Saturday 18th February 2012
| Planet of the Apes |
(1968) Charlton Heston plays an astronaut caught in a time warp who lands on a planet where apes rule, gorillas act as the army and humans are considered a sub-species. With Roddy McDowell.
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Sunday 19th February 2012
| File on 4 |
With the EU poised to ban oil imports from Iran, Allan Urry assesses the impact of international sanctions on Britain and Europe.
Designed to curb Iran's nuclear programme, the oil embargo could further push up the cost of fuel.
Iranian companies are involved in a number of joint ventures that bring energy into European homes and factories: File on 4 examines what will happen to these vital projects as the new round of trade restrictions begins to bite.
And British companies that trade legitimately with Iran are already finding it harder to do business. They warn that it could lead to job losses.
How will the sanctions affect Europe at a time when many economies are in recession or are just stagnating?
And how effective are the new restrictions likely to be given Iran's experience of finding ways around international controls on what it can buy and sell.
| Fantastic Mr. Fox |
(2009) Wes Anderson's acclaimed and witty stop-motion animated version of Roald Dahl's children's classic. With the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Owen Wilson and Jarvis Cocker.
| Barbara Thompson: Playing Against Time |
For over forty years, virtuoso saxophonist/composer Barbara Thompson has been Britain's most brilliant and best-known female jazz musician. Her original compositions and soaring flute and saxophone improvisations have attracted large and enthusiastic audiences beyond the confines of contemporary...
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Monday 20th February 2012
| My Social Network Stalker: True Stories |
For more than three years Ruth Jeffery was subjected to emotional and mental abuse at the hands of an unknown stalker. This True Stories film tells Ruth's story and its shocking conclusion.
| Storyville: The Love of Books |
Documentary which tells the story of a group of men and women who risked their lives to rescue a library - and preserve a nation's history - in the midst of the Bosnian war. Amid bullets and bombs and under fire from shells and snipers, this handful of passionate book-lovers safeguarded more than 10,000 unique, hand-written Islamic books and manuscripts - the most important texts held by Sarajevo's last surviving library.
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Tuesday 21st February 2012
| Law in Action (1/4) |
"The single biggest attack on access to justice since the legal aid system was introduced". That's the view of the Law Society on the government's controversial proposals to reform the civil justice system. But the government argue that the legal aid system has become unaffordable and along with no win no fee has helped create a litigious society. They say the current system is a boon for lawyers, while draining resources from organisations like the NHS and leaving many small businesses in fear of legal action. The Government are planning to scrap legal aid in some areas and make fundamental changes to no-win no fee. The aim is to bring down costs and encourage alternatives to going to court. But the bill to introduce these changes has been having a rocky ride in Parliament and there is widespread opposition to the reforms. Advice centres, lawyers and even some from the government's own benches say the changes will deny justice for vulnerable people, and will ultimately end up costing the government more money. In the first programme of a new series of Law in Action, Joshua Rozenberg examines the arguments and the likely impact of the contentious changes. The programme includes an interview with Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke.
| How to Build... A Jumbo Jet |
As Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner makes its inaugural flight, Rolls-Royce engineers celebrate the performance of its revolutionary Trent 1000 jet engines. They're the latest in a family of sophisticated aero engines that have driven Rolls-Royce to become world leaders in the market for...
| Death Unexplained (3/3) |
Documentary series following coroner Alison Thompson and her team as they examine in painstaking detail mysterious, violent and unnatural deaths in west London.
In this final episode, Alison's team investigates the cases of a man hit by an underground train and a plasterer whose contact with asbestos...
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Wednesday 22nd February 2012
| Disturbia |
Tense thriller about a troubled high school student who becomes convinced he is living next door to a wanted serial killer. Struggling to come to terms with the death of his father, the teen lands himself in hot water after a fight with a teacher and is put under house arrest. During his domestic confinement, he begins to spy on his mysterious neighbour, believing him to be a murderous psychopath on the run from the authorities.
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Thursday 23rd February 2012
| Oscar Sings |
Andrew Collins explores how the award for Best Song reflects a changing film landscape.
| This World: Inside the Meltdown |
International investigative documentary series. When a tsunami struck Japan in 2011, it swamped the Fukushima nuclear complex causing nuclear meltdown and releasing radioactivity that ultimately would leave hundreds of square miles uninhabitable, and cost a hundred thousand people...
| The Great Ticket Scandal: Dispatches |
Dispatches investigates the multi-million-pound world of online ticket reselling, examining why so many tickets appear at over the face value so soon after the box office sells out.
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Friday 24th February 2012
| Melvyn Bragg on Class and Culture (1/3) |
In this three-part series, Melvyn Bragg explores the relationship, from 1911 to 2011, between class and culture - the two great forces which define and shape us as individuals and as a society.
Melvyn starts with the period from 1911 to 1945. Through location sequences,...
A Prophet
Film 4, 11.00pm - 1.55am
(2009) Prison thriller about a naive young convict who is mentored by a ruthless gangster and rises through the ranks. In French/Arabic/Corsican/subtitles. Strong language/brutal violence.
