Saturday 26th November 2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
More 4, 9.15pm - 10.40pm
Few saw it coming, but cinema entered a golden age in the 90s, from Iran to Japanese horror, France and Mexico. The programme meets Abbas Kiarostami, Shinji Tsukamoto and Claire Denis.
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Sunday 27th November 2011
| The Lost Kennedy Home Movies |
The Kennedys kept their family life hidden from the outside world. But much of it was recorded on colour home movies. These remarkable films reveal the private story of the Kennedy clan.
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Monday 28th November 2011
Joan Armatrading: More Guitar Favourites
Alex Kapranos
Radio 4, 1.45pm - 2.00pm
Following on from the success of her first series, legendary guitarist, singer and songwriter, Joan Armatrading, brings together a collection of great guitarists form around the world, in this five part series. Alex Kapranos, front man of the Scottish band, Franz Ferdinand has captured Joan's attention for this great musical sense and performance. She brings out the staccato style of his guitar, the tone changes in the music, the influence of his Greek heritage, and the importance of the Glasgow art scene to his ideas about and attitude towards music.
| Who's Getting Rich on Your Money?: Panorama |
As Government spending cuts bite, one group of businessmen know they will keep making vast profits from our taxes while getting us ever deeper into debt. Since 1997 almost every new school and hospital in the UK has been built by private companies who lease them back to the government. But what's in it for the taxpayer?
John Ware investigates the inflexible terms and conditions of what has become the government's flexible friend - the Private Finance Initiative - a kind of ministerial credit card which racks up huge public debts without showing on the nation's balance sheet. He uncovers evidence of how government claims that PFI gives taxpayers value for money have been manipulated.
And he asks why the coalition government signed so many PFI deals when in opposition both the prime minister and his deputy branded them as 'dodgy accounting'.
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Tuesday 29th November 2011
Joan Armatrading: More Guitar Favourites Sharon Isbin
Radio 4, 1.45pm - 2.00pm
Following on from the success of her first series, legendary guitarist, singer and songwriter, Joan Armatrading, brings together a collection of great guitarists from around the world, in this five part series. In today's programme she meets Sharon Isbin, America's leading Classical guitarist and winner of 2 Grammys for her guitar playing: virtually unheard of in the Classical music world. Joan hears how Sharon has recorded with a diverse range of musicians around the world, adding richness and complexity to the classical guitar repertoire. Sharon describes her rendition of older pieces and her care to set them in an accurate musical context for their time.
| Money |
A new three-part documentary series from acclaimed director Vanessa Engle, exploring our personal attitudes to money.
This first episode follows people who dedicate their lives to getting rich, documenting the extraordinary world of wealth trainers. Featuring renowned American wealth gurus Robert Kiyosaki and T. Harv Eker, as well as a selection of their British followers, the film examines whether anyone can get rich if they truly apply themselves.
| True Stories: Wikileaks - Secrets and Lies |
...Secrets and Lies: The definitive account of the 'wiki-saga', with the first major television interview with Julian Assange, in a tale of cutting-edge journalism and human emotion.
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Wednesday 30th November 2011
Joan Armatrading: More Guitar Favourites Richard Thompson
Radio 4, 1.45pm - 2.00pm
Following on from the success of her first series, legendary guitarist, singer and songwriter, Joan Armatrading, brings together a collection of great guitarists from around the world, in this five part series.
In today's programme, she talks to Richard Thompson, the guitarist's guitarist and all round philosopher. Inspired by Django Rheinhardt, Richard is the Fairport Convention veteran guitarist who brought the excitement of rock to British folk music.
| Your Money and How They Spend It |
Nick Robinson examines how governments collect and spend public money. In the second of a two-part series, Nick shows how hard it is for politicians to raise the taxes needed to pay for all the things we want.
In a journey that takes him across Britain, Nick asks if the rich should pay more tax and discovers how little most of us understand about our often baffling tax system. He reveals the perils and pitfalls in store for chancellors who try to meddle with the system, and the ingenious methods they use to get us all to fork out more. Former chancellor Alistair Darling tells him: 'Talking about tax and politics is a bit like talking about sex in public. Everyone knows it's around, but they don't like to talk about it too much.'
In this film, Nick peels back the curtains to reveal the truth about the politics of tax.
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Thursday 1st December 2011
Joan Armatrading: More Guitar Favourites Jennifer Batten
Radio 4, 1.45pm - 2.00pm
Following on from the success of her first series, legendary guitarist, singer and songwriter, Joan Armatrading, brings together a collection of great guitarists from around the world, in this five part series. In today's programme she talks to the American rock chick, effects supremo, shredder and tapper Jennifer Batten, who rose to fame with Michael Jackson and then Jeff Beck. Jennifer is the one of the world's great session guitarists with an added ability to perform. She was Jackson's 'blonde twin' who he dressed in camp outfits and choreographed her to fly to stage alongside him. She never tires of pushing her guitar to the limits, finding the latest technology and effects to dazzle her listeners.
| The Ultimate Guide to Penny Pinching |
Cutting Edge meets some of the country's thriftiest people, from families obsessed by discount vouchers to a bride determined her wedding will cost less than a wedding dress.
| America in Pictures: the Story of Life Magazine |
Life was an iconic weekly magazine that specialised in extraordinarily vivid photojournalism. Through its most dynamic decades, - the 40s, 50s and 60s - Life caught the spirit of America as it blossomed into a world superpower. Read by over half the country, its influence on American people was unparalleled. No other magazine in the world held the photograph in such high esteem. At Life the pictures, not the words, did the talking. As a result, the Life photographer was king.
In this film, leading UK fashion photographer Rankin celebrates the work of Life's legendary photographers including Alfred Eisenstaedt and Margaret Bourke-White, who went to outrageous lengths to get the best picture - moving armies, naval fleets and even the population of entire towns. He travels across the USA to meet photographers Bill Eppridge, John Shearer, John Loengard, Burk Uzzle and Harry Benson who, between them, have shot the big moments in American history - from the assassination of Robert F Kennedy, the Civil Rights struggle and Vietnam to behind the scenes at the Playboy mansion and the greatest names in Hollywood.
These photographers pioneered new forms of photojournalism, living with and photographing their subjects for weeks, enabling them to capture compelling yet ordinary aspects of American life too. Rankin discovers that Life told the story of America in photographs, and also taught America how to be American.
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Friday 2nd December 2011
| The British Woman on Death Row |
The story of Linda Carty, a British grandmother currently awaiting execution by lethal injection in Texas for a crime in which she has always denied any involvement.
Joan Armatrading: More Guitar Favourites Baaba Maal
Radio 4, 1.45pm - 2.00pm
Following on from the success of her first series, legendary guitarist, singer and songwriter, Joan Armatrading, brings together a collection of great guitarists from around the world, in this five part series.
In today's programme she transforms listeners to the northern most reaches of Senegal and the music and culture of Baaba Maal, an inspirational musician at home and abroad. She hears about the core of classical music at the heart of traditional and contemporary music, the range of instruments that make up the beautiful sounds from the region and the extraordinary position of Senegal in Africa, a meeting place for Arabic and African cultures. Baaba demonstrates some different tunings to Joan, that reveal the geographic and cultural origins of the music; he also discusses the resurgence of interest in traditional music among young musicians in Dakar.
| The Story of Allegri's Miserere |
Simon Russell Beale tells the story behind Allegri's Miserere, one of the most popular pieces of sacred music ever written. The programme features a full performance of the piece by the award-winning choir The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers.
| God's Composer |
Simon Russell Beale continues his Sacred Music journey in this special celebration marking the 400th anniversary of the death of the great Spanish Renaissance composer Tomas Luis de Victoria. In exploring the extraordinary world of this intensely spiritual man - musician, priest and mystic - Simon's travels take him to some of Spain's most stunning locations, from the ancient fortified city of Avila, with its medieval walls and glorious cathedral, to the magnificent El Escorial palace, where Philip II would listen to Victoria's music though a small door leading off his bedroom directly to the high altar of the Basilica.
In Madrid, Simon explores the dramatic religious paintings of Victoria's contemporary El Greco in the Prado Museum and visits the convent of Las Descalzas Reales, named after the barefoot nuns who worshipped there and where Victoria spent the final three decades of his life as choirmaster and organist.
The music is specially performed by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen in the church of San Antonio de los Alemanes, a hidden baroque jewel built in Victoria's lifetime in the heart of Madrid.
| Lionel Ritchie: Dancing on the Ceiling |
After 15 years of soaring success with the Commodores, Lionel Richie left the group to go solo in what many considered to be a risky move. His first solo album, Lionel Richie, grabbed the world's attention, whilst the follow-up, Can't Slow Down, turned him into a global superstar. But could he maintain sustained popularity without the group he'd known as brothers behind him?
This documentary shows how Lionel achieved his dream of becoming 'as big as the Beatles' and how much of what he learnt from his years with the Commodores prepared him for that success.
Contributors include: Billboard Magazine editor Adam White; Motown songwriter and producer Gloria Jones; Kenny Rogers; video director Bob Giraldi; songwriter and producer David Foster; General Manager at Motown in 1978, Keith Harris; UK soul singer Lemar; and Pearly Gates of the Flirtations.
| Lionel Ritchie at the BBC |
A selection of Lionel Richie's greatest moments from the BBC archives, from his first Top of the Pops appearance with the Commodores in 1979 to highlights from his 2009 concert at the BBC's Maida Vale studios.
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