BBC Four HD | English Entertainment Shows (Page: 2)

Celia Imrie celebrates the cinema's marvellous movie musicals, venturing back through the BBC's archives to look at film's most joyous and arguably enduring genre. Also in HD. [S]

Ten years on from the original Frozen Planet, this documentary series takes audiences back to the wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctica and tells the complete story of the entire frozen quarter of our planet that’s locked in ice and blanketed in snow.

Series tracking down lost, hidden, and misattributed paintings from local museums and galleries across Britain.

Art critic and journalist Alastair Sooke explores Greek art and sheds light on its unique style and the cultural richness it embodies.

David Olusoga looks back on the 1986 BBC drama documentary Artists and Models. [S] [HD]

A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps, but unbeknownst to the latter, the artist of his favorite comic book lives in the same building as they do with the model for her drawings.

Andrew Graham-Dixon examines the history of French art, revealing how it emerged from a struggle between tradition and revolution, and rulers and citizens. He compresses centuries of culture into three thematically linked chapters.

When a lone renegade grey squirrel and a hunted acorn find themselves trapped on a hostile and mysterious red squirrel island, they uncover a horrifying plot that threatens their future…can they survive Squirrel Island?

The filmmaker explores the remote areas across Earth that are untouched by human civilization and are flourishing with rich biodiversity.

2/4. Half the country killed. How did our deadliest pandemic change Britain? Also in HD. [S,AD]

A look at the extraordinary life of entertainer Josephine Baker and her profound impact on the cultural history of the 20th century. [S,AD] [HD]

The story behind the world's most infamous haunted house tale: the Amityville murders. This is the first elevated look at every aspect of this wildly layered story about the heinous murder of a family of six that became eclipsed by paranormal controversy.