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A compilation of folk performances from the 1950s and 60s, news items on the folk movement from the vaults and newly-shot performances. Featured artists include Peggy Seeger, Ewan McColl, Lonnie Donegan, Martin Carthy, AL Lloyd, the Coppers and Bob Davenport

Compilation of archive performances by some of the 60s folk boom's biggest names, including quirky factual items from the vaults and some newly shot performances from the 60s' folk stars. Featuring Donovan, Richard Thompson, Pentangle, Sandy Denny and an Alan Whicker cameo from 1960

Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at all aspects of life on the small screen, including capsule reviews of the week’s highs and lows. Everything from The Apprentice to Breakfast Telly jostles for position alongside features exposing the confused inner workings of the TV industry

Simon Davies presents a series looking at modernist homes in the UK, and the people who live in them. He visits Cumbria to discover Brackenfell, a forgotten modernist masterpiece, now the cherished restoration project of conservation architect Jeremy Melling and Sarah Peers. Simon draws back the veil on the avant-garde design world of the late 1930s as he learns more about the house, designed by Sir Leslie Martin and his wife Sadie Speight.

Iain Stewart tours the perilous and spectacular landscape of the Pacific Rim to discover how the rocks beneath our feet have shaped human history. In Peru, he reveals how the Incas were able to build a huge and successful empire in some of the most hostile and unforgiving terrain on the planet. He climbs high into the Andes to reveal clues hidden in the landscape, which show how the Incas mastered their rocky world and fed their millions.

Andrew Davies’ adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. Tulkinghorn is now close to piecing together Lady Dedlock’s secret. Esther struggles to come to terms with the terrible blow she has been dealt. Jarndyce agonises over whether to keep his own feelings for Esther concealed. Lady Dedlock tells Esther something that will change her life for ever

Andrew Davies’ adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. Esther is shattered by Lady Dedlock’s revelation. Richard’s obsession with the Jarndyce case has grown to worrying proportions. Guppy puts himself at risk when he gets in the way of Tulkinghorn’s enquiries. And Tulkinghorn at last has cast iron proof of Lady Dedlock’s guilt, and issues her with a terrible ultimatum

The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective

Six-part series celebrating the historical and contemporary links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song by bringing together top exponents of both traditions to sing and play together with no audience except themselves, using a house band of their peers. This edition features the Dublin-based duo of piper Mick O’Brien and fiddle-player Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh, plus Donegal’s favourite Australian, series music director Steve Cooney, once a backing guitarist to Chuck Berry

Second of three programmes celebrating the traditional folk music of the British Isles. The 60s saw a boom when the hippie generation repackaged folk to appeal to a wider audience. Folk guitarists like Bert Jansch and Davy Graham led the way while The Watersons and Anne Briggs explored the English tradition. Donovan sailed into the charts and Fairport Convention changed folk forever by inventing folk rock. Contributors include Richard Thompson, Norma Waterson and Roy Harper

Conservation architect Ptolemy Dean scours Britain in search of The Perfect Village. He visits Alderley Edge in Cheshire, otherwise known as the Champagne Capital of the North, and the affluent unspoilt haven of Dedham in the heart of Constable country

Vintage footage of the veteran folkie

Charlie Brooker takes an irreverent look at all aspects of life on the small screen, including capsule reviews of the week’s highs and lows. Everything from The Apprentice to Breakfast Telly jostles for position alongside features exposing the confused inner workings of the TV industry

Action adventure series. Suave detective John Steed visits the Togetherness Marriage Bureau, while Emma visits the widow of the Bureau’s last ‘victim’