BBC 4 Listings for 8 – 14 May 2010 Page 1 of 4 SATURDAY 08 MAY 2010 Clemency Burton-Hill introduces BBC Young Musician 2010. eyewitnesses and home movie enthusiasts who tell the stories Over 300 of the UK's best young musicians entered this year's behind the images in each of these rescues. SAT 19:00 Wonders of the Solar System (b00rz5ys) competition and just 25 were chosen to go through to the five Original Series category finals - brass, keyboard, strings, woodwind and Perhaps the most compelling is that of Eric Smith, an RAF percussion. winchman. Dramatic home movie images filmed from the Aliens Cornish coast reveal the daring and ultimately successful In the woodwind final, five young hopefuls from Somerset, operation to rescue two men trapped in a ship sinking off Professor Brian Cox visits some of the most stunning locations Perth, Letchworth, Rochdale and Milton Keynes battle it out for Land's End. The drama and tension are portrayed, as is the skill on earth to describe how the laws of nature have carved natural the title of category winner and a place in the competition semi- and bravery of Eric Smith, qualities that brought him the wonders across the solar system. final. Featuring music by Vivaldi, Bach and Brahms, viewers George Medal. can expect tension, drama and some exceptional performances. Brian descends to the bottom of the Pacific in a submarine to witness the extraordinary life forms that survive in the cold, SUN 21:00 The Box That Changed Britain (b00scpzn) black waters. All life on Earth needs water so the search for SAT 02:00 Wonders of the Solar System (b00rz5ys) Poet Roger McGough narrates the extraordinary story of how a aliens in the solar system has followed the search for water. [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 today] simple invention - the shipping container - changed the world forever and forced Britain into the modern era of globalisation. Soaring above the dramatic Scablands of the United States, Brian discovers how the same landscape has been found on SAT 03:00 On Expenses (b00r3qf4) With a blend of archive and modern-day filming, the incredible Mars. And it was all carved out in a geological heartbeat by a [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 today] impact of the box is told through the eyes of dockers, seafarers, monumental flood. ship spotters, factory workers and logisticians. From quayside in huge container ports to onboard ships the size of four Armed with a gas mask, Brian enters a cave in Mexico where football pitches, the documentary explains how the shipping bacteria breathe toxic gas and leak concentrated acid. Yet SUNDAY 09 MAY 2010 container has transformed our communities, economy and relatives of these creatures could be surviving in newly coastline. discovered caves on Mars. SUN 19:00 Lost Kingdoms of Africa (b00q0hvl) Series 1 But Brian's sixth wonder isn't a planet at all. Jupiter's moon SUN 22:00 Passport to Liverpool (b00d2zdk) Europa is a dazzling ball of ice etched with strange cracks. The Great Zimbabwe Documentary looking at the history of Liverpool, the former patterns in the ice reveal that, far below, there is an ocean with gateway to the British Empire whose character was built on the more potentially life-giving water than all the oceans on Earth. Four-part series in which British art historian Dr Gus Casely- dockside by seafarers and immigrants who came from around Hayford explores the pre-colonial history of some of Africa's the world seeking a new beginning. Of all the wonders of the solar system forged by the laws of most important kingdoms. nature, there is one that stands out. In the final episode of this It examines how the city's maritime history and mixture of series, Brian reveals the greatest wonder of them all. The African continent is home to nearly a billion people. It has people has made its citizens uncertain of their English identity. an incredible diversity of communities and cultures, yet we know less of its history than almost anywhere else on earth. SAT 20:00 Francesco's Venice (b0078sl0) SUN 22:50 Storyville (b0074lrg) Blood But that is beginning to change. In the last few decades, Cod Wars researchers and archaeologists have begun to uncover a range of Francesco da Mosto tells the fantastic story of the birth of the histories as impressive and extraordinary as anywhere else in It’s now 40 years since the end of the Cod Wars between Britain most beautiful city in the world, Venice. Of how a city of the world. and Iceland. During the 1950s and 60s, Britain consumed palaces, of gold and jewels, of art and unrivalled treasures arose 430,000 tons of cod each year, but as the stocks started to out of the swamp of a malaria-ridden lagoon. The series reveals that Africa's stories are preserved for us in its diminish the livelihoods of fishing communities in both treasures, statues and ancient buildings - in the culture, art and countries were at stake. Iceland took steps to protect their Of how one city came to enjoy all the glory of a royal capital legends of the people. fishing industry - the mainstay of their economy - resulting in yet did away with kings and queens; of how a tomb violently the three so-called Cod Wars. This was a David and Goliath robbed would make an entire people rich; and of how one man - In 1871, European explorers stumbled across an astonishing struggle, where the small fleet of Icelandic gunboats were pitted tortured and blinded by his enemies - would lead Venice to a ruined city deep in the African interior. Great Zimbabwe has against the British trawlers and the Royal Navy in the North revenge so terrible it would go down in history as one of the been a source of fascination and controversy ever since, a Atlantic. worst crimes ever. symbol of African genius and a fascinating insight into the empires which once dominated southern Africa. This Icelandic film, made in 2001, tells the story from both Da Mosto reveals the stunning interiors of the Doge's Palace, sides and reflects on the impact of the Cod Wars in Grimsby the Basilica of St Mark, the Ca da Mosto, the Ca D'Oro and the Casely-Hayford goes in search of the roots of this immense and Hull. first low-level aerial shots of the city in years. As a Venetian by kingdom. He traces the trade in gold and precious goods that birth whose family has lived there for over a thousand years, Da sustained it and uncovers the kingdoms that grew up around it. Mosto also reveals secret Venice - beset by violence and SUN 00:00 Crimson Tide (b007cc1b) political intrigue and yet a place which has become the most Undersea suspense drama following the power struggle between romantic destination on earth. SUN 19:50 Around the World in 80 Treasures (b00qg8jb) a commander and his executive officer on board a nuclear Series 1 submarine which endangers the lives of the entire world. SAT 21:00 Wallander (b00scpsw) Mali: Dogon When they are put on alert after a volatile Russian nationalist Series 2 seizes control of a nuclear missile base and the US stands at the Dan Cruickshank visits the Dogon people and sees some masks brink of war, the by-the-book captain finds himself at odds with The Leak and wall paintings. his second-in-command as the potentially catastrophic battle divides the crew. When a security van is robbed, Wallander suspects a leak inside the security company. The Ystad police investigate and SUN 20:00 Sea Fever (b00s96rw) Wallander seeks some expert advice from an old friend. For Those in Peril SUN 01:50 Dive, Dive, Dive! (b00s96m9) To the sound of pinging sonar, Robert Llewellyn ups periscope Over the centuries people have been drawn to the sea for to discover why submarine movies have gripped us for over a SAT 22:30 On Expenses (b00r3qf4) different reasons - for pleasure, for fishing and for trade. The century. He travels along the River Medway to find a beached Drama about American journalist Heather Brooke's fight for unpredictable power of the sea has a nasty habit of catching Cold War Russian nuclear sub and then on to the abandoned the disclosure of MPs' expenses under the Freedom of them out, necessitating the resources of the rescue services and WWII German U-boat pens on the French coast, recalling many Information Act, resulting in one of the defining political lifeboat volunteers. of the real events that inspired these films. scandals of the decade. Occasionally, home movie makers managed to capture some of From 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to Das Boot and The Hunt the exploits of these rescue services. Their recollections tell the for Red October, Llewellyn discovers that fear - and its SAT 23:30 How to Win an Election: A Panorama Guide story of how they used increasingly elaborate technology and antithesis, bravery - is the key, and he also reveals the unique (b00rs1ql) risked their lives to save the lives of others, and why, in spite of role that Walt Disney played in promoting atomic submarines. In the 1950s, politicians cared little for what Churchill called all this, the sea continued to claim so many lives. Interviewees include director John McTiernan (The Hunt For the 'idiot's lantern'. Now television is central to a political Red October), Sir Christopher Frayling and screenwriter leader's image and his chances of winning an election. Lighthouses were there at the beginning, but automation saw the Michael Schiffer (Crimson Tide).