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University Challenge

Christmas 2018

Episode 6: Sheffield University v Manchester University

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Sheffield University, with Lord David Blunkett and Paul Mason, face Manchester University, with David Aaronovitch and Matt Allwright. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Paxman
Narrator:
Roger Tilling
Director:
Tracey Rooney
Series Producer:
Irene Daniels
Executive Producer:
Peter Gwyn
Production Company:
ITV Studios

Secrets of Skin

Series 1

Moving

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

What makes sharks built for speed? How do snakes move without limbs? How do sugar gliders fly without feathers? The answers all lie in their skin. Show more

Natural World

2015-2016

Episode 5: Iceland: Land of Ice and Fire

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Available for 11 months

Documentary. A look at Iceland through the eyes of the animals and people that have made this wild island home. The constant volcanic threat boils over in this explosive year. Show more

Was Cleopatra a seductress or a great politician? Shakespeare scholar Dr Islam Issa's exploration of why history and literature have recorded two very different Cleopatras. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Islam Issa
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Edmondson
Interviewed Guest:
Zahi Hawass
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Interviewed Guest:
Ahmed Issa
Interviewed Guest:
Josette Simon
Interviewed Guest:
Bryan Sitch
Interviewed Guest:
Joyce Tyldesley
Executive Producer:
Emma Parkins

Peaky Blinders

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Period crime drama set in Birmingham. As the 1920s begin to roar, business is booming for the Peaky Blinders gang. Tommy Shelby starts to expand his legal and illegal operations. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Shelby:
Cillian Murphy
Ada Shelby:
Sophie Rundle
Arthur Shelby:
Paul Anderson
Polly Gray:
Helen McCrory
John Shelby:
Joe Cole
Curly:
Ian Peck
Sergeant Moss:
Tony Pitts
Black Lion Barman:
Colin Connor
Black Lion Boy:
Harrison Vaughan
Finn Shelby:
Harry Kirton
Irene O'Donnell:
Simone Kirby
Condemned Man:
Richard Patterson
Governor:
Paul McEwan
King Maine:
Daniel Fearn
Charlie Strong:
Ned Dennehy
Lizzie Stark:
Natasha O'Keeffe
Medium:
Jane Wood
Woman at Seance:
Sam Battersea
Eamonn Duggan:
Rory Gallagher
Eden Club Doorman:
Alastair Barley
Winston Churchill:
Richard McCabe
Communist Comrade:
James Boyland
Sabini Kidnap Gangster:
Tom Mothersdale
Darby Sabini:
Noah Taylor
Producer:
Laurie Borg
Director:
Colm McCarthy

Peaky Blinders

Series 2

Episode 2

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Period crime drama set in Birmingham. Tommy offers to help Polly by searching for her children. Arthur continues to feel the devastating effects of the Great War. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Shelby:
Cillian Murphy
Major Chester Campbell:
Sam Neill
Polly Gray:
Helen McCrory
Alfie Solomons:
Tom Hardy
Ada Shelby:
Sophie Rundle
Sabini Kidnap Gangster:
Tom Mothersdale
Peaky Blinders Driver:
Darren Connolly
Birmingham Hospital Nurse:
Hayley Doherty
Charlie Strong:
Ned Dennehy
Curly:
Ian Peck
Darby Sabini:
Noah Taylor
George Sewell:
Sam Hazeldine
Sabini Officer:
Andrew Sheridan
John Shelby:
Joe Cole
Finn Shelby:
Harry Kirton
Arthur Shelby:
Paul Anderson
Lizzie Stark:
Natasha O'Keeffe
Winston Churchill:
Richard McCabe
Michael Gray:
Finn Cole
Mrs Johnson:
Wanda Opalinska
King Maine:
Daniel Fearn
Sergeant Moss:
Tony Pitts
Jimmy Jesus:
Benjamin Zephaniah
Grace Burgess:
Annabelle Wallis
Handsome Man:
Adam Lawrence
Producer:
Laurie Borg
Director:
Colm McCarthy

Peaky Blinders

Series 2

Episode 3

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Available for years

Period crime drama set in Birmingham. Tommy hatches a plan to take control of the southern racecourses. He also meets the aristocratic May Carleton. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Shelby:
Cillian Murphy
Major Chester Campbell:
Sam Neill
Polly Gray:
Helen McCrory
Arthur Shelby:
Paul Anderson
Ada Shelby:
Sophie Rundle
John Shelby:
Joe Cole
May Carleton:
Charlotte Riley
Charlie Strong:
Ned Dennehy
Michael Gray:
Finn Cole
Darby Sabini:
Noah Taylor
Alfie Solomons:
Tom Hardy
Sergeant Moss:
Tony Pitts
Finn Shelby:
Harry Kirton
Digbeth Kid:
James Eeles
Billy Kitchen:
Paul Bullion
Bonnie:
Barry Aird
Polly's Young Maid:
Maisie Turpie
Grieving Woman:
Erin Shanagher
George Sewell:
Sam Hazeldine
Winson Green Heavy:
Martin William Askew
Curly:
Ian Peck
Sir Ian Carleton:
Guy Williams
Auctioneer:
Nigel Hastings
Producer:
Laurie Borg
Director:
Colm McCarthy

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