BBC Two

BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

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BBC2

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

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England

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

BBC One West

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South

BBC One London

London

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

BBC One East

BBC One North West

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One Oxfordshire

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC One Wales

Wales

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

The Big C & Me

Kate Scholefield

Tom Beard

Andrew Palmer

The Big C & Me: Episode 3

Factual: Health & Wellbeing

Episode 3

BBC One - The Big C & Me, Episode 3

This episode follows three people facing up to the reality of life or death with cancer.

Documentary series filmed over a year following people who are living with cancer. The final episode follows three people facing the reality of life or death with cancer.

In the last episode, we follow three people facing up to the reality of life or death with cancer. 

We meet 33-year-old Mark as he receives treatment in the chemotherapy unit at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. Mark has been living with bowel cancer for five years. Knowing his prognosis is terminal he has one dream - to live long enough to see his young son on his first day of school. But with the clock ticking, he may only have months in which to create a lasting legacy for his boy.

50-year-old Steve, a self-employed painter and decorator, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. We join him as he wraps up work on the building site in readiness for surgery, which will see him out of action for two months. Being out of action means no earnings, an additional worry for the family. Post-surgery, Steve is determined to put his cancer behind him, but set-backs in his recovery mean he's not going to get back to normal as quickly as he'd planned. 

For mother-of-three and trainee vicar Katy, the offer of a clinical trial to prevent the return of her malignant melanoma is a chance she has to take, but she knows there may be dangerous side effects. As she celebrates her daughter's wedding, we see her wrestle with the decision to put up with the side-effects or live in fear of her cancer returning.

BBC One

BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

BBC 1

BBC1

Documentary series filmed over a year following people who are living with cancer.

Simulcast of network BBC Two in high definition.

BBC Two HD

BBC Two Scotland

BBC Two Northern Ireland

Until 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales (analogue) was known simply as BBC Two Wales. BBC Two Wales (digital) was BBC 2W. From 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales schedules on both analogue and digital became identical

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