Masters of Money
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 17 Sep
Season 1 Episode 1 of 3
Keynes New series. Stephanie Flanders explores the ideas of three influential thinkers who transformed international economics, and examines how their influence has shaped the 20th and 21st centuries. She begins by profiling John Maynard Keynes, the Cambridge-born economist whose ideas revolutionised the approach of Western governments to financial crises during the Great Depression and the Second World War, and explains why the world's leaders drew on his teachings as the global meltdown took hold in 2008
Food Unwrapped
Channel 4 8:30pm-9:00pm (30 minutes) Mon 17 Sep
Season 1 Episode 2 of 8
Reporters Matt Tebbutt, James Watt, Martin Dickie and Kate Quilton travel the globe to reveal more secrets about the manufacture of mass-produced food. Matt and Kate investigate the significance of the wax that can be found on lemons grown in Spain and Thailand, and the programme also features a report on how formed ham is made in the UK
The Thick of It
Season 4 Episode 3 of 7
BBC2 London 9:55pm-10:25pm (30 minutes) Sat 22 Sep
Peter reluctantly spends a very long weekend at a remote country house hotel with Stewart, who is holding a seminar on creative thinking as part of a bid to reinvigorate the party - with no phones, computers or ties allowed. Back at the office, Glenn continues to toil on the Fourth Sector project, as Fergus and Adam have a meeting with an attractive young economist who wants to start a bank. However, everyone's plans are thrown into disarray when a shocking story hits the headlines.
The Clintons
Season 1 Episode 2 of 3
BBC2 London 10:25pm-11:25pm (1 hour ) Sat 22 Sep
Enemies: The story of Bill Clinton's presidency continues by reflecting on how conflicts in Rwanda, Somalia and Bosnia provided a stern test of his foreign policy skills. Back in the USA, an investigation into an Arkansas company partly owned by the Clintons once again turned the spotlight on his family's affairs - while his Republican rivals, including House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich, gathered momentum among the electorate and prepared to launch an attack on the Democrats' budget
Primary Colors (1998)
BBC2 London 11:25pm-1:35am (2 hours 10 minutes) Sat 22 Sep
A talented political aide reluctantly joins the staff of a smooth-talking American presidential candidate, but finds himself in the firing line as his employer's alleged indiscretions are brought to light. Satirical drama, starring John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Adrian Lester and Billy Bob Thornton
Andrew Marr's History of the World
BBC1 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Sun 23 Sep
Season 1 Episode 1 of 8
Survival New series. The journalist examines 70,000 years of human history, tracing the global migrations that followed man's early beginnings in Africa and the agrarian and urban developments that led to the first civilisations. Marr considers extraordinary handprints found in European caves, contemplates the ingenuity required to invent devices that are still with us today and reveals how everyday life in ancient Egypt bears more than a passing resemblance to that experienced by characters in a contemporary soap opera
Monday, September 17, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
18th-24th June 2012
The Strange Case of the Law
BBC4 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 20 Jun
Season 1 Episode 1 of 3
New series. Barrister and historian Harry Potter charts the development of the English justice system. He begins by exploring the rise of trial by ordeal, a process by which painful and dangerous physical tests were used to determine guilt or innocence. He goes on to explain why Henry II's attempt to unify law in England led to the murder of Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket in 1170, and examines one of the most famous legal documents in history - the Magna Carta
The Men Who Made Us Fat
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Thu 21 Jun
Season 1 Episode 2 of 3
Jacques Peretti continues his investigation into eating habits with a look at how the industry has persuaded a nation of moderate eaters to want more. He begins with the concept of super-sizing, discovering how McDonalds' first large fries, which went on sale in 1972, were inspired by the extra-large buckets of popcorn sold in a Chicago cinema. He then moves on to the 1980s, when the introduction of value meals, king-size snacks and multi-buy promotions caused people to eat more - and more often
Freakonomics (2010)
Sky Atlantic 11:15pm-1:05am (1 hour 50 minutes) Thu 21 Jun
Documentary anthology inspired by Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner's book. Six film-makers each explore the seemingly inconsequential things that influence human behaviour in unforeseen ways, challenging conventional wisdom on subjects ranging from paying children for academic success, how a baby's name can influence their development and the cause of crime rates
Julius Caesar
BBC4 8:00pm-10:30pm (2 hours 30 minutes) Sun 24 Jun
Gregory Doran directs an adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the tragedy. The setting is a modern African state in which the tyrant Caesar is about to seize power and Cassius persuades Brutus to join the conspirators plotting an assassination. Starring an all-black cast including Paterson Joseph, Cyril Nri, Jeffery Kissoon, Ray Fearon and Adjoa Andoh and shot on location and in the RSC's theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon
BBC4 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 20 Jun
Season 1 Episode 1 of 3
New series. Barrister and historian Harry Potter charts the development of the English justice system. He begins by exploring the rise of trial by ordeal, a process by which painful and dangerous physical tests were used to determine guilt or innocence. He goes on to explain why Henry II's attempt to unify law in England led to the murder of Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket in 1170, and examines one of the most famous legal documents in history - the Magna Carta
The Men Who Made Us Fat
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Thu 21 Jun
Season 1 Episode 2 of 3
Jacques Peretti continues his investigation into eating habits with a look at how the industry has persuaded a nation of moderate eaters to want more. He begins with the concept of super-sizing, discovering how McDonalds' first large fries, which went on sale in 1972, were inspired by the extra-large buckets of popcorn sold in a Chicago cinema. He then moves on to the 1980s, when the introduction of value meals, king-size snacks and multi-buy promotions caused people to eat more - and more often
Freakonomics (2010)
Sky Atlantic 11:15pm-1:05am (1 hour 50 minutes) Thu 21 Jun
Documentary anthology inspired by Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner's book. Six film-makers each explore the seemingly inconsequential things that influence human behaviour in unforeseen ways, challenging conventional wisdom on subjects ranging from paying children for academic success, how a baby's name can influence their development and the cause of crime rates
Julius Caesar
BBC4 8:00pm-10:30pm (2 hours 30 minutes) Sun 24 Jun
Gregory Doran directs an adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the tragedy. The setting is a modern African state in which the tyrant Caesar is about to seize power and Cassius persuades Brutus to join the conspirators plotting an assassination. Starring an all-black cast including Paterson Joseph, Cyril Nri, Jeffery Kissoon, Ray Fearon and Adjoa Andoh and shot on location and in the RSC's theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon
Monday, May 14, 2012
14-20 May
The Truth About Tax - Panorama
BBC1 London 8:30pm-9:00pm (30 minutes) Mon 14 May
With Chancellor George Osborne recently branding aggressive tax avoidance `morally repugnant', Darragh MacIntyre investigates how some of the UK's biggest companies have been using the tax haven of Luxembourg to avoid paying millions they would otherwise owe. The programme reveals that some global firms have been benefiting from big concessions on billion-pound transactions
Inside Facebook: Zuckerberg's $100 Billion Gamble
BBC2 London 8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 14 May
Emily Maitlis revisits her exploration of the social network, investigating how bosses plan to earn the billions of dollars new investors will expect when it is floated on the stock market this month. With contributions by founder Mark Zuckerberg and some of the company's senior executives, Maitlis examines how Facebook can build its advertising business from the personal information its users provide, without losing their trust
The Great Euro Crash with Robert Peston
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Thu 17 May
The BBC business editor talks to historians, economists and politicians to shed light on the history of the euro, from Churchill's vision of a United States of Europe to the bail-outs of Greece, Portugal and Ireland. The reporter also meets workers across the continent and learns the high cost they are paying for the financial crisis, and ponders how a collapse of the common currency could affect Britain
Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan (2008)
BBC4 9:00pm-11:00pm (2 hours ) Sun 20 May
The story of the formative years of the renowned emperor. The future Khan is taken into slavery as a boy, following his father's death. From his downtrodden beginnings, he rises to become a mighty leader of his people, uniting the Steppe tribes under his rule and engaging in a bitter rivalry with a former friend. Starring Tadanobu Asano and Honglei Sun. In Mongolian and Mandarin
BBC1 London 8:30pm-9:00pm (30 minutes) Mon 14 May
With Chancellor George Osborne recently branding aggressive tax avoidance `morally repugnant', Darragh MacIntyre investigates how some of the UK's biggest companies have been using the tax haven of Luxembourg to avoid paying millions they would otherwise owe. The programme reveals that some global firms have been benefiting from big concessions on billion-pound transactions
Inside Facebook: Zuckerberg's $100 Billion Gamble
BBC2 London 8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 14 May
Emily Maitlis revisits her exploration of the social network, investigating how bosses plan to earn the billions of dollars new investors will expect when it is floated on the stock market this month. With contributions by founder Mark Zuckerberg and some of the company's senior executives, Maitlis examines how Facebook can build its advertising business from the personal information its users provide, without losing their trust
The Great Euro Crash with Robert Peston
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Thu 17 May
The BBC business editor talks to historians, economists and politicians to shed light on the history of the euro, from Churchill's vision of a United States of Europe to the bail-outs of Greece, Portugal and Ireland. The reporter also meets workers across the continent and learns the high cost they are paying for the financial crisis, and ponders how a collapse of the common currency could affect Britain
Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan (2008)
BBC4 9:00pm-11:00pm (2 hours ) Sun 20 May
The story of the formative years of the renowned emperor. The future Khan is taken into slavery as a boy, following his father's death. From his downtrodden beginnings, he rises to become a mighty leader of his people, uniting the Steppe tribes under his rule and engaging in a bitter rivalry with a former friend. Starring Tadanobu Asano and Honglei Sun. In Mongolian and Mandarin
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
7May-12May
This World: Michael Portillo's Great Euro Crisis
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 9 May
The political commentator and eurosceptic travels to Greece and Germany to find out how the euro crisis has affected attitudes to monetary union. In Athens he wonders if there is a desire to return to the drachma, and speaks to a variety of people, including a destitute family, the former finance minister and the outgoing prime minister, about their views, some of which surprise him. In Germany he encounters taxpayers contributing to bailing out Greece while seeing angry protesters burning their country's flag, and asks whether the Eurozone is being pulled apart
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 9 May
The political commentator and eurosceptic travels to Greece and Germany to find out how the euro crisis has affected attitudes to monetary union. In Athens he wonders if there is a desire to return to the drachma, and speaks to a variety of people, including a destitute family, the former finance minister and the outgoing prime minister, about their views, some of which surprise him. In Germany he encounters taxpayers contributing to bailing out Greece while seeing angry protesters burning their country's flag, and asks whether the Eurozone is being pulled apart
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
30April-6 May
This World: The Shame of the Catholic Church
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 2 May
Darragh MacIntyre investigates cases of child abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland. Decades of assaults and cover-ups have caused severe problems for the faith, and he reveals evidence of a new scandal that may be linked to prominent individuals in the Irish church's hierarchy
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 2 May
Darragh MacIntyre investigates cases of child abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland. Decades of assaults and cover-ups have caused severe problems for the faith, and he reveals evidence of a new scandal that may be linked to prominent individuals in the Irish church's hierarchy
Friday, April 20, 2012
April 23-26th
Inside the Medieval Mind
BBC4 8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 23 Apr
Season 1 Episode 2 of 4
Professor Robert Bartlett explores the complex passions of the Middle Ages, an era in which the Church preached hatred of the flesh and condemned women as the sinful heirs of Eve. Conversely, poetry of the same period celebrated love's heroes such as Lancelot and Guinevere, and songs regaling women as goddesses echoed across courtly walls
Ancient Apocalypse
BBC4 10:00pm-10:50pm (50 minutes) Tue 24 Apr
Season 1 Episode 2 of 4
Mystery of the Minoans Geologist Floyd McCoy offers an insight into the chaos caused by a massive volcanic eruption on the tiny Mediterranean island of Thera 3,500 years ago, and explores how this devastating event led to the collapse of the Minoan civilisation, which was based on the nearby island of Crete. First shown in 2001
BBC4 8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 23 Apr
Season 1 Episode 2 of 4
Professor Robert Bartlett explores the complex passions of the Middle Ages, an era in which the Church preached hatred of the flesh and condemned women as the sinful heirs of Eve. Conversely, poetry of the same period celebrated love's heroes such as Lancelot and Guinevere, and songs regaling women as goddesses echoed across courtly walls
Ancient Apocalypse
BBC4 10:00pm-10:50pm (50 minutes) Tue 24 Apr
Season 1 Episode 2 of 4
Mystery of the Minoans Geologist Floyd McCoy offers an insight into the chaos caused by a massive volcanic eruption on the tiny Mediterranean island of Thera 3,500 years ago, and explores how this devastating event led to the collapse of the Minoan civilisation, which was based on the nearby island of Crete. First shown in 2001
Monday, March 26, 2012
26mar-1apr
China: Triumph and Turmoil
Channel 4 8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 26 Mar
Season 1 Episode 3 of 3
Niall Ferguson examines the impact of China's growth on the rest of the world, and how criticism of the country's politics could jeopardise future investment in the UK. He also investigates how fragile economies around the world are increasingly dependent on Chinese money to bail them out, and whether a transition of global power from west to east could be accomplished peacefully. Last in the series
This World: The Mormon Candidate
BBC2 London 7:00pm-8:00pm (1 hour ) Tue 27 Mar
John Sweeney profiles US politician Mitt Romney, the leader in the race to become the Republican candidate in this year's presidential elections, and explores how his Mormon beliefs are likely to be received by voters across the country. Sweeney travels to Utah to examine the appeal of the world's fastest-growing religion, investigates the faith's practices, including rituals Romney is likely to have participated in, and talks to believers as well as former members of the Church
Horizon: Global Weirding
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Tue 27 Mar
The work of scientists trying to understand why the world's weather seems to be getting more extreme and if these patterns are a taste of what is to come. In the past few years, the UK has experienced very cold winters, drought and floods, while in Texas an unprecedented amount of rainfall has been followed by a record-breaking dry period
WikiLeaks: The Secret Life of a Superpower
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 28 Mar
Part two of two. Richard Bilton uses the diplomatic messages to explore America's foreign policy fears, including China's rising economic power, struggles with Russian aggression and the threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb. He tells the story of a crisis at the heart of Nato with echoes of the Cold War and investigates Kremlin corruption by meeting the sources who gave information to US diplomats, as well as interviewing Chinese dissidents and talking to those who tried to persuade America to strike against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Channel 4 8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 26 Mar
Season 1 Episode 3 of 3
Niall Ferguson examines the impact of China's growth on the rest of the world, and how criticism of the country's politics could jeopardise future investment in the UK. He also investigates how fragile economies around the world are increasingly dependent on Chinese money to bail them out, and whether a transition of global power from west to east could be accomplished peacefully. Last in the series
This World: The Mormon Candidate
BBC2 London 7:00pm-8:00pm (1 hour ) Tue 27 Mar
John Sweeney profiles US politician Mitt Romney, the leader in the race to become the Republican candidate in this year's presidential elections, and explores how his Mormon beliefs are likely to be received by voters across the country. Sweeney travels to Utah to examine the appeal of the world's fastest-growing religion, investigates the faith's practices, including rituals Romney is likely to have participated in, and talks to believers as well as former members of the Church
Horizon: Global Weirding
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Tue 27 Mar
The work of scientists trying to understand why the world's weather seems to be getting more extreme and if these patterns are a taste of what is to come. In the past few years, the UK has experienced very cold winters, drought and floods, while in Texas an unprecedented amount of rainfall has been followed by a record-breaking dry period
WikiLeaks: The Secret Life of a Superpower
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 28 Mar
Part two of two. Richard Bilton uses the diplomatic messages to explore America's foreign policy fears, including China's rising economic power, struggles with Russian aggression and the threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb. He tells the story of a crisis at the heart of Nato with echoes of the Cold War and investigates Kremlin corruption by meeting the sources who gave information to US diplomats, as well as interviewing Chinese dissidents and talking to those who tried to persuade America to strike against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)