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Living Britain is a six-part nature documentary series, made by the BBC Natural History Unit, transmitted from October to December 1999. It was produced by Peter Crawford. It examines British wildlife over the course of one year. Each of the programs takes place in a different time of year.
Since rumours of alien spacecraft emerged from Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, UFOs have increasingly been the subject matter of grainy, hand-held, out-of-focus 'proof'. Riddle of the Skies however presents the eyewitness accounts of distinguished scientists and astronauts.
It is a surrealist comedy where reality and fantasy are mixed, it tells in a humorous tone the daily life and dreams of a 40-year-old film buff, played by Emilio Gutiérrez Caba.
Interactive internet club for kids live from the BBC Cybercafe, with Kirsten O'Brien.
Supernatural Science is a BBC Television documentary series that explores supernatural phenomena to determine whether or not there is a scientific explanation.
Gia Milinovich and Charlie Brooker present the user-friendly computer, technology and gadget show.
Extreme Survival is a survival television series hosted by Ray Mears. The series airs on the BBC in United Kingdom, it is also shown on Discovery Channel in the United States, Canada, India, Italy, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Russia, where he demonstrates his wilderness skills and shares amazing tales of survival from some of the world's most menacing environments. The show was first broadcast in 1999, after the success of World of Survival from 1997–1998, and ended in 2002. His journeys have take him to the farthest corners of the earth, encountering indigenous peoples who embody his philosophy and live in tune with their natural environment.
Theologian Hans Küng explains and explores religions around the world, where they originated, and what defines them.
DIY show featuring Tommy Walsh.
The show aired on ITV1 on Saturday 6 November 1999
Pat McDonald visits failing restaurants and attempts to revive them. Ran for six episodes on Channel 4 in 1999.
ITV's weekend news bulletin in the late night.
Adventure gameshow where four plucky school kids race through the ‘jungle’ tackling fiendishly tricky puzzles and challenges. But, they best beware for there are traps around every corner.
ITV's weekend news bulletin for midday.
Jarvis Cocker's three-part survey of outsider art.
Following his enormously successful book "Notes From a Small Island", American travel writer Bill Bryson sets off on a new tour of Britain. Starting at Dover, where he recalls his first disembarkation in 1973 to a land of rain, sweet tea and disagreeable land-ladies, his travels take him from Poole in the South to the Western Isles of Scotland. Along the way he encounters such colourful characters as the pipe smokers of Solihull, ballroom dancers in Blackpool and the caber tossers of Glenfinnan. Bryson brings all his perspective eye, dry wit and outbursts of comic exasperation to this affectionate survey of the British way of life.
The gruesome story behind the Moors Murders.
ITV's weekend news bulletin in the morning.
Documentary and debate series.
A step-by-step guide to the wonders of the internet.
Human, All Too Human is a three-part 1999 documentary television series co-produced by the BBC and RM Arts. It follows the lives of three prominent European philosophers: Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre. The theme revolves heavily around the school of philosophical thought known as Existentialism, although the term had not been coined at the time of Nietzsche's writing and Heidegger declaimed the label. The documentary is named after the 1878 book written by Nietzsche, titled Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits.
ITV's weekend news bulletin in the early evening.
A chronicle of four years in the life of Malcolm and Barbara Pointon, charting Malcolm's descent into Alzheimer's dementia and Barbara's tireless care for a once-loving husband who now scarcely recognizes her.
A passionate and fresh look at a major subject, from zoology to cosmology.
Interactive debate on topical issues. Guests exchange controversial views and viewers are invited to have their say by e-mail.
Strung out along 5,000 kilometers of the Equator, between Asia and Australia, Indonesia's 17,000 islands make up the largest and most varied archipelago on earth. From freezing glaciers to coral reefs, orangutans to Komodo dragons, the sheer diversity of landscapes and life defies the imagination. This series tells the story of one of the world's most fascinating regions and its magical wildlife.
The Passion was a three-episode 1999 British TV series written by Mick Ford. It was set in, and filmed in, North Devon, and related events set around a local amateur production of a passion play.
A guide to programmes on BBC Knowledge.
Whenever people today see wonders of the ancient world, like Stonehenge or the Pyramids, the question that always comes up is "how'd they do that? These are the questions that this documentary series tries to answer, and one thing is clear ? it wasn't easy!
In 1999, This Morning's resident chef Susan Brookes hosted Susan Brookes' Family Recipes on Granada Breeze with her daughter Gilly, in which they solved cooking problems for families.
Literacy, numeracy and crafts for younger viewers.
An insight into the world of Fred Dibnah. In this documentary, you'll get to see him climb a 100-foot chimney that he's preparing for demolition. further exploits see Fred behind the wheel of a road roller and fixing a steam engine.
A guide to the language and culture of France, presented by Jenny Eclair.
Interactive show presented by Jason Bradbury in which viewers exchange views and ideas.