London Live Friday

A digest of news and events from across London from the past few days.

Interviews on news and events from across London.

London's Heathrow Airport is home to the Animal Reception Centre, where they are equipped to deal with almost any species and see around 200,000 animals every year.

Michael Portillo visits Bradford's now-abandoned New Victoria cinema, discovering what dream palaces like this meant to Britons who came to lose themselves in movies and music

Michael and Charlie travel to San Silvestro in Piedmont, Italy. They learn about the importance of rich carbonate soil and aging in large barrels to produce Barolo wines

The story of Picasso's The Weeping Woman, Australia's most expensive painting, which vanished from the National Gallery of Victoria. The only clues were a series of ransom notes

David Hayman travels to meet rivals to Scotch whisky's dominance, beginning in Norfolk, where he encounters the thriving English Whisky Company

The chef embarks on a culinary tour of a six-course menu, beginning with appetisers

Short visual tours exploring and revealing Brockley, Peckham and Rotherhithe. Narrated by Dewyne Lindsay

A navy clerk assigned to a top secret research facility is blackmailed into stealing vital information. Fact-based spy thriller, starring Bernard Lee and William Sylvester

must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a singer. Musical drama, with Neil Diamond and Laurence Olivier

Matthew decides to devote himself to helping the elderly - and begins by finding a friend for his ageing father. John Thaw and Reece Dinsdale star

The theft and recovery of Claude Monet's Sunrise, the painting that began the impressionist movement

News weather events and the best of the capital's culture. Join us to explore life in London.

Selina Scott tours Chatsworth House in the Peak District, discovering its priceless collection of paintings, neoclassical sculptures and drawings by the Old Masters

The story of the Spitfire from a radical design on the drawing board to the fighter aircraft that became the symbol of Britain's determination to fight on to victory

A naive woman moves from the country to London to pursue a teaching career, and attracts the attention of two amorous men. Comedy drama, starring Hayley Mills and Oliver Reed

Biopic charting the rise of Brazilian football great Pele - from the slums of Sao Paulo to World Cup glory. Starring Kevin de Paula and Vincent D'Onofrio

The wife of an aspiring writer becomes suspicious of his endeavours and instigates a game of cat-and-mouse to unravel his secrets. Thriller, starring Fraser Precious

Series in which families reveal the moment their lives changed forever - when they were told their missing loved ones had been murdered

Simon is put in charge of a Geordie greyhound in the run up to a big London race, and things turn sour for Paul and Laura

Selina Scott visits Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, which is an extravagant example of British baroque architecture designed by John Vanbrugh in the early 18th century

A digest of news and events from across London from the past few days.