BBC 4 Listings for 9 – 15 November 2019 Page 1 of 4 SATURDAY 09 NOVEMBER 2019 programme, first broadcast on 29 September 1988 and cast of people from different backgrounds and features Jason featuring Sinitta, U2, Hazell Dean, Alexander O'Neal, Duran Isaacs and Sheila Atim as the narrators. SAT 19:00 Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution Duran, Erasure, Whitney Houston, Bananarama The Hollies and (b06zdkds) T'Pau. Madeira: Island Ark SUN 22:00 The Sky at Night (m000b8nl) Rosetta: The Comet's Tale In the final episode, Richard Fortey travels to Madeira to SAT 00:50 Top of the Pops (m000b1sn) examine what happens to a volcanic island as it nears the end of Simon Mayo and Richard Skinner present the pop chart The Rosetta mission to comet 67P was the first time a its life cycle and starts sinking back into the sea. Here, in the programme, first broadcast on 6 October 1988 and featuring spacecraft landed on a comet's surface. What has this icy body island's laurisilva forest, he examines the remains of an ancient The Pasadenas, Bobby McFerrin, The Wee Papa Girl Rappers, taught us about the dawn of the solar system and the origins of forest that once carpeted all of Europe, finds island lizards that Spear of Destiny, The Beatmasters with PP Arnold, Kim Wilde, life on earth? live to be four times older than their mainland counterparts, and Erasure, Rick Astley, U2 and Duran Duran. meets a huge wolf spider. With the help of local divers, he also discovers an unexpectedly rich marine habitat populated by SUN 22:30 Palace for the People (m000b8nn) whales, dolphins and unusual deep-sea species that have much SAT 01:20 Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution Documentary that showcases five of Soviet Europe’s most to tell us about the changing nature of our seas. (b06zdkds) grandiose architectural enterprises. Created to embody the [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 today] ‘collective good’, the buildings, made with courage and a bit of lunacy, were used to remind the people of the power and SAT 20:00 Wild China (b00bybp3) brighter future that awaited them. Tides of Change SAT 02:20 Wild China (b00bybp3) [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 today] Each building was designed to be either the tallest or the largest, Documentary series featuring pioneering images that capture or to have the biggest clock on earth or the most advanced the dazzling array of mysterious and wonderful creatures technology of its time. Now that socialism is over, film-makers populating China's most beautiful landscapes. SAT 03:20 Chalkie Davies: Rock Photographer (b05xd4yv) Missirkov and Bogdanov revisit five of communism’s most In the late 70s Chalkie Davies was a photographer at the New splendid palaces to reveal their hidden secrets through the eyes Ancient tea-growing cultures, traditional seaweed-thatched Musical Express, taking pictures of bands like Thin Lizzy, the of the people who designed, built and worked in them. villages, bird-filled wetlands, rare white dolphins, snake- Clash, the Sex Pistols and many more. Now, as his first major Featuring the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Moscow infested islands and futuristic cities jostle along China's fertile exhibition opens at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, State University, the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, the eastern seaboard, which marks the front line in the scramble for and showing as part of BBC Music Day, he looks back on an Palace of Serbia in Belgrade and the Palace of the Republic in resources and space between 700 million people and a extraordinary life, and old friends like Elvis Costello reflect on Berlin. surprising wealth of wildlife. how Chalkie's images are so enduring. Chalkie Davies was born in Sully just outside Cardiff and his SUN 23:45 Great War Horses (b094f4tl) SAT 21:00 Spiral (m000b8lb) first job was as an engineer at Heathrow Airport. But he was The horses that provided the backbone of the Australian Light Series 7 always a keen amateur photographer and when he won a camera Horse regiments in World War I were popularly known as club competition in 1973 the door opened onto a career in rock Walers. Bred for Australia's tough Outback conditions, Walers Episode 9 'n' roll. were well-equipped for the harsh climate and terrain of the Middle East, where the ANZAC forces faced the armies of the With his role in the investigation irreparably tarnished, Roban He was allowed in to take pictures on the last night of David Ottoman Empire. loses his grip on the case. Laure and Gilou go ever further out Bowie's legendary Ziggy Stardust tour and the results were so on a limb with a rogue decision to reactivate the now-dormant good he never looked back. Joining the New Musical Express in Great War Horses is a powerful, moving account of the men money-laundering operation. Josephine, who now works for the mid-70s, he was in the right place at the right time and and horses of the Australian Light Horse and the pivotal role Solignac, continues to set traps. became a favourite amongst the punk and new wave bands they played in World War I at the Battle of Romani (1916), the including the Clash, The Specials, Squeeze and Elvis Costello. celebrated Light Horse charge at the Battle of Beersheba (1917) In French with English subtitles. and the capture of Damascus in 1918. Chalkie's pictures summed up the era and many are classics of rock and roll photography. But by the mid-80s he'd become SAT 22:00 Spiral (m000b8ld) disenchanted with the music business, where image mattered SUN 00:45 The Sinner (m0001qr0) Series 7 more than music. The death of his close friend Phil Lynott, Series 1 leader singer of Thin Lizzy, led Chalkie to quit rock music. Episode 10 Episode 7 For 25 years Chalkie's collection of rock images remained Laure and Gilou sink deeper into taking illegal measures, hidden away until an invitation from the National Museum of Cora remembers the first time she met Frankie at the risking yet more grave repercussions. Their former team Wales led him to bring them out for a new generation. This Beverwyck Club and the events that triggered her actions. member Tintin is tasked with investigating their methods. documentary follows Chalkie as he prepares for the exhibition, Meanwhile, Josephine does her best to protect Lola. However, revisits his childhood haunts and reflects on an extraordinary she proves to be a most uncooperative defendant - for reasons career. SUN 01:25 Pappano's Classical Voices (b062hmz6) that Josephine understands only too well. Mezzo-Soprano There are contributions from many of the musicians he In French with English subtitles. photographed including Elvis Costello, Chris Difford of Series in which conductor Sir Antonio Pappano (music director Squeeze, songwriter Nick Lowe, the Specials mainman Jerry of the Royal Opera House since 2002) explores the great roles Dammers and punk poet John Cooper Clarke. and the greatest singers of the last hundred years through the SAT 22:50 Blackadder (p00bf6s9) prism of the main classical voice types - soprano, tenor, mezzo- Blackadder Goes Forth soprano, baritone and bass. Through discussion, demonstrations and workshops, Pappano explores every aspect of the art of Plan D - Private Plane SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2019 great singing. Edmund, George and Baldrick join the Royal Flying Corps. SUN 19:00 Track Cycling World Cup (m000b8nf) The lowest female voice type, and the one closest to a woman's However, Edmund and Baldrick are shot down soon afterwards 2019 natural speaking voice, the mezzo-soprano only rarely plays the and are taken prisoner by the Red Baron. George persuades name part. But when she does - in Carmen, Samson et Dalila, dashing pilot Lord Flashheart to mount a rescue attempt, but Second Round Highlights and La Cenerentola - the fireworks begin. More often, she is the when they hear what the Red Baron has planned for them, rival, and the villainess. Blackadder and Baldrick are in no hurry to be saved. The best of the action from the second round of the 2019 Track Cycling World Cup series in Glasgow, where crucial Olympic Antonio explores the particular effect the mezzo voice has on Games qualifying points are at stake. the audience. Her low, sultry tones make her voice perfect for SAT 23:20 Blackadder (p00bf6vt) the earth goddess, but also the enchantress, the siren. But she Blackadder Goes Forth With Tokyo 2020 in mind, a star-studded British team is has to sing nearly as high as the soprano. So how does she do it? expected at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, along with the best What is the 'chest voice' and what effect does it have? How do Plan E - General Hospital cyclists from the rest of the world. The Glaswegian crowd will you sing ugly to convey the evil of a character without certainly roar on Scottish star Katie Archibald, an Olympic gold destroying your voice, and at the same time unearth some Melchett orders Blackadder to unmask a spy working in the medallist in the team pursuit at the Rio Games in 2016. redeeming qualities? hospital where George is recovering from a bomb blast. Edmund sets to work, interrogating Darling, seducing a nurse Antonio finds out what makes the mezzo tick by looking at and asking Baldrick to keep an eye on a patient with a SUN 20:00 Dan Cruickshank's Monuments of great performances from Giulietta Simionato, Kathleen Ferrier, pronounced German accent. Remembrance (b0brk994) Marian Anderson, Shirley Verrett, Cecilia Bartoli and Lorraine Dan Cruickshank reveals the extraordinary story behind the Hunt Lieberson, and taking soundings from Janet Baker, design and building of iconic First World War memorials and Christa Ludwig, Joyce DiDonato, Felicity Palmer and Sarah SAT 23:50 Blackadder (b0078nnr) explores the idea behind the creation of the Commonwealth Connolly.