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02:20 - 18:00
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18:00 - 18:30
A Stitch in Time
History
Documentary series that combines biography, art and the history of fashion as host Amber Butchart, a fashion historian, explores the lives of historical figures – Marie Antoinette, Charles II, Dido Belle, Edward the Black and others, by examining the clothes that they wore....
18:30 - 20:00
BBC Young Musician
Quarter-final
Show
The famous competition was established by Humphrey Burton, Walter Todds and Roy Tippin in 1978, and invites talented British musicians under the age of 18 years old to showcase their abilities. Performers of keyboard, percussion, brass, string and woodwind can enter the iconic...
20:00 - 21:00
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Documentary
1587. William Shakespeare leaves the small rural town of Stratford to pursue his dreams of becoming a playwright in the dangerous, growing metropolis of London. Public theatre is red-hot modernity, and Shakespeare begins his journey at the very bottom. Inspired by the live fast,...
21:00 - 21:10
Remembers...
Helen Mirren Remembers... As You Like It
Film + Stage
Dame Helen Mirren looks back on one of her earliest television roles, filmed before she'd become a household name and international star, playing Rosalind in the BBC's 1978 production of the Shakespeare comedy As You Like It. She shares her thoughts on the potential that As You...
21:10 - 23:45
As You Like It
Comedy
23:45 - 00:45
Shakespeare in Italy
Land of Fortune
Tourism
Francesco da Mosto takes a look at Italy as the land of adventure and ambition – where fortunes are made and battles are fought. Beginning in Venice with actor Ciaran Hinds, Francesco considers how his home town so renowned for its justice struck Shakespeare as the perfect...
