Archive On 4: Time, Paper, Bone

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BBC Radio 4

Saturday 19th July, 8pm

Seized by the police in 1963, anti-apartheid activist James Booi died in custody. But what happened to his body? This powerful documentary follows his daughter, Nombulelo, as she works with South Africa’s Missing Persons Task Team to locate the remains of her father.

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Drama: Quartered Safe Out Here

BBC Radio 4

Sunday 20th July, 3pm

Robin Brooks dramatises George MacDonald Fraser’s account of fighting with the British 14th Army in Burma in late 1944 and 1945. The title is, of course, ironic and Fraser, who would later find success with the Flashman books, vividly offers a foot-soldier’s perspective on jungle conflict.

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The Narrow Road To The Deep North – pick of the week

BBC One

Sunday 20th July, 9.15pm

Adapted from Richard Flanagan’s 2013 novel, this five-part drama stars Jacob Elordi as Dorrigo Evans, an Australian medic forced to work on the construction of the Burma ‘Death’ Railway after being taken prisoner by the Japanese. Ciarán Hands stars as an older Evans, a surgeon haunted by both his wartime experiences and an illicit love affair.

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Fake Or Fortune

BBC One

Monday 21st July, 9pm

The art provenance series return with Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigating a painting that was purchased for £140 at an antiques fair. An inscription on the back suggests it was painted by Winston Churchill in 1916. If so, the artwork could be worth as much as £500,000.

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Human

BBC Two

Monday 21st July, 9pm

Around 60,000 years ago, an intrepid group of Homo sapiens left Africa for the Middle East. As paleoanthropologist, Ella Al-Shamahi recounts, recent DNA discoveries have shown us that every human being with origins outside Africa is descended from this group of adventurers.

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Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics

BBC Radio 4

Tuesday 22nd July, 9am

The comedian and classicist returns with a new series of her entertaining show about the ancient world. First up, she tells the story of the Nile Delta city of Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great around 2,500 years ago. Academics Islam Issa and Edith Hall are on hand to offer expert insights.

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Bookish

U&Alibi

Wednesday 23rd July, 8pm & 9.10pm

The entertaining crime series set in the wake of the Second World War and starring Mark Gatiss as Gabriel Book continues with another double bill. This week’s dastardly events with a film crew arriving on Archangel Lane and an extra dropping dead after eating poisoned chocolates.

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Dame Helen Mirren Remembers… Gosford Park

BBC Four

Thursday 24th July, 9pm

Dame Helen Mirren turns 80 on 26 July, the perfect excuse for BBC Four to dedicate an evening to her work, beginning with The Many Faces Of Helen Mirren (8pm), a profile from 2013. This is followed by a new interview ahead of screenings of two films starring Mirren, Robert Altman’s Gosford Park (9.15pm) and The Good Liar (11.25pm).

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The Blitz With Rob Rinder And Ruth Goodman

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Thursday 24th July, 9pm

Having recently investigated life in 17th century London, Rinder and Goodman now turn their attention to the capital during the Second World War, when it was attacked by the Luftwaffe. While Rinder focuses on the experiences of the rich, Goodman tells the story of a dockworker from Wapping.

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Outrageous

U&Drama

Thursday 24th July, 9pm

The series about the Mitford sisters concludes with Diana preparing to marry Oswald Mosley. Meantime, Jessica wants to meet her hero, the journalist Esmond Romilly, the family finances are at crisis point and Nancy’s marriage is in a bad place.

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