Saturday 4th February 2012
| Smiley's People |
After almost 50 years, the origins of the 'Smiley' are contested but the iconic yellow design emerged and became popular in 1963 as a moral booster for the employees of an insurance company in Massachusetts after a company merger. The man behind this visual reminder to put on a 'happy face' was Harvey Ball, who designed the image for a $45 fee.
| The Postman Always Rings Twice |
Steamy thriller, set in the Depression era, about a drifter who begins an affair with a married woman and plots with her to kill her husband. A remake of the classic 1946 film starring John Garfield and Lana Turner, scripted by David Mamet, from the novel by James M Cain.
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Sunday 5th February 2012
| Cicklewood Greats |
Peter Capaldi embarks upon a personal journey to discover the shocking history of the stars of North London's famous film studios. Including clips from rarely seen films and interviews with Marcia Warren and Terry Gilliam.
Hattie
BBC4, 9.45pm - 11.10pm
Ruth Jones takes on the role of the larger-than-life Carry On actress Hattie Jacques, revealing how her home life was blown apart by a secret sexual liaison with her handsome young driver while she was married to Dad's Army star John Le Mesurier.
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Monday 6th February 2012
| Deaf Teens: Hearing World |
Insightful documentary by director Claire Braden about five deaf teenagers as they take their first steps into the hearing world. It follows some extraordinary young people who have some extreme and surprising attitudes towards their deafness. It highlights how not all deaf teens want to be able to hear and are often defiant against...
| Party Paramedics |
Film following St Johns medics at three of Britain's biggest summer musical festivals as they deal with the fall-out from binge drinking, drug use and festival fever.
| We Were Here |
2011 marks 30 years since AIDS descended. In 1981, the flourishing gay community in San Franscisco was hit with an unimaginable disaster. Through the eyes of those whose lives changed in unimaginable ways, this film tells how their beloved city was changed from a hotbed of sexual freedom and social experimentation...
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Tuesday 7th February 2012
| Katie: The Science of Seeing Again |
...Again: Following an acid attack in 2008, Katie Piper is undergoing pioneering surgery to regain the sight in her left eye. Katie explores the issues surrounding stem cell technology.
| Death Unexplained (1/3) |
Every death is unique - and if it's unexplained or unexpected and the cause is unknown, the team at the Coroner's Court must investigate it.
With unprecedented access to forensic pathologists, mortuary technicians, police and the coroner herself, Death Unexplained follows...
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Wednesday 8th February 2012
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Thursday 9th February 2012
| Famed For Its Knitting |
The life and changing times of Woman's Weekly - "the number-one-selling brand within the mature woman's weekly magazine sector" - as it celebrates its centenary in a period of unprecedented economic turmoil in the publishing industry.In a previous journalistic life, Clare Jenkins was for a while "The Man Who Sees" on Woman's Weekly.The magazine was an anachronism 25 years ago - very old school, very pink, catchlined "Famed for its Knitting" .
"The Man Who Sees" was the resident 'male voice' philosopher .For six months, Clare stood in for the woman (sic) who usually wrote it. At another point, she was the astrologer (when the resident astrologer had a heart attack). For the rest of the time, she was a sub-editor and celebrity interviewer, the celebs being people like Hollywood film stars Joan Fontaine and Gloria Graham, Jenny Agutter and Nicholas Parsons. There was a knitting department, where they made balaclavas and sleeveless jumpers for models like Roger Moore and Sandra Howard .
It was decidedly mono-cultural, too - an edict from on high forbade the use of non-white faces. That same edict forbade any mention of sex in its pages, so the fictional heroines - created by old-style romantic novelists like Netta Muskett and Mary Burchell (a wartime heroine herself, helping Jews to escape from the Nazis) - were virginal and letters mentioning sexual difficulties had to be rewritten before appearing on the problem page.
It still sells 330,000 a week and has achieved a different kind of status after being immortalised in a Victoria Wood song ..."beat me on the bottom with the Woman's Weekly". As it celebrates its centenary ,Clare takes an affectionate but sharp-edged look at everybody's granny's favourite cup-of-tea read. How has it managed to survive?
Putin, Russia and the West (4/4)
BBC2, 9.00pm - 10.00pm
Vladimir Putin, after eight years as president of Russia and four more as prime minister, is stubbornly holding on to power. He has announced his intention to return as president and declared his party the winner in parliamentary elections that are widely seen as fraudulent. In Moscow 100,000 protesters have taken...
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
(2009) Great Directors: Woody Allen's romcom about two friends (Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson) who spend the summer in Spain, where they meet artist and lothario Javier Bardem.
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Friday 10th February 2012
| The Culture Show |
Andrew Graham-Dixon visits the new Lucian Freud exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Mark Kermode talks movies with author Geoff Dyer whose new book is based on the Russian cult classic 'Stalker', Charlie Luxton explores the churches of architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, Alastair Sooke looks back at the extraordinary...
| How the Brits Rocked America: Go West (3/3) |
The Sex Pistols' American tour of 1978 might not have been a commercial success but it would set the tone and attitude for a new wave of British rock in the USA, while Duran Duran would lead a new pop invasion in the 80s.
With contributions from John Lydon and Robert Smith.
With contributions from John Lydon and Robert Smith.
| The Review Show |
In a Book Review Show special celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth, Kirsty Wark is joined by Professor John Carey, writer Geoff Dyer and novelist Kate Mosse to discuss Simon Callow's new biography of the great author, a slew of recent screen adaptations, and the hidden gems of 19th century literature.
| Thank You For Smoking |
(2005) Jason Reitman's comedy stars Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor, spokesman for the cigarette lobby, and the trials he experiences trying to promote smoking. Strong language/sex scenes.
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