All available Factual programmes on BBC Four 2009-11-08T11:11:53Z tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:/iplayer/feed/bbc_four/factual/list BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nf10k 2009-11-08T03:12:25Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nf10k/Krautrock_The_Rebirth_of_Germany/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nf10k_150_84.jpg" alt="Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany" /> </a> </p> <p> How a radical generation of 1960s and 70s musicians created a new German musical identity. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nf012 2009-11-08T01:47:42Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nf012/The_Real_Cabaret/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nf012_150_84.jpg" alt="The Real Cabaret" /> </a> </p> <p> Alan Cumming discovers the stories and people behind the movie Cabaret. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00k92x1 2009-11-07T04:29:42Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00k92x1/Peter_Green_Man_of_the_World/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00k92x1_150_84.jpg" alt="Peter Green: Man of the World" /> </a> </p> <p> After battling mental illness, ex-Fleetwood Mac frontman Peter Green is recording again. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00llh29 2009-11-06T22:33:44Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00llh29/Toscanini_in_His_Own_Words/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00llh29_150_84.jpg" alt="Toscanini in His Own Words" /> </a> </p> <p> The legendary conductor speaks frankly about the music, politics and passions in his life. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nrtr8 2009-11-06T11:51:40Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nrtr8/A_History_of_Christianity_The_First_Christianity/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nrtr8_150_84.jpg" alt="A History of Christianity: The First Christianity" /> </a> </p> <p> Diarmaid MacCulloch shows how Christianity's origins lie east of Jerusalem and Rome. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00kc752 2009-11-05T04:03:13Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kc752/Blues_Britannia_Can_Blue_Men_Sing_the_Whites/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00kc752_150_84.jpg" alt="Blues Britannia: Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?" /> </a> </p> <p> How blues music travelled from southern USA to the heart of British pop and rock culture. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nqc3l 2009-11-06T11:52:00Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nqc3l/Art_Deco_Icons_Casa_Del_Rio/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nqc3l_150_84.jpg" alt="Art Deco Icons: Casa Del Rio" /> </a> </p> <p> David Heathcote visits Casa Del Rio, an Art Deco fantasy house in rural Devon. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nrtj6 2009-11-05T12:24:07Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nrtj6/Time_Shift_Series_9_The_Last_Days_of_the_Liners/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nrtj6_150_84.jpg" alt="Time Shift: Series 9: The Last Days of the Liners" /> </a> </p> <p> How countries competed to launch the most magnificent passenger ships after WWII. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00jf3hv 2009-11-03T04:37:25Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jf3hv/Baroque!_From_St_Peters_to_St_Pauls_Episode_3/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00jf3hv_150_84.jpg" alt="Baroque! - From St Peter's to St Paul's: Episode 3" /> </a> </p> <p> After touring Europe, Waldemar Januszczak brings the Baroque home to England. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00j8bwk 2009-11-03T03:48:42Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00j8bwk/Baroque!_From_St_Peters_to_St_Pauls_Episode_2/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00j8bwk_150_84.jpg" alt="Baroque! - From St Peter's to St Paul's: Episode 2" /> </a> </p> <p> Waldemar Januszczak focuses on the route of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00j4d3g 2009-11-03T02:15:31Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00j4d3g/Baroque!_From_St_Peters_to_St_Pauls_Episode_1/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00j4d3g_150_84.jpg" alt="Baroque! - From St Peter's to St Paul's: Episode 1" /> </a> </p> <p> Waldemar Januszczak explores St Peter's in Rome, and details the birth of Baroque. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nqbpz 2009-11-06T06:56:29Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nqbpz/Glamours_Golden_Age_Hooked_on_Hollywood/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nqbpz_150_84.jpg" alt="Glamour's Golden Age: Hooked on Hollywood" /> </a> </p> <p> How the American movie industry changed British culture in the 1920s and 30s. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b008d3vw 2009-11-03T01:45:32Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b008d3vw/The_Twenties_in_Colour_The_End_of_a_World/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b008d3vw_150_84.jpg" alt="The Twenties in Colour: The End of a World" /> </a> </p> <p> Features films shot by Lucien Le Saint with fishing fleets in the waters of Newfoundland. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b0074pwy 2009-11-02T04:50:56Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074pwy/Inside_Antiques_Posters/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b0074pwy_150_84.jpg" alt="Inside Antiques: Posters" /> </a> </p> <p> Examining the story behind an era that saw advertising images gradually turned into art. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nnlz3 2009-11-02T05:40:30Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nnlz3/High_Flyers_How_Britain_Took_to_the_Air/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nnlz3_150_84.jpg" alt="High Flyers: How Britain Took to the Air" /> </a> </p> <p> A celebration of the golden age of air travel when Britain ruled the skies. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nnm7k 2009-11-07T06:58:20Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nnm7k/Time_Shift_Series_9_The_Men_Who_Built_the_Liners/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nnm7k_150_84.jpg" alt="Time Shift: Series 9: The Men Who Built the Liners" /> </a> </p> <p> A look at the unique culture that grew up in the Clyde shipyards. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00npm4g 2009-10-30T12:46:10Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00npm4g/Art_Deco_Icons_London_Transport/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00npm4g_150_84.jpg" alt="Art Deco Icons: London Transport" /> </a> </p> <p> David Heathcote uncovers the controversial story of the London Transport HQ. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nk9m5 2009-10-28T17:57:18Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nk9m5/Glamours_Golden_Age_Beautiful_and_Damned/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nk9m5_150_84.jpg" alt="Glamour's Golden Age: Beautiful and Damned" /> </a> </p> <p> The story of 1920s London's Bright Young People, a tale of sex, drink and drugs. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nf0nl 2009-10-27T20:46:17Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nf0nl/Time_Shift_Series_9_The_Golden_Age_of_Liners/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nf0nl_150_84.jpg" alt="Time Shift: Series 9: The Golden Age of Liners" /> </a> </p> <p> Paul Atterbury finds out why the great ocean liners made such a mark on the imagination. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00nf06g 2009-10-27T20:43:32Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nf06g/Art_Deco_Icons_Claridges/"> <img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00nf06g_150_84.jpg" alt="Art Deco Icons: Claridge's" /> </a> </p> <p> At Claridge's Hotel in Mayfair, David Heathcote enjoys the glamour of the Deco fumoir. </p> tag:feeds.bbc.co.uk,2008:PIPS:b00ndzw0 2009-10-27T20:40:09Z <p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ndzw0/Glamours_Golden_Age_The_Luxe_Experience/"> <img src="http://node1.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00ndzw0_150_84.jpg" alt="Glamour's Golden Age: The Luxe Experience" /> </a> </p> <p> How 1920s and 30s architecture and design created and reflected the spirit of the age. </p>