a plea for holiday postcards, which were sent in in their thousands to provide vital details on landmarks, building elevations and landscape details.


SAT 21:20 D-Day Remembered (b00l6m94)
Episode 4

On the day D-Day celebrates its 65th birthday, BBC4 comes from Normandy for an evening of discussion, reflection and recollection.

Host Fiona Bruce will be joined throughout the night by veterans and key figures from the worlds of history, politics and the arts to look at the legacy of D-Day and its emotional impact.


SAT 21:35 D-Day to Berlin: Newsnight Special (b00l21wg)
George Stevens's remarkable film is acclaimed by historians as the most important colour footage taken during the war. Milestones covered include the liberation of Paris, the link-up between the Russian and American armies on the River Elbe and the Allied capture of the Dachau concentration camp.


SAT 22:35 Keep on Running: 50 Years of Island Records (b00kvd38)
Damian Lewis-narrated documentary telling the colourful story of Island Records, the Jamaican-founded record label built by maverick boss Chris Blackwell which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009.

The film features a rare, in-depth interview with Blackwell alongside contributions from former Island artists Grace Jones, Toots Hibbert, Amy Winehouse, Sly and Robbie, PJ Harvey, U2, Brian Eno, Spencer Davis, Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens, the B52s, Kid Creole, Greg Lake, Ian Anderson, Trevor Horn, Paul Weller, Richard Thompson and Keane.

News archive and rare performance footage are used to tell the story of the label - its part in bringing reggae music into the world; its expansion into progressive rock in the late 1960s; the rise of Bob Marley into a global star; and the label's reputation for consistently signing, producing and championing innovative acts from the UK and all over the world.


SAT 00:05 Island at the BBC (b00kvd3b)
Compilation of performances from the BBC archives of top Island Records artists, including Cat Stevens's Father and Son, Roxy Music's Do the Strand and Stir It Up by Bob Marley and The Wailers, plus tracks from Steel Pulse, U2, PJ Harvey, Baaba Maal and Amy Winehouse.


SAT 01:05 Terry Jones's Barbarians (b00791nv)
The Primitive Celts

Terry Jones pieces together new archaeological evidence to reveal the startling truth about the Barbarians, in the process discovering how the Roman propaganda machine was able to pull off a great con-trick and turn their enemies into monsters fit for childrens' stories.

In 58 BC Julius Caesar invaded Celtic Gaul. He claimed it was to protect the northern borders of the Empire from these volatile people. But Terry discovers that Caesar's account was a smokescreen for a more sinister truth.

The Celts, according to Rome, were a warring and illiterate people. Yet Terry discovers that these people had mathematical know-how way beyond the Romans. They also had a society that, in stark contrast to Rome, was compassionate and protected the young and the weak, one built on an advanced and complex trading network that spread way beyond the borders of the Celtic world.

So why was Caesar so hell-bent on the destruction of these civilised people? The latest archaeological evidence has revealed that the Celtic world was built on vast deposits of gold, and the Celts were gold miners par excellence. The ambitious Caesar was in poverty and the rich, sophisticated Celts were there for the taking.


SAT 02:05 How the Celts Saved Britain (b00kps7h)
A New Civilisation

Dan Snow blows the lid off the traditional, Anglo-centric view of history and reveals how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion during the Dark Ages, in this provocative, two-part documentary.

Travelling back in time to some of the remotest corners of the British Isles, Dan unravels the mystery of the lost years of 400-800 AD, when the collapse of the Roman Empire left Britain in tatters.

In the first episode, Dan shows how in the 5th century AD Roman 'Britannia' was plunged into chaos by the arrival of Anglo-Saxon invaders. As Roman civilisation disappeared from Britain, a new civilisation emerged in one of the most unlikely places - Ireland. Within a few generations, Christianity transformed a backward, barbarian country into the cultural powerhouse of early medieval Europe.

This is a visually and intellectually stimulating journey through one of the least known chapters of British history.


SAT 03:05 How the Celts Saved Britain (b00ktrby)
Salvation

Provocative two-part documentary in which Dan Snow blows the lid on the traditional Anglo-centric view of history and reveals how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion during the Dark Ages.

He follows in the footsteps of Ireland's earliest missionaries as they venture through treacherous barbarian territory to bring literacy and technology to the future nations of Scotland and England.