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This new three-part series pairs Alastair Sooke and Janina Ramirez as they take in the architecture and art of Amsterdam, Barcelona and St Petersburg.

An Art Lover’s Guide

By Michelle Pinto Published

Airs at 8:00pm on Monday 1 May 2017

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This new comedy, written by and starring Frog Stone, follows Mim (Miriam Margolyes) and her daughter Fran (Frog) as they embark on a road trip, one of Mim’s ‘bucket list’ items as she turns 70.

Bucket

By Michelle Pinto Published

Airs at 9:00pm on Thursday 13 April 2017

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Whoever had the bright idea of sticking whole episodes of Top of the Pops on BBC4 came up with a winner, as they’ve become really popular with a generation who grew up with the show in the 1970s.

Top of the Pops Night

By Michelle Pinto Published

Airs at 6:30pm on Friday 31 March 2017

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Billy Elliot

By Liz Milroy Published

Airs at 9:00pm on Wednesday 22 March 2017

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If there was ever a ‘truth is stranger than fiction’ tale, this is it. In 1978, South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee was kidnapped on the orders of Kim Jong-il and taken to North Korea.

The Lovers and the Despot

By Michelle Pinto Published

Airs at 10:00pm on Monday 20 March 2017

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This lovely occasional series telling the history of pop music through its fans concludes tonight, with DJ and presenter Sara Cox taking us from 1997 to 2010.

People's History of Pop

By Michelle Pinto Published

Airs at 9:00pm on Friday 10 March 2017

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Physicist Dr Helen Czerski, who presented BBC4’s fascinating series on colour (The Spectrum of Science), turns her attention to the amazing world of sound in this intriguing and accessible two-parter.

Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics

By Michelle Pinto Published

Airs at 9:00pm on Thursday 2 March 2017

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This 21st-century version of the iconic Seventies drama has been just as heartbreaking and inspiring as the original and this week’s finale, with its nods to the past and future of Kunta Kinte’s family, is a fitting send-off.

Roots

By Michelle Pinto Published

Airs at 9:00pm on Wednesday 1 March 2017

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Actor Dan Skinner as John Hull in a dramatised scene set to Hull’s words

Notes on Blindness

By Michelle Pinto Published

Airs at 9:00pm on Thursday 16 February 2017

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Winter on Fair Isle is no laughing matter, as its latest residents Rachel and Shaun are finding out.

Fair Isle

By Michelle Pinto Published

Airs at 8:00pm on Wednesday 8 February 2017

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