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41 King Charles III (2017) #998 TV DRAMA Main
90mins. BBC. King Charles III, adapted by Mike Bartlett from his Tony-nominated stage play, is part political thriller, part family drama, and a timely examination of contemporary Britain.

Prince Charles has waited his entire life to ascend to the British throne. But after the Queen's death, he immediately finds himself wrestling his conscience over a bill to sign into law. His hesitation detonates a constitutional and political crisis, and his family start to worry, with William and Kate becoming aware his actions may threaten their future. Meanwhile, an unhappy and frustrated Prince Harry starts a relationship with a 'commoner', just at the moment that the press is looking for a way to attack. With the future of the monarchy under threat, protests on the streets and his family in disarray, Charles must grapple with his own identity and purpose to decide whether, in the 21st century, the British crown still has any real power.

This adaptation retains the daring verse of the original text while fully realising on screen the ambitious scale and spectacle suggested by the play - from Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace to the restless streets of London. Tim Pigott-Smith (Downton Abbey, The Hour) reprises the role of Charles from the acclaimed West End and Broadway production, while Charlotte Riley (Close to the Enemy, Peaky Blinders) stars as Kate Middleton. Olivier award-winner Rupert Goold (The Hollow Crown, True Story) directs. It is produced by Drama Republic, the company behind Golden Globe, Bafta and RTS Award-winning dramas The Honourable Woman, Doctor Foster and An Inspector Calls.
42 Viceroy's House (2017) #1072 FILM Main
Directed by Gurinder Chadha. With Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi. The final Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as different sides clash in the face of monumental change.
43 Dunkirk (2017) #1100 FILM Main
Directed by Christopher Nolan. With Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy. Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
44 Darkest Hour (2017) #1147 FILM Main
Directed by Joe Wright. With Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn. In May 1940, the fate of Western Europe hangs on British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean a humiliating defeat for Britain and its empire.
45 The Last Seabird Summer? (2016) #583 DOCUMENTARY Main
With Adam Nicolson.
2x1 hour. BBC. Series following Adam Nicolson and the seabirds of the Shiants, a small cluster of Scottish islands. With crisis threatening their future, Adam traces the history of our relationship with seabirds.

1/2 Living with the Birds. As they arrive from the Atlantic, Adam traces our history of dependence on seabirds.
2/2 Trouble at Sea. In Iceland, Adam sees colonies where nearly all the birds have been wiped out.
46 Will Britain Ever Have a Black Prime Minister? (2016) #887 DOCUMENTARY Main
1 hour. BBC. British TV and movie star David Harewood investigates the obstacles facing black Britons in rising to positions of power and influence, and calculates the statistical chances of someone from his own background ever becoming prime minister.

In this personal film, Harewood tackles some of our biggest institutions, including top universities and the BBC, to find out why so many barriers remain to black people achieving their potential.

Part of the Black and British season.
47 Will Britain Ever Have a Black Prime Minister? (2016) #990 DOCUMENTARY Main
1 hour. BBC. British TV and movie star David Harewood investigates the obstacles facing black Britons in rising to positions of power and influence, and calculates the statistical chances of someone from his own background ever becoming prime minister.

In this personal film, Harewood tackles some of our biggest institutions, including top universities and the BBC, to find out why so many barriers remain to black people achieving their potential.
48 A United Kingdom (2016) #1037 FILM Main
Directed by Amma Asante. With David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Tom Felton, Jack Davenport. The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.
49 Whisky Galore (2016) #1086 FILM Main
Directed by Gillies MacKinnon. With James Cosmo, Sean Biggerstaff, Eddie Izzard, Naomi Battrick. Scottish islanders try to plunder cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
50 Eddie the Eagle (2016) #1103 FILM Main
Directed by Dexter Fletcher. With Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Tom Costello, Jo Hartley. The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
51 Artsnight - Design (2016) #1562 DOCUMENTARY Disk
60mins BBC.

The Brits Who Designed the Modern World
Artsnight Series 4

If there were an Olympic league table for design, Britain would be right at the top. Since the Second World War, British designers have revolutionised our homes, our workplaces, our roads and our public institutions.

In November 2016, the Design Museum opened its new £83m home in Kensington. To mark this great moment for British design, BBC Arts profiles ten great living British designers.

Arts reporter Brenda Emmanus meets and profiles our 'Top 10', to find out what inspires them to make such phenomenal objects. She reveals how designers have responded to society's evolving tastes, from the brash 60s modernism of Margaret Calvert's road signs through to the colourful technology of Rick Dickinson's ZX Spectrum. She also meets Britain's most prolific designer, Sir Kenneth Grange (Intercity 125, bus shelters, the Kenwood Chef...), as well as Andrew Ritchie, who gave the world the Brompton Bike.

And we also hear from an illustrious panel of celebrities whose lives have been transformed by British design, including Will.i.am, Jeremy Paxman, Pete Waterman, Ade Adepitan and Jenny Eclair.
52 David Starkey's Magna Carta (2015) #833 DOCUMENTARY Main
1 hour. BBC. We take our liberties for granted. They seem absolute and untouchable. But they are the result of a series of violent struggles fought over 800 years that, at times, have threatened to tear our society apart. On the frontline was a document originally inked on animal skin - Magna Carta.

Distinguished constitutional historian David Starkey looks at the origins of the Great Charter, created in 1215 to check the abuses of King John - and how it nearly died at birth. He explores its subsequent deployment, its contribution to making everyone - even the monarch - subject to the rule of law, and how this quintessentially English document migrated to the North American colonies and eventually became the foundation of the US constitution.

Magna Carta has become a universal symbol of individual freedom against the tyranny of the state, but with ever-tightening government control on our lives, is it time to resurrect it?

Starkey has a special encounter with an original Magna Carta manuscript at the British Library, one of only four from 1215 to survive. He also examines other unique medieval manuscripts that trace the tumultuous history of Magna Carta, the Article of the Barons listing their demands in June 1215, and the papal bull declaring Magna Carta null and void less than two months after it was sealed.
53 Is Britain Racist? (2015) #888 DOCUMENTARY Main
1 hour. BBC. Racism has never been more socially unacceptable in Britain - three quarters of Britons claim they have no racial prejudice whatsoever. Journalist Mona Chalabi investigates whether these statistics provide an accurate picture.

To find out what is happening on Britain's streets, three reporters are sent undercover to test the public's prejudice. The results are surprising.

The programme looks into people's subconscious behaviour, discovering what British people really think about their neighbours of different races and religions. And Mona puts her own beliefs under the microscope, discovering some uncomfortable truths. Finally, she asks a hugely significant question - can people be trained to lose their prejudice?
54 Imagine: David Chipperfield: A Place to Be (2015) #892 DOCUMENTARY Main
75mins. BBC. The internationally renowned British architect puts substance before image, and isn't interested in a building's iconic presence on a skyline. 'How many squiggles can a city take?' he once asked. He has been described as classical, minimalist, simple, but if there is a word he would like to apply to his architecture, it is 'humane'.

Alan Yentob talks to Chipperfield about his breakthrough in Berlin, his love of the city and its history and the 11 years spent on the transformation of the Neues Museum, his 'masterpiece'. After successes at the Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield, and Turner Contemporary Margate, he is now embarking on his most prestigious project ever, a new gallery for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
55 The Great British Year (2015) #899 DOCUMENTARY Main
2x1 hour episodes. BBC.
A portrait of the spectacular, dynamic nature of Britain over the course of one year.

1/4 Winter. In the midst of winter, time-lapses show a magical country shrouded in frost and mist.
2/4 Spring. Spring arrives, marking the start of an epic race for life where timing is everything.
56 The Great British Year (2015) #900 DOCUMENTARY Main
2x1 hour episodes. BBC. A portrait of the spectacular, dynamic nature of Britain over the course of one year.

3/4 Summer. Whilst the human population of Britain kicks back, summer is boom time for the animals.
4/4 Autumn. The fading sun brings a change to Britain - a time of storms and unpredictable weather.
57 A Very British Romance with Lucy Worsley (2015) #901 DOCUMENTARY Main
3x1 hour episodes. BBC. Lucy Worsley delves into the history of romance to uncover the forces shaping our very British happily ever after and how our feelings have been affected by social, political and cultural ideas.

1/3 The Georgian age saw courtship rules being rewritten, as romantic love was glamorised.
2/3 Lucy Worsley discovers how medieval chivalry shaped Victorian courtship.
3/3 Lucy Worsley concludes her series by looking at attitudes to romance in the 20th century.
58 Face of Britain by Simon Schama (2015) #902 DOCUMENTARY Main
2x1 hour episdoes. BBC. Simon Schama explores the history of British portraiture, revealing the stories behind the most compelling images in British art and examining the ways portraiture is used to make a statement.

1/5 The Face of Power. Simon explores the external power of portraiture.
2/5 Faces of the People. Simon explores how every face has its own story to tell.
59 Face of Britain by Simon Schama (2015) #903 DOCUMENTARY Main
2x1 hour episodes. BBC. Simon Schama explores the history of British portraiture, revealing the stories behind the most compelling images in British art and examining the ways portraiture is used to make a statement.

3/5 The Face of Fame. Simon examines what the celebrated faces of Britain's past and present tell us.
4/5 The Look of Love. Simon explores how portraits allow us to keep the ones we love close to us.
60 Face of Britain by Simon Schama (2015) #904 DOCUMENTARY Main
1x1 hour episode. BBC. Simon Schama explores the history of British portraiture, revealing the stories behind the most compelling images in British art and examining the ways portraiture is used to make a statement.

5/5 The Face in the Mirror. Simon Schama explores the complex motivations behind Britain's famous self-portraits.

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