http://www.open2.net Upcoming TV and Radio programmes en-gb Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:16:59 +0000 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:16:59 +0000 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html 60 http://www.open2.net/open2static/graphics/open2_logo06.gif http://www.open2.net BBC ONE - Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:20
The 100 years from the accession of Henry VIII to the first performance of Shakespeare's "Henry VIII" saw the creation of an enduring myth: England as God's chosen nation. It was led from the top by the Tudors and the artists they brought to their court. First Henry VIII, who as patron of Torrigiano and Holbein, but also instigator of the Reformation, was a force of creativity and destruction. Then Elizabeth I, who inspired an art of devotion and in whose name explorers set off to the far corners of the Earth. (Signed Version)]]> The Seven Ages of Britain: Age of Power Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:20:00 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:20:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC FOUR - Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:45
(As shown on Wednesday)]]> Syrian School: Rap Refugees Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:45:00 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:45:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC FOUR - Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:00
This episode focuses on a single school, in a unique part of Damascus. Yarmouk Girls Secondary School sits in the heart of a Palestinian Refugee Camp that has sat on the southern edge of the city for over sixty years. Nearly all of its students are Palestinian, coming of age in a society obsessed with its Palestinian identity and right to return to its homeland. Two schoolgirls are breaking the mould. Shaza and Rahaf dream of serving the Palestinian cause though rap music. But their plans put them on a collision course with their parents and traditionalist Head Teacher as they try to bring their radical rap into the classroom.]]> Syrian School: Rap Refugees Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:00:00 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC FOUR - Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:50
(As shown on Monday)]]> Syrian School: Changing Schools Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:50:00 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:50:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC FOUR - Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:30
What's it like to grow up in the heart of the Arab world, in Damascus, the oldest capital city on earth? Syrian School is a unique five-part series. No series has done this before; with remarkable access, following a year in the life of four schools in Damascus, a high pressure crossroads in the Middle East. The programmes introduce some remarkable characters, finding their way in a country that has never before opened ordinary life up to the cameras in this way. The series challenges the usual cliches of Arab life, and charts the highs and lows of the school year. In this first episode we meet Mrs Amal Hassan, the larger than life headteacher of Zaki Al Arsouzi Girls' School, intent on teaching her girls to stick up for themselves and 'be free'. She has a new girl at school; Dua'a comes from a devout Muslim family. Until now she's been educated at a conservative Islamic school, but this term she's moved to the more liberal Zaki Al-Arsouzi School. How will she get on with the big ideas of her new headteacher? Across town at Jaramana Boys' School, Yusif is football mad. He's an Iraqi refugee who lived through the bombs of Baghdad. Now in the relative calm of Syria, he must start to overcome his deep-seated fear of loud bangs.]]> Syrian School: Changing Schools Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:30:00 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:30:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO - Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:00
(As shown on Sunday)]]> The Seven Ages of Britain: Age of Power Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:00:00 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC News - Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:30
(As shown on Saturday)]]> The Bottom Line Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:30:00 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:30:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC ONE - Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:00
The 100 years from the accession of Henry VIII to the first performance of Shakespeare's "Henry VIII" saw the creation of an enduring myth: England as God's chosen nation. It was led from the top by the Tudors and the artists they brought to their court. First Henry VIII, who as patron of Torrigiano and Holbein, but also instigator of the Reformation, was a force of creativity and destruction. Then Elizabeth I, who inspired an art of devotion and in whose name explorers set off to the far corners of the Earth.]]> The Seven Ages of Britain: Age of Power Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:00:00 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC News - Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:30
(As shown on Saturday)]]> The Bottom Line Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:30:00 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:30:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC News - Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:30
(As shown on Saturday)]]> The Bottom Line Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:30:00 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:30:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC News - Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:30
Cutting through confusion, statistics and spin, Evan Davis presents the view from the top of business as he meets the people who run companies to learn what's on their agenda. This programme will also be shown internationally on the BBC World news channel.]]> The Bottom Line Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:30:00 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:30:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO - Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:15
Twenty years on from its invention, Dr Aleks Krotoski continues her investigation of how the world wide web is transforming almost every aspect of our lives. In the third programme of the series, Aleks gives the lowdown on how, for better and for worse, commerce has colonised the web - and reveals how web users are paying for what appear to be 'free' sites and services in hidden ways. She tells the inside story of the gold rush years of the dotcom bubble and reveals how retailers such as Amazon learned the lessons. She also charts how, out of the ashes, Google forged the business model that has come to dominate today's web, offering a plethora of highly attractive, overtly free web services, including search, maps and video, that are in fact funded through a sophisticated and highly lucrative advertising system which trades on what we users look for.]]> The Virtual Revolution: The Cost of Free Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:15:00 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:15:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC FOUR - Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:00
Reptiles and amphibians might appear to be hang-overs from the past, struggling to cope in today’s natural world. But they overcome their shortcomings through extraordinary tricks and strategies to be a global success. Followed by Life on Location - Chasing the Dragon.]]> Life: Reptiles and Amphibians Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:00:00 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (not Scotland) - Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:15
In his fifth part of a History of Christianity Diarmaid MacCulloch traces the growth of an exuberant expression of faith that has spread across the globe - Evangelical Protestantism. Today, it's associated with conservative politics, but the whole story is not what you might expect. It's easily forgotten that the Evangelical explosion has been driven by a concern for social justice and the claim that you could stand in a direct emotional relationship with God. It allowed the Protestant faith to burst its boundaries from its homeland in Europe. In America, its preachers marketed Christianity with all the flair and swashbuckling enterprise of American commerce. In Africa it converted much of the continent by adapting to local traditions, and now it's expanding into Asia. But is Korean Pentecostalism and its message of prosperity in the here and now an adaptation too far?]]> A History of Christianity: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:15:00 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:15:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC ONE - Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:50
In the Middle Ages, Britain was caught in a power struggle between the Crown and the Church. The two were reconciled in the code of chivalry which ordered devotion to one's king as well as God: a story revealed in the fabulous objects left in Britain's cathedrals and castles, or safeguarded in museums. David Dimbleby also re-assesses the reign of Richard II, arguing that under his rule England experienced a superb cultural renaissance, and travels to Munich in search of Britain's only preserved medieval crown. (Signed Version)]]> The Seven Ages of Britain: Age of Worship Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:50:00 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:50:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC FOUR - Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:05
(As shown on Wednesday)]]> Syrian School: Changing Schools Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:05:00 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:05:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC FOUR - Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:00
What's it like to grow up in the heart of the Arab world, in Damascus, the oldest capital city on earth? Syrian School is a unique five-part series. No series has done this before; with remarkable access, following a year in the life of four schools in Damascus, a high pressure crossroads in the Middle East. The programmes introduce some remarkable characters, finding their way in a country that has never before opened ordinary life up to the cameras in this way. The series challenges the usual cliches of Arab life, and charts the highs and lows of the school year. In this first episode we meet Mrs Amal Hassan, the larger than life headteacher of Zaki Al Arsouzi Girls' School, intent on teaching her girls to stick up for themselves and 'be free'. She has a new girl at school; Dua'a comes from a devout Muslim family. Until now she's been educated at a conservative Islamic school, but this term she's moved to the more liberal Zaki Al-Arsouzi School. How will she get on with the big ideas of her new headteacher? Across town at Jaramana Boys' School, Yusif is football mad. He's an Iraqi refugee who lived through the bombs of Baghdad. Now in the relative calm of Syria, he must start to overcome his deep-seated fear of loud bangs.]]> Syrian School: Changing Schools Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:00:00 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO - Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:00
The Coast team journey around the breathtaking shoreline of East Anglia. Neil Oliver explores the abandoned site of an experimental radar, built to spy deep into the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Self-taught artist Alice Roberts tries to capture the unique beauty of Southwold which has inspired generations of painters. Mark Horton investigates the perilous state of our seaside piers. Nicholas Crane discovers how a potentially lethal combination of tides and weather can cause catastrophic floods. Hermione Cockburn meets a member of a forgotten army of women who worked in top secret on the Norfolk coast to intercept German radio messages during World War Two.]]> Coast: Kings Lynn to Felixstowe Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:00:00 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (Scotland & Northern Irelan - Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50
(As shown in England & Wales at 23.20)]]> The Virtual Revolution: Enemy of the State? Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50:00 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:50:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (England & Wales) - Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:20
Dr Aleks Krotoski continues her investigation into how the world wide web is transforming our lives. In this second film in the series, she charts how the web is forging a new brand of politics both in democracies like Britain and authoritarian regimes such as China, Iran and Russia. With contributions from some of the web's biggest names, including Al Gore, Martha Lane Fox, Stephen Fry and Bill Gates, Aleks explores how interactive, unmediated sites like Twitter and Youtube have encouraged direct action and politicised young people in unprecedented numbers. Yet, at the same time, the web's openness enables hardline states to spy and censor and extremists to threaten us with networks of hate and crippling cyber attacks. This is the inside track on how, 20 years after its invention, the web is unleashing a battle of ideas across the world.]]> The Virtual Revolution: Enemy of the State? Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:20:00 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:20:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO - Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00
(As shown on Sunday)]]> The Seven Ages of Britain: Age of Worship Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00:00 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC News - Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:30
(As shown on Saturday)]]> The Bottom Line Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:30:00 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:30:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC ONE - Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:00
In the Middle Ages, Britain was caught in a power struggle between the Crown and the Church. The two were reconciled in the code of chivalry which ordered devotion to one's king as well as God: a story revealed in the fabulous objects left in Britain's cathedrals and castles, or safeguarded in museums. David Dimbleby also re-assesses the reign of Richard II, arguing that under his rule England experienced a superb cultural renaissance, and travels to Munich in search of Britain's only preserved medieval crown.]]> The Seven Ages of Britain: Age of Worship Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:00:00 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC News - Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:30
(As shown on Saturday)]]> The Bottom Line Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:30:00 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:30:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC News - Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:30
(As shown on Saturday)]]> The Bottom Line Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:30:00 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:30:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC News - Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:30
Cutting through confusion, statistics and spin, Evan Davis presents the view from the top of business as he meets the people who run companies to learn what's on their agenda. This programme will also be shown internationally on the BBC World news channel.]]> The Bottom Line Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:30:00 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:30:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO - Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:15
Dr Aleks Krotoski continues her investigation into how the world wide web is transforming our lives. In this second film in the series, she charts how the web is forging a new brand of politics both in democracies like Britain and authoritarian regimes such as China, Iran and Russia. With contributions from some of the web's biggest names, including Al Gore, Martha Lane Fox, Stephen Fry and Bill Gates, Aleks explores how interactive, unmediated sites like Twitter and Youtube have encouraged direct action and politicised young people in unprecedented numbers. Yet, at the same time, the web's openness enables hardline states to spy and censor and extremists to threaten us with networks of hate and crippling cyber attacks. This is the inside track on how, 20 years after its invention, the web is unleashing a battle of ideas across the world.]]> The Virtual Revolution: Enemy of the State? Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:15:00 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:15:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC FOUR - Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:00
Our planet may be home to more than thirty million different species of animals and plants. And every single member of every single one is locked in its own life-long fight for survival. As Sir David Attenborough shows in this new landmark series, everywhere you look there are extraordinary examples of the lengths living things will go to stay alive and to breed.]]> Life: Challenges of Life Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:00:00 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (not Scotland) - Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:15
The Amish today are peaceable folk, but five centuries ago their ancestors were seen as some of the most dangerous people in Europe. They were radicals - Protestants - who tore apart the Catholic Church. In the fourth part of his History of Christianity, Diarmaid MacCulloch makes sense of the Reformation, and of how a faith based on obedience and authority gave birth to one based on individual conscience. He shows how Luther wrote hymns to teach people the message of the Bible, and how a tasty sausage became the rallying cry for Ulrich Zwingli - a Swiss Reformer - to tear down statues of saints, allow married clergy and deny that communion bread and wine were the body and blood of Christ. "Jesus ascended into heaven" declared Zwingli, "he's sitting at the right hand of the Father, not on a table here in Zurich."]]> A History of Christianity: Reformation - The Individual before God Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:15:00 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:15:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (Wales only) - Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:15
Exploring coastal erosion along the shores around Cromer in Norfolk.]]> Coast Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:15:00 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:15:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC ONE - Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:00
A new series in which David Dimbleby traces the history of Britain through artworks, architecture and artefacts, beginning with the Roman conquest of these islands. (Signed Version)]]> The Seven Ages of Britain: Age of Conquest Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:00:00 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (England & Wales only) - Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:00
Explore the wild west coast of Ireland with the Coast experts. Sea cliffs twice the height of Big Ben and 30 foot breakers are just part of this remarkable Atlantic Odyssey, journeying from Galway Bay all the way to the Fastnet Rock, Ireland's southernmost point. Neil Oliver discovers how it was mysterious flotsam, washed up on the Galway shoreline, that inspired Columbus's journey to America, and he hears how an Irishman could have reached the New World nine hundred years before Columbus. Alice Roberts explores the botanical puzzle of 'The Burren', a breathtaking limestone landscape that's the only place in the world where Arctic plants grow next to Mediterranean flowers. Alice also voyages out to the extraordinary mystical monastery on the tiny island of Skellig Michael, where Christianity survived the fall of the Roman Empire. Miranda Krestovnikoff eavesdrops on the chatter of the dolphins in the Shannon estuary, and she also reveals the surprising secrets of seaweed that make it the special ingredient in everything from toothpaste to beer.]]> Coast: Galway to Baltimore Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:00:00 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (Scotland only) - Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:35
A visit to the seaside]]> Coast Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:35:00 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:35:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (Wales only) - Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:05
(As shown in England on Monday at 23.20)]]> The Virtual Revolution: The Great Levelling? Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:05:00 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:05:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (Scotland & Northern Irelan - Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:50
(As shown in England at 23.20)]]> The Virtual Revolution: The Great Levelling? Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:50:00 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:50:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (England only) - Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:20
20 years on from the invention of the World Wide Web, Dr Aleks Krotoski explores how it is reshaping almost every aspect of our lives. Joined by some of the web's biggest names - including the founders of Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft and the web's inventor - she explores how far the web has lived up to its early promise. In the first in this four part series Aleks charts the extraordinary rise of Blogs, Wikipedia, and YouTube and traces an ongoing clash between the freedom the technology offers us, and our innate human desire to control and profit.]]> The Virtual Revolution: The Great Levelling? Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:20:00 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:20:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO - Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:00
(As shown on Sunday)]]> The Seven Ages of Britain: Age of Conquest Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:00:00 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC ONE - Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:00
A new series in which David Dimbleby traces the history of Britain through artworks, architecture and artefacts, beginning with the Roman conquest of these islands.]]> The Seven Ages of Britain: Age of Conquest Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:00:00 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (Wales only) - Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:05
Neil Oliver visits the bustling port of Rosyth to explore the staggering scale of Britain's global sea trade, It's now worth £340 billion a year, yet a pair of jeans can travel from China for just 30p. Neil also recreates a legendary 'lifeboat drag' from nearly 150 years ago at the village of Cullercoats. It's claimed the women of the village dragged a heavy wooden lifeboat for miles over a headland to save a stricken ship in a mighty storm. Neil challenges the local lassies of today to live up to the reputation of their great grannies. Miranda Krestovnikoff is the first Coast presenter to manage to land on the Bass Rock, a stunning seabird paradise described by Sir David Attenborough as "one of the wildlife wonders of the world", but one which is made all too inaccessible by a combination of tide and weather. Miranda joins a team trying to film the underwater action of diving gannets, which hit the water at up to 60mph. Mark Horton is on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, reliving the first Viking raid on our shores in June 793 AD. He discovers how those marauding Norsemen galvanised the warring Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to come together and form the English nation. Mark also goes in search of the remains of the 'Town That Never Was' a grand Edwardian seaside resort, intended to rival Whitby and Scarborough. Construction began in a blaze of publicity in the dramatic coastal setting of Ravenscar - but why was the town never finished? And Dick Strawbridge meets the men and women who used to work as skilled riveters, building the mighty vessels for which the North East's shipyards were famed. It took half a million rivets to stitch together the steel plates of a good-sized cargo ship, but for these close-knit riveting squads there was no guarantee of a job for life. Dick discovers how their hard-won skills were made redundant by the 'Liberty Ships' from across the Atlantic. Built quickly and cheaply using American mass production methods, nonetheless they went on to help win the Second World War.]]> Coast: Rosyth to Hull Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:05:00 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:05:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (Wales only) - Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:30
(As shown in England and Northern Ireland on Saturday)]]> A History of Christianity: Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:30:00 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:30:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (Wales only) - Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:00
(As shown in the rest of the UK at 20.30)]]> The Virtual Revolution: The Great Levelling? Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:00:00 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (not Wales) - Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:30
20 years on from the invention of the World Wide Web, Dr Aleks Krotoski explores how it is reshaping almost every aspect of our lives. Joined by some of the web's biggest names - including the founders of Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft and the web's inventor - she explores how far the web has lived up to its early promise. In the first in this four part series Aleks charts the extraordinary rise of Blogs, Wikipedia, and YouTube and traces an ongoing clash between the freedom the technology offers us, and our innate human desire to control and profit.]]> The Virtual Revolution: The Great Levelling? Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:30:00 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:30:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC FOUR - Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:00
David Tennant takes the title role in the RSC's production of Shakespeare's tragedy. Claudius (Patrick Stewart) has killed the prince's father and usurped the throne, marrying Hamlet's mother Gertrude (Penny Downie). But the prince, haunted by his father's ghost and driven to the brink of insanity, plans a bloody revenge.]]> Hamlet Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:00:00 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (not Scotland, Wales) - Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:30
Orthodoxy: the carefully choreographed acts of worship woven into a texture of ancient music, the cosmic mystery that is the ritual of Communion, the icons and the symbol of a fierce bird - the double headed eagle. What story are they trying to tell us? Today, Eastern Orthodox Christianity flourishes in the Balkans and Russia. It has over 150 million members worldwide. But much of Diarmaid MacCullochs's third programme charts its fight for survival. After its glory-days in the Eastern Roman Empire, it has stood right in the path of Muslim expansion, suffered betrayal by crusading Catholics, was seized by the Russian Tsars to ally with tyranny and has faced near-extinction under Soviet Communism. So what is the secret of its endurance?]]> A History of Christianity: Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:30:00 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:30:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (Wales only) - Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:00
A trip along England's south coast from Bournemouth to Plymouth. There's a visit to one of the world's most expensive places to buy a house, find out where beach donkeys go to retire and the story behind the building of the Eddystone lighthouse.]]> Coast: The Property Coast Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:00:00 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (Wales only) - Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:40
The team explore the Isle of Man]]> Coast Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:40:00 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:40:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC TWO (Wales only) - Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:40
The team explore the Isle of Man]]> Coast Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:40:00 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:40:00 +0000 TV Programme BBC Radio 4 - Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:00
Tim Harford presents the final edition in the current series looking at numbers in the news, in politics and in everyday life.]]> More or Less Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:00:00 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:00:00 +0000 Radio Programme BBC TWO (not Scotland) - Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:00
In his second journey into the history of Christianity, Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the history of the Church which calls itself Catholic. How did a small Jewish sect from 1st century Palestine, which preached humility and the virtue of poverty, become the established religion of Western Europe, wealthy, powerful and expecting unfailing obedience from the faithful? In this episode Diarmaid MacCulloch tells the story of what can be achieved when you have friends in high places.]]> A History of Christianity: Catholicism - The Unpredictable Rise of Rome Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:00:00 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0000 TV Programme