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BBC 4 Listings for 15 – 21 May 2021 Page 1 of 4 SATURDAY 15 MAY 2021 innovations that tipped the scales of justice in favour of the social change, and by a technological revolution. detective - and caught the killers. SAT 19:00 Francesco's Venice (b0078ssj) The 19th century witnessed advances in communication that Sex Firstly, Gabriel investigates the use of teeth and bite marks to made the world a smaller place. People could travel by train and identify a victim or murderer, starting with a problematic case steamship with ease across the globe. At the close of the century Francesco da Mosto continues his story of Venice with its most at Harvard Medical School in 1849. Next, she traces the use of hundreds of thousands came to the great Paris Exposition of outrageous period of partying and licentiousness. This is the age entomology (the study of insects) to pinpoint the time of death - 1889 - the centenary of the French Revolution - to witness the of Casanova, the age of the courtesan - when Venice was the a crucial piece of evidence that helped identify both the killer latest inventions and marvel at the strange cultures that came to red-light district of Europe, attracting rich and hopeful dandies and his victims when a gruesome collection of unidentifiable make music in the temporary halls and theatres on the Champ from across the continent. body parts was discovered in a river in Moffat in 1935. de Mars. Ostensibly the young men would come in search of art - and Gabriel meets Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the geneticist who They heard the music of the Orient, they listened to recording there was plenty for them, with Vivaldi, Canaletto and Canova pioneered the technique of DNA profiling. Initially used to devices, they saw the future. Composers such as Claude at work in the city creating art on a scale never before seen. establish paternity in an immigration dispute, the application of Debussy were profoundly influenced by the sounds of the east, These were artists who responded directly to their public - this revolutionary discovery to the field of criminal in particular the Balinese gamelan. With its non-European Vivaldi churning out score after score as tourist-patrons investigation was soon established. In 1986 it led to a world first harmony and rhythm, such music offered western composers demanded them, Canaletto painting the most upmarket - a person caught and convicted solely on the basis of DNA new musical horizons and a way to innovate and escape from postcards of the age for the growing number of rich visitors to evidence. the high romanticism of Richard Wagner. the city, and Canova taking the human figure in marble to a level of perfection not seen since the time of Michelangelo. Taking us right to the cutting edge of forensics, Gabriel then But it was not only the music of the east that inspired the new experiments with a new technique in development - molecular composers. Developments in manufacturing were changing Yet storm clouds were gathering and for the Venetians who saw face fitting, which uses only a person's DNA to create an image instruments and creating new ones - exemplified by the them coming it could only seem as though the wrath of God was of their face. saxophone. Suzy witnesses a 'battle of the bands' in which the about to descend upon the city. The city had grown decadent new and versatile instrument demonstrates its capabilities and - and careless of its security. Guaranteed a safe haven for a for the luddites - its threatening versatility. And in the spirit of thousand years by the hidden sandbanks of the lagoon, now new SAT 23:30 The Killing (b00ysnxz) the new age she makes her first recording on a vintage technology gave the enemies of Venice long-distance guns that Series 1 phonograph, one of the earliest recording machines. To our ears could hit the city from beyond the shallows. they may lack quality, but they were mind-blowing to those who Episode 7 first heard them - and they presaged a new future of recorded A new monster was rising in Europe - Napoleon Bonaparte, music that is still with us today. who saw Venice as rich pickings with which to fund his Just as Jan is starting to think that he is now in charge of the revolution. He would bring disaster to the city beyond any other case, Sarah returns unexpectedly and decides to launch a search it had known in its thousand-year history. for the father of the victim, Theis, and prime murder suspect SUN 20:00 Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics Rama, who was Nanna's teacher. Both men have disappeared (b08h06tq) and Sarah fears for Rama's safety. But her decision to remain in Series 1 SAT 20:00 Michael Palin's New Europe (b0080765) Copenhagen to work on the murder case is exacerbating Eastern Delight problems in her private life. Making Sound Michael Palin explores the countries that were for much of his Meanwhile, Troels is stuck between his political advisers and Dr Helen Czerski investigates the extraordinary science behind life hidden behind the Iron Curtain but now are part of the new his own sense of morality and comes under further pressure the sounds we're familiar with and the sounds that we normally Europe. From Lake Ohrid in Macedonia, Palin takes a trek up from inside his own party. can't hear. the Rila Mountains in Bulgaria where he joins the summer solstice celebrations of the mystical White Brotherhood sect. She begins by exploring the simplest of ideas: what is a sound? Crossing into Turkey he admires the great mosques of master SAT 00:30 The Killing (b00ysny1) At the Palace of Westminster, Helen teams up with scientists architect Sinan in Edirne, the first capital of the Ottoman Series 1 from the University of Leicester to carry out state-of-the-art Empire, before witnessing an oil wrestling competition. measurements using lasers to reveal how the most famous bell Episode 8 in the world - Big Ben - vibrates to create pressure waves in the air at particular frequencies. This is how Big Ben produces its SAT 21:00 Blinded: Those Who Kill (p099cpc4) Aided by the local imam, Sarah and Jan look for the hiding distinct sound. It's the first time that these laser measurements Series 1 place of Rama's collaborator. have been done on Big Ben. Episode 3 At the town hall, Troels is faced with an ultimatum from within With soprano singer Lesley Garrett CBE, Helen explores the his own party as a result of his handling of the scandal. science of the singing voice - revealing in intimate detail its Louise Bergstein and Karina Hørup discover that the serial inner workings and how it produces sound. Lesley undergoes a killer has a claimed a new victim, William Fjeldby, who was Theis and Pernille start to believe that the case might be coming laryngoscopy to show the vocal folds of her larynx. At kidnapped and abducted in his own car. William's father, to a close, until the story takes another sharp and unexpected University College London, Lesley sings I Dreamed a Dream multimillionaire Gorm Fjeldby, clings to the hope that his son turn. inside an MRI scanner to reveal how her vocal tract acts as a has been kidnapped for a ransom and is therefore still alive. As 'resonator', amplifying and shaping the sound from her larynx. the police search for William, Peter Vinge tries to celebrate Johannes's birthday without Masja. It dawns on Johannes that SAT 01:30 The Killing (b00yvs6s) Having explored the world of sounds with which we are his father is hiding something from him. Series 1 familiar, Helen discovers the hidden world of sounds that lie beyond the range of human hearing. At the summit of Episode 9 Stromboli, one of Europe's most active volcanoes, Helen and SAT 21:45 Blinded: Those Who Kill (p099cq12) volcanologist Dr Jeffrey Johnson use a special microphone to Series 1 The police are after Theis, who has disappeared once again with record the extraordinary deep tone produced by the volcano as murder suspect Rama and now seems more prepared than ever it explodes - a frequency far too low for the human ear to Episode 4 to take the law into his own hands. The investigation reaches a detect. Helen reveals how the volcano produces sound in a standstill, with Sarah and Jan being given a 24-hour ultimatum similar way to a musical instrument - with the volcano vent Alice Ejbye receives some bad news from the doctor. At the before they are taken off the case. At the Town Hall, the acting as a 'sound resonator'. same time, despite two new victims, the police have yet to find political landscape undergoes some radical changes. Pernille the man who killed her son Markus. Desperate, Alice posts a must try to manage on her own, as both the family and family Finally, at the University of Cambridge's Institute of video on social media offering a reward which has business are left in her hands. Astronomy, Helen meets a scientist who has discovered consequences for her relationship with Louise. The police are evidence of sound waves in space, created by a giant black hole. inundated with information from people who are after the These sounds are one million billion times lower than the limit reward, and Karina and Louise struggle to determine whether SAT 02:25 The Killing (b00yvs6v) of human hearing and could be the key in figuring out how there is anything useful among all the information.