This program explores the life and works of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, who is most famous for his depiction of the darker side of Parisian life at the turn of the century from concert halls and cabarets to brothels. Impressionists and their circle have become the international superstars of Western painting. But whilst their popularity is greater than ever, […]
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Great British Menu episode 23 2019: the chefs are halfway through the Northern Ireland heat. Today they serve their mains and desserts to veteran Tommy Banks hoping to claim one of the two places up for grabs at the regional final. Chris is cooking his interpretation of the classic beef dish Tournedos Rossini using guinea fowl. His inspiration
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This week on Beechgrove Garden episode 3 2019, Carole shows how to create easy, instant mass flower colour in just a few weeks by sowing the right seeds now. Meanwhile if space is at a premium, then the way to go is up and so Kirsty creates a lifestyle look with a living wall, made of pallets and plants.
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In Garden Rescue episode 8 2019, Charlie Dimmock and the Rich brothers, Harry and David, are in Milton Keynes to create a colourful social space for Vinay and Raunak. Vinay loves to cook, and hosting barbeques and knocking up his signature mojitos are what makes him happy. He wants a garden where he can do all that in style, and
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Horror in the East: two-part documentary on Japan at war, examining the Japanese treatment of Allied prisoners of war. Horror in the East – Turning Against the West Using Japanese archive footage and interviews with both prisoners and their guards, this film investigates why, having treated their POW’s comparatively well during World War I, their attitudes had altered
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a key member of the Impressionists who loved to paint out of doors, famous in particular for his depiction of the joyful side of Parisian life. Later in his life, Renoir broke away from the Impressionist movement and adopted a classical style. Impressionists and their circle have become the international superstars of Western painting. But
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This week on Great British Menu episode 22 2019 it is the heat for the Northern Ireland region. Competing are three exciting new chefs to the competition, all at the top of their culinary game. Chris McClurg from County Down is head chef at Paul Ainsworth’s Michelin-starred restaurant No. 6, in Padstow, Cornwall. Alex Greene from County Down is head
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On Garden Rescue episode 7 2019: in Melton Mowbray in the East Midlands, Allison and Anthony would love a beautiful garden for the family to enjoy, but until now their priority has been fully focused on their adopted son, Leo. Now they are ready to finally tackle their garden and want to create a space they can spend quality family
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For as long as humans have walked the Earth, the stars have fascinated us. But we have come a long way since the earliest days of astronomy when we had nothing but our eyes to observe the night sky. Since then we have designed an arsenal of ingenious machines to help us unlock the secrets of the stars – from
Docudrama about events at Dunkirk in 1940. The Allies are in retreat, but the Navy can only pick up a few soldiers and Churchill is advised to make peace to save the rest. Dunkirk used archive film footage, eyewitness accounts and original dramatised sequences to describe the events of the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation. Dunkirk Part 1 – Retreat
In Impressionists episode 2: explore the life and works of the great painter Claude Monet, who is often described as the founding figure of the Impressionist movement. Tim Marlow discusses how the Impressionist movement was formed and how its members shocked the establishment. Impressionists and their circle have become the international superstars of Western painting. But whilst their
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Could the power of fake pills- placebo- be used to treat some of our most common medical complaints? To find out, Dr Michael Mosley embarks on Britain’s largest ever trial to investigate the placebo effect. He is heading to Blackpool to gather 117 people suffering from backache – one of the leading types of chronic pain – before trying to
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