ARMCHAIR TRAVEL TV diary November 2013
November 24 - November 30
David Dimbleby
has entered into the Tahitian spirit
by getting a tattoo
There's a glut of programmes this week marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. TV3 have a new series, The Kennedys' Irish Mafia, starting Monday at 22.00
Federal agent Eliot Ness fighting organised crime in Prohibition-era Chicago and trying to bring the notorious crime boss Al Capone to justice. He knows crooked police are undermining his investigations, so he hand-picks his own elite squad to take on the Mob. Brian De Palma directs Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia and Sean Connery(he won an Oscar for this role)
21.00 National Geographic, Killing Kennedy
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| 21.00 BBC4 Thursday Nov. 28: Tollund Man, an Iron Age bog body, found on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. The man's features were so well-preserved that he was mistaken for a recent murder victim Photo: BBC/360 Production Ltd/Edward Hart |
Sunday November 24
20.00 Channel 4, Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden - Secret History
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and the only one for which any evidence has ever been found. Did they ever exist? Academic Stephanie Dalley has decoded a text in the British Museum and now believes the gardens were built and travels to war-torn northern Iraq to gather evidence to try and solve the mystery.
21.00 RTÉ Two, Generation War
Wilhelm and Friedhelm face the horror of war on the Eastern front as they edge closer to Moscow, while Charlotte struggles with the reality the war at the hospital. Meanwhile, Greta's fame as a singer grows and this helps her smuggle Viktor out of Germany
21.00 BBC1 N Ireland Britain and the Sea: Invasion & Defence
David Dimbleby continues around Britain on his yacht Rocket along the south-east coast, the first point for enemy forces to attempt invasion. He visits Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory, during the Battle of Trafalgar, now preserved in dry dock in Portsmouth. He meets a carpenter who still carves wooden figureheads and finds how a chamber pot became propaganda in the battle against Napoleon and tells how abstract art was used to deceive German submarines.
21.00 BBC4, Repeat, Madness in the Desert: Paris to Dakar Rally
The story of the famous rally, from its inception in the 1970s to the present. How the event was born out of the peculiar experience of Thierry Sabine, who while lost in the desert decided that it would be a good location for a rally. Since then the annual race has led to more than 60 deaths and was brought to an end in its traditional form by terrorism in Africa, leading to its relocation in South America
21.00 Discovery, The Kennedy Detail
Former members of JFK's Secret Service discuss his assassination in Dallas and the life of the first family from accounts in the book by special agent Gerald Blaine. There is an insight the agent assigned to the First Lady's detail, Clint Hill, who jumped onto the back of the limousine to shield the President and his wife from any further shots
22.30 BBC2 N Ireland, Feilte is Fleadh
New series. Culturlann Ui Chanain in Derry face a tough challenge in 2013 as they prepare to host Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. Over the course of a year get ready for the Fleadh's first staging in Northern Ireland.
Tuesday November26
21.00 BBC2 N Ireland, Strange Days: Cold War Britain,
Dominic Sandbrook examines how the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan provoked a bitter dispute as British athletes were pressured by the government to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Also discusses Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan's crusade against the evil empire and communism.
21.00 More4 Safari, Witchcraft and Murder
Tells the story of David Simpson, a British pilot arrested for mass murder in Africa in 2011 - interviews with his family and employers - the film pieces together the mystery of the massacre of 13 gold miners.
21.00 National Geographic, Area 51: I Was There
Documentary on the work carried out at the military installation and the alleged UFO storage facility. Insiders reveal what projects they worked on in the Nevada base.
Thursday November 28
21.00 BBC4, 4,000-Year-Old Cold Case: The Body in the Bog
A team of experts investigate the discovery of a 4,000-year-old body found preserved in a peat bog in Cashel, Co Tipperary, Ireland. Ned Kelly of the National Museum of Ireland look at whether the find will help prove his theory that these mummified corpses were once ancient kings and the clues that these cadavers from the boglands of northern Europe offer to explain the reasons for ritual murder.
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| The National Museum of Ireland team excavate Cashel Man Photo: BBC/National Museum of Ireland |
Friday November 29
21.00 BBC2 N Ireland, Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom
The BBC's Natural History Unit and scientists from America's Smithsonian Institution visit Burma's jungles to catalogue its species and of getting protected status for the area.
21.00 BBC4, Blues America: Woke Up This Morning
The early years of blues music in USA - how Bessie Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Charlie Patton brought their sound to our attention. Contributions from Keith Richards, Taj Mahal and Chuck D
Second part - next Friday.
Saturday November 30
21.00 and 22.00 BBC4, Borgen: Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery and Sins of the Past
Unrest in the New Democrats as the sex trade is on the agenda after police in Copenhagen find three women who have been locked up and forced to have sex against their will.The New Democrats have enough signatures to run for Parliament but need more candidates. Tension as Birgitte suggests an economics professor - a former member of the Communist Party.
23.00 National Geographic, North Korea Undercover
Lisa Ling visits North Korea - a dictatorship that bans mobile phones and the internet
November 17 - November 23Saturday November 30
21.00 and 22.00 BBC4, Borgen: Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery and Sins of the Past
Unrest in the New Democrats as the sex trade is on the agenda after police in Copenhagen find three women who have been locked up and forced to have sex against their will.The New Democrats have enough signatures to run for Parliament but need more candidates. Tension as Birgitte suggests an economics professor - a former member of the Communist Party.
23.00 National Geographic, North Korea Undercover
Lisa Ling visits North Korea - a dictatorship that bans mobile phones and the internet
David Dimbleby
has entered into the Tahitian spirit
by getting a tattoo
BBC veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby has entered into the Tahitian spirit by getting a tattoo inked onto his shoulder after being inspired by the traditional French Polynesian practice whilst filming his latest TV series ‘Britain and the Sea’ for BBC One.
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| Veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby Photo:BBC/Pete Dadds |
The first episode of the new maritime series will air on BBC One this Sunday 17th November 2013. During filming, Dimbleby was given the chance to have a tattoo of his own while learning about how body art was introduced to the UK as a result of Captain Cook's exploration of Tahiti and her islands. The presenter said he decided to ‘man up’ and visit an east London tattoo parlour after discovering the Tahitian custom.
Dimbleby’s travels will see him researching the history of Tahitian tribal tattoos, which were first brought to Britain by Captain Cook’s crew in the 18th Century. Tattoos in Tahiti have great symbolic significance.
‘Tattoo’ is one of the few Polynesian words that has worked its way into the English language. The legend of Tohu, the god of tattoo, describes painting all the oceans’ fish in beautiful colours and patterns. In Polynesian culture, tattoos have long been considered signs of beauty and in earlier times were ceremoniously applied when reaching adolescence.
Set within the beautiful Pacific Ocean, Tahiti and her islands is made up of 118 diverse islands and presents the ideal mixture of culturally enriching experiences and a varied, serene landscape of turquoise lagoons, volcanic peaks, lush valleys and white sand beaches await, for the ultimate memorable trip of exploration and relaxation.
Britain and the Sea, made in partnership with the National Maritime Museum, starts on Sunday 17th November at 21:00 GMT on BBC One.
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Sunday November 17
20.00 National Geographic, Killing Kennedy
Repeat, The events of that fateful day that President John F Kennedy and his killer Lee Harvey Oswald crossed paths in Dallas on a November afternoon in 1963.
Ridley Scott's movie, with Rob Lowe playing Kennedy, is shot mostly in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
21.00 RTÉ Two, Generation War
New series. Second World War drama, about five friends in Germany who are all hoping to become heroes. In Berlin, 1941, Wilhelm and Friedhelm, his younger brother, are off to fight on the Eastern Front, while Charlotte joins the Wehrmacht as a nurse. Greta,a talented singer, has a Jewish boyfriend, Viktor, tries to persuade his parents to leave Germany
21.00 BBC1 N Ireland, Britain and the Sea
See main story above: David Dimbleby sails his yacht Rocket around the British coastline, exploring that country's maritime history, art and architecture. He begins on the coast of Devon and Cornwall and tells the story of Sir Francis Drake his adventurers, other explorers, pirates and smugglers. He welcomes record-breaking solo yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur on board and learns about one of the oldest maritime art forms of all - the tattoo. Will we see his?
21.00 BBC2 N Ireland, Africa 2013: Countdown to the Rains
Last in the series, Kate Humble and Simon King in Zambia report on wildlife near the Luangwa River. Elephants, buffalo and antelope stay close to the river where they were easy prey for the lions, leopards and wild dogs, but now the grazing animals can spread out across the valley and the predators are going to have to work a whole lot harder for their food.
21.00 Discovery, Did the Mob Kill JFK?
One of the conspiracy theories - this one offers evidence that suggests the Mafia ordered the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963
21.00 History Ch., Haunted History: The Manson Murders
Visiting locations where famous crimes took place, begins with the Charles Manson's cult murders in Los Angeles.
21.45 BBC4 The Golden Age of the Tram - A Streetcar Named Desire
Repeat, Sarah Lancashire narrates a history of trams in Britain at the start of the 20th century. Their evolution from horse-drawn coaches to electrically powered vehicles is explained and looks at why networks were largely phased out from the 1950s onwards, and at their reintroduction in Greater Manchester and Croydon.
22.45 BBC4, The Golden Age of Canals
Gina McKee narrates this documentary about how Britain's canals changed after the Second World War, as devotee fought to save the inland waterways. Amateur and professional footage show the canals' change from industrial to tourist use during the 1950s and 1960s.
23.00 Discovery, The Da Vinci Code: The True Story
Exploring claims made in Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code, later adapted as a film starring Tom Hanks. Examines if there was an intimate relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdaleneand the the likelihood of the Holy Grail ending up in Rosslyn Chapel in Midlothian, Scotland, and looks at Leonardo da Vinci's mirror writing.
Monday November 18
21.00 Channel4, Fear of Flying: Caught on Camera
For about 20 per cent of people in the UK air travel holds a terrifying prospect. Here, people who are scared of flying agree to record themselves, their fears.
22.00 TV3, The Kennedys' Irish Mafia
Concluding part, revealing how Irish descendants played key roles in the political successes of Jack and John F Kennedy. How JFK's key strategists supported him through the Cuban Missile Crisis, the death of son Patrick and his visit to Ireland and his assassination in 1963. The group then served in Lyndon D Johnson's administration and went on to help Bobby Kennedy in his ill-fated 1968 presidential campaign
22.00 BBC4 Storyville: The Spy Who Went into the Cold
The escape of British spy Kim Philby, and his defection to the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. We visit Beirut, London and Moscow and reveal blind spots in Britain's ruling class making them so susceptible to KGB infiltration
Wednesday November 20
21.00 BBC1 N Ireland, Britain's Secret Terror Force
For some 14 months in the early 1970s, The British Army ran an undercover squad, for approximately 14 months in early 1970, to combat the activities of the IRA. For the first time in 40 years, some of the unit's former members talk frankly to Panorama about their role in Northern Ireland, which they believe saved lives but John Ware uncovers evidence that rogue elements of the team may also have killed innocent civilians.
Thursday November 21
21.00 BBC4, Blackfish: The Whale that Killed: Storyville
Orca Tilikum, was involved in the deaths of three people while in captivity, two of those at a park in Orlando, Florida, with the most recent incident in 2010. New footage and interviews with trainers and experts reveal how captive whales have been treated over the past 40 years and examines if that could be to blame for Tilikum's unexpected conduct.
21.00 More4, Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast
Chef Yotam Ottolenghi on the island of Sardinia, starting with the fishing port of Bosa where he prepares a Mediterranean favorite - freshly caught lobster roasted on an open fire. Inland he shares a meal of spit-roasted lamb accompanied with figs and radicchio salad. Early morning on a mountain top he learns the art of producing silky soft cheese for a dessert of ricotta fritters drizzled with golden honey and orange zest - yum.
23.25 BBC2 N Ireland, The Arts Show
A look at the Turner Prize exhibition, which this year is being held in Building 80/81 in Ebrington, Derry. It's part of being UK City of Culture. HOLIDAYezine will be in Derry for that event.
Friday November 22
21.00 RTÉ Two, JFK (1991)
New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison on a quest to find out the truth behind President John F Kennedy's assassination in 1963. His investigation leads him to assume the assassination was part of a bigger conspiracy and that Lee Harvey Oswald might not have been the lone shooter. The usual Oliver Stone mix of fact and conjecture. Stars Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones and Donald Sutherland. Locations: Dealey Plaza - 500 Main Street, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana and Washington DC.
21.00 More4, JFK: News of a Shooting
George Clooney and director Alastair Layzell tell the story of the assassintion from the viewpoint of the news teams relaying the unravelling events to a stunned American public.
22.40 More4, Kennedy's Nuclear Nightmare
The Cuban Missile Crisis, as told by eyewitnesses from USA, the former USSR and Cuba as they saw Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro as they gambled with the planet's future.
Monday November 18
21.00 Channel4, Fear of Flying: Caught on Camera
For about 20 per cent of people in the UK air travel holds a terrifying prospect. Here, people who are scared of flying agree to record themselves, their fears.
22.00 TV3, The Kennedys' Irish Mafia
Concluding part, revealing how Irish descendants played key roles in the political successes of Jack and John F Kennedy. How JFK's key strategists supported him through the Cuban Missile Crisis, the death of son Patrick and his visit to Ireland and his assassination in 1963. The group then served in Lyndon D Johnson's administration and went on to help Bobby Kennedy in his ill-fated 1968 presidential campaign
22.00 BBC4 Storyville: The Spy Who Went into the Cold
The escape of British spy Kim Philby, and his defection to the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. We visit Beirut, London and Moscow and reveal blind spots in Britain's ruling class making them so susceptible to KGB infiltration
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| In Moscow: spy Kim Philby Photo: BBC/CTVC/Acquired from Josephine Philby |
Wednesday November 20
21.00 BBC1 N Ireland, Britain's Secret Terror Force
For some 14 months in the early 1970s, The British Army ran an undercover squad, for approximately 14 months in early 1970, to combat the activities of the IRA. For the first time in 40 years, some of the unit's former members talk frankly to Panorama about their role in Northern Ireland, which they believe saved lives but John Ware uncovers evidence that rogue elements of the team may also have killed innocent civilians.
Thursday November 21
21.00 BBC4, Blackfish: The Whale that Killed: Storyville
Orca Tilikum, was involved in the deaths of three people while in captivity, two of those at a park in Orlando, Florida, with the most recent incident in 2010. New footage and interviews with trainers and experts reveal how captive whales have been treated over the past 40 years and examines if that could be to blame for Tilikum's unexpected conduct.
21.00 More4, Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast
Chef Yotam Ottolenghi on the island of Sardinia, starting with the fishing port of Bosa where he prepares a Mediterranean favorite - freshly caught lobster roasted on an open fire. Inland he shares a meal of spit-roasted lamb accompanied with figs and radicchio salad. Early morning on a mountain top he learns the art of producing silky soft cheese for a dessert of ricotta fritters drizzled with golden honey and orange zest - yum.
23.25 BBC2 N Ireland, The Arts Show
A look at the Turner Prize exhibition, which this year is being held in Building 80/81 in Ebrington, Derry. It's part of being UK City of Culture. HOLIDAYezine will be in Derry for that event.
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| Peter Curran in Derry for the Arts Show Photo:BBC/ Stephen Latimer |
Friday November 22
21.00 RTÉ Two, JFK (1991)
New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison on a quest to find out the truth behind President John F Kennedy's assassination in 1963. His investigation leads him to assume the assassination was part of a bigger conspiracy and that Lee Harvey Oswald might not have been the lone shooter. The usual Oliver Stone mix of fact and conjecture. Stars Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones and Donald Sutherland. Locations: Dealey Plaza - 500 Main Street, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana and Washington DC.21.00 More4, JFK: News of a Shooting
George Clooney and director Alastair Layzell tell the story of the assassintion from the viewpoint of the news teams relaying the unravelling events to a stunned American public.
22.40 More4, Kennedy's Nuclear Nightmare
The Cuban Missile Crisis, as told by eyewitnesses from USA, the former USSR and Cuba as they saw Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro as they gambled with the planet's future.
November 10 - November 16
While attending the World Travel Market 2013 last week in London's Excel International Convention Centre I lodged in Spitalfields in the London's East End. One evening I happened upon The Ten Bells, perhaps the most famous pub in Jack the Ripper history, at the corner of Commercial Street and Fournier Street and right opposite the entrance to Spitalfields Market. According to police interview files of the time, two of his five known victims were seen here shortly before their murders. I met an nice English couple "Me and my wife are hugh fans of Ripper Street" (21.00 BBC1 Monday) "so we thought we'd come down to for a look round" Should I have told them that the series is actually shot on location…in Dublin.
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| Ripper Street (21.00 BBC1 Monday) Photo: BBC/Tiger ASpect |
Patrick Keenan
Sunday November 3
20,00 Discovery, Battle of the Somme
Forensic investigations into one of the bloodiest battles in history, captured on film almost 100 years ago. It questions whether some of the sequences may have been faked.
20.00 Channel 4, Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy - Secret History
Almost one hundred years ago Howard Carter discovered of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt, now, Egyptologist Chris Naunton returns to the archaeologist's many, many files and uncovers clues to a mysterious burning of the boy king's mummy and a fragment of the pharaoh's flesh provides new evidence to solve the mystery.
21.00 BBC2 N Ireland, Great Continental Railway Journeys: Dresden to Kiel
Michael travels in Germany, finding out about an Edwardian fitness vogue in Dresden and then on to Leipzig on a rail line built by British engineers in 1839. He encounters model-railway making on a grand scale in Hamburg and ends this week in Kiel, where he tells how British yachtsmen spied on the German navy in the early 20th century
21.00 Film4, The Untouchables (1987)
Federal agent Eliot Ness fighting organised crime in Prohibition-era Chicago and trying to bring the notorious crime boss Al Capone to justice. He knows crooked police are undermining his investigations, so he hand-picks his own elite squad to take on the Mob. Brian De Palma directs Kevin Costner, Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia and Sean Connery(he won an Oscar for this role)
Locations: The ballroom where Capone kills the man with the baseball bat was shot at Blackstone Hotel - 636 S. Michigan Avenue, Downtown, Chicago
The chase between Ness and Nitti was shot at Chicago Cultural Center - 78 E. Washington Street, Downtown, Chicago
The bridge where Ness intercepts shipment of Canadian whiskey is Hardy Creek Bridge, Great Falls, Montana
The front entrance and main lobby used as Lexington Hotel, where Al Capone lives is in fact Roosevelt University - 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Downtown, Chicago.
22.30 Discovery, Shackleton: Death or Glory
Following explorer Tim Jarvis on the sea crossing from Elephant Island, across the mountains of South Georgia to follow Ernest Shackleton's original expedition
23.00 National Geographic, Inside the American Mob: Rise & Fall of Gotti
The story of gangster John Gotti's rise to power in 1986 when most of the New York Mafia bosses were in prison, as told by former Gambino associates
Monday November 11
20.00 National Geographic, JFK: The Lost Bullet
Frame-by-frame re-examination of Abraham Zapruder's film showing the assassination of John F Kennedy on Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. High-definition equipment is used to shed new light on the president's final moments
21.00 National Geographic, JFK: Seven Days That Made a President
Marking the 50th anniversary of the former president's death this documentary examines seven key days of his life, the events which changed him, the illness which nearly claimed his life at the age of 16. It also looks at the act of heroism during the Second World War which saved the lives of 10 fellow soldiers and the looks into his first meeting with actress Marilyn Monroe
22.00 TV3,The Kennedys' Irish Mafia
A two-part documentary showing how Irish descendants played key roles in the political successes of Jacqueline and John F Kennedy. We see the work of political strategists Dave Powers, Kenny O'Donnell and Larry O'Brien in winning Jack his 1952 senate seatand come close to being named vice-presidential nominee in 1956, before the trio helped JFK to victory in the 1960 election
22.00 BBC4, Storyville: Hotel Folly: Folie a Deux
Documentary about Helen, a mother of seven who with her partner in a high-risk venture during the recession of converting a 72-room mansion in the centre of York, England into an hotel. Filmed over a period of five years, we learn about the human cost of the mortgage crisis. Helen pleads with the bank and battles with neighbors.
23.00 National Geographic,Inside the American Mob: End Game
New York's Bonannos family survives the disorder as the mafia's top bosses are behind bars, as they recruit youngsters and begin a violent era in Brooklyn
23.15 RTÉ One, JFK
A new look at the life of the former US president starting in 1961, when Kennedy is elected President and clipping with the Cold War,the spread of communism and civil rights at home. The programme examines how he battled poor health as he planned his second term - and his assassination 50 years ago this month
Tuesday November 12
21.00 BBC2 N Ireland, Strange Days: Cold War Britain
New series. Dominic Sandbrook examines the consequence for Britain of the superpower stand-off during the Cold War years. He traces the collapse of the wartime alliance with Russia, examines Winston Churchill's `Iron Curtain' speech in USA and the 1945 tour of Britain by the Soviet Unions's leading football team, Dynamo Moscow. Also, the influence on cinema and literature of the scandal surrounding the Cambridge spy ring
21.00 National Geographic, Killing Kennedy
The events of that fateful day that President John F Kennedy and his killer Lee Harvey Oswald crossed paths in Dallas on a November afternoon in 1963.
Ridley Scott's movie, with Rob Lowe playing Kennedy, is shot mostly in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
23.05 BBC1 N Ireland, Imagine - Broadway Musicals:
A Jewish Legacy
A Jewish Legacy
Alan Yentob presents Michael Kantor's documentary about New York musical theatre and how it proved to be such success for Jewish producers, artists and originators. After World War II, Broadway offered a lifeline for those who had fled persecution to make it big in America. Inspired by melodies gleaned, sometimes from Jewish prayers, they provided new songs embraced worldwide shows such as Porgy and Bess, West Side Story and Cabaret. Contains archive interviews with Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
Wednesday November 13
21.00 National Geographic, JFK: The Final Hours
Exploring the day of President John F Kennedy's assassination in Dealey Plaza, Texas, and the impact of the tragedy around the world
Wednesday November 13
21.00 National Geographic, JFK: The Final Hours
Exploring the day of President John F Kennedy's assassination in Dealey Plaza, Texas, and the impact of the tragedy around the world
Thursday November 14
21.00 More 4 Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast
Chef Yotam Ottolenghi in Majorca, the largest of Spain's Balearic Islands, in search of local cuisine and discovers roast suckling pig and tomatoes sweetened on the vine and oranges. He prepares food of Spanish and Moorish origin - salt-crusted fish with fennel, a sweet and salty salad of caramelised oranges with goat's cheese and a dessert of apricots, almonds and raisins. Also he discovers ruby red prawns in Soller and they become the key ingredient in his version of paella
23.05 UTV, The Day Kennedy Died
Fifty years after the assassination of John F Kennedy, Kevin Spacey, narrates the events of November 22, 1963, through the eyes of those there and whose touched for ever by the JFK's death. Includes interviews with the doctor who tried to save him, a man, then six years old, who witnessed the shooting, the person wrongly accused of killing him, and the woman who unknowingly sheltered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald
23.05 Channel 4, Dispatctes: North Korea: Life Inside the Secret State
Kim Jong Un, the world's youngest dictator, rules North Korea the most secret and repressive state. Japanese undercover journalist Jiro Ishimaru visits the country's border with China and secretly meets Kim Jong Un's trained agents. The programme also shows some open dissent - a woman running a bus service refusing to bribe a soldier and scorn from an official commandeered to build a railway to the supreme leader's birthplace
Saturday November 16
21.00 More4, Kennedy's Nuclear Nightmare
The Cuban Missile Crisis in the words eyewitnesses from the USA, the former USSR and Cuba. New and revealing interviews offer an interpretation on one of the most strained times.
Saturday November 16
21.00 More4, Kennedy's Nuclear Nightmare
The Cuban Missile Crisis in the words eyewitnesses from the USA, the former USSR and Cuba. New and revealing interviews offer an interpretation on one of the most strained times.
21.00 BBC4, Borgen, Season 3 begins: A Child of Denmark
New series. It is two and half years after Danish Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg called that general election. She is now a much sought ofter public speaker. However, her old party, the Moderates, have changed course, so she offers Katrine Fonsmark a job as her press secretary and together with Bent Sejro, they plan a comeback.
22.00 BBC4 Borgen: The Land Is Built on Law
Birgitte hits a stumbling block as Jacob Kruse surges to victory in the leadership battle of the Moderates party and she decides to start a new party made up from members of the New Right and Moderates.
New series. It is two and half years after Danish Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg called that general election. She is now a much sought ofter public speaker. However, her old party, the Moderates, have changed course, so she offers Katrine Fonsmark a job as her press secretary and together with Bent Sejro, they plan a comeback.
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| Borgen returns: ex PM Birgitte Nyborg played by Sidse Babett Knudsen and husband Philip Christensen played by Mikael Birkkjaer in the first part of tonights programme Photo:BBC/DR/Mike Kollöffel |
22.00 BBC4 Borgen: The Land Is Built on Law
Birgitte hits a stumbling block as Jacob Kruse surges to victory in the leadership battle of the Moderates party and she decides to start a new party made up from members of the New Right and Moderates.
Sunday November 3
16.30 Sky Arts 2, Andre Rieu: Live in Vienna
Dutch violinist Andre Rieu leads his orchestra in Vienna - favourites, including The Blue Danube, at Hofburg Palace in the Austrian capital
21.00 BBC2 N Ireland, Great Continental Railway Journeys: Turin to Venice Michael Portillo, with his 1913 railway guide, travels through Italy. He re-enacts a scene from The Italian Job on a Fiat test track and in a seaplane examine the British travelers love of Lake Como. In Verona, he visits supposed setting of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and checks out the Venice Biennale art exhibition
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| Michael Portillo on the roof of the Fiat Factory in Turin. Photo: BBC/FremantleMedia UK/Alessandra Bonomolo |
Gordon Hayden, exploring paranormal activity around Ireland, meets a family tormented in their home by an unexplained happenings, and joins ghost hunters at Leixlip Castle and Ireland's most famed witch Dame Alice Kyteler. Traditional Irish storyteller Eddie Lenihan explains superstitions and myths about fairies
22.45 BBC4, Treasures of Chinese Porcelain
Lars Tharp on the enduring popularity of Chinese porcelain in European auction houses. He visits Mount Gaolin, China, where many of the most popular pieces began life, before heading to the city of Jingdezhen in northeastern Jiangxi province China, the centre of the porcelain trade.
Monday November 4
23.00 National Geographic, Inside the American Mob: Rise & Fall of Gotti
The story of John Gotti who rose to power in 1986 when most of the New York Mafia bosses were in prison, as told by former Gambino associates
23.00 SKY Arts 2, Andres Segovia: Song of the Guitar
Christopher Nupen with Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia about growing up in Granada and the beginnings of his career. The film is shot in the Palaces of the Alhambra.
Tuesday November 5
21.00 National Geographic, Nazi Temple of Doom
How the discovery of a gold cauldron in Germany was linked to Wewelsburg Castle, a fortress where Heinrich Himmler indulged in his fixation with the occult
22.00 National Geographic, Alcatraz Breakout: New Evidence
Examines the attempted 1962 escape of Frank Lee Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin from Alcatraz, off San Francisco supposedly the world's most secure prison at the time. The authorities always insisted the prisoners drowned, but now they are examining evidence suggesting at least one of them reached the mainland
Wednesday November 6
22.00 BBC4 Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Repeat, Denzel Washington narrates: the build-up to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom marking the walk's 50th anniversary. The rally was one of the biggest in US history and brought together an amalgamation of civil rights, religious groups and trade unions. Featured Martin Luther King's famous `I Have a Dream' speech. Interviews with Harry Belafonte, Diahann Carroll, Sidney Poitier, Joan Baez and Oprah Winfrey
Thursday November 7
21.00 More4 Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast
New series. Chef Yotam Ottolenghi visits four of the Mediterranean's islands - Sardinia, Majorca and Crete. He begins on the French island of Corsica, where he explains how the rich green landscape flavours the food, from cheese to honey. He meets some celebrated chefs and prepares roasted fish with aromatic Corsican olive oil, Swiss chard and herb tart with local cheeses, honey and apricot trifle with walnuts and lavender, chestnut cake and a rich veal stew
Friday November 8
19.30 Channel 4, Unreported World: Egypt's Tomb Raiders
Aidan Hartley travels to Cairo to examine the impact of political unrest on the tourism industry in Egypt. He finds that archaeological sites are being plundered by armed looters, and meets former guides struggling to survive and feed their animals as a result of a substantial drop in visitor.
22.00 National Geographic, Two Million Year Old Boy
The discovery, in 2008, of a boy's skeleton in the Malapa caves near Johannesburg led scientists to reassess about how prehistoric inhabitants lived and died
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