Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 277,927 playable programmes from the BBC

University Challenge

Christmas 2021

Bristol v King's, Cambridge

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

It's the third match of the Christmas series for university alumni. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Paxman
Producer:
Peter Gwyn
Narrator:
Roger Tilling
Series Producer:
Clare Parody
Director:
Tracey Rooney
Production Company:
ITV Studios

Great American Railroad Journeys

Series 3

Episode 19: Los Angeles to Laguna Beach

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Michael Portillo strikes oil in the suburbs of LA, contemplates his navel in the orange groves of Riverside and paints a pretty picture in Laguna Beach. Show more

Secret Life of Farm Animals

Series 1

Episode 3: Pigs

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Series about farm animals. It is harvest season, and the focus is on pigs. We look at pigs' ability to deceive and test how intelligent they are with some puzzles. Show more

The Singing Detective

Episode 4: Clues

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music. Marlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlow:
Michael Gambon
Mark Binney:
Patrick Malahide
Nurse Mills:
Joanne Whalley
Mr Tomkey:
Leslie French
Director:
Jon Amiel
Producer:
John Harris
Mrs Marlow:
Alison Steadman
Mr Hall:
David Ryall
Reginald:
Gerard Horan
Mr Marlow:
Jim Carter
First Mysterious Man:
Ron Cook
Second Mysterious Man:
George Rossi
George Adams:
Charles Simon
Schoolteacher:
Janet Henfrey
Philip (aged 10):
Lyndon Davies
Grandad Baxter:
Wally Thomas

The Singing Detective

Episode 5: Pitter Patter

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

Dennis Potter's surreal drama with music. Marlow is getting better and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlow:
Michael Gambon
Binney/Finney/Raymond:
Patrick Malahide
Nurse Mills:
Joanne Whalley
Mr Tomkey:
Leslie French
Director:
Jon Amiel
Producer:
Kenith Trodd
Mrs Marlow:
Alison Steadman
Mr Hall:
David Ryall
Reginald:
Gerard Horan
Mr Marlow:
Jim Carter
First Mysterious Man:
Ron Cook
Second Mysterious Man:
George Rossi
Staff Nurse White:
Imelda Staunton
Schoolteacher:
Janet Henfrey
Young Philip:
Lyndon Davies
Dr Gibbon:
Bill Paterson
Dance hall drummer:
John Sheraton
Mark Binney:
William Speakman

The Singing Detective

Episode 6: Who Done It

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

In the final part of Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music, as fiction and fact fight for the same space, the plots and narratives head to their conclusions. Show more

Contributors

Philip Marlow:
Michael Gambon
Mark Binney:
Patrick Malahide
Nurse Mills:
Joanne Whalley
Mr Tomkey:
Leslie French
Director:
Jon Amiel
Producer:
Kenith Trodd
Mrs Marlow:
Alison Steadman
Mr Hall:
David Ryall
Reginald:
Gerard Horan
Mr Marlow:
Jim Carter
First Mysterious Man:
Ron Cook
Second Mysterious Man:
George Rossi
Staff Nurse White:
Imelda Staunton
Schoolteacher:
Janet Henfrey
Philip (aged 10):
Lyndon Davies
Barbara:
Sam Bryant
Dr Gibbon:
Bill Paterson
Mark Binney (aged 10):
William Speakman
Night Nurse:
Sharon D Clarke
First Soldier:
Niven Boyd
Second Soldier:
David Thewlis
Physiotherapist:
Tricia George
Policeman:
Malcolm Storry

Great American Railroad Journeys

Series 3

Episode 19: Los Angeles to Laguna Beach

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Michael Portillo strikes oil in the suburbs of LA, contemplates his navel in the orange groves of Riverside and paints a pretty picture in Laguna Beach. Show more

Secret Life of Farm Animals

Series 1

Episode 3: Pigs

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for years

Series about farm animals. It is harvest season, and the focus is on pigs. We look at pigs' ability to deceive and test how intelligent they are with some puzzles. Show more

BBC Four

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