All BBC4 articles – Page 18
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NewsBBC4 sends Richard E Grant on safari
Oxford Scientific Films has secured Richard E Grant to front a 90-minute special on safaris for BBC4.
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NewsKlein: BBC4 will not become dry or dusty
BBC4 is to dramatise the beginnings of Coronation Street as controller Richard Klein attempts to prevent the channel becoming “a drier, dustier world” following the BBC Strategy Review.
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NewsBBC4 to explore Britain’s relationship with the sea
The Choir frontman Gareth Malone and actor Timothy Spall are to turn their attention to the sea in a major BBC4 season about Britain’s status as an island nation.
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NewsShake-up hands new remit to BBC2 and BBC4
BBC2 and BBC4 are both set for major shake-ups, with the former placing a fresh emphasis on scripted output and the latter going back to its highbrow roots.
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NewsBBC4 series to celebrate German art
A new BBC4 series is to celebrate Germany’s art history this autumn.
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NewsBBC4 doc vies with Avatar at green awards
A BBC4 documentary is to vie with James Cameron’s record-breaking movie Avatar for an environmental prize at the Cinema for Peace Awards next week.
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NewsBBC4 to chart the history and art of maps
BBC4 has ordered two documentary series about the history of maps to coincide with a major British Library exhibition.
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NewsMurray to debunk German stereotypes for BBC4
BBC4 plans to combat negative stereotypes about German culture in a two-part factual series fronted by comedian Al Murray.
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NewsBBC4 unveils love and sex season
BBC4 is to dramatise DH Lawrence’s controversial novels The Rainbow and Women in Love in a new season about love and sexuality in 20th century literature.
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BBC4 orders John Lennon drama
Christopher Eccleston is to play John Lennon in a BBC4 drama from Blast! films.
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NewsDad’s the word for BBC4 with documentary slate
BBC4 is to investigate the truth behind the cliché “every child needs a father” in a slate of films about fatherhood.
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NewsBBC4 to make MPs expenses drama
BBC4 is to turn the MPs expenses scandal into a comedy drama directed by Simon Cellan Jones.
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NewsMark Gatiss to adapt HG Wells novel for BBC4
League of Gentleman star Mark Gatiss is to star in his own adaptation of HG Wells’ sci-fi romance, The First Men In The Moon, for BBC4.
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Testimony to look at history of being a father for BBC4
BBC4 is to examine how fatherhood has evolved over the past 100 years, in a 3 x 60-minute series made by Testimony Films.
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BBC4 Walks format to go global
BBC4 is to expand its Walks format into a global travel strand with three 4 x 30-minute series.
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NewsBBC4 aims to ‘broaden palette’
As part of BBC4’s attempts to enhance its drama offering, the channel is eyeing works of fiction that could be adapted for television.
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NewsBBC4 doc to trace search for 'golden hare'
BBC4 is to chronicle the story of Kit Williams, eccentric and author of the children’s book Masquerade, and his reunion with a golden hare he hid in the British countryside 30 years ago.
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NewsBBC4 explores metal and synth in major arts push
BBC4 is to expand its Music Britannia format to heavy metal and electro-pop as part of a major season of arts and culture programming.
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NewsBBC4 drama to chart 1980s computer battle
The 1980s battle between the ZX Spectrum and the BBC Micro will be played out in a BBC4 comedy drama starring Martin Freeman and Alexander Armstrong.
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NewsSergeant goes on the rails in India for BBC4
Strictly Come Dancing star John Sergeant is to travel to India in the latest in a string of BBC documentaries about railways.