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BBC – The Flu That Killed 50 Million 1080p HDTV

17/07/2019 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – The Flu That Killed 50 Million 1080p HDTV
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It is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new horror is sweeping the world, a terrifying virus that will kill more than fifty million people – the Spanish flu. Using dramatic reconstruction and eyewitness testimony from doctors, soldiers, civilians and politicians, this one-off special brings to life the onslaught of the disease, the horrors of those who lived through it and the efforts of the pioneering scientists desperately looking for the cure. The film also asks whether, a century later, the lessons learnt in 1918 might help us fight a future global flu pandemic. [Read more…]

BBC – Our World 2019 Sudans Bloody Uprising 720p HDTV

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BBC – Our World 2019 Sudans Bloody Uprising 720p HDTV
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In December 2018, the people of Sudan rose up against the thirty-year dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir. He stood down in April, but his supporters remain in control and in June they launched a vicious attack on unarmed protestors leaving over a hundred dead and scores raped and beaten. Namak Khoshnaw follows a young Sudanese doctor, who took part in the protests, as she celebrates the uprising’s success only to watch it collapse in the face of terrifying violence. [Read more…]

BBC – Charley Pride – I’m Just Me 720p HDTV

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BBC – Charley Pride – I’m Just Me 720p HDTV
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Traces the improbable journey of Charley Pride, from his humble beginnings as a sharecropper’s son on a cotton farm in segregated Sledge, Mississippi to his career as a black American League baseball player and his meteoric rise as a trailblazing country music superstar.
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Classic Cellists at the BBC 720p HDTV

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Classic Cellists at the BBC 720p HDTV
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Julian Lloyd Webber takes an extraordinary musical journey through the BBC archives from the 1950s to the present to celebrate the world of the cello through some of its greatest interpreters. From dazzling performances by legendary masters such as Paul Tortelier, Jacqueline du Pre and Mstislav Rostropovich to some of today’s leading interpreters including Yo Yo Ma, Steven Isserlis and Mischa Maisky, Julian gives us a cellist’s perspective on an extraordinary virtuoso tradition. [Read more…]

BBC – The Prince and the Bomber 720p HDTV

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BBC – The Prince and the Bomber 720p HDTV
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Fifty years on from the investiture of Prince Charles as the Prince of Wales, this documentary explores the tumultuous period leading up to the investiture and the rise of Welsh nationalism.

The investiture set two very different men on a collision course; a young prince making his debut on the global stage and a military man turned bomber, repelled by the investiture and all it represented, and determined to unleash chaos and fear. Through the intertwining stories of these two men and other key characters of the political arena and Welsh nationalist movements, this film captures a remarkable moment in British history. [Read more…]

BBC – Inside the Factory Shoes 1080p HDTV

15/07/2019 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC – Inside the Factory Shoes 1080p HDTV
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Inside the Factory: Shoes
Gregg Wallace visits the UK’s largest sports shoe factory to see how 3,500 pairs of trainers are made every day, before meeting the man who comes up with the latest designs. Cherry Healey gets hands-on in a tannery, helping to process thousands of rawhides into finished leather for the nation’s shoes, and finds out how a ballet company painstakingly create 250,000 ballet shoes per year. Ruth Goodman reveals how, when the sewing machine was first introduced into shoe factories in the mid-19th century, traditional shoemakers went on strike to rebel against joining a restrictive production line. [Read more…]

BBC – Indie and Beyond 720p HDTV

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BBC – Indie and Beyond 720p HDTV
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Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder and Creation Records boss Alan McGee reveal a selection of their all-time favourite tracks. From first jobs to private jets, longtime friends Ryder and McGee unpack the songs that formed the soundtrack to their lives. In an hour of eclectic tunes, Shaun Ryder also discovers his lost Top of the Pops appearance and Alan McGee declares an alternative Scottish national anthem. Theirs is a blistering playlist of indie, punk and ska classics from Buzzcocks to The Specials, Junior Murvin to Marc Bolan, Orange Juice to Underworld and many more. [Read more…]

BBC – Horizon 2019 The Honest Supermarket Whats Really in Our Food 1080p HDTV

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BBC – Horizon 2019 The Honest Supermarket Whats Really in Our Food 1080p HDTV
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Category: Documentary

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For every pound we spend on food shopping, 77p goes to the supermarkets, giving them a huge influence over what we eat. But can we trust the supermarkets to tell us the truth about what we are buying and how it was produced? Or do their profits come first?
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BBC – Schoenbrunn Summer Night Concert from Vienna 2019 720p HDTV

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BBC – Schoenbrunn Summer Night Concert from Vienna 2019 720p HDTV
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Katie Derham presents the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s annual concert from the gardens of Schoenbrunn Palace, which this year is conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, and showcases music by North American composers, including a rendition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, featuring solo pianist Yuja Wang. [Read more…]

BBC The Sky at Night 2019 Return to the Moon 720p HDTV

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BBC The Sky at Night 2019 Return to the Moon 720p HDTV
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In the first of two programmes to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landings, the Sky at Night team take a look at the latest plans to return to the Moon. Recently, China, Israel and India have all sent major missions to the Moon. The Europeans and Americans are planning to build a space station in permanent orbit around the Moon. And NASA has just announced that they plan to land astronauts on the Moon’s surface within five years. It all suggests that we are on the verge of a new golden age in lunar exploration. [Read more…]