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Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

(341 programmes in total)

  1. 18/06/2007
  2. 1959: The Year that Changed Jazz
  3. 25 Years of the Antiques Roadshow
  4. 4 Better 4 Worse: The Anatomy of a String Quartet
  5. 50 Not Out
  6. 50 Years of the Today Programme
  7. A History of British Art
  8. A Poet's Guide to Britain
  9. A Portrait of Scotland Available on BBC iPlayer
  10. A Tabloid is Born!
  11. Abigail's Party Pack
  12. Alexander McCall Smith
  13. Alistair Cooke: Postcards from America
  14. All About Abigail's Party
  15. All About Thunderbirds Available on BBC iPlayer
  16. Amazing Gracie: The Gracie Fields Story
  17. Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
  18. Andre Previn: All the Right Notes
  19. Animation Nation
  20. Arena
  21. Around the World in 80 Treasures
  22. Art Deco Icons Available on BBC iPlayer
  23. Art of Arts TV
  24. Art of Eternity
  25. Artie Shaw: Quest for Perfection
  26. ArtWorks Scotland
  27. Auntie's War on Smut
  28. Balmoral
  29. Baroque! - From St Peter's to St Paul's
  30. BBC Four World Cinema Award
  31. Be My Baby: The Girl Group Story
  32. Beryl's Last Year
  33. Black Watch: A Soldier's Story
  34. Blood on the Carpet
  35. Blues Britannia: Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?
  36. Books for Boys: A Mission Impossible
  37. Brasil Brasil
  38. Britain in Pictures
  39. Britain in Pictures
  40. British B Movies: Truly, Madly, Cheaply
  41. Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music
  42. Caledonia Dreamin'
  43. California Dreamin': The Mamas and the Papas
  44. Call the Cops
  45. Cardigans at Christmas
  46. Carluccio and the Leopard
  47. Carol Ann Duffy: Secular Prayers
  48. Chambre Hardman and the Lost City of Liverpool
  49. Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
  50. Children's TV on Trial
  51. Classic Albums
  52. Classic Britannia
  53. Close Up
  54. Close Up
  55. Close-Up: Radio Heads
  56. Comedy Connections
  57. Comics Britannia
  58. Conan Doyle for the Defence
  59. Cranford: Under the Bonnet
  60. Culture Fix
  61. Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture
  62. Dance Britannia
  63. Daniel Libeskind: the Making of an Architect
  64. Darcey Bussell's Grand Finale
  65. Darcey Bussell's Ten Best Ballet Moments
  66. David Gilmour: Gdansk Diary
  67. David Lean and his Dedicated Maniacs
  68. David Lean in Close-Up With Jonathan Ross
  69. Dear Diary
  70. Dear Television
  71. Deja Vu
  72. Demob Happy: How TV Conquered Britain
  73. Design Classics
  74. Designing the Decades
  75. Desperate Man Blues
  76. Do it Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade
  77. Dylan in the Madhouse
  78. Edwardians In Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn
  79. Edwin Lutyens: Master Architect
  80. European Roots
  81. Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out
  82. Evgeny Kissin: The Gift of Music
  83. Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays
  84. Festival!: a Film by Murray Lerner
  85. Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee
  86. Filming The Beatles' First US Visit: Albert Maysles
  87. Fish! A Japanese Obsession
  88. Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
  89. Flight of the Conchords: On Air
  90. Folk America
  91. Folk Britannia
  92. Folk Hibernia
  93. For Art's Sake - The Story of Ballets Russes Available on BBC iPlayer
  94. Francis Bacon in His Own Words
  95. Frank Hurley: The Man who Made History
  96. From Ranch to Raunch
  97. Future Fashions with Sylvia Anderson
  98. Games Britannia Available on BBC iPlayer
  99. Geisha Girl
  100. Genesis: Come Rain or Shine
  101. George Melly's Last Stand
  102. George Michael: A Different Life
  103. Ghosts in the Machine
  104. Gidon Kremer: Man of Many Musics
  105. Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop
  106. Glamour's Golden Age
  107. Goya: Crazy Like a Genius
  108. Greg Dyke on Lord Reith
  109. Happy Birthday Broons!
  110. Happy Birthday OU: 40 Years of the Open University
  111. Heath Robinson: Suburban Subversive
  112. Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?
  113. Hogmanay on TV: The Glory Years
  114. Hop, Skip and Jump: The Story of Children's Play Available on BBC iPlayer
  115. Hotel California: LA from the Byrds to the Eagles
  116. How a Choir Works
  117. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Lolita? Available on BBC iPlayer
  118. How Pop Songs Work
  119. How Reading Made Us Modern
  120. How to Be a Composer
  121. I, Samurai
  122. Ian Dury: On My Life
  123. Ian Hislop's Changing of the Bard
  124. Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
  125. Ice Dream: Lapland's Snow Show
  126. If It Ain't Stiff
  127. Imagine Available on BBC iPlayer
  128. In Search of Moebius: Jean Giraud
  129. In Search of Wabi Sabi with Marcel Theroux
  130. In the Shadow of Fujisan
  131. In the Spirit of Diaghilev
  132. Indian School
  133. It's Time to Go Nationwide
  134. Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist
  135. Jacqueline du Pre and the Elgar Cello Concerto
  136. Jacques Henri Lartigue: The Boy Who Never Grew Up
  137. Jacques Henri Lartigue: The Boy who Never Grew Up
  138. James Ravilious: A World in Photographs
  139. Japan in Colour: The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn
  140. Japan: A Story of Love and Hate
  141. Jazz Britannia
  142. Jerusalem: An Anthem for England
  143. Joe Zawinul: A Musical Portrait
  144. John Irving: My Life in Fiction
  145. John Mortimer: A Life in Words
  146. Johnny Cash: The Last Great American
  147. Jonathan Ross in Search of Steve Ditko
  148. Jonathan Ross's World of Robin Hood
  149. Just Read with Michael Rosen
  150. Karim's Journey
  151. Keep on Running: 50 Years of Island Records
  152. Kenneth Williams in his Own Words
  153. Kings of Cool: The Crooners
  154. Kirsty Wark Talks
  155. Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany
  156. Last Man in Hammersmith Palais
  157. Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing
  158. Legends
  159. Les Paul: Chasing Sound
  160. Liverpool on the Box
  161. London Calling: Inside the BBC World Service
  162. Madeleine Peyroux: Somethin' Grand
  163. Madness: Take It or Leave It
  164. Maestro
  165. Make 'em Laugh
  166. Man on the Moon
  167. Manet: the Man Who Invented Modern Art
  168. Marc Bolan: The Final Word
  169. Marcus Brigstocke's Trophy People
  170. Marguerite and Armand
  171. Mark Lawson Talks To Available on BBC iPlayer
  172. Masterpieces of the British Museum
  173. Masterpieces of the East
  174. Masterpieces of Vienna
  175. Max Beckmann at the Tate
  176. Meet the British
  177. Mercury Prize
  178. Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammershoi
  179. Michael Palin... on the Colourists
  180. Michael Wood on Beowulf
  181. Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work
  182. Monitor
  183. More Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
  184. Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
  185. Mozartballs
  186. Mr and Mrs Mackintosh
  187. My Kid Could Paint That
  188. Nathan Milstein: Master of Invention
  189. Neil Young: Don't Be Denied
  190. Newswipe
  191. Northern Renaissance
  192. Nureyev: From Russia with Love
  193. Odetta Remembers
  194. Omnibus
  195. On Show
  196. Once Upon a Time in New York
  197. Only Yesterday: The Carpenters' Story
  198. Originals
  199. Orson Welles over Europe
  200. Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock
  201. Paul Weller: Into Tomorrow
  202. Peter Green: Man of the World
  203. Picture Book
  204. Pinchas Zukerman
  205. Play It Again
  206. Poetry Please: Thirty Years of the People's Poetry
  207. Pop on Trial
  208. Pop! What is it Good For?
  209. President Hollywood
  210. Private Life of a Masterpiece
  211. Prog Rock Britannia: An Observation in Three Movements
  212. Queens of British Pop Available on BBC iPlayer
  213. Reader, I Married Him
  214. Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
  215. Rich Hall's 'How the West was Lost'
  216. Robert Burns: The People's Poet
  217. Rock Family Trees
  218. Rod the Mod
  219. Rolf on Art
  220. Romeo and Juliet
  221. Roots Remembered
  222. Russell Brand on the Road
  223. Sacred Music
  224. Samuel Johnson Prize
  225. Scotland on Screen
  226. Scotland's Music with Phil Cunningham
  227. Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
  228. Seasick Steve: Bringing It All Back Home
  229. Seeing Salvation
  230. Seven Photographs that Changed Fashion
  231. Sharon Chazan: Just Enough Distance
  232. Simon Schama's John Donne
  233. Simon Schama's Power of Art
  234. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
  235. Sir Mortimer Wheeler: A Life in Ruins
  236. Smokey Dives
  237. So Hard to Beat
  238. Soul Britannia
  239. Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music
  240. Star Portraits with Rolf Harris
  241. Stephen Fry: Guilty Pleasures
  242. Still Cliff
  243. Story of Light Entertainment
  244. Strictly Courtroom
  245. Stuart Sutcliffe: the Lost Beatle
  246. Synth Britannia
  247. Tales from...
  248. Tamara de Lempicka, Hollywood's Deco Diva
  249. Tell Me the Truth About Love
  250. The 1970s Edwardian Reconstruction
  251. The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
  252. The Art of Dying
  253. The Art of Russia Available on BBC iPlayer
  254. The Art of Spain
  255. The Beatles on Record Available on BBC iPlayer
  256. The Beatles: The First US Visit
  257. The Bonzos
  258. The Book Quiz
  259. The Cinema Show
  260. The Cult of...
  261. The Culture Show Available on BBC iPlayer
  262. The Curse of Success: The Story of John Cleland
  263. The Da Vinci Code: the Greatest Story Ever Sold
  264. The Doors: No One Here Gets Out Alive
  265. The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen
  266. The Firebird with the Royal Ballet
  267. The Genius of Photography
  268. The Great Contemporary Art Bubble Update
  269. The Great Ossian Hoax: McCall Smith Investigates
  270. The Grierson Awards
  271. The Hard Sell
  272. The Harp
  273. The Late Show
  274. The Legend of Leigh Bowery
  275. The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu
  276. The Lost Pictures of Eugene Smith
  277. The Making of Culloden
  278. The Making of Thunderbirds
  279. The Man Behind the Masquerade Available on BBC iPlayer
  280. The Martians and Us
  281. The Medici: Makers of Modern Art
  282. The Men from the Agency
  283. The Narnia Code
  284. The Night James Brown Saved Boston
  285. The Old Grey Whistle Test Story
  286. The Orson Welles Sketchbook Available on BBC iPlayer
  287. The Passions of Vaughan Williams
  288. The Perfect House: The Life and Work of Palladio
  289. The Photographer, his Wife, her Lover
  290. The Pink Floyd Story: Which One's Pink?
  291. The Pre-Raphaelites
  292. The Queen, by Rolf
  293. The Real Cabaret
  294. The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
  295. The Rock 'n' Roll Years
  296. The Roxy Music Story Available on BBC iPlayer
  297. The Rules of Film Noir
  298. The Scots: Natural Born Sinners
  299. The Shock of the New
  300. The Story of Allegri's Miserere
  301. The Story of Jackanory
  302. The Story of the Circus
  303. The Sumo Tokoyama: The Art of Hairdressing for Wrestlers
  304. The Swing Thing
  305. The Third Programme: High Culture for All
  306. The Thirties in Colour
  307. The Three Lives of William Wallace
  308. The Top of the Form Story
  309. The Truth about Len Deighton
  310. The Unseen Alistair Cooke
  311. The Voices of Morebath
  312. The World of Nat King Cole
  313. The Worlds of Fantasy
  314. Tin Sandwich, Anyone? A History of the Harmonica
  315. Tintin and Me
  316. Togas on TV
  317. Top of the Pops: The True Story
  318. Toscanini in His Own Words
  319. Travels with Vasari Available on BBC iPlayer
  320. TV 1973: The Defining Shows
  321. TV's Black Pioneers
  322. Tweed
  323. Valery Gergiev: Portrait of a Maestro
  324. Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
  325. Versailles Stories Available on BBC iPlayer
  326. Vienna: City of Dreams
  327. Visions of Space
  328. Vivaldi's Women
  329. Vladimir Ashkenazy: The Vital Juices are Russian
  330. War Stories
  331. Washes Whiter
  332. Watching the Dead
  333. Ways of Seeing
  334. Westway to the World
  335. When the Stranglers Met Roland Rat
  336. Where Is Modern Art Now?
  337. White Gospel
  338. Who Is Kurt Wallander?
  339. Who Killed Kirsty MacColl?
  340. Wild Boys: The Story of Duran Duran
  341. Young Guns Go for It

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