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- Featured various avant-garde and alternative cultural topics.
- Art movements were rife with hocus pocus during the early part of the twentieth century. Commissioning Editor Waldemar Januszczak as part of a major arts series looking at the history of Modernism.
- A documentary tribute to River Phoenix stressing the impact that River Phoenix had on gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals.
- Charting some of the controversies over Channel 4's output in its 15-year history, including clips from those programmes that caused the controversies and interviews with those involved.
- People in the public eye state what they would do if they were in a position of power.
- People in the public eye state what they would do if they were in a position of power.
- New biography of Zedong Mao.
- A look at the scandals which shocked viewers or affected the cast members of soap, Coronation Street and its long running rivalry with Eastenders.
- A rare interview with Ryan Giggs and also with his estranged father Danny Wilson, an ex Rugby International. Giggs talks for the first time about inheriting his pace and skill from his father who he hadn't seen for over a decade. This was the first interview where Giggs talks about being of mixed race, and opens up about people assuming he was white.
- An adaptation of Will Self's eulogy to the infamous ring road.
- Episode: (2004)2001–201149m7.9 (9)TV EpisodeAn American icon in Paris. Critics, artists, and enthusiasts discuss James McNeill Whistler's beloved 1871 painting best known by its popular title, "Whistler's Mother."
- Jonathan Meades attacks the myths and culture surrounding vegetarianism.
- 2001–201149m8.7 (11)TV EpisodeCreated as "disposable art" circa 1830, the woodblock print of "The Great Wave" by 70-year-old Katsushika Hokusai has earned acclaim and a place of honor in the art world. Scholars and critics discuss the work's creation and wide influence.
- Robert McKee dismisses Orson Welles film, Citizen Kane as a mish-mash of stylistic excess and clichéd content.
- Terry Eagleton critiques poet Philip Larkin. Larkin is considered a darling of the post-war British poetry scene. Terry Eagleton accuses him of being racist, emotionally stunted and lugubrious.
- Russell Davies questions Laurence Olivier's position as the pre-eminent actor of our times.
- Cosmo Landesman accuses comedians of the nineties of becoming a force for political reaction 'the court jesters of the chattering classes'. He argues that politicians now wield the weapon of humour which was once turned against them.
- Rory Bremner argues that having set herself up as a satirist on suburban values, Dame Edna now personifies the same values that she once abhorred.
- Rock critic Sean O'Hagan argues that the Rolling Stones are a burnt-out collection of middle-aged men who have failed to mature or find a late style. He also suggests that they have become the opposite of much of what they once stood for.
- Allison Pearson criticizes the news values of the BBC and ITN, saying that they are trivial, sycophantic and and prisoners to new technology.
- Janet Street-Porter takes the Internet to task, claiming its main use is to provide an occupation for boring, inadequate and socially inept people.
- Looks at the hype behind the Mozart bicentennial celebrations.
- Documentary exploring whether there really is something different about women drivers. From school run mums in four wheel drives, to girl racers and women cabbies.
- Convicted criminal "mad" Frankie Fraser, an ex Kray Gang member, is given the chance to be Prime Minister for the day and has very specific views on prison reform, pensioners and immigration. He has his right-wing views challenged when he meets immigrants who are not allowed work permits.
- Unlikely individuals get a chance to make the political changes they would like to make if they were at Number Ten. Former prostitute June Taylor, who runs a support group for prostitutes in Edinburgh as well as drug education projects for young people, ushers in green-light zones for prostitutes and state-supplied drugs in her new Britain.
- How do we make jokes about disability, and can disabled people be funny? This film gives disabled performers a chance to fight back against stereotypes, and is centred around a live comedy show. Includes an interview with Ian Dury.