Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.2016/29.

[Ray Boyles]

Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.2016/29.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Film 4: Sat 20 Aug 2016, 18.20 – 21.00
The grim reality of life onboard a 19th-century warship is brought to life in Peter Weir’s 2003 blockbuster. Russell Crowe stars as the captain of the Royal Navy’s HMS Surprise, a vessel that encounters its fair share of storms, battles and sea-faring adventures.
http://www.film4.com/reviews/2003/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world

Ripper Street
BBC Two: Mon 20 Aug 2016, 21.00 – 22.00. 1 / 7.
Richard Warlow’s Victorian crime drama returns for an explosive fourth series. Three years have passed, and Inspector Reid is drawn back to the mean streets of Whitechapel to crack a difficult case, while Long Susan awaits the gallows in Newgate Prison. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0790shb

Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings.
BBC Two: Tue 23 Aug 2016, 20.00 – 21.00. Episode 1 of 3: Ruling by the Book
Repeat of 2012 series where Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of illuminated manuscripts that were custom-made for kings and explores the medieval world they reveal. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0790shb

Making History
BBC Radio 4: Tue 23 Aug 2016, 15.00 – 15.30
Helen Castor co-presents the history magazine show which returns for a new series. Tom Holland is joined by Dr Lucy Robinson from the University of Sussex to consider jazz in the trenches, woad and the women behind the Notting Hill Carnival. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07pgvjv

The Bastard Executioner
History Channel: Tue 23 Aug 2016, 22.00 – 23.00. 4 / 10: Effigy/Ddelw
Historical drama series set in the Middle Ages. Wilkin Brattle, a warrior knight for King Edward I, becomes a farmer, but can’t shake off his past. When an unlikely suspect is charged with treason, Wilkin must carry out his duties as the new executioner.
http://www.history.co.uk/shows/the-bastard-executioner/episode-guide/the-bastard-executioner

Full Steam Ahead
BBC Two: Thu 25 Aug 2016, 20.00 – 21.00. 6 / 6.
As the series comes to a close, we find out how affordable rail travel helped revolutionise leisure time in 19th Century Britain. Expect picnics, shopping sprees and even a spot of fossil hunting as the team goes on holiday, Victorian-style. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07qrsjk

Sources: Radio Times / History Extra

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