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University Challenge

Christmas 2021

Semi-Final 2

BBC Two

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Four HD

It’s the second of the semi-finals in the University Challenge quiz for grown-ups. 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
Source: BBC Online

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 7 (Shortened Versions)

Episode 3

BBC Two

Duration: 28 minutes

Audio described
on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

Michael Portillo travels from the chateaux of the Loire Valley to the heart of the Champagne region at Reims, seeing stained-glass windows in Orleans that celebrate the life of Joan of Arc. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Ben Rowland
Series Editor:
Alison Kreps
Executive Producer:
John Comerford
Production Company:
Fremantle
Source: BBC Online

The Real Marigold on Tour

Series 2

Episode 4: Thailand

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Documentary. Rosemary Shrager, Sheila Ferguson, Paul Nicholas and Dennis Taylor head to Thailand, travelling to the cultural heart of the country, Chiang Mai. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Tom Hollander
Participant:
Paul Nicholas
Participant:
Sheila Ferguson
Participant:
Dennis Taylor
Participant:
Rosemary Shrager
Producer:
Sam Palmer
Director:
Clare Sillery
Executive Producer:
David Clews
Executive Producer:
Nic Patten
Production Company:
Two Four Productions
Source: BBC Online
BBC One

Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

Audio described
on BBC Four HD

Available for 11 months

An assortment of ageing Brits seek to stretch finite finances and find independence by retiring to a hotel in India. Show more

Contributors

Sonny Kapoor:
Dev Patel
Muriel Donnelly:
Maggie Smith
Evelyn Greenslade:
Judi Dench
Graham Dashwood:
Tom Wilkinson
Madge Hardcastle:
Celia Imrie
Douglas Ainslie:
Bill Nighy
Jean Ainslie:
Penelope Wilton
Mrs Kapoor:
Lillete Dubey
Writer:
Ol Parker
Director:
John Madden

Formats

Source: BBC Online

The Crow Road

Omnibus

Episode 2: Fergus/Rory

BBC Four

Duration: 2 hours

on BBC Four HD

Adaptation of Iain Banks's novel. Prentice discovers Rory's final, unbelievable secret about the McHoan family. Show more

Contributors

Prentice McHoan:
Joe McFadden
Kenneth McHoan:
Bill Paterson
Rory McHoan:
Peter Capaldi
Ashley Watt:
Valerie Edmond
Fiona Urvill:
Stella Gonet
Fergus Urvill:
David Robb
Writer:
Iain Banks
Director:
Gavin Millar

Genres

Source: BBC Online

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 7 (Shortened Versions)

Episode 3

BBC Two

Duration: 28 minutes

Audio described
on BBC Four HD

Available for 5 months

Michael Portillo travels from the chateaux of the Loire Valley to the heart of the Champagne region at Reims, seeing stained-glass windows in Orleans that celebrate the life of Joan of Arc. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Ben Rowland
Series Editor:
Alison Kreps
Executive Producer:
John Comerford
Production Company:
Fremantle
Source: BBC Online

The Real Marigold on Tour

Series 2

Episode 4: Thailand

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Four HD

Documentary. Rosemary Shrager, Sheila Ferguson, Paul Nicholas and Dennis Taylor head to Thailand, travelling to the cultural heart of the country, Chiang Mai. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Tom Hollander
Participant:
Paul Nicholas
Participant:
Sheila Ferguson
Participant:
Dennis Taylor
Participant:
Rosemary Shrager
Producer:
Sam Palmer
Director:
Clare Sillery
Executive Producer:
David Clews
Executive Producer:
Nic Patten
Production Company:
Two Four Productions
Source: BBC Online
BBC Two

Duration: 4 minutes

on BBC Four HD

Dominic Sandbrook concludes his exploration of the most innovative and imaginative of all genres by considering science fiction's most alluring theme - time travel. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Robert Murphy
Series Producer:
John Das
Series Producer:
Ben Southwell
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole
Participant:
David Tennant
Participant:
Karen Gillan
Participant:
Steven Moffat
Participant:
Christopher Lloyd
Participant:
Bob Gale
Participant:
Scott Bakula
Participant:
Audrey Niffenegger
Source: BBC Online

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