´óÏó´«Ã½ Four Autumn 2007
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The History Of The World Backwards
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Comedian and author Rob Newman shares his unique perspective on history in a new, innovative comedy series.
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Fusing comedy, archive footage and music, and featuring a small, ensemble cast, the programme is a time warp in which the world runs in reverse, but time still flows forwards.
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A child born in 2007, who lives 80 years, dies in 1927. Emmeline Pankhurst leads a campaign for women to return to the home – and stay there.
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This is history in a way it has never been seen before – backwards.
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On The Road With Russell Brand
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Jack Kerouac's literary classic, On The Road, is 50-years-old this year. The semi-autobiographical account of Kerouac's crazy, hedonistic travels across America has inspired countless hipsters and restless souls to "hit the road".
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One of them is Kerouac devotee Russell Brand, and he embarks on his own coast-to-coast adventure in homage to his literary hero. Quirky, spontaneous and mischievous, Russell's stream-of-consciousness style is the comedic equivalent of Kerouac's spontaneous prose.
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Travelling with his ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2 colleague, Matt Morgan, Russell visits many of Kerouac's old haunts and soaks up the spirit of the Beat Generation in what will surely be an eventful journey.
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Front Desk
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Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
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This film follows Mark Everett, lead singer of US rock band Eels, on his journey across America to learn about the father he never really knew – Hugh Everett III, the quantum physicist.
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Even though they lived in the same house, they were alienated and Mark knew nothing about his father's controversial theory of parallel universes. Mark travels back into his father's life to understand the man, and his theory,
50 years after it was pioneered.
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LG
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Storyville – Why Democracy?
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Storyville celebrates its 10th anniversary this November and, to mark this milestone, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ broadcasts a special selection of Storyville documentaries reflecting the history of this unique, pioneering strand over the last decade.
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The highlight of the season is an ambitious look at one of the most dominant political issues of modern times, as the ´óÏó´«Ã½ teams up with over 35 international broadcasters to debate the nature of democracy.
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Ten documentary films from all over the world will be screened on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, and will air in 200 countries to a potential audience of over 300 million people in the same week. Across the ´óÏó´«Ã½, a wide range of other programmes will also attempt to answer the question: Why Democracy?
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Included in the season of films is an interview with Pakistani President Pervez
Musharraf on his idea of how to rule a country; the case of a young Afghan
captured and tortured by the US military; and the problems of nascent
democracy, demonstrated by a group of Chinese primary school children
electing a class monitor. Other featured films come from Japan, Egypt, India,
Bolivia and Liberia.
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NL
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Visions Of The Future
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This series follows leading theoretical physicist Dr Michio Kaku as he lays out his vision of the future. Dr Kaku examines how technology will radically transform lives throughout the 21st century.
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He shows how machines may, one day, exceed human intelligence, how the revolution in genetics and biotechnology could eradicate disease and how teleportation and invisibility cloaks might, eventually, become reality.
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Two accompanying programmes explore similar themes in very different ways...
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