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Season 31

Season 31

September 28, 1993·26 épisodes·1h 37min
Épisodes · 26
E1

Wild Swans

Sep 28, 1993
E2

Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One

Oct 5, 1993
E3

Nina Simone -The Legend

Oct 12, 1993
E4

Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part Two

Oct 12, 1993
E5

Sweet Home Chicago

When southern blues musicians moved north in the years after the war Chicago was an obvious destination, offering day jobs in Industry and night work in the clubs. Of the record labels reflecting this migration the most successful was Chess, and the fascinating story of Chicago blues is therefore also a procession through the tiny Chess studios, from Muddy Waters to the Roiling Stones, who took their name from one of Waters's songs and helped spread the music to Europe. Mick Jagger talks of his debt to Chicago blues, and the great survivors like Buddy Guy tell their own tale, interspersed with priceless archive footage of artists like Chuck Berry , Howlin' Wolf and Little Walter.

46min·Oct 19, 1993
E6

Houdini

Oct 26, 1993
E7

The Magic Lantern

Nov 2, 1993
E8

The Russian Striptease

Nov 9, 1993
E9

Everything You Wanted to Know About Conductors But Were Afraid to Ask

Nov 23, 1993
E10

The Boy Next Door

A portrait of Boy George. UK telly. Early 90s. Crying Game US release era.

Nov 30, 1993
E11

Who Killed Tchaikovsky

A hundred years ago Tchaikovsky died suddenly In St Petersburg, within days of conducting the work many consider to be his greatest, the Pathétique Symphony. How did the great composer meet his death? Officially, he died of cholera, but a Russian emigre living in America has produced evidence to show that he was forced to commit suicide. Anthony Holden conducts an investigation into the mystery, and the film follows clues in New York, St Petersburg and Moscow, clues within the music and the known facts of Tchaikovsky's life, in search of the facts behind the composer's untimely death.

Dec 7, 1993
E12

Sebastião Salgado: Looking Back at You

A documentary that visits Brazil, India and Paris to explore the work of photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, who had been working for seven years on a huge project recording the lives of manual workers throughout the world.

51min·Dec 14, 1993
E13

Sunset Boulevard

A look behind the scenes of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of the classic movie 'Sunset Boulevard'

Dec 21, 1993
E14

Freeze, But Is It Art?

Feb 22, 1994
E15

The Piero Trail 1

Feb 23, 1994
E17

Mister Abbott's Broadway

Mar 1, 1994
E18

The Piero Trail 2

Mar 2, 1994
E19

Vikram Seth: A Suitable Boy

Profile of the novelist Vikram Seth, including footage from a family reunion in Delhi.

Mar 8, 1994
E20

Hildegard

Mar 29, 1994
E21

Bill T Jones

Apr 5, 1994
E22

Gielgud: Scenes from 9 Decades

Apr 12, 1994
E23

Joan Littlewood's Lovely War

Apr 19, 1994
E24

Sir John Betjeman

Apr 26, 1994
E25

Duke Ellington 1: Reminiscing in Tempo

May 3, 1994
E26

Duke Ellington 2

May 10, 1994
E27

Robert Stephens: Every Inch a King

May 24, 1994