#BBC Four

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Alex Kingston for BBC Four's "The Read: Frankenstein" | March 3, 2024

[rollerska8er]

I honestly think this is one of the finest comedy scenes ever filmed. The slow buildup of chaos. Roger Allam's line delivery is absolutely impeccable.

"You bought a bank out of social embarrassment? I sometimes buy The Big Issue out of social embarrassment, I don't buy a FUCKING BANK."

"Oh, great, the triple! I'm a nurse-killer, a banker, and now I'm raising FUCKING TAXES!!!"

"It was the only place we could get a FUCKING. SIGNAL."

[notfspurejam]

The Remains of the Day: The Read with Steve Pemberton

Steve Pemberton narrates the story of Kazuo Ishiguro‘s reserved English butler, in this heartbreaking classic.

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Gerry Anderson On The BBC

The best time to be watching the BBC, if you ask me.

[denimbex1986]

'David Tennant will front a BBC4 documentary delving into classic Doctor Who ahead of the sci-fi's 60th anniversary.

Talking Doctor Who will see Tennant, who played the Tenth Doctor and who is now returning as the Fourteenth Doctor for the upcoming 60th anniversary specials, travel back through the BBC archives to tell the story of the classic era of Doctor Who.

The documentary will also include archive interviews from past Doctors, including the late William Hartnell, who played the First Doctor, through to Sylvester McCoy, who played the Seventh Doctor.

Tennant will also share some insights into what it's like to be the Time Lord and how his experiences compare to his predecessors.

The hour-long programme is set to air on Wednesday 1st November.

It was recently revealed that much of Doctor Who's classic series will be coming to BBC iPlayer for the first time in celebration of the show's 60th anniversary.

More than 800 episodes will be available on iPlayer from 1st November - however, the BBC recently confirmed that the back catalogue won't include the very first story, An Unearthly Child, due to a rights issue.

A spokesperson for the BBC said: "This massive iPlayer back catalogue will be home to over 800 hours of Doctor Who content, making it the biggest ever collection of Doctor Who programming in one place but will not include the first four episodes as we do not have all the rights to those."

Returning showrunner Russell T Davies had previously said: "I'd like to thank the BBC for all the hard work to get this massive back catalogue under one roof, at long last.

"I'm so excited for new viewers – imagine being eight years old, spending winter afternoons exploring the '60s, '70s, '80s and beyond. And we're determined this won't be a dusty museum – we have exciting plans to bring the back catalogue to life, with much more to be revealed!"'

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Hello. I'm Lawrence. I think up clever ideas to make money.

Burn Gorman as Lawrence in BBC Four's 2007 airing of "Sex, The City And Me."

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Radio Free Skaro #990 - Borad Subsequent Moviefilm

Radio Free Skaro #990 - Borad Subsequent Moviefilm - #DoctorWho "Joy To The World" Trailer! - #ChicagoTARDIS Season 25 panel with Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldres, Mark Ayres, and Dominic Glynn!

http://traffic.libsyn.com/freyburg/rfs990.mp3 Download MP3 It’s a banner weekend in Vancouver as one Taylor Swift graces Warren’s fair city with the final shows of the Eras Tour, and yet the Three Who Rule soldier on (and show just how out of touch they are) with talk of the new trailer for Joy To the World, Doctor Who showrunner holiday photoshoots, some The War Games in Colour backpatting and…

[kirstythejetblackgoldfish]

There's a new documentary on BBC Four about Libya, but it mainly seems to be about Obama so I got bored quickly

But hey, a new documentary about Libya... and no doubt about Gaddafi too

It's actually been a big year for the Gaddafis - 200-strong convoys, art exhibitions, another book ready to be published...

Hey, BBC, you showed the Saif documentary on BBC Arabic, how about showing it here? 🧐

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The Wolves are Running: Box of Delights 40th anniversary Blu-Ray, and more, arrives

A special 40th Anniversary remastered edition of the BBC’s The Box of Delights, starring Patrick Troughton, is out now on Blu-Ray. But that’s not the only celebration of this children’s classic you can acquire this Christmas…

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Luke Arnold shared news on his crime triller "Scrublands" on his instastory, with audio BBC News Theme.

[canyousonicme]

Frankenstein: The Read with Alex Kingston

Alex Kingston breathes life into Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece.

A young and gifted student, Victor Frankenstein, develops a secret technique to “infuse a spark of being” into lifeless matter - but his unorthodox scientific experiment backfires. His Creation is not the perfect specimen he imagines that it will be, but rather a hideous creature who is rejected by Victor and the world at large.

Written more than 200 years ago, and published when Mary Shelley was just 20, the story of Frankenstein and his monster still resonates today: a classic horror story and a tragic romance which examines the battle between ambition and morality.

This performance reading by Bafta-nominated Kingston is an abridgement which preserves the hard-hitting and politically charged aspects of Shelley's original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice.

A Rural Studios production for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer. It is directed by Rachel Lambert, produced by Julie Colman. The Executive Producer is Grant Black and the commissioner for BBC Arts is Stephen James-Yeoman.

BBC Four on 3 March at 7.55pm to 9pm

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On TV tonight: Doctor Who's Alex Kingston delivers a gripping take on Frankenstein in The Read at 7:55pm on BBC Four and iPlayer.

[turquoisewaves07]

bbc four loves to interview people making up shit about trans people and making up shit about the law on the radio instead of trans people

[denimbex1986]

'...The event...will air...at 8:30pm on Wednesday 1st November, directly after the one-hour documentary Talking Doctor Who.

That documentary will see David Tennant travelling back through the BBC archives to tell the story of the classic era of Doctor Who, including archive interviews from past Doctors - from the late William Hartnell, who played the First Doctor, through to Sylvester McCoy, who played the Seventh Doctor...'

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November 6, 2024

Shetland (2013):

SEASON 9 PREMIERES TODAY!

GENRES: Drama, Crime, Mystery

NETWORK: BBC Four

Description: Murder is only a ferry ride away. Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing.