Episode 2
As an 'Iron Curtain' fell across Europe, the jet bomber came to define how the Cold War was fought. Able to fly faster, higher and further than ever before, and armed with a dev ...
13-01-2025
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Episode 06-03-2024
National treasure Miriam Margolyes looks back on her role in the BBC’s 1995 adaptation of one of the much-loved jewels of 20th-century British literature, Stella Gibbons&r ...
06-03-2024
BBC 4
Episode 06-03-2024
Adaptation of Stella Gibbons's comic novel about an expensively educated young woman who is suddenly orphaned and goes to live with her eccentric relatives in the country. She t ...
06-03-2024
BBC 4
19/10/1984
Robert Robinson chairs as Frank Muir, Hannah Gordon and Tim Rice compete against Arthur Marshall, Moira Stuart and Charles Dance in a duel of words and wit.
27-10-2025
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13/05/1976
Robert Robinson presides over a duel of words and wit between Patrick Campbell, Felicity Kendal, Simon Ward, Frank Muir, Penelope Keith, Joss Ackland.\n\n
20-10-2025
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27/05/1977
Robert Robinson hosts a game of word definitions and deceptions. Captains Frank Muir and Patrick Campbell are joined by Tom Baker, Alan Coren, Gabrielle Drake and Miriam Stoppard.
14-10-2025
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02/11/1984
Robert Robinson referees as Frank Muir Anna Massey and Godfrey Smith take on Arthur Marshall Sally Magnusson and Peter Egan in a duel of words and wit.
06-10-2025
BBC 4
13/02/1981
Robert Robinson presides as Frank Muir, Sue Cook and Bryan Forbes take on Arthur Marshall, Nanette Newman, Paul Eddington in a duel of words and wit.
29-09-2025
BBC 4
12/08/1976
Patrick Campbell, Hannah Gordon and Charles Gray face Frank Muir, Angela Rippon and Tim Rice in a duel of words and wit, refereed by Robert Robinson.
22-09-2025
BBC 4
06/05/1982
Robert Robinson presents as Frank Muir, Kate O'Mara and Godfrey Smith compete against Arthur Marshall, Victoria Wood and Tim Brooke-Taylor in a duel of words and wit.
15-09-2025
BBC 4
05/07/1978
Robert Robinson referees another duel of words and wit as Patrick Campbell, June Bolton and Richard Briers compete against Frank Muir, Joanna Lumley and Derek Jacobi.
08-09-2025
BBC 4
02/12/1974
Robert Robinson referees as Frank Muir, Hannah Gordon and Barry Norman face Patrick Campbell, Glenys Roberts and Paul Daneman in a duel of words and wit.
04-11-2024
BBC 4
04/11/1974
Frank Muir, Hilary Tindall and Robert Powell play against Patrick Campbell, Dawn Addams and Lord Kearton in a duel of words and wit, refereed by Robert Robinson.
28-10-2024
BBC 4
14/10/1974
Robert Robinson referees a duel of words and wit between Patrick Campbell, who is joined by Madeline Smith and Peter Sallis, and Frank Muir, with Sheila Tracy and Charles Osborne.
21-10-2024
BBC 4
16/12/1974
Robert Robinson referees a duel of words and wit between Patrick Campbell and Frank Muir and their celebrity teammates Gayle Hunnicutt, Peter Jay, Susanne Hall and Anthony Valen ...
14-10-2024
BBC 4
09/12/1974
Robert Robinson referees a duel of words and wit between Patrick Campbell, with his teammates Susanne Hall and Anthony Valentine, and Frank Muir, who is joined by Gayle Hunnicut ...
07-10-2024
BBC 4
18/11/1974
Robert Robinson hosts a duel of words and wit, pitting Frank Muir, Lady Harlech and Robin Knox-Johnston against Patrick Campbell, Francesca Annis and Michael Jayston.
30-09-2024
BBC 4
11/11/1974
Robert Robinson referees a duel of words and wit between team captains Patrick Campbell and Frank Muir, who are joined by Francesca Annis, Michael Jayston, Lady Harlech and Robi ...
23-09-2024
BBC 4
28/06/1978
Robert Robinson referees a duel of words and wit between Frank Muir, Joanna Lumley and Derek Jacobi and Patrick Campbell, June Bolton and Richard Briers.
16-09-2024
BBC 4
05/08/1976
Robert Robinson presides over a duel of words and wit between Frank Muir, Angela Rippon, Tim Rice, Patrick Campbell, Hannah Gordon and Charles Gray.
09-09-2024
BBC 4
03/03/1975
Robert Robinson presides over a duel of words and wit between Patrick Campbell, Judy Geeson, Edward Woodward, Frank Muir, Joan Bakewell and Noel Edmonds.
26-08-2024
BBC 4
23/12/1974
Robert Robinson presides over a duel of words and wit between Patrick Campbell, Pauline Collins, Antony Hopkins and Frank Muir, the Marchioness of Tavistock, Edward Fox.
19-08-2024
BBC 4
07/10/1974
Robert Robinson presides over a duel of words and wit between team captains Frank Muir and Patrick Campbell, who are joined by Joanna Lumley, Miles Kington, Mary Peach and Simon ...
12-08-2024
BBC 4
Episode 05-11-2024
It’s said that journalists write the first draft of history. To mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, John Simpson, the BBC’s ...
05-11-2024
BBC 4
Series 1: 1. Frozen Solid
Everything around us - from the tiniest insect on Earth to the most distant stars of the cosmos - exists somewhere on a vast scale from cold to hot. In this series, physicist Dr ...
17-10-2024
BBC 4
The Story Of 1988
1988 – and while Top of the Pops celebrates its Silver Jubilee (that’s 25 years, folks!), a new showrunner brings the show to an ever younger audience with lively ne ...
10-05-2025
BBC 4
John Le Carre
John le Carre converses with Mark Lawson about his fragmented childhood, life in the diplomatic service, working with Alec Guinness and his book A Most Wanted Man. Le Carre work ...
31-05-2021
BBC 4
Episode 09-05-2020
In 1955, the African-American congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie announced a new Cold War weapon to combat the Soviet Union - America's iconic jazz ...
09-05-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: Episode 1
June 1942. WWII Amsterdam is under Nazi occupation. Anne Frank, a teenage Jewish girl, is celebrating her 13th birthday with her family and friends by having a party. Amongst he ...
12-01-2022
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Praying For Armageddon
Praying for Armageddon is a political thriller that explores the power and influence of American Evangelical Christians as they aim to fulfil the Armageddon prophecy. \n\nThe fi ...
14-05-2024
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Series 1: 5. Downfall
In episode five of the series covers the period after the 1987 election when Mrs Thatcher secured a third term as prime minister. \n\nShe sets out to play a full part in interna ...
29-10-2025
BBC 4
Episode 31-08-2025
Sir George Benjamin conducts the world premiere of his darkly dramatic new opera based on the life of Edward II - a major event in contemporary music with an internationally ren ...
31-08-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: Episode 3
The British, French and Americans are waiting to enter Berlin. In the meantime, the Soviets appoint mayors, organise the food supply and go on the hunt for war criminals. The Je ...
21-07-2025
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Series 1: 6. Sensing
Professor Ben Garrod explores how some snakes can see using heat, how crocodiles feel through their jaws and how some animals use electricity to navigate their world - and it is ...
01-07-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Protection
How does a giraffe stay cool? What are different porcupine quills teaching us about medicine? What makes some people more likely to be bitten by mosquitoes than others? All the ...
25-06-2025
BBC 4
Code-breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes
Documentary that reveals the secret story behind one of the greatest intellectual feats of World War II, a feat that gave birth to the digital age. In 1943, a 24-year-old maths ...
17-06-2025
BBC 4
Abi Morgan
Screenwriter and playwright Abi Morgan has worked across a diverse array of themes and genres for more than 25 years. She wrote the television series The Split, a domestic drama ...
10-05-2025
BBC 4
Episode 29-03-2025
A journey through Eric Clapton's performing life at the BBC and elsewhere, from his 60s blues days to his noughties blues days. Clapton has been described as the best guitarist ...
29-03-2025
BBC 4
Thin Lizzy
Archive performance by Irish guitar rockers Thin Lizzy in concert at the Regal Theatre, Hitchin. The set includes Jailbreak, Cold Sweat and The Boys Are Back in Town.
14-03-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: Episode 2
In April 1955 Ruth Ellis shot her lover David Blakely dead. It's a case that shocked the nation and it still fascinates today. It has its place in ushering in the defence of dim ...
12-03-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: 4. Dumfries And Galloway/south Ayrshire
This episode explores the south western coastline of Scotland’s gateway to the Irish Sea. Mehreen takes to the skies with the former RAF fighter pilot who is now using his ...
22-02-2025
BBC 4
Series 3: Episode 7
Wisting's hunt for a killer in his cold case means he needs to question a second man in prison for murder. This leads him all the way to Lithuania and a collaboration with Inter ...
08-02-2025
BBC 4
Series 1: Episode 3
On 23 January 1649, the third day of the king’s trial, Charles continues to publicly dispute the High Court’s legitimacy. There is no choice other than to move forwa ...
14-01-2025
BBC 4
Annie Lennox
Pop's enduring diva is on scintillating form in an intimate concert from LSO St Luke's in London. Accompanied by her band and 21 strings from the BBC Concert Orchestra, Annie Le ...
21-12-2024
BBC 4
Series 20: 15. Too Many Cookes V Bloomsbury Group
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – logic and lateral thinking are the vital extra ingredients.\n\nIn another tight match, the te ...
18-11-2024
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. A Temperature For Life
Physicist Dr Helen Czerski explores the narrow band of temperature that has led to life on Earth. She reveals how life began in a dramatic place where hot meets cold, and how ev ...
23-10-2024
BBC 4
22. The Cold
Hancock is suffering with a cold, and none of his remedies seem to work. In desperation, he listens to Sid, who recommends a keep fit course to keep him healthy.
12-10-2024
BBC 4
Episode 18-09-2024
As fans prepare for the arrival of series nine of the BBC’s long-running crime drama Shetland, actor Alison O’Donnell, who plays the much-loved character Tosh, takes ...
18-09-2024
BBC 4
Series 1: 5. Winckler (the Commander)
Winter 2012. Etienne Winckler, a detective specialising in cold cases, is handed the old 'Sambre rapist' case to see if it can be closed. As he pours over files at the local pol ...
14-09-2024
BBC 4