DOCUMENTARIES
Monday, C4 HD, 9pm
CAMERAS RETURN TO the busy
A&E department of St George’s Hospital in London, where two motorcyclists are among the latest admissions. Przemek, 35, has been airlifted to hospital with suspected spinal damage after a crash on the M4, and 17-year-old Leon arrives with a pelvic injury.
USING DIGITALLY RESTORED unused footage, originally shot for Hollywood director William Wyler’s 1944 documentary The Memphis Belle, this film follows US Air Force bomber crews as they fly dangerous missions to attack targets in Germany during World War Two.
ON10 MARCH1987, private investigator Daniel Morgan was found dead in the car park of a south London pub, with an axe in his head and thousands of pounds in his pocket. Including dramatic reconstructions, this three-part series looks into the still-unsolved crime, with alleged links to police corruption and drug trafficking.
THERE HAS NEVER been a more famous archaeological discovery. On 26 November 1922, after five years spent searching the Valley of the Kings near Luxor in Egypt, Howard Carter finally broke into the tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Because of the effects of World War One and the 1919 Spanish flu pandemic, the British Egyptologist and his aristocratic financial backer Lord Carnarvon had almost run out of money and hope. But their find made history – more than 5,000 precious objects, including a solid-gold coffin and the boy king’s famous gold mask.
‘You can almost feel the Egyptian heat’
INCREDIBLE DETAIL
Although there are plenty of high-quality still images and some amateur film footage of the discovery, all are black and white. Now, thanks to cuttingedge colourisation technology, this documentary shows the historic events in colour for the first time, recapturing the amazing scenes from nearly 100 years ago.
‘We can relive what it felt likewhen the discovery
HOWARD CARTER’S