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BBC 4 Listings for 6 – 12 February 2021 Page 1 of 4 SATURDAY 06 FEBRUARY 2021 Duran Duran and Prince. SUN 22:30 Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream (b00wyn0c) SAT 19:00 Full Steam Ahead (b07n3916) Les Miserables is the world's best-loved musical. It has been Episode 3 SAT 00:10 Top of the Pops (m000rxpk) seen by 57 million people and in 2010 celebrated its 25th Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast anniversary with its two largest ever productions at London's O2 It is full steam ahead for historians Ruth Goodman, Alex on 9 August 1990 and featuring Hothouse Flowers, Arena. Matt Lucas, a lifelong fan of 'Les Mis', was invited to Langlands and Peter Ginn as they bring back to life the golden Bombalurina and Tricky Disco. fulfil his dream of performing in these shows alongside more age of steam and explore how the Victorian railways created than 300 stalwarts from previous productions. modern Britain. SAT 00:40 Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America This documentary tells the story of a musical that many thought This time, the team find out how the railways transformed the (m000rxpm) would fail, but which became a worldwide phenomenon with British diet, rescuing a nation that was struggling to feed itself. Series 1 unforgettable songs like I Dreamed A Dream. We follow Matt as he prepares for the performance of a lifetime, we hear from Putting theory into practice, Alex and Peter load a flock of Rock Box, by Run-DMC those involved with the show's creation, including Cameron sheep onto a train, discovering how the mass transportation of Mackintosh and Michael Ball, and of course we enjoy livestock by rail transformed the quality and quantity of meat How one song tore down the barriers between rock and hip-hop, wonderful moments from the show itself. available to Victorian consumers. This new capability gave birth race and class on American radio and television. to the traditional British roast. SUN 23:30 ... Sings Musicals (b019jshd) Ruth follows in the footsteps of Britain's herring girls, revealing SAT 01:20 Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America A delve into the BBC archives for an eclectic mix of how the North Yorkshire Moors Railway revived the fortunes (m000rxpp) performances from musicals from the 60s to the present. of Whitby, turning it into a thriving fishing town, supplying the Series 1 Featuring the likes of Ella Fitzgerald singing Mack the Knife country's kippers. from the Threepenny Opera, Captain Sensible performing a Elevators, by Outkast classic from South Pacific, Jeff Beck going down the yellow Alex looks at how pioneering farmers attempted to use steam brick road of Oz, Jay Z taking on Annie, and all points in power to increase production, getting to grips with the latest Hip-hop's southern voice breaks through with an unsuspecting between. steam-ploughing technology. song that redefines rap's cultural and geographic boundaries. Peter discovers how steam-powered engines revolutionised SUN 00:30 Rome: A History of the Eternal City (b01p96g4) production at Britain's oldest brewery and how the traction SAT 02:05 Himalaya with Michael Palin (b0074qx6) [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 today] engine worked alongside the locomotive to distribute beer [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 today] across the country. SUN 01:30 The Victorian Slum (b082q72z) In Yorkshire, Ruth sees how farmers created a monopoly on [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 today] rhubarb, growing the crop in dark sheds and transporting it SUNDAY 07 FEBRUARY 2021 nightly to London on the rhubarb express. SUN 19:00 The Victorian Slum (b082q72z) SUN 02:30 Les Mis at 25: Matt Lucas Dreams the Dream Meanwhile, Alex boards a locomotive on the Watercress Line The 1900s (b00wyn0c) in Hampshire, discovering how the railway brought the [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 today] nutritional salad to the masses. In the heart of the modern East End of London, a Victorian slum has been recreated and a group of 21st-century people are moving in. Michael Mosley joins them to tell the extraordinary SAT 20:00 Himalaya with Michael Palin (b0074qx6) story of how the Victorian East End changed our attitude to MONDAY 08 FEBRUARY 2021 A Passage to India poverty forever. MON 19:00 Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain (m000s4q0) Michael Palin continues his Himalayan trek by travelling from In the final episode the slum dwellers move into the 20th A Lifetime's Achievement (Part 2) K2 in Pakistan to Ladakh in India - a short distance as the crow century and social change is in the air. Community spirit is flies but, due to politics, a huge loop. He passes through the embodied by the arrival of the cooperative movement and Fred Dibnah makes one final trip down to London to collect his Sikh city of Amritsar, with its Golden Temple, and through shopkeepers the Birds have members to look after, rather than MBE for services to broadcasting and industrial heritage from Shimla with its Vice Regal Lodge, Gaiety Theatre and cosy half- customers to profit from. the Queen. Once in central London, Fred can't resist having a timbered teahouses. He then meets the 14th Dalai Lama in drive round to look at the famous sights and of course sampling Dharamsala where the Tibetan government is in exile. While some continue to prosper, others come face to face with a pint of local ale. the poverty still endemic in British cities during the era. The effects of this on children hits home when the slum's kids see He parks up in Wellington Barracks right next door to the SAT 21:00 Inspector Montalbano (b0b60y1x) photographs of their Edwardian counterparts. But they all get a palace and walks across the road to collect his celebrated award Love taste of the great wealth enjoyed by the privileged few when - it certainly is a lifetime's achievement. Edward VII's cancelled coronation banquet turns up at their A former prostitute has disappeared. Her sister tells Montalbano door. The wider world continues to impact on life in the slum that she had recently fallen in love, so the police start their and some enjoy a day trip out to the countryside. The men MON 19:30 The Joy of Painting (m000jy2g) investigation by speaking to her lover, a meek and gentle man exercise their right to vote and the women of the slum learn Series 2 who is puzzled about where his partner could have possibly what East End women did in the quest for suffrage. gone. Secluded Forest At long last there are state-wide measures designed to alleviate In Italian with English subtitles. the plight of the poor, and it's time for the slum dwellers to Enjoy one of American painter Bob Ross's black canvases, on return to life in the 21st century. As they prepare to leave, which he creates a deep forest with tall majestic trees, rain thoughts turn to the effects of slum clearance on British puddles and dark fresh air. SAT 22:50 The Beach: Isolation in Paradise (m000mtkq) communities and to lessons that can be learned for the future. Series 1 MON 20:00 Secrets of the Museum (m000g1rv) Episode 1 SUN 20:00 Rome: A History of the Eternal City (b01p96g4) Series 1 Divine Gamble Film-maker Warwick Thornton’s international success has come Episode 5 at a personal cost. He has reached a crossroads in his life and Simon Sebag Montefiore charts the rocky course of Rome's rise something has to change. to become the capital of western Christendom and its impact on Inside every museum is a hidden world, and now, for the first the lives of its citizens, elites and high priests. time, cameras have been allowed behind the scenes at the world- He has chosen to try giving up life in the fast lane for a while to famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London. go it alone, on an isolated beach in Western Australia, one of Rome casts aside its pantheon of pagan gods and a radical new the most beautiful yet brutal environments in the world, to see religion takes hold. Christianity was just a persecuted sect until Only a quarter of the museum’s objects are on display to the if the experience can transform and heal his life. Emperor Constantine took a huge leap of faith, promoting it as public - the rest lie deep in the stores. Now, after decades at the the religion of Empire. But would this divine gamble pay off? same site, the museum’s stores are being relocated to a brand new, high-tech home. It’s the job of curator Jane to make sure SAT 23:15 The Beach: Isolation in Paradise (m000mtkv) the 3,000 costumes in the Theatre and Performance collection Series 1 SUN 21:00 imagine... (b09wwtxf) are fully catalogued before the move. Winter 2017/18 Episode 2 First on her list is a costume specially designed by Bob Mackie Andrew Lloyd Webber: Memories for Elton John’s Jump Up tour in 1982. She also unearths Film-maker Warwick Thornton’s international success has come dresses worn by usherettes at the premiere of The Beatles’ A at a personal cost. He has reached a crossroads in his life and Andrew Lloyd Webber has reigned over musical theatre for Hard Day’s Night in 1964. something has to change. nearly five decades and delighted millions worldwide with hit shows like Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, The Phantom of Meanwhile, hidden in the stores is one item that has been lying He has chosen to try giving up life in the fast lane for a while to the Opera, Aspects of Love and, most recently, School of Rock dormant for decades and that has now been summoned to star in go it alone, on an isolated beach in Western Australia, one of the Musical.

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