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BBC Classic Albums – Amy Winehouse Back to Black (2018)

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BBC Classic Albums – Amy Winehouse: Back to Black (2018)
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Series looking at the creation of some classic rock albums looks at Amy Winehouse’s second album, 2006’s Back To Black, and how it transformed the beehived girl from north London into a global star, with hits like Rehab, the title track and Love Is a Losing Game. Back To Black helped launch a wave of soul-influenced British chanteuses including Adele and Duffy and has since sold over 20 million copies. [Read more…]

BBC Our World – Portland’s Battleground (2019)

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BBC Our World – Portland’s Battleground (2019)
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Since the election of Donald Trump rival groups of far-right and far-left activists have battled in the streets of some American cities. Violence has broken out in New York, Berkeley, and Charlottesville. But perhaps most affected is Portland, Oregon, a liberal, progressive city in the Pacific North-West. For our season on Crossing Divides, Mike Wendling has been there to meet activists from both sides to try to understand why the violence continues. [Read more…]

BBC – Inside the Factory Pizza (2019)

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BBC – Inside the Factory: Pizza (2019)
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Gregg Wallace is in Italy, at an enormous pizza factory where they produce 400,000 frozen pizzas each day.
Meanwhile Cherry Healey is asking if mozzarella – the traditional choice for pizzas – is also the scientific best bet. She finds that not all cheeses are equal, and that to melt well they must sit in a pH zone between 5 and 5.9.
Historian Ruth Goodman is investigating the technology that allows frozen foods like pizza to be transported across the globe. 150 years ago we were all ‘locavores’, eating locally sourced food. [Read more…]

BBC – Woof! A Horizon Guide to Dogs (2012)

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BBC – Woof! A Horizon Guide to Dogs (2012)
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Dallas Campbell looks back through the Horizon archives to find out what science can tell us about our best friend the dog, and whether new thinking should change the way we treat them. From investigating the domestic dog’s wild wolf origins to discovering the remarkable impact that humans have had on canine evolution, Dallas explores why our bond with dogs is so strong and how we can best use that to manage them. [Read more…]

BBC – A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol (2015)

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BBC – A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol (2015)
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Andy Warhol created some of the most instantly recognisable art of the 20th century. But perhaps his greatest work of art was himself – the cool, enigmatic pop art superstar.

Stephen Smith sets out to discover the real Andy Warhol – in the hour-by-hour detail of his daily life.

Taking a playful approach, mixing archive and entertaining encounters with Warhol’s closest friends and confidantes, Stephen pieces together a typical day in the mid 1960s. [Read more…]

BBC Imagine – Andrea Levy Her Island Story (2018)

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BBC Imagine – Andrea Levy: Her Island Story (2018)
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When Andrea Levy’s father Winston stepped off the Empire Windrush in July 1948, he had no idea that in time the ship’s name would come to describe a group of people betrayed by the British government, or that his daughter would become the voice of that generation. Her best-selling novel Small Island, about the experiences of Jamaican families integrating into post-war Britain, captured the imaginations of readers around the world and picked up nearly every award going upon publication in 2004.
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BBC – The Hector From Scotland to Nova Scotia (2017)

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BBC – The Hector: From Scotland to Nova Scotia (2017)
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Neil Oliver recounts the story of the 1773 highland migrants who left Scotland to settle in Nova Scotia. He uncovers their terrifying journey on a filthy, disease-ridden ship – the Hector. Neil describes how the migrants were deceived by speculators and goes on to meet their descendants. For some in Nova Scotia, the Hector has become little short of a Canadian ‘Mayflower’. [Read more…]

BBC This World – Revolution in Ruins The Hugo Chavez Story (2019)

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BBC This World – Revolution in Ruins: The Hugo Chavez Story (2019)
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When Hugo Chavez stormed to power in Venezuela in 1998 he promised to transform the lives of the poor. He was at the helm of the country with the largest proven oil reserves in the world and set about spending Venezuela’s vast oil wealth. Around the world he was hailed as a new hope for socialism by left wing politicians, including Ken Livingstone and then back bench Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn. But now 20 years on, 90 per cent of families in Venezuela say they do not have enough to eat and the United Nations predicts that over five million people will have fled the country by the end of 2019. [Read more…]

BBC – Scotland’s Finest The Story of the Highland Games (2012)

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BBC – Scotland’s Finest: The Story of the Highland Games (2012)
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A journey into the history, pageantry and characters that have shaped a Scottish phenomenon. Acclaimed actor Bill Paterson narrates the astonishing story of the Highland Games. From the battling clans to Queen Victoria’s infatuation with her Highland subjects, the games have become a symbol of community and identity in Scotland and all across the world. [Read more…]