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The Planets Revisited: Star: New Worlds

25/11/2004

Star: New Worlds

The Planets Revisited

BBC Two - The Planets Revisited, Star: New Worlds

The story of the human race's quest to understand the Sun.

This programme tells the story of the human race's quest to understand the Sun. Revered by ancient races as a god, the space age has given us a new perspective on our parent star.

This programme tells the story of the human race's quest to understand the Sun. Revered by ancient races as a god, the space age has given us a new perspective on our parent star, the powerhouse that drives the Solar System. Through images captured by astronauts aboard Skylab, we witness its terrible beauty close up.

BBC Two

Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

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

Series charting the history of the solar system.

Updated documentary series using computer animations, archive footage and interviews to examine our current knowledge and contact with the bodies of our solar system.

The Planets

5/8. The quest to understand the centre of our solar system - the Sun.

The World; Weather

Days That Shook the World

6/10. How the "Hitler Diaries" caused media chaos in 1983.

Rude Britannia

From Pygmalion to Paxman, Time Shift traces the cult of plain-speaking. Narrated by Tamsin Greig. New.

Till Death Us Do Part

Alf has a broken leg in this 1972 helping of the vintage sitcom.

Fawlty Towers

Classic farcical comedy set in a seaside hotel in Torquay, run by Basil and Sybil Fawlty

Welcome to the best hotel on the English Riviera. Here's your room with a (partial) view. No spa, cocktails or frills. Enjoy your stay!

Fawlty Towers: Series 1: A Touch of Class

A Touch of Class

Series 1

BBC Two - Fawlty Towers, Series 1, A Touch of Class

Basil tries to improve the class of the hotel's clientele. 

Fawlty Towers: Series 1

Classic farcical comedy set in a seaside hotel in Torquay run by Basil and Sybil Fawlty, played by John Cleese and Prunella Scales

Basil seeks a better class of clientele for the hotel in the very first episode.

The Young Ones

Four deluded, grubby, bored students stumble through their surreal world.

Four deluded, grubby, bored students stumble through their surreal world. The iconic 80s sitcom that changed comedy, starring Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson, and Alexei Sayle.

The Young Ones: Series 2: Episode 6: Summer Holiday

Episode 6

Episode 6: Summer Holiday

Series 2

Summer Holiday

BBC Two - The Young Ones, Series 2, Summer Holiday

The housemates try to amuse themselves in the holidays, but Mr Balowski evicts them.

The housemates are trying to find ways to amuse themselves during the summer holidays, but then Mr Balowski turns up and evicts them.

The housemates are trying to find ways to amuse themselves during the summer holidays, but then Mr Balowski turns up and evicts them. Now it's a matter of survival, so they decide to rob a bank.

The Young Ones: Series 2

The students appear on University Challenge, take in an escaped murderess and get evicted

Anarchic sitcom about degenerate North London students in the 80s. The students appear on University Challenge, take in an escaped murderess and get evicted

The Thick of It

Dark political comedy set in the corridors of British government

Dark political comedy set in the corridors of British government, created by Armando Iannucci and starring Peter Capaldi

The Thick of It: Series 2: Episode 3

Episode 3

BBC Two - The Thick of It, Series 2, Episode 3

Someone sends an email they shouldn't have and Hugh lies in front of a select committee. 

Satirical comedy set in and around the world of British politics. Someone sends an email they shouldn't have and Hugh lies in front of a select committee. 

Satirical comedy set in and around the world of British politics.
Someone sends an email they shouldn't have and Hugh lies in front of a select committee. 

The Thick of It: Series 2

In Praise of Hardcore

Rob Brydon plays critic and impresario Kenneth Tynan in this funny and touching drama set in 1960s London. Also starring Catherine McCormack and Julian Sands.

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