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Contemporary artist Gillian Wearing celebrates the legacy of Victorian novelist George Eliot. Just as Eliot's novel 'Middlemarch' explored the lives of ordinary men and women, this experimental film is made up of a diverse cast of people from different backgrounds.

Military historian Saul David looks at how generals have met the challenge of moving armies.

Liz McIvor recounts the story of 'canal mania', the period of activity that helped develop Britain's modern financial economy, now centred in London.

Untrained mariner Timothy Spall has spent a fortune on technology for his new challenge - the unpredictable Irish Sea - as he and his wife continue their mini-odyssey around Britain. Entering Liverpool means navigating their first big city since leaving London, but reaching dry...

Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken see how powerful reflexes keep humans safe from danger, and uncover the amazing mechanisms bodies call on to repair damage. For the first time ever they see exactly how an immune system's killer cells go into battle against deadly infection.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

An Arctic fox family must eke out a cliff top living, an Eider farmer has his hands full playing duck dad to hundreds of new arrivals and Viking horsemen prepare to saddle up for the autumn round up.

A young couple investigate the mysterious disappearance of an old lady on a train from Switzerland to England and unwittingly become involved in a spy plot. The train staff insist that the woman never existed: is it possible that everyone on the train is part of a conspiracy?

A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by iconic Hollywood director Alfred Hitchcock, reflecting on the milestones and highlights of his life and career. Narrated by Sylvia Syms.

A vivid and harrowing depiction of war which follows a 19-year-old college dropout who signs up for service in Vietnam in September 1967, and finds himself plunged into the bloody chaos of life as a GI on the front line. The winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Director...