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Britain\u2019s Forgotten Wars With Tony Robinson<\/strong><\/p>\n Channel 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday 16th October, 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1948, British Malaya\u2019s governor, Edward Gent, declared a state of emergency. A decade-long guerrilla conflict followed, as did the birth of the modern nation of Malaysia. Tony Robinson looks back, hearing the stories both of combatants and of those caught in the cross-fire.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Archive On 4: Remember Oluwale <\/strong><\/p>\n Radio 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday 16th October, 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1971, two police officers stood trial for the manslaughter of David Oluwale. A British-Nigerian vagrant, Oluwale had drowned in the River Fire in Leeds in 1969, yet little attention had been paid to the case until a whistleblowing police cadet came forward. Four decades on, Tony Phillips looks back at the case.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Paris Police 1900 <\/strong><\/p>\n BBC4<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday 16th October, 9pm & 10pm<\/strong><\/p>\n The French crime drama continues with another double bill. In the first episode, Jouin has fallen in love with a young woman called Jeanne Chauvin, a qualified lawyer who cannot practice because of her gender. Elsewhere, tensions grow in the run-up to the Dreyfus retrial.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Blair And Brown: The New Labour Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n BBC Two <\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday 17th October, 9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n The story of New Labour reaches the millennium and a period when Tony Blair turned his attention to reforming public services. Meanwhile, tensions continue between the occupants of numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street, a situation that only deteriorates further following Labour\u2019s election win in 2001.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Nature And Us: A History Through Art<\/strong><\/p>\n BBC4<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday 18th October, 9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n James Fox introduces artworks that show humans trying to understand nature for the very first time. It\u2019s a documentary that takes in, among other highlights, landscape painting in medieval China, European botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647\u20131717) and JMW Turner\u2019s exuberant canvasses. Underpinning the discussion is the idea of humankind appreciating nature while also seeking to dominate it.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n 100 Years Of Exile<\/strong><\/p>\n Radio 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday 19th October, 4pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Katy Long concludes her look back at a century of refugee politics by considering how crises of displacement end. Along the way she hears stories that take in Paraguay, Israel, Rwanda and the United States. Examining the ideas of resettlement and return, she asks: at whom are these solutions really aimed?<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n The Nuremberg Legacy<\/strong><\/p>\n Radio 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday 19th October, 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s 75 years since the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg found 19 high-ranking Nazis guilty of war crimes, conspiracy and crimes against humanity. The writer and lawyer Philippe Sands looks back to trace the legacy of Nuremberg, found in part in the founding of the International Criminal Court in the Hague half a century later.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Who Do You Think You Are? <\/strong><\/p>\n BBC One<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday 19th October, 9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n National treasure Judi Dench is the latest celebrity to trace her family history. She begins by finding out more about the First World War experiences of her father, Reginald, who won gallantry medals during his service. Plus she discovers a link to 16th-century Denmark and Shakespearian connections.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n 1000 Years A Slave <\/strong><\/p>\n Channel 5<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday 19th October, 10pm<\/strong><\/p>\n In a new four-part series, famous faces explore their links to slavery. First up, actor David Harewood travels to Barbados, where the Earl of Harewood once owned a sugar plantation. Plus fellow thespian Hugh Quarshie, who was born in Accra, heads back to Ghana.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Secrets Of The River Clyde <\/strong><\/p>\n Channel 5<\/strong><\/p>\n Friday 22nd October, 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n The Clyde has been a centre for shipbuilding for three centuries, something recalled here in a documentary mixing archive footage and interviews. Followed by Walking Cornwall\u2019s Lost Railways (8pm), in which Rob Bell hikes a line that helped transform not just Cornwall, but the wider world.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Britain\u2019s Forgotten Wars With Tony Robinson<\/strong><\/p>\n Channel 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday 9 October, 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n The Suez crisis<\/a> in 1956 was a moment when Britain was forced to begin to reappraise its place in the world, arguably a process that has never been completed. Tony Robinson looks back at an ill-judged military intervention that, for prime minister Antony Eden, became an ignominious foreign policy and political failure.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Paris Police 1900 <\/strong><\/p>\n BBC4<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday 9 October, 9pm & 9.55pm<\/strong><\/p>\n The French capital at the time of la Belle \u00c9poque forms the backdrop for a big-budget new crime series. We begin with the death of President F\u00e9lix Faure, who expires in circumstances not precisely in keeping with the dignity of his office. Plus a young detective investigates a gruesome murder. In French with subtitles.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Sunday Feature: The Gorbals \u2013 Past And Present <\/strong><\/p>\n Radio 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday 10 October, 6.45pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Sociologist Alistair Fraser considers the history of Glasgow\u2019s Gorbals, talking to historians Valerie Wright and Andrew Davies along the way. It\u2019s a discussion keyed off partly by Steven Spielberg rebooting West Side Story<\/em>, set in a New York that in subsequent years has become seriously gentrified. Are second lives, for urban areas as well as individuals, possible?<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Alexander Pope: Rediscovering A Genius<\/strong><\/p>\n BBC Four<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday 10 October, 8.10pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Simon Callow stars as the 18th-century poet in a drama-documentary that show him as a now largely forgotten figure, but nonetheless someone of huge historical importance. It also reminds us of his place in our wider culture, a man whose words still permeate our everyday speech. Emilia Fox narrates. Also tonight, Ridley Road<\/em> (BBC One, 9pm) continues.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Start The Week<\/strong><\/p>\n Radio 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday 11 October, 9am<\/strong><\/p>\n Andrew Marr and guests consider how Britain is viewed from abroad. In the 17th century, historian Clare Jackson recounts, England was widely regarded as a failed state. Also offering their perspectives are France 24 journalist Benedicte Paviot; and Fintan O\u2019Toole, whose latest book, We Don\u2019t Know Ourselves<\/em>, focuses on Ireland\u2019s story in the years since his birth in 1958.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Blair And Brown: The New Labour Revolution <\/strong><\/p>\n BBC Two <\/strong><\/p>\n Monday 11 October, 9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s 1997 and a landslide victory at the general election means Labour is in power for the first time since 1979. It\u2019s a honeymoon period for the party and it brings real achievements such as the Good Friday agreement<\/a>. But there are already tensions between Blair and Brown behind the scenes.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Nature And Us: A History Through Art<\/strong><\/p>\n BBC Four<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday 11 October, 9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n James Fox traces the story of our relationship with nature, as seen through some of the world\u2019s most important artworks. In the first of three episodes, he focuses on the ancient world, taking in the art of prehistoric hunters, the move to an agricultural society and the growth of the earliest cities.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Hornby: A Model World <\/strong><\/p>\n Yesterday<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday 11 October, 9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Hornby opens its doors for a 10-part series that keeps tracks on life at the model-making company, and which explores the culture around spending long hours lovingly creating elaborate tracks. Preceded by The Architecture The Railways Built<\/em> (8pm), in which Tim Dunn visits the Victorian resort of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Who Do You Think You Are?<\/strong><\/p>\n BBC One<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday 12 October, 9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n The genealogy series returns. First up, the comedian Josh Widdecombe traces his family history. Not only does he discover a relative who had intimate access to Charles I, but he finds he\u2019s descended in part Tudor-era nobles. Expect too the tale of a royal love triangle.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n In Our Time<\/strong><\/p>\n Radio 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Thursday 14 October, 9am<\/strong><\/p>\n Melvyn Bragg and learned guests discuss the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which emerged from the union of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century. At its height, the Commonwealth was a European powerhouse, but rivals exploited the way its parliament relied on reaching unanimity.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Bettany Hughes\u2019s Treasures Of The World <\/strong><\/p>\n Channel 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday 2 October, 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Concluding her sun-drenched travel-cum-archaeology series, Bettany Hughes heads for Istanbul. Here, highlights include a visit to Justinian\u2019s Basilica Cistern. Followed by Britain\u2019s Forgotten Wars With Tony Robinson<\/em> (8pm), in which the presenter looks back at the conflict in Bosnia that followed the collapse of Yugoslavia in 1992.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Sunday Feature: Dear Phillis<\/strong><\/p>\n Radio 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday 3 October, 6.45pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Part of BBC programming marking Black History Month<\/a>, Momtaza Mehri explores the life, work and legacy of West African-born Phillis Wheatley (c1753\u201384). Captured as a child, Phillis was transported to Boston and sold to the Wheatley family, who taught her to read and write. Phillis subsequently became one of the best-known poets in 18th-century America.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Ridley Road<\/strong><\/p>\n BBC One<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunday 3 October, 9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Replacing Vigil as Auntie\u2019s big Sunday night drama, writer Sarah Solemani\u2019s Ridley Road<\/em> is a four-part thriller based on true events. It\u2019s 1962 and Vivien Epstein (Agnes O\u2019Casey) heads to London, in part to escape the prospect of a loveless marriage. In the capital, she becomes caught up in the Jewish community\u2019s resistance to the far right.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Book Of The Week: George III<\/strong><\/p>\n Radio 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday 4 October, 9.45am<\/strong><\/p>\n Andrew Roberts calls George III, a man most often associated in the popular imagination with mental illness and the loss of the American colonies, \u201cBritain\u2019s most misunderstood monarch\u201d. Why the historian makes this assessment is laid out in his new biography of George. Ben Miller reads the first of five weekday excerpts from the book.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n A Home Of Our Own<\/strong><\/p>\n Radio 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday 4 October, 1.45pm<\/strong><\/p>\n How do we make sense of Britain\u2019s housing market? Over 10 weekday episodes that have much to say about the country\u2019s social history in recent years, Lynsey Hanley, the author of Estates: An Intimate History<\/em>, tells the stories of 10 different homes and those who live in them, beginning with Cornish fisherman\u2019s cottage valued in excess of \u00a31 million.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n London\u2019s Greatest Bridges With Rob Bell<\/strong><\/p>\n Channel 5<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday 4 October, 7pm<\/strong><\/p>\n The engineer heads for Westminster as he continues his series on London\u2019s bridges and the engineering ingenuity that allows these structures to span the Thames. Also this week, look out for The Thames With Tony Robinson (Channel 5, Friday 8th October, 7.00pm), which focuses on Hampton Court Palace.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n White Mischief<\/strong><\/p>\n Radio 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Monday 4 October, 8pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Ekow Eshun traces where the idea of \u2018whiteness\u2019 came from and asks why its power has remained so elusive. Among the guests in this first of three episodes are the artist Grayson Perry and the geneticist Adam Rutherford. Some of our ideas about race, Eshun discovers, can be traced back to one of modern science\u2019s founding fathers.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Blair And Brown: The New Labour Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n BBC Two <\/strong><\/p>\n Monday 4 October, 9pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Here\u2019s one of those series the BBC does so well, which is to say a narrative history of events that lie in the recent past, this time focusing on New Labour. The first of five episodes begins in 1983, when Labour suffered a savage electoral defeat and two new MPs entered the Commons: Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n 100 Years Of Exile <\/strong><\/p>\n Radio 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday 5 October, 4pm<\/strong><\/p>\n Katy Long presents a new series in which she investigates a century of refugee crises. In the first of three episodes, she considers how refugee crises begin. She also explores how the wider world defines who should be considered a refugee, and how that definition has changed over the years.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n Rise Again: Tulsa And The Red Summer <\/strong><\/p>\nPick of the week<\/h3>\n
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