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Long-running general knowledge quiz that tests the intellectual powers of the brightest undergraduates in Britain. Launched in 1962 and hosted by Bamber Gascoigne, the show achieved cult status with teams from two different rival colleges pitting their wits against each other each week. The questions are as varied and as tough as they can be, and competitors risk having hard-earned points deducted

British quiz show, presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell, in which teams compete in a tournament of finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues. Each episode features two teams of three people competing in four rounds of gameplay. Each of the four rounds involve connections but they are not obvious or easy. The four rounds are ''What is the Connection?'', ''What Comes Fourth?'', ''Connect

Texas, 1868: Der Bürgerkrieg ist drei Jahre vorbei, aber erst jetzt kehrt Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) ins Haus seines Bruders Aaron zurück. Während Ethan mit einigen Farmern Native American Viehdiebe jagt, überfallen Komantschen die Farm der Edwards – aus Rache dafür, dass ihnen das Land genommen wurde. Als Ethan zurückkehrt, findet er Aaron, seine heimlich geliebte Schwägerin und deren Jungen tot

Schwarze Anzüge, schwarze Hüte, schwarze Sonnenbrillen: Jake (John Belushi) und sein Bruder Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) geben sich cool. Unter der musikalischen Brust schlägt bei beiden ein Herz aus Gold. \n\nUm das Waisenhaus, in dem sie aufwuchsen, vor dem Ruin zu bewahren, wollen sie ihre alte Band wieder vereinen. Zu dumm, dass „Rythm & Blues“ für manche ein Fremdwort ist. Noch vorm ersten Akkord wer

British quiz show, presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell, in which teams compete in a tournament of finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues. Each episode features two teams of three people competing in four rounds of gameplay. Each of the four rounds involve connections but they are not obvious or easy. The four rounds are ''What is the Connection?'', ''What Comes Fourth?'', ''Connect

Revered art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the history of art in the United States of America while travelling across the country. The vast land is known for many things, but art history rarely sits near the top of that list. Immersing himself in the country's diverse history, Andrew reveals the unique aspects of American art, from the country's early beginnings to its contemporary inspiratio

Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles,

Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles,

Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles,

Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles,

Aretha Franklin is widely acknowledged to be of the greatest singers of all time, and yet more proof of that can be found in this collection of Aretha Franklin's performances screen on a selection of BBC programmes from across the decades. From a stunning 2015 performance of You Make Me Feel (Like a Natural Woman) that had President Barack Obama in tears to gems from the 1970s when Aretha dropped

Discover the story of the fascinating life of one of the biggest icons of country music through insightful interviews and incredible archive footage of her performances. The artist herself, her close friends and colleagues reflect on important events, people and places that shaped her legendary career, from her beginnings to becoming the Queen of Country. The likes of Kylie Minogue, Lily Tomlin an

Compilation of the best and most eclectic performances on the BBC from the world's best-known artists giving their interpretations of classic tracks from The Great American Songbook – the music and popular songs of the famous and prolific American composers of the 1920s and onwards. Composers such as Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Hoagy Carmich

Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles,

Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles,

Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles,

Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles,

Aretha Franklin is widely acknowledged to be of the greatest singers of all time, and yet more proof of that can be found in this collection of Aretha Franklin's performances screen on a selection of BBC programmes from across the decades. From a stunning 2015 performance of You Make Me Feel (Like a Natural Woman) that had President Barack Obama in tears to gems from the 1970s when Aretha dropped

Bringing you the story about the northern white rhinoceros, officially declared extinct in 2018. Follow an expedition team travelling across South Sudan, a war-torn country, searching for what's left of the northern white rhinoceros population, encouraged by reported sightings by local people. The team made up of Paul Naden, expedition leader and CEO of rhino rescue charity Saving the Survivors (S

As Hetty Wainthropp (Patricia Routledge) reaches retirement age at 60 and faces an uncertain future financially, she decides that the life of a pensioner is not for her and opens a detective agency instead. Armed only with her no-nonsense Lancashire attitude and her notebook, she embarks on a series of criminal investigations. Aided by her teenage sidekick and reformed thief, Geoffrey, and her dev

Ria is a middle-aged woman who seems to have it all. She's married to Ben, a dentist who collects butterflies, and they have two teenage sons and live in a nice house. But Ria is not happy with her life, as both her husband and sons take her for granted and she finds herself wanting something more. That changes when she meets successful businessman Leonard. An unconventional close friendship devel

Magazine arts show. This special edition of Artsnight delves into the BBC's archive and brings together rarely seen interviews in which writer Carla Lane discusses her life and work, while Carla's son Carl offers personal insights into his mother's career and legacy. With contributions from the Liver Birds – Polly James and Nerys Hughes – and Geoffrey Palmer, the long-suffering husband to Ria in B

As Hetty Wainthropp (Patricia Routledge) reaches retirement age at 60 and faces an uncertain future financially, she decides that the life of a pensioner is not for her and opens a detective agency instead. Armed only with her no-nonsense Lancashire attitude and her notebook, she embarks on a series of criminal investigations. Aided by her teenage sidekick and reformed thief, Geoffrey, and her dev

Bringing you the story about the northern white rhinoceros, officially declared extinct in 2018. Follow an expedition team travelling across South Sudan, a war-torn country, searching for what's left of the northern white rhinoceros population, encouraged by reported sightings by local people. The team made up of Paul Naden, expedition leader and CEO of rhino rescue charity Saving the Survivors (S

Melvyn Bragg, accompanied by a vintage mobile cinema, travels across the country, to show incredible footage preserved by the British Film Institute and other national and regional film archives, and tell the history of modern Britain. This episode comes from Osterley Park in Middlesex, the site of the first Home Guard training school, and looks back to the Second World War and a time when million

Documentary which journeys back to the 1950s, when the coach was king. From its early origins in the charabanc, the coach had always been the people's form of transport. Cheaper and more flexible than the train, it allowed those who had travelled little further than their own villages and towns a first taste of exploration and freedom. Whole communities crammed into coach after coach en route to p

A glittering programme including Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, which celebrates its centenary this year, plus Barber's Adagio for Strings, recorded live from the Royal Albert Hall with the all-star Sinfonia of London. Tonight's concert of scintillating American classics is conducted by audience favourite John Wilson and also includes Copland's ballet Billy the Kid suite and John Adams's Harmonieleh

Margot Fonteyn explores the dancer's life. The rigours of ballet class, the rehearsals and preparation, and finally the moment of judgment when it's out in the limelight and on with the performance. Some of Margot Fonteyn's greatest moments on stage are relived in Salut d'Amour, which Frederick Ashton created for a Gala Birthday Tribute. The series ends with a complete performance of Ashton's ball

Rambert's thrilling stage adaptation The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, written by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, with direction and choreography by Rambert's artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer. Opening in the trenches of Flanders, a personal story unfolds in postwar industrial Birmingham as the Shelby family navigate the decisions that determine their fate, and Tommy is intoxicated by mys