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- 3:40am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
- 7:40am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
- 11:40am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
- 3:40pm
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
- 7:00pm
A Timewatch Guide
Series 1 Episode 2: CleopatraHistorian Vanessa Collinridge explores how the view of Cleopatra has changed and evolved over the years, from Roman propaganda, through Shakespeare's role in casting her as a doomed romantic heroine, to her portrayal in the golden age of Hollywood. Along the way Vanessa investigates Cleopatra's relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, her role as a politician, whether she should be seen as a murderer, and her tragic end.
- 8:00pm
The Man who Discovered Egypt
A film about English Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie, the pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. Ancient Egypt was vandalised by tomb raiders and treasure hunters until one Victorian adventurer took them on. Most of have never heard of him, but this maverick undertook a scientific survey of the pyramids, discovered the oldest portraits in the world and unearthed Egypt's prehistoric roots.
- 9:00pm
The Latest Secret of the Hieroglyphs
- 10:00pm
Akhenaten and Nefertiti: The Royal Gods of Egypt
A fascinating insight into the rituals of Ancient Egypt, telling the story of the city of El Amarna, and a century of turmoil for the Egyptians.
- 10:50pm
Tutankhamun's Egypt
Series 1 Episode 13: The Life and Times of TutankhamunThe final programme of the series looks at the life and times of Tutankhamun himself. The discovery of his treasure-filled tomb made this king world-famous - the one ancient Egyptian that everyone has heard of - but paradoxically, the details of his life are harder to make out than those of many other less well-known pharaohs. His was a short and not very glorious reign in a troubled time, and a lot of detective work has been needed to piece together the facts about him.
- 11:10pm
Eyewitness to History
Norma Percy on The Fifty Years WarAward-winning film-maker Norma Percy looks back on her acclaimed 1998 documentary series `The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs'. Through interviews and analysis from key players of the time, the series forensically detailed the conflict.
- 11:30pm
The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs
1948-56In 1948, the state of Israel was proclaimed. This episode recounts how the US, later Israel's greatest ally, came close to stopping the creation of the new state. Made in 1998.
- 12:20am
The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs
1967Tracing the pattern of dramatic and covert events leading to the Six Day War of June 1967. Made in 1998.
- 1:10am
The Man who Discovered Egypt
A film about English Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie, the pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. Ancient Egypt was vandalised by tomb raiders and treasure hunters until one Victorian adventurer took them on. Most of have never heard of him, but this maverick undertook a scientific survey of the pyramids, discovered the oldest portraits in the world and unearthed Egypt's prehistoric roots.
- 2:10am
Akhenaten and Nefertiti: The Royal Gods of Egypt
A fascinating insight into the rituals of Ancient Egypt, telling the story of the city of El Amarna, and a century of turmoil for the Egyptians.
- 3:00am
A Timewatch Guide
Series 1 Episode 2: CleopatraHistorian Vanessa Collinridge explores how the view of Cleopatra has changed and evolved over the years, from Roman propaganda, through Shakespeare's role in casting her as a doomed romantic heroine, to her portrayal in the golden age of Hollywood. Along the way Vanessa investigates Cleopatra's relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, her role as a politician, whether she should be seen as a murderer, and her tragic end.
- 4:00am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.