Doris Lessing, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature, is both ‘hostess’ and ‘alien’ – the hostess, who presents a public face to the world, and the private person who writes, dreams and ‘experiments with her life’. Alan Yentob meets the feisty 88-year-old whose ‘myth country’ is still the African bush where she was Read More

Alan Yentob presents a profile of the provocative French-born American artist Louise Bourgeois, who was still producing cutting edge work at the age of 95. Memories of a disturbed childhood have produced fantastic and disturbing sculptures of giant spiders and poured-plastic body parts. As a girl she restored old tapestries, worked with Leger and knew Read More

Bettany Hughes searches for the truth about the ‘Golden Age’ of Ancient Athens, investigating how a barren rock wedged between the East and West became the first democracy 2,500 years ago. Democracy, liberty and the freedom of speech are trumpeted as the bedrock of western civilization, but what was Athens really like? Bettany goes deep Read More

America At A Crossroads, hosted by journalist Robert MacNeil, is a seven part series exploring the challenges confronting the world post 9/11 including the war on terrorism; the experience of American troops; the struggle for balance within the Islamic world and Muslim life in America; and America’s role in the world. Episode One, ‘Jihad: The Read More

Unique access to the very private man behind some of the best-loved songs of the twentieth century – New Orleans songwriter and producer, Allen Toussaint. “purposeful … intensity leaps off the screen”The Times “a charming portrait of an ever-curious man”Time Out AWARDS New Orleans Film Festival 2007 – Best Documentary Award and Grand Prize REVIEWS Read More

Five of the great female voices of the twentieth century, who dive to the depths, in both their lives and their songs, yet whose voices triumph over tragedy. An enormously popular BBC programme – Edith Piaf, Billie Holiday Judy Garland, Maria Callas, Janis Joplin – what more could you want?Make your own custom nrfactoryrolex.com, Galaxy Read More

From unique musical heritage to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina – a reflection on New Orleans, the city, its soundtrack, its influence and its resilience. Goddess of soul Irma Thomas is among those presenter Alan Yentob meets as he ponders the legends (Dr John, Louis Armstrong, etc) who have hailed from New Orleans and the Read More

This program contends that the popular perception of the Muslim occupation of Spain toward the end of the first millennium is largely wrong. The eighth century Muslim invasion of the Iberian Pennisula was largely welcomed by the locals and rejuvenated the area with advanced technology, agriculture and a construction boom. This program describes these innovations. Read More

Francis Pryor argues that Britain’s early history was a vibrant period, when the island thrived under foreign influences from as far afield as the Middle East without losing any cultural identity. LINKS Official Channel 4 Website IMDB Executive Producer Roy Ackerman Series Director Timothy Copestake Film Editor Allen Charlton Cinematography Colin Clarke

Oil is arguably the world’s most precious resource, but the oil industry must go to political, ethical and environmental extremes to ensure a continuous supply. This three-part series investigates the severe consequences of the relentless search for ‘black gold’. Part One, ‘Baku To Baghdad’ looks at BP’s new pipeline that will skirt an incredible five Read More

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An intimate portrait of one of the 20th century’s greatest leaders. FRONTLINE presents the story of the man behind the myth, probing Mandela’s character, leadership and life’s method through intimate recollections of friends, political allies, adversaries, and his fellow prisoners and jailers on Robben Island, where Mandela spent 18 of his 27 prison years, transforming Read More