Sunday 4th
BBC4 - Baroque! From St Peter's To St Paul's - 3-part series - "Three-part series exploring the Baroque tradition in many of its key locations. Starting in Italy and following the spread of the wildfire across Europe and beyond, art critic Waldemar Januszczak takes a tour of the best examples of Baroque to be found, and tells the best stories behind those works.
This first episode begins at St Peter's in Rome, and details the birth of the Baroque tradition as it burst forth in Italy. This programme features outstanding high definition footage of St Peter's Basilica, as well as other gems of the Italian Baroque."
Monday 5th
BBC4 - Storyville: Leaving The Cult - "Documentary which tells the story of three teenage boys who manage to escape a polygamist Mormon cult in Utah. As they struggle to come to terms with life in the real world, we learn about the extraordinary lives they used to live - in houses with many mothers, where their sisters may be married off at 14 and, surprisingly, where no-one can wear red in case it offends the Second Coming. Powerfully emotional and compelling, a fascinating insight to a community it's hard to believe exists."
BBC4 - Men About The House - "Father may be the head of the family, a potent symbol of authority, but he has always been the butt of some of our biggest laughs in British sitcom. Over the last five decades some of our most iconic comedy dads have been bewildered by a changing world and struggled with the work/life balance. These dads have coped with every curveball their writers threw at them and in the process changed the course of British comedy. They remain our most enduring Men About The House."
Tuesday 6th
BBC4 - To Kill A Mockingbird At 50 - "Marking the 50th anniversary of the influential novel To Kill a Mockingbird, writer Andrew Smith visits Monroeville in Alabama, the setting of the book, to see how life there has changed in half a century."
BBC4 - To Kill A Mockingbird - "
Award-winning adaptation of Harper Lee's novel set in 1930s Alabama. Lawyer Atticus Finch defends a black man accused of raping a white woman. His children Jem and Scout become involved as racial hate splits the community."
Wednesday 7th
BBC2 - In Loving Memory - "Road users pass them every day - sudden flashes of flowers tied to lampposts or lying by the side of the road. Across the UK roadside memorials have become the expected response when someone dies suddenly in a traffic collision. For friends and family the spot where these tributes are left becomes sacred; for others these shrines are an eyesore and a display that should be kept private. Yet behind each roadside memorial there is a story of personal grief."
Friday 9th
Channel 4 - The Playboy Murderer - "Going behind newspaper headlines, this documentary paints a chilling portrait of murderer and fantasist Thanos Papalexis.
In the space of a year this Gatsby-like Brit went from hosting fundraising parties for US President Bill Clinton to being convicted of the brutal murder of 56-year-old Charalambos Christodoulides - a harmless, gentle loner known as Bambi - because he unwittingly stood in the way of a property deal.
The story of ambition, vanity, adultery and murder is revealed from the public schools of London to Florida's millionaire's row in Palm Beach, using central first person testimonies, exclusive access to police-recorded audio interviews with Thanos himself and dramatised reconstructions shot on location in the US and UK."
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