Fred Dibnah
Fred Dibnah Day (
24 x 2 mins. UKTV )
Fred’s stories about the making of his programmes for a whole day devoted to them on UKTV.
Fred Dibnah’s Magnificent Monuments (
6 x 30mins BBC2 )
Fred travels around Britain looking at the skills and techniques of architects, civil engineers, builders and construction workers throughout history.
Dig with Dibnah (
1 x 60 mins. BBC2 )
Fred reconstructs Britain's industrial past in his back garden by attempting to dig a 100 ft deep mine shaft complete with pithead gear and fully operational steam-powered winding engine.
Fred Dibnah’s Building of Britain (
6 x 30mins BBC2 )
Fred Dibnah uncovers the craft and engineering skills that went into the building of Britain over the centuries. He reveals the genius, the vision and the sheer bloody graft that went into creating some of Britain’s greatest national monuments.
Fred Dibnah’s Made in Britain (
12 x 30mins BBC2 )
Fred sets out on a grand tour of Britain's industrial past, aboard his beloved 1912 Aveling and Porter traction engine.
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Episodes 1 - 6 and
Episodes 7 - 12
Tribute to Fred Dibnah (
1 x 60 mins BBC2 )
Produced by Fred’s long time producer friend David Hall, this warm tribute tells Fred’s story from his earliest steeplejacking days to filming his last series.
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Fred Dibnah’s Industrial Age (
6 x 30mins BBC2 )
Fred Dibnah has always had a passion for Britain's industrial past and its mechanical relics. Here he recounts its history, bringing to life landmark events from the eighteenth century up to the early twentieth century in his typically anecdotal and engaging manner.
Fred Dibnah’s Age of Steam (
6 x 30mins BBC2 )
Steam is one of the most powerful and dangerous forms of energy known to man - and it is Fred’s passion. In this series he uses archive material, visits original engines and uses his own practical demonstrations so he can trace the development of steam power from the earliest experiments to the modern nuclear power station.
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Fred Dibnah’s Victorian Heroes (
1 x 60 mins. BBC2 )
Fred Dibnah’s heroes were the great Victorian engineers - Brunel, Robert Stephenson and Sir William Armstrong. He travels around the country to show us the finest surviving examples of their work and demonstrate their inventive genius.
History
The Normans: William The Conqueror (
1 x 50 mins. “Dynasties” The History Channel International )
William The Conqueror – the most famous conqueror in English History, a man who made himself the mightiest feudal lord in France and through his invasion and conquest changed the course of England’s history.
The Tokugawa Shogunate: Tokugawa Ieyasu. (
1 x 50 mins. “Dynasties” The History Channel International )
Tokugawa Leyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate the last shogunate in Japan, a man who struggled with his family to survive a brutal age of civil strife but by 1600 had become the undisputed master of Japan.
The Umayyad Dynasty: Abd ar’Rahmann (
1 x 50 mins. “Dynasties”. The History Channel International )
Abd ar-Rahman I – an immigrant in a new land torn apart by warring fractions he forged the first and greatest Umayyard Muslim Dynasty in Spain.
The Incas: Pachacutec Inca (
1 x 50 mins. “Dynasties”. The History Channel International )
Manco Capac and Pachacuti Inca – Founder and creator of the Inca Empire, one passed into Inca history as a cultural hero whilst the other consolidated his power and created the Inca Empire.
The Mongols: Kublai Khan (
1 x 50 mins. “Dynasties” The History Channel International )
Kublai Khan – Mongolian general and statesman, grandson to Ghengis Khan, he conquered China and became the first emporer of its Yuan, or Mongol Dynasty.
The Holy Roman Empire: Charlemagne (
1 x 50 mins. “Dynasties” The History Chanel International )
Charlemagne (Charles The Great) – as King of the Franks he conquered the Lombard kingdom of Italy, subdued the Saxons, annexed Bavaria to his kingdom, fought campaigns in Spain and Hungary and with the exception of Asturias in Spain, southern Italy and Britain, united in one superstate practically all the Christian lands of Western Europe.
Vikings. Warriors From The Sea (
1 x 60 mins. Discovery/Beckmann )
The legend of the Vikings brought to life in a dramatic and gripping programme set in the tenth century, tells the story of a great feast held by a local chieftain to honour the arrival of a merchant who has bought goods from afar.
Travel
In Search of Tuscany (
1 x 45 mins. PBS/Beckmann )
Food critic and author John Guerrasio guides viewers on an excursion through the heartland of Tuscany, exploring the cuisine, wine, crafts and heritage of northern Italy.
Other
Schools at Work. Chinese New Year (
1 x 10 mins. Channel 4 )
Celebrating Chinese New Year in a Leeds school by turning a classroom into a Chinese restaurant.
The Great Gathering (
1 x 90 mins. DVD )
A momentous occasion, with the biggest collection of steam engines gathered together at the home of the railway industry, Crewe works.
