Iran and Britain - "Documentary in which writer and journalist Christopher de Bellaigue explores the fraught but often surprisingly intimate history of Britain's relations with Iran, and asks why Iranians think that if something goes wrong in Iran then Britain must have something to do with it.
De Bellaigue has lived in Tehran, speaks fluent Persian and knows well the phenomenon of 'Uncle Napoleonism', the notion that the cunning British are 'out to get you' that has been a common attitude in Iranian society for 100 years.
He looks at some key events in the relationship, notably Britain's role in the overthrow of several Iranian governments, its control of Iran's oil and the on-off support for Iran's democrats.
Meeting prominent Iranians, including Uncle Napoleon's inventor and others with direct knowledge of these events, he examines the foundations and justification for these Iranian suspicions and asks if they are still there after 30 years of isolation."
Storyville: Prostitution Behind the Veil - "Director Nahid Persson follows the lives of two Iranian women whose misfortunes have landed them in the same run-down building. Their husbands are serving long prison sentences, both have been left to look after their young children and both have had to resort to prostitution to support their heroin habits.
Persson's sympathetic portrait follows them as they struggle to create a better life for themselves and their children."
Panorama: Muslim First, British Second - "MI5 say that they cannot keep tabs on all of the country's Muslim extremists.
As ministers prepare to announce a new counter-terrorism strategy, Panorama asks whether we should isolate or talk to the radicals, and examines suspicions that government-funded community projects are being covertly used to gather intelligence."
Storyville: Ghosts of the 7th Cavalry - "Powerful documentary from Emmy award-winning director Tom Roberts which explores the profound human consequences of America's frontier wars through the moving personal journey of retired US Major Robert 'Snuffy' Gray, who fought with the controversial 7th Cavalry Regiment."
Storyville: How Vietnam Was Lost - "Based on David Maraniss' book, They Marched into Sunlight, the film tells the story of two seemingly unconnected events in October 1967 that changed the course of the Vietnam War... "
Poetry Pie - "Straight from the oven, CBeebies cooks up a fresh, daily serving of scrummy poetry pie in a specially created new series for three-six-year-olds, in which poets including Brian Patten, Roger McGough, Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen and primary school pupils across the UK contribute a mix of funny and original rhythms and rhymes.
Each episode of Poetry Pie is a unique recipe for poetic fun with every poem animated and brought vividly to life by one of five characters who act, dance and sing the words to the poems. They are Evie the cow, Charlie the alien, Amber the hermit crab, Mischa the hamster and Findlay the dragon. Roger McGough’s title poem starts the journey into this enchanting world and at the end of each episode a Greek chorus of Liverpudlian worms recites a short, amusing poem, created with children from schools around the UK.... "
Arena: Harold Pinter - "Nigel Williams presents a two-part film biography exploring the life, work and political passions of the famous playwright and actor. This first part explores Pinter's key theme, the room, through the rooms in which he wrote his first series of plays."
The Victorians - "New series in which Jeremy Paxman takes his love of Victorian paintings as the starting point for a journey into Victorian Britain. Such pictures may not be fashionable today, but they are a gold mine of information about the most dynamic age in British history.
In this episode he investigates the most dramatic event of Victorian Britain - the explosion of great cities. At first the Victorians feared these new monsters in their midst but then grew to love and transform them.
Jeremy explores the canals and sewers, suburbs and back streets, workhouses and magnificent buildings of the great Victorian city, while also picturing the fun-filled chaos of Derby Day."
Natural World: A Farm For the Future - "As her farmer father nears retirement, Rebecca Hosking looks into methods of making the family farm less reliant on fossil fuel. having discovered that food production in this country is virtually entirely dependent on cheap oil, Rebecca is shocked to discover how unstable the supply lines are.
She then sets about exploring pioneering techniques, which suggest that nature holds the answer to a low-energy future."
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