2024-09-07
Janina Ramirez travels to Mexico, where, just before the outbreak of WWII, American husband-and-wife explorer team Matthew and Marion Stirling were lured into the jungle by the legend of a colossal stone head. They found the head – and a lot more than they bargained for – because it turned out to be the first clue in a trail that led to the discovery of a lost civilisation, now known as the Olmecs
Explorer Paul Rose tells the story of three Frenchmen who couldn't stand each other, yet set off on an eight-year scientific mission in one of the most hostile places on the planet. Their plan, to settle an international row by measuring the shape of the planet, took them to the disease-ridden rainforests and oxygen-starved peaks of the Ecuadorian Andes. Rose follows in the footsteps of the 18th-c
Winter 2003. Arlette Caruso, the charismatic and energetic mayor of a small town on the Sambre, is horrified to learn that one of her employees has been raped. She cajoles the victim into attending a press conference – with unanticipated consequences for both of them. In French with English subtitles.
Winter 2007. Following a series of rapes committed on the other side of the border, a Belgian investigating judge asks a university researcher to use algorithms to try and determine where the rapist lives. Cecile Dumont agrees to undertake this novel approach to crime solving. In French with English subtitles.
Terry Wogan with Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Terry Jones, Sophia Loren and Bucks Fizz. Moderation: Terry Wogan.
Michael Parkinson talks to Kenny Everett, Roy Castle and Sammy Davis Jr. Moderation: Michael Parkinson.
After listening to Emmet's piano playing from her garden, stopping a passer-by to listen with her and rebuking Liz for collecting milk in her dressing gown, Hyacinth receives a phone call from Mrs Fortescue asking for a lift into town.
Explorer Paul Rose tells the story of three Frenchmen who couldn't stand each other, yet set off on an eight-year scientific mission in one of the most hostile places on the planet. Their plan, to settle an international row by measuring the shape of the planet, took them to the disease-ridden rainforests and oxygen-starved peaks of the Ecuadorian Andes. Rose follows in the footsteps of the 18th-c
Janina Ramirez travels to Mexico, where, just before the outbreak of WWII, American husband-and-wife explorer team Matthew and Marion Stirling were lured into the jungle by the legend of a colossal stone head. They found the head – and a lot more than they bargained for – because it turned out to be the first clue in a trail that led to the discovery of a lost civilisation, now known as the Olmecs