SATURDAY 15 MARCH 2008

SAT 19:00 Emma (b009hdwd)
Episode 3

1972 adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel. Emma is about to face the unpleasant task of telling Harriet about Mr Elton's proposal to her, having previously encouraged Harriet to fall in love with him.


SAT 19:45 Emma (b009km1y)
Episode 4

1972 adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel. Frank Churchil and Emma have been discussing Jane Fairfax and the mystery behind the piano that she has been given.


SAT 20:30 Legends (b0094zrm)
The Chieftains

Profile of the band who has helped to save Irish traditional music from disappearing, spreading its sound and popularity across the world for more than four decades. Featuring interviews with the current four members - fiddler Sean Keane, vocalist and bodhran player Kevin Conneff, flautist Matt Molloy and band leader Paddy Moloney, who plays pipes and whistle - and tributes from fans including Keith Richards, Sting, Elvis Costello, Sir James Galway and Andrea Corr.


SAT 21:30 The Hard Sell (b0094z8w)
Food and Drink

Phill Jupitus narrates a series looking at 50 years of British TV advertising. Britain's food and drink adverts have fed our minds, filled our bellies and quenched our thirst. The perfect adland recipe includes entertainment, persuasion and manipulation to steer Britain through home cooking and happy families to single living and tv dinners. Contributors include filmmaker Alan Parker, broadcaster Gregg Wallace, writer Joanna Blythman and Juan Cabral, the adman behind the Cadbury's Gorilla.


SAT 22:00 Timeshift (b0094yzq)
Series 7

The Rise and Fall of the Ad Man

Cultural commentator Peter York takes a characteristically insightful and witty look at the changing fortunes of British advertising through the story of the personalities who led it through its highs and lows.

Inspired by the maverick US advertisers of Madison Avenue, a new generation of British ad men created a unique style of advertising based on authentic British culture. It tapped into home-grown humour and marketed itself as almost a branch of the arts. During the 1970s, British ads came to be regarded as the best in the world.

But as York shows, the same combination of ambition, big spending and oversized egos which fed British advertising's glorious rise also led to a disastrous fall when the business climate changed in the 1980s. Now the British ad man has had to reinvent himself for a new, global market.

York gets the extraordinary inside story from top British advertising figures past and present including Alan Parker, David Puttnam, Tim Bell, Frank Lowe and the most successful ad man in the world today, Martin Sorrell.


SAT 23:00 Bell, Book and Candle (b009hdwh)
Magical comedy romance. A New York publisher literally falls under the spell of a witch who makes him fall in love with her after they meet one Christmas Eve. She is the head of a coven of witches and warlocks who have to operate in a sceptical world, and the publisher is thrust into a group where incantations and magic are nothing unusual.


SAT 00:40 Legends (b0094zrm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:30 today]


SAT 01:40 Art of Eternity (b0074t92)
Painting Paradise

How should art depict the relationship between man and God? How can art best express eternal values? Can you, and should you, portray the face of Christ? For over a thousand years these were some of the questions which taxed the minds of the greatest artists of the early West. In this three-part series, art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon sets out to unravel the mysteries of the art of the pre-perspective era. Why has this world been so frequently misunderstood and underrated? His journey takes him from the mysterious catacombs of ancient Rome to Coptic Egypt, to the Orthodox Christian world of Istanbul and then onwards to medieval Italy and France.

In the first episode, Andrew Graham-Dixon traces the beginnings of Christian art in the declining Roman Empire, Egypt and medieval France, and reveals the ideas which lay behind the transition from classical art to the first icons.


SAT 02:40 The Hard Sell (b0094z8w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:30 today]


SAT 03:10 Timeshift (b0094yzq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:00 today]



SUNDAY 16 MARCH 2008

SUN 19:00 Dear Television (b009hf6d)
Episode 6

Letters cataloguing the preoccupations and passions of television viewers over the last five decades.


SUN 19:10 Bergerac (b007bp5w)
Series 3

Ice Maiden

When notorious jewel thief Philippa Vale hits town just in time for the private sale of a large diamond, Jim concentrates on maximising security and seems to have it all sewn up. But the impossible happens when the diamond is stolen mid-auction.


SUN 20:00 The Cult of... (b009hf6g)
Sunday Night

Bergerac

Series which unearths the history and anecdotes behind cult British Sunday night drama looks at Jersey-set detective series Bergerac, which made a star of John Nettles.

Bergerac had the right kind of setting for a traditional Sunday night drama and did wonders for the Jersey tourist industry, but finding a contemporary cop show in the Sunday night schedules was far more unusual. And Jim Bergerac wasn't even the usual cop, with his struggle to overcome his alcoholism and inability to shake off his ex-wife Debbie or his dodgy ex-father-in-law, Charlie Hungerford.

But Jersey, Jim and his list of lovers kept viewers tuning in in their millions, as did the all-action style of future Bond director Martin Campbell. Success and popularity got the tabloids interested - which meant a payout for Liza Goddard when one paper confused her on-screen interest in John Nettles for the real thing. And whatever happened to Jim's distinctive Triumph Roadster?

Interviewees include John Nettles, Sean Arnold, Liza Goddard, Louise Jameson, Deborah Grant, series creator Robert Banks Stewart, writer Rod Beacham and director Martin Campbell.


SUN 20:30 Nation on Film (b0074t23)
Series 1

Selling Cars

David Jason tells the story of how film sold the car before television changed everything, in a documentary which explores the way early 20th century film makers used sex appeal, the might of manufacturing and lifestyle change to encourage us to buy their product. It charts the growth in sales of the car as well as the downside of increased road deaths and how advertisers responded to this by emphasising safety features of their new vehicles.


SUN 21:00 Selling Power: Admen and No 10 (b009hf6j)
Documentary which looks at how Britain's biggest advertising companies promoted the most unattractive product on earth - politicians. From the groundbreaking and controversial 'Yesterday's Men' through to the infamous Tony Blair 'Demon Eyes' campaign, it explores how best to sell power to a cynical public and is told by those who devised the memorable slogans, promotional films and negative adverts that won elections, changed the course of democracy and made their agencies fortunes.


SUN 22:00 Mad Men (b009hf6l)
Series 1

Marriage of Figaro

Drama series which takes an unflinching look at the world of advertising in 1960s New York. When Pete returns from honeymoon how will Peggy react? Don gets closer to Rachel and is troubled by a chance encounter on a train. There's a party for Don's daughter, and the wives are feeling threatened by the new, divorced, girl on the block.


SUN 22:45 The Late Edition (b0094zhn)
Series 4

Episode 18

Satirical comedy show, with host Marcus Brigstocke and guests.


SUN 23:15 Selling Power: Admen and No 10 (b009hf6j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]


SUN 00:15 The Cult of... (b009hf6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 today]


SUN 00:45 Everest ER (b0074svy)
Documentary following a team of volunteer doctors caring for the climbers and Sherpas at Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Over the ten-week Everest season, they coordinate dramatic helicopter rescues and treat hundreds of climbers for altitude sickness and frostbite.


SUN 01:45 Art of Eternity (b0074t9w)
The Glory of Byzantium

How should art depict the relationship between man and God? How can art best express eternal values? Can you, and should you, portray the face of Christ? For over a thousand years these were some of the questions which taxed the minds of the greatest artists of the early West. In this three-part series, art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon sets out to unravel the mysteries of the art of the pre-perspective era. Why has this world been so frequently misunderstood and underrated? His journey takes him from the mysterious catacombs of ancient Rome to Coptic Egypt, to the Orthodox Christian world of Istanbul and then onwards to medieval Italy and France.

In the second of this three-part series, Andrew Graham-Dixon travels to Istanbul to immerse himself in the tumultuous world of the Byzantine Empire. He reveals the art that emerged, decodes the iconography and explains its continuing relevance to everyday people.


SUN 02:45 The Cult of... (b009hf6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 today]


SUN 03:15 Everest ER (b0074svy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:45 today]



MONDAY 17 MARCH 2008

MON 19:00 World News Today (b009kj5m)
The latest news from around the world.


MON 19:30 The Cult of... (b009hf6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Sunday]


MON 20:00 Steptoe and Son (b0077zrx)
Series 1

The Economist

Classic sitcom about a father-and-son rag-and-bone team and their uneasy alliance. Harold reads a book on capitalism and comes to the conclusion that the business is not being run properly. He decides that in order to make large profits they must start buying goods in bulk.


MON 20:30 Nation on Film (b0074sy8)
Nation on Film

Documentary series on 20th-century social history. Amateur film-making boomed in the 1930s and a legacy of celluloid gems resides in the country's film archives.


MON 21:00 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (b00792zq)
Award-winning film documenting Peter Sellers' turbulent rise from popular BBC radio performer to one of the world's most gifted comedic actors. Peter was raised by a domineering mother and a meek father, and at an early age discovered he liked to hide behind the emotional curtain of playing a character. In time, Sellers put this skill to use as an actor, and discovered that he had a great gift for comedy, but increasingly realised he had no sense of self.


MON 22:55 The Peter Sellers Story: As He Filmed It (b0074swb)
A portrait of one of the world's greatest comic actors, with unprecedented access to his home-movie collection. On set, at home, on holiday or in stage-managed scenarios, they feature Peter Sellers's family, friends and colleagues. Including Anne Levy, Britt Ekland, Lynne Frederick, Princess Margaret, Lord Snowdon, Orson Welles, Sophia Loren, Spike Milligan, Herbert Lom and Blake Edwards.


MON 00:25 The Cult of... (b009hf6g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Sunday]


MON 00:55 The Protestant Revolution (b0080tp5)
No Rest For The Wicked

Four-part documentary series exploring the scientific, cultural, economic and political aspects of Protestantism. Through an examination of Calvinism, Puritanism and the Industrial Revolution, historian Tristram Hunt reveals how capitalism and the anti-global movement developed out of Protestantism and how these two great opposing legacies of Protestantism continue to battle it out.


MON 01:55 Art of Eternity (b0074tbk)
When East Meets West

How should art depict the relationship between man and God? How can art best express eternal values? Can you, and should you, portray the face of Christ? For over a thousand years these were some of the questions which taxed the minds of the greatest artists of the early West. In this three-part series, art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon sets out to unravel the mysteries of the art of the pre-perspective era. Why has this world been so frequently misunderstood and underrated? His journey takes him from the mysterious catacombs of ancient Rome to Coptic Egypt, to the Orthodox Christian world of Istanbul and then onwards to medieval Italy and France.

In the final part of this series Andrew Graham-Dixon examines early Christian art and the reasons for its evolution during the Renaissance. He also reveals just how far modern artists have been influenced by the pre-perspective view of the world.


MON 02:55 The Protestant Revolution (b0080tp5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:55 today]



TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2008

TUE 19:00 World News Today (b009kj72)
The latest news from around the world.


TUE 19:30 Pop Go the Sixties (b0088xvn)
Series 1

The Johnny Harris Orchestra

A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive, as the Johnny Harris Band perform Satisfaction.


TUE 19:35 Batman (b009k7sd)
Series 2

The Greatest Mother of Them All

Crimebusting capers for the cloaked crusader and Robin. Ma Parker and her four fiendish children raid a Mother of the Year Awards ceremony and hold up the entire gathering.


TUE 20:00 Around the World in 80 Treasures (b0078w68)
Series 1

Mali to Egypt

Dan Cruickshank’s journey around the world reaches new heights of discomfort in the heat and dust of the desert. He takes in the astonishing cave paintings of the Dogon tribe before embarking on a love affair in Egypt with the most beautiful woman in history for whom he must brave two giant jackals.

In between, he witnesses the grotesque masks of Mali that connect the world of the living with the world of the dead, survives a power cut in the middle of the deepest, darkest chamber of the dead in the Great Pyramid outside Cairo, lives a day in the life of a Roman trader in Leptis Magna and identifies with Lawrence of Arabia in the desert of Libya.

One amazing surprise is the biggest mud building in the world, which cools down in the African sun by means of an installation of 104 saucepan lids on its roof - possibly the simplest ventilation system in the world but also the most ingenious. Finally, as he floats into the sunset down the Nile, he contemplates how it will feel to re-enter Europe after four months away.


TUE 21:00 Auntie's War on Smut (b009hff3)
Tongue-in-cheek journey through 20 years of censorship from the BBC after it issued a book of guidelines that would define its role and values for postwar Britain in 1948. Known by the colour of its cover, the 'Green Book' would keep a generation of errant writers and performers in check with bans on jokes about honeymoon couples, fig leaves and animal habits among others. Featuring contributions from writers and performers like Denis Norden, Nicholas Parsons, David Frost and Jonathan Miller.


TUE 22:00 Goodness Gracious Me (b0074920)
Series 2

Episode 5

British-Asian comedy sketch show. This programme includes period drama in Nehru and Jinnah: The Cambridge Years, and the further adventures of Skipinder the Punjabi Kangaroo.


TUE 22:30 The Hard Sell (b009hff5)
Toys

Phill Jupitus narrates a series looking at 50 years of British TV advertising. Britain's food and drink adverts have fed our minds, filled our bellies and quenched our thirst. The perfect adland recipe includes entertainment, persuasion and manipulation to steer Britain through home cooking and happy families to single living and tv dinners. Contributors include filmmaker Alan Parker, broadcaster Gregg Wallace, writer Joanna Blythman and Juan Cabral, the adman behind the Cadbury's Gorilla.


TUE 23:00 Nation on Film (b0074r1w)
Series 1

Selling Salvation

Documentary series on 20th-century social history. This edition examines how the Christian church in this country used film to offer salvation to the permissive society of the 1950s and 60s. Using a cross-section of rarely seen films, witnesses add their views on whether spreading a religious message via film succeeded or failed.


TUE 23:30 A Year in Tibet (b0094zlf)
Three Husbands and a Wedding

For twelve months, a television crew has followed a handful of ordinary Tibetan people living in and around Gyantse, Tibet's third largest town. The result is a unique and intimate portrait of life in one of the most mysterious and isolated societies on earth.

It is autumn in southern Tibet and everyone is pulling together to get in the harvest. Like all farmers, Dundan is worried most about hailstones flattening his crops. In the past his brother Tseden, the local shaman, protected the fields with his spells. Now the local government has installed guns to disperse the clouds and this has put Tseden out of a job.

In the nearby town of Gyantse, Rincheu, a local builder, struggles to find enough workers during the harvest to complete his all important first government commission.

In the monastery, the monks recover from a hectic visit by the highest ranking Buddhist Lama in Tibet. After a riotous time celebrating the success of the event, they go home to help with the harvest.

Tseden is also helping a local family to arrange their daughter's wedding. Despite months of preparation, nobody actually gets around to telling the bride she is going to be wed - nor does anybody mention that she is expected to marry her husband's brother as well.


TUE 00:30 Auntie's War on Smut (b009hff3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]


TUE 01:30 BBC Proms (b007wvqw)
2007

Stravinsky's Petrushka - Prom 41

Verity Sharp introduces American jazz pianist Marcus Roberts and his trio for a reinterpretation with improvisation of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, accompanied by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Robert Spano. Stravinsky's Petrushka and three dance episodes from Bernstein's On the Town make up the programme.


TUE 03:25 Auntie's War on Smut (b009hff3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]



WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH 2008

WED 19:00 World News Today (b009hp14)
The latest news from around the world.


WED 19:30 Pop Go the Sixties (b008bxxs)
Series 1

Nana Mouskouri

A colourful nugget of pop mined from the BBC's archive.


WED 19:35 Batman (b009k7tp)
Series 2

Ma Parker

Fantasy adventure series. Batman thwarts the booby-trap, but has Ma Parker duped the Duo into recruiting more criminals for her gang? Batman and Robin break into jail, are captured and put into electric chairs.


WED 20:00 Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (b008lxyh)
Inside the Firm

Documentary series providing insight into the work of The Queen and other members of the Royal Family over the course of a year. All four of The Queen's children talk frankly for the first time about their working roles, about the jobs which they were born into, and which will occupy the rest of their lives.


WED 21:00 The Curse of Steptoe (b009hp17)
Drama telling the moving story of life behind the scenes of Steptoe and Son. Two actors find themselves trapped together on the celebrated long-running sitcom.


WED 22:05 Comedy Playhouse (b009g7k8)
Series 1

The Offer

The very first episode of the classic sitcom, which was first broadcast in 1962. Harold has had an offer which would mean leaving the junk yard for ever. But his dad has other ideas and does all he can to keep up the family tradition.


WED 22:35 The Late Edition (b009hp19)
Series 4

Episode 19

Satirical comedy show, with host Marcus Brigstocke and guests.


WED 23:05 Mark Lawson Talks To... (b009hp1c)
Galton and Simpson

Galton and Simpson talk about their famous creations Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son, how they met each other in hospital, and why they stopped working together.


WED 00:05 The Curse of Steptoe (b009hp17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]


WED 01:15 The Late Edition (b009hp19)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:35 today]


WED 01:45 Selling Power: Admen and No 10 (b009hf6j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Sunday]


WED 02:45 Mark Lawson Talks To... (b009hp1c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:05 today]


WED 03:45 The Late Edition (b009hp19)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:35 today]



THURSDAY 20 MARCH 2008

THU 19:00 World News Today (b009hp68)
The latest news from around the world.


THU 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b009kld3)
Series 1

The Diploma

Classic rag-and-bone men sitcom. Harold is fed up with scraping a living and with Albert's constant criticism of his ability to do the rounds. He decides to follow a different vocation and takes a correspondence course in TV repairing.


THU 20:00 Himalaya with Michael Palin (b0074qx6)
A Passage to India

Michael Palin continues his Himalayan trek by travelling from K2 in Pakistan to Ladakh in India - a short distance as the crow flies but, due to politics, a huge loop. He passes through the Sikh city of Amritsar, with its Golden Temple, and through Shimla with its Vice Regal Lodge, Gaiety Theatre and cosy half-timbered teahouses. He then meets the 14th Dalai Lama in Dharamsala where the Tibetan government is in exile.


THU 21:00 A Year in Tibet (b009hp6b)
Faith, Hope and Charity

Documentary series following a year in the life of the society living in and around the Tibetan town of Gyantse.

The monks begin preparations for New Year, one of Tibet's biggest festivals. Lhakpa, a local rickshaw driver, struggles to earn money as winter approaches. He embarks on a scheme to buy and sell puppies, with disastrous consequences.

Hotel owner Jianzang gets involved in a court case which has a surprising outcome. In Tangmai, the doctor cannot cure Lhamo's crippling stomach pains.


THU 22:00 Ashes to Ashes (b00950pd)
Series 1

Episode 6

Drama series following the exploits of Life on Mars DCI Gene Hunt. Alex thinks she's close to death and has to keep her brain alive by solving the case - a raid at a Post Office. Gene believes the culprit is Chas Cale, a blagger he crossed swords with years ago. When Chas claims he's too old, Gene reflects on whether he too is over the hill. For once, Alex needs Gene to be strong for her. She fears she can't solve the case alone and is desperate not to die in 1981.


THU 22:55 Mad Men (b009hf6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:00 on Sunday]


THU 23:45 Selling Power: Admen and No 10 (b009hf6j)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Sunday]


THU 00:45 A Year in Tibet (b009hp6b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]


THU 01:45 Everest ER (b0074svy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 00:45 on Sunday]


THU 02:45 A Year in Tibet (b009hp6b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]



FRIDAY 21 MARCH 2008

FRI 19:00 Mozart's Requiem (b0074tn6)
Mozart's Requiem in D Minor, with soloists Carolyn Sampson, Ingeborg Danz, Mark Padmore and Alfred Reiter. Authentic performance expert Philippe Herreweghe conducts his own Orchestre des Champs-Elysees and Collegium Vocale Gent. Part of the 250th anniversary Mozart celebrations.


FRI 20:00 Sacred Music (b03d09b3)
Series 1

The Gothic Revolution

Documentary series in which actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale explores the flowering of Western sacred music.

He begins his journey at Notre Dame in Paris, where an enigmatic medieval music manuscript provides the key to the early development of polyphony - music of 'many voices'. Featuring music performed by members of the award-winning choir The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers.


FRI 21:00 White Gospel (b009hpfr)
Documentary about white gospel, America's most enduring yet obscure musical subculture and Elvis Presley's favourite type of music. One of the foundations of country music, it taught generations of southerners the principles of harmony and produced its own legends and stars in talents such as The Louvin Brothers, Dottie Rambo and The Blackwood Brothers. A journey from the sound of ancient harmonies sung in remote country churches through to the modern fiery anthems of the religious right.


FRI 22:00 The Curse of Steptoe (b009hp17)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Wednesday]


FRI 23:10 Steptoe and Son (b0077zwr)
Series 1

The Holiday

Classic rag and bone men comedy. Harold has holiday plans, and they don't involve Albert or the annual trip to Bognor Regis. Albert attempts to change his son's mind by using emotional blackmail.


FRI 23:40 Batman (b009k7sd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:35 on Tuesday]


FRI 00:05 Batman (b009k7tp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:35 on Wednesday]


FRI 00:30 White Gospel (b009hpfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]


FRI 01:30 Sacred Music (b03d09b3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 today]


FRI 02:30 Mozart's Requiem (b0074tn6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 today]


FRI 03:20 White Gospel (b009hpfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]