BBC 4 Listings for 21 – 27 November 2015
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BBC 4 Listings for 21 – 27 November 2015 Page 1 of 4 SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2015 entomology (the study of insects) to pinpoint the time of death - SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 a crucial piece of evidence that helped identify both the killer SAT 19:00 Lost Land of the Tiger (b00ty6bd) and his victims when a gruesome collection of unidentifiable SUN 19:00 Timeshift (b06pm5vf) Episode 2 body parts was discovered in a river in Moffat in 1935. Series 15 The second part of the BBC Natural History Unit's wildlife Gabriel meets Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the geneticist who How Britain Won the Space Race: The Story of Bernard Lovell adventure series following an expedition to search for tigers in pioneered the technique of DNA profiling. Initially used to and Jodrell Bank the Himalayas. establish paternity in an immigration dispute, the application of this revolutionary discovery to the field of criminal The unlikely story of how one man with some ex-WWII army The team strikes out from base camp to track down tigers investigation was soon established. In 1986 it led to a world first equipment eventually turned a muddy field in Cheshire into a throughout Bhutan. Kayaker Steve Backshall heads to the - a person caught and convicted solely on the basis of DNA key site in the space race. That man was Bernard Lovell, and his eastern jungles and is pushed to the absolute limit when he evidence. telescope at Jodrell Bank would be used at the height of the takes on a mighty white-water river. Big cat cameraman Gordon Cold War by both the Americans and the Russians to track their Buchanan deploys remote cameras far and wide, and he uses a Taking us right to the cutting edge of forensics, Gabriel then competing spacecraft. It also put Britain at the forefront of clever fingerprinting technique to identify individual tigers experiments with a new technique in development - molecular radio astronomy, a new science which transformed our from their unique stripe patterns. face fitting, which uses only a person's DNA to create an image knowledge of space and provided the key to understanding the of their face. most mind-bending theory of the beginnings of the universe - Meanwhile, biologist Dr George McGavin is on a mission to the Big Bang. India, where he finally comes face to face with the king of the jungle. SAT 00:00 Kings of Rock and Roll (b007c95q) A journey back to the 1950s for a look at the wildest pop music SUN 20:00 Nigel Slater's Icing on the Cake (b04pl14k) We follow the expedition every emotional step of the way as of all time in a film that tells the stories of Bill Haley, Elvis Nigel Slater takes us on a nostalgic, funny and heartwarming they strive to find evidence that could help to bring wild tigers Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and journey back in time exploring the earliest origins of cake in back from the brink of extinction and safeguard their future. Buddy Holly, giants from an era when pop music really was Britain, charting the ways in which Neolithic man used to mad, bad and dangerous to know. munch on flat compacted handfuls of grain, through to the ways in which Elizabethan cooks discovered the magical raising agent SAT 20:00 A Timewatch Guide (b052vcbg) The programme features the artists themselves, alongside that is the egg white and the impact of developments in kitchen Series 1 people like Bill Haley's original Comets, The Crickets, Buddy technology on our cake consumption. Holly's widow Maria Elena, Jerry Lee Lewis's former wife Roman Britain Myra Gail and his sister, Chuck Berry's son and many more, Cake has come a long way from its earliest manifestations and including June Juanico, Elvis's first serious girlfriend. Nigel brings this tastiest of culinary histories to life. He finds Using years of BBC history archive film, Dr Alice Roberts out about the ancient rituals surrounding the baking and eating explores how our views and understanding of Roman Britain Other contributors include Tom Jones, Jamie Callum, Paul of cake and the ways in which buns were once considered too have changed and evolved over the decades. McCartney, Cliff Richard, Joe Brown, Marty Wilde, Green risque for us common folk and so were banned. Day, Minnie Driver, Jack White of The White Stripes, The Along the way she investigates a diverse range of subjects from Mavericks, Jools Holland, Hank Marvin, Fontella Bass, John He goes back to school to learn about the science behind a the Roman invasion, through Hadrian's Wall, the Vindolanda Waters and more. successful bake, explores whether our desire to eat cake really tablets and the eventual collapse of Roman rule. Drawing on the is just a question of mind over matter, examines the rise and work of archaeologists and historians throughout the decades, Elvis's pelvis was just the start. Who had to change the lyrics to popularity of the cupcake and comes face to face with some Alice uncovers how and why our views of this much-loved their biggest hit because the originals were too obscene? Who grisly cakes created by bakers hoping to revolutionise what we period of our history have forever been in flux. married their 13-year-old cousin? Who used lard to get their mean when we refer to a cake. hair just right? And what happened on the day the music died? Reflecting on the cakes of his youth and childhood, Nigel SAT 21:00 The Bridge (b06dl825) examines the mass appeal of a culinary creation that can be Series 3 SAT 01:00 Totally British: 70s Rock 'n' Roll (b01r3pm9) defined by that most appropriate of phrases 'naughty but nice'. 1970-1974 Whether it be homemade cakes courtesy of Auntie Marjorie or Episode 1 a battenberg bought from the corner shop, for Nigel a cake is all Trawled from the depths of the BBC Archive and classic BBC about sharing and so here he shares the story of British cake. When a prominent Danish gender campaigner is found shows of the day - Old Grey Whistle Test, Top of the Pops and murdered in Malmo, Swedish detective Saga Noren is assigned Full House - a collection of performance gems from a totally a new Danish colleague to help with the investigation, but their rock 'n' roll early 1970s. SUN 21:00 Arena (b06qn31v) relationship does not get off to a good start with feelings still Night and Day running high about her involvement in sending her previous This was a golden era for British rock 'n' roll as everyone Danish partner to jail for murder. moved on from the whimsical 60s and looked around for In 2015, Arena celebrates its 40th anniversary, which makes it something with a bit more oomph! In a pre-heavy metal world the longest-running arts documentary strand in the world. To In Swedish and Danish with English subtitles. bands were experimenting with influences that dated back to mark the occasion, it presents Night and Day, a new film made 50s rock 'n' roll, whilst taking their groove from old-school entirely from Arena's own unique archive. For four decades, rhythm and blues. It was also a time when men grew their hair Arena has addressed the arts and culture of the world, high and SAT 22:00 The Bridge (b06fkl0x) long! low - from TS Eliot to Amy Winehouse. The Arena archive is a Series 3 treasure trove that provides a history of the last hundred years. In a celebration of this era, we kick off with an early 1970s Episode 2 Badfinger number direct from the BBC library and continue the Featuring the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jack Nicholson and a groove from the BBC vaults with classic rock 'n' roll heroes like host of other stars, Night and Day evokes the one experience With the detectives now working on two so-called 'clown Free, Status Quo, the Faces, Humble Pie and Mott the Hoople. common to everything on the planet - the 24-hour cycle from murders', a prime suspect is the traumatised son of the first Plus from deep within the BBC archives we dig out some dawn to dusk to dawn again. Bringing the past into the present - victim, who is on the run. The usually phlegmatic Saga is rarities from the likes of Babe Ruth, Stone the Crows, The 24 hours in 90 minutes in 40 years of Arena. distracted from the investigation by the unwelcome appearance Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Man, Heavy Metal Kids and of her mother, who insists on showing her a medical file, original rockers Thin Lizzy... to name but a few. hoping to find a resolution to their estrangement. SUN 22:30 West (b06gvjwq) Sit back and enjoy a 60-minute non-stop ride of unadulterated In 1978, a single mother smuggles herself and her young son out In Swedish and Danish with English subtitles. Totally British 70s Rock 'n' Roll! of East Germany, only to discover that the insidious surveillance and suspicion that drove her from the east also await her in the west. SAT 23:00 Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics SAT 02:00 Totally British: 70s Rock 'n' Roll (b01r7hk5) Story (p02l4pjs) 1975-79 In German, Russian, Polish and English with English subtitles. A Question of Identity A romp through the BBC archive library from 1975 to 1979 has Sherlock has his mind palace, Morse his music - every detective unearthed some seldom-seen performances of the rarely SUN 00:05 Operation Crossbow (b011cr8f) has an edge.