BBC4
Greenlit: Army Season, BBC4 Online
Army Season Archive Collection Online (40 x ) – As part of BBC4′s Army season, there will be a comprehensive BBC Four Archive collection – forty programmes available on the BBC Four website, exploring the changes undergone by the British soldier in the 20th century. The archive stretches from the early 1950s through to the [...]
Greenlit: Regimental Stories, BBC4
Regimental Stories – Documentary series looking at five different British army regiments. Channel: BBC4 TX: September 2011 Source: BBC
Greenlit: She Wolves, BBC4
She Wolves (3 x 60′) - Historian Helen Castor turns her book She Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth into a TV series and looks at how Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, Margaret of Anjou, Lady Jane Grey and Mary Tudor changed history. Channel: BBC4 Producer: Matchlight TX: TBC Source: Broadcast
Greenlit: Ghetto, BBC4
Ghetto w/t (1 x 90′) – Feature documentary by director Eugene Jarecki that explores how drugs laws in the USA have affected the poor. Channel: BBC4 / ITVS Producer: Charlotte Street Films TX: Late 2011 Source: Realscreen
Greenlit: Melvyn Bragg on John Steinbeck, BBC4
Melvyn Bragg on John Steinbeck (1 x 60′) – Melvyn Bragg looks at the work of one of America’s literary giants, the Nobel prize-winning American author John Steinbeck. From the Pulitzer prize-winning Grapes Of Wrath to the American Depression, Bragg will seek to discover Steinbeck’s impact on American culture today. Channel: BBC4 Producer: Mentorn Media [...]
Greenlit: America in Pictures, BBC4
America in Pictures (1 x 60′) – Rankin, the UK’s leading fashion photographer, journeys through the remarkably rich and diverse images of LIFE Magazine in America In Pictures. Considered by many to be the most important photographic magazine in the world, Rankin will create an energetic and revelatory portrait of the life and people of [...]
Greenlit: The Art of America, BBC4
The Art Of America (3 x 60′) – Andrew Graham-Dixon’s regular arts travelogue series returns to BBC Four with his most ambitious journey yet in The Art Of America. Building on the success of previous series in Spain, Italy, Russia and Germany, Andrew will explore the rich, exciting, and diverse art in the heart of [...]
Greenlit: Rich Hall’s Road Movies, BBC4
Rich Hall’s Road Movies (1 x 90′) - Rich Hall goes on the road to explore one of Hollywood’s most loved film genres, road movies. He looks at what these movies and their roads say about America in the 20th century. Channel: BBC4 Producer: Open Mike Manchester Production TX: Autumn/Winter 2011 Source: BBC
Greenlit: Ghost Riders, BBC4
Ghost Riders (1 x 60′) - Writer and presenter Richard Grant argues that an enduring “nomadism” is at the heart of the United States of America, and is the key to understanding its culture and history. This is a documentary about people who won’t settle down. Grant argues that the best place to be if [...]
Greenlit: America on a Plate, BBC4
America On A Plate (1 x 60′) – Stephen Smith’s re-envisioned story of 20th-century American culture through its most iconic institution – the diner. Whether Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks or the infamous encounter between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Heat, these gleaming, gawdy shacks are at the absolute heart of the American vision. Channel: [...]
