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BBC 4 Listings for 28 April – 4 May 2018 Page 1 BBC 4 Listings for 28 April – 4 May 2018 Page 1 of 4 SATURDAY 28 APRIL 2018 musical styles and he is one of a handful of artists who have SUN 22:00 Easter Island: Mysteries of a Lost World transcended and redefined the limitations of their instrument, (b03srmm6) SAT 19:00 Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth be it the Fender Telecaster, Esquire, Strat or Gibson Les Paul. The contrast between the majestic statues of Easter Island and (p02wnhp6) He pioneered the use of feedback on record and his ability to the desolation of their surroundings is stark. For decades Easter From Heaven to Hell capture the zeitgeist made The Yardbirds forerunners of Island, or Rapa Nui as the islanders call it, has been seen as a psychedelic blues. With The Jeff Beck Group and the album warning from history for the planet as a whole - wilfully expend In the balmy tropical Atlantic, everything from dolphins, Truth, he nurtured two of rock music's finest performers, Rod natural resources and the collapse of civilisation is inevitable. manatees and whale sharks to sunbathing jellyfish thrive in the Stewart and Ronnie Wood, and gave birth to a sound that would Caribbean's warm, sheltered waters, fringed with coral reefs later mutate into heavy metal. But archaeologist Dr Jago Cooper believes this is a disastrous and rich mangrove forests. misreading of what happened on Easter Island. He believes that He turned even the loss of Rod Stewart to his advantage by its culture was a success story not a failure, and the real reasons But extreme heat in Africa unleashes terrifying hurricanes, almost single-handedly inventing the guitar instrumental album for its ultimate demise were far more shocking. Cooper argues causing chaos across the region. with the release of Blow By Blow, which embraced the that there is an important lesson that the experience of Easter influences of Jan Hammer and John McLaughlin whilst Island can teach the rest of the world, but it doesn't begin by developing a sound that was uniquely his own. Moving forward blaming its inhabitants for their own downfall. SAT 20:00 Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom (p01hscjy) Jeff continued to push the envelope, amassing a fantastic body Episode 1 of work spanning many musical genres whilst constantly This film examines the latest scientific and archaeological developing and evolving his inimitable approach and technique. evidence to reveal a compelling new narrative, one that sees the For the first time in over 50 years, a team of wildlife film- famous statues as only part of a complex culture that thrived in makers from the BBC's Natural History Unit and scientists This film tells Jeff's story from his earliest days growing up in isolation. Cooper finds a path between competing theories from the world-renowned Smithsonian Institution has been Wallington, Surrey with his homemade guitars, teenage about what happened to Easter Island to make us see this unique granted access to venture deep into Burma's impenetrable friendship with Jimmy Page and the influences of guitarists place in a fresh light. jungles. Their mission is to discover whether these forests are such as Les Paul, Cliff Gallup and James Burton. With essential home to iconic animals, rapidly disappearing from the rest of tracks from throughout his career it follows his journey from the world - this expedition has come not a moment too soon. art school and early bands, through his various groups, musical SUN 23:30 Timeshift (b037w38s) ventures and passion for hot rods, to the release of his latest Series 13 On the first leg of their journey, wildlife film-makers Gordon album and sell-out show at the Hollywood Bowl. We hear Buchanan and Justine Evans set out to discover whether the testimony to the genius of Jeff Beck from musicians who have A Day at the Zoo mountains of western Burma are home to a population of Asian recorded and played alongside him such as Jimmy Page, David elephants that could prove critical to the survival of the species. Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Jennifer Using unique home movie footage, this is the story of how zoos Finding elephants in a dense bamboo forest is a challenge. Batten, Beth Hart, Joe Perry and Slash, who all shine a light on captured the imagination of the British - from the first Notoriously grumpy, Asian elephants are likely to charge if his ever-evolving guitar style and reveal why to this day he 'scientific zoological garden' in Regent's Park to Gerald caught unaware. It is a race against time as the world eyes up remains not only a musical visionary but also the most Durrell's 'conservation ark', which became Jersey Zoo. It's a Burma's natural riches - what the team finds could change the influential and highly rated guitarist of his generation. nostalgic tale of show-stopping animals - such as the original future of Burma's wilds forever. Jumbo the elephant and Bristol Zoo's Alfred the gorilla - as well as bold innovations like the make-believe mountains of London SAT 01:35 Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth Zoo and Dudley's animal enclosures without bars. No wonder, SAT 21:00 Salamander (b09qcdy4) (p02wnhp6) despite modern concerns about keeping animals captive, a day Series 2: Blood Diamonds [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 today] at the zoo remains one of Britain's most popular family days out. Episode 5 SAT 02:35 Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom (p01hscjy) Rene helps Paul to locate a diamond merchant who may be able [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 today] SUN 00:30 How to Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren to identify the source of the diamond he retrieved from Jacky Mitchell (b0607p4y) Lanciers' safe. Martine's plan of using her nephew to seduce Episode 3 Nicola Wolfs is appearing to be working as Nicola brings the young man to her home. SUNDAY 29 APRIL 2018 Are we all bohemian now or are none of us? Just one of the questions Victoria discusses with a colourful array of modern- In Flemish and French with English subtitles. SUN 19:00 Only Connect (b0b14wzl) day bohemians in the final episode of her series exploring Series 13 unconventional living. This time she runs the postwar gamut from artist, drinker and sexual masochist Francis Bacon to the SAT 21:45 Salamander (b09qw1q2) Semi-Final 2 modern-day, latte-sipping hipster. Series 2: Blood Diamonds Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the series where knowledge will The birth of pop music and the sexual revolution spread Episode 6 only take you so far. Patience and lateral thinking are also vital. bohemian values from an arty elite to ordinary folk in the suburbs. But were these watered down with mass take-up in the Paul breaks into Rudy Desmet's house to question him about It is the second of the semi-finals as two returning teams 1970s, becoming little more than a lifestyle choice, signalled the Kitangi diamonds, where Rudy admits to making several compete to find the connections between things which, at first perhaps by a taste for eccentric clothes, recreational drugs and a necklaces from the illicit stones. glance, seem utterly random. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if willingness to talk frankly about sex? Perhaps, Victoria you want to know what connects Many a Slip, Ghostwatch and wonders, it was punks who were the true bohemians of their In Flemish and French with English subtitles. Nationwide. day, because like their 19th-century French predecessors, they set out to shock. And she asks, were the new bohemians those who flamboyantly championed gay rights in the 1980s, then SAT 22:35 Land of the Lost Wolves (b01fnfrc) SUN 19:30 University Challenge (b0b14xlw) equally shocking to mainstream society? Episode 1 2017/18 And what of today? Do today's artists and wannabe artists still At a time when wildlife is disappearing across the planet, one Episode 37 identify with either the values or the pose of bohemians past? animal is making a comeback - the wolf. Or has the idea of the 'alternative' lifestyle, like everything else It's the grand final of the quiz for students, when the winning in our post-industrial culture, become a commodity to such an Wolves were wiped out across much of America, with more team will be presented with the University Challenge trophy. extent that the concept has been robbed of any value? Does a than a million wolves estimated to have been shot, poisoned or Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. fine beard really signal a free spirit? Or is the life of the hipster trapped when European settlers arrived. worlds apart from those few daring individuals still determined to plough their own furrow? This enthralling series documents the return of one very special SUN 20:00 Mountain (b0b1xs2d) wolf pack to the snowy peaks of Washington's Cascade Jaw-dropping exploration of our obsessions with high places Victoria quizzes a range of entertaining and colourful Mountains - the first to return to the American Northwest in 70 and how they have come to capture our imagination. Only three interviewees over the course of the episode - hearing the years. centuries ago, climbing a mountain would have been considered hedonistic sexploits of artist Molly Parkin, uncovering the punk close to lunacy. The idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes past of critic AA Gill, and asking former pop star-turned-vicar might hold any sort of attraction. Peaks were places of peril, not Richard Coles about his drug and sex-fuelled party years. 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