In the Night Garden

BBC HD

Visit the magical Night Garden where a lovely group of toys learn about having fun.

As the day fades and the stars come out, visit the magical Night Garden and spend time with a lovely group of toys who are learning all about sharing, caring and having fun.

In the Night Garden: Series 1: Episode 91: Long-Distance Ball Game

Episode 91

Episode 91: Long-Distance Ball Game

In the Night Garden - CBeebies - BBC

Upsy Daisy kicks the ball and it heads straight for the Pontipines' house.

In a magical forest, colourful characters have adventures. Daisy and Igglepiggle find the ball in the garden, and soon everyone is kicking it to each other.

Upsy Daisy and Igglepiggle are out in the garden together, playing with a ball. Daisy kicks the ball to Igglepiggle and Igglepiggle throws the ball back to Upsy Daisy. Upsy Daisy kicks the ball again and it heads straight for the Pontipines' house.

Long-Distance Ball Game

In the Night Garden: Series 1

Series 1

CBeebies

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes.

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes, dedicated to delighting and surprising its pre-school audience.

Series for pre-school children set in a magical forest, where characters have adventures

Series for pre-school children set in a magical forest, where colourful characters have adventures and are read bedtime stories

In the Night Garden...

Gigglebiz

Join Justin Fletcher and all his funny characters in this slapstick comedy show.

Have a giggle with Justin Fletcher and all his funny characters in this slapstick comedy show full of mayhem and mischief.

Gigglebiz: Series 1

Gigglebiz: Series 1: Episode 3

Episode 3

Gigglebiz & GiggleQuiz - CBeebies - BBC

With Anna Conda, a reptiles expert with an unusual look.

Sketch show. Featuring Anna Conda, an unusual reptiles expert, irrepressible and inquisitive wanderer Humphrey and Arthur Sleep, everyone's favourite punning newsreader.

Sketch show. Featuring Anna Conda, a reptile expert with an unusual look, and an out-of-place and out-of-luck pirate desperate to find his treasure, no matter where he is. There is Gail Force - weather girl extraordinaire, and Humphrey, an irrepressible and inquisitive wanderer, off to learn new things at a children's farm with Woody the dog. 

Plus DIY Dan, the ever-cheerful but incompetent handyman tackling problem doors with predictable results, Arthur Sleep - everyone's favourite punning newsreader, and Chip Monk - the pet shop assistant who is reluctant to sell his friends, the pets. 

There are also the Gigglekids, children from all round the country who tell Justin their favourite jokes.

Comedy sketch show for younger viewers, featuring a variety of different characters in funny situations

Grandpa In My Pocket

Children's comedy about a grandpa with a big secret - he can magically shrink.

Grandpa In My Pocket: Series 1

Grandpa In My Pocket: Series 1: Episode 14: Toy for a Boy Called Troy

Episode 14

Episode 14: Toy for a Boy Called Troy

Grandpa in my Pocket - CBeebies - BBC

Grandpa decides to teach Troy some manners so he shrinks and hides in Jason's pocket.

Comedy drama featuring a grandpa with a magical shrinking cap. Miss Smiley takes Jason and Troy to Mr Whoops's toy shop to buy a treat.

Miss Smiley takes Jason and spoilt boy-next-door Troy to Mr Whoops's toy shop to buy a treat. Grandpa wants to teach Troy some manners so he shrinks and hides in Jason's pocket. Let loose in the shop, Grandpa puts his daring plan into action.

Toy for a Boy Called Troy

Comedy drama featuring a grandpa with a magical shrinking cap

Comedy drama featuring a grandpa with a magical shrinking cap that only his grandson knows about

Grandpa in My Pocket

Pinky and Perky

Pinky and Perky: Episode 25: Virtual Insanity

Episode 25

Episode 25: Virtual Insanity

Virtual Insanity

CBBC - Pinky and Perky, Virtual Insanity

Pinky and Perky face disaster when the much-awaited Gamestation 5 launches on their show.

3D animated comedy series. When Pinky and Perky break a state-of-the-art games machine, they have to fake virtual reality for their boss.

A 3D CGI animated comedy series for six- to 11-year-olds with two piggy brothers causing havoc in TV land. Pinky and Perky are a pair of piglets given their big break in showbiz: their own live children's television show full of crazy stunts, mad games, wild cartoons and top celebrity guests. 

Their show is loud, messy, funny and frequently out of control, which makes it very unpopular with the old guard of the TV station. One way or another they'll get those pesky pigs off the air.

When Pinky and Perky break a state-of-the-art games machine, they have to fake virtual reality for their boss! 

Sir Percival announces that Gamestation 5 will be launched on their show, and Pinky and Perky are excited to have priority access to the coolest high-tech games console around! As it's top secret they must make sure they don't let the computer equipment out of their sight before the show begins.

However, Vera's devious tricks lead the piggy pair to the point of peril. Just as it's about to go horribly wrong, Eric inadvertently comes to the rescue, leaving Vera's pesky plan to gurgle down the plughole!

CBBC

The BBC's multiplatform offering bringing the very best programmes to 6-12 year olds.

CBBC is the BBC's multiplatform offering for 6-12 year olds bringing the very best drama, entertainment and factual programmes to its young viewers.

3D animated comedy series. Pinky and Perky are a pair of piglets who have just been given their big break in showbiz: their own children's television show.

Backstage: My Almost Famous Family

31/08/2009

CBBC - Backstage: My Almost Famous Family

A peek at the new musical comedy series, My Almost Famous Family.

Backstage lets viewers into the behind-the-scenes secrets of CBBC shows. In this edition, a peek at the new musical comedy series, My Almost Famous Family.

Backstage gives viewers a tantalising taste of some of CBBC's big series and lets them into the behind-the-scenes secrets of the shows, combining key interviews with the main cast and crew, with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and clips, and narrated by Mackenzie Crook.

In this edition, a peek at the new musical comedy series, My Almost Famous Family. In an exclusive preview of this mad musical comedy, find out what it takes to transform seven strangers into one extraordinary family. Get up close and personal with the show's cast, and uncover the magic behind the show's music.

The Slammer

OOglies

When the humans are away the OOglies play! Adventures with the household pranksters.

When the humans are away the OOglies play! The household pranksters sprout eyes and embark on a series of adventures that will find them slip, sliding and splatting onto television screens.

OOglies: Series 2: Episode 11

Episode 11

OOglies - CBBC - BBC

The farty pants take to the skies for a whiff of adventure.

Stop-motion animation. There's a parping blue cheese in the windy waste bin and the farty pants take to the skies for a whiff of adventure.

OOglies: Series 2

Series 2

Quick-blast stop-frame animated sketch show starring the boggle-eyed OOglies

Doctors

Drama series set in a Midlands practice following the lives of the staff and patients.

Your regular appointment in Letherbridge. In a busy Midlands GP practice, the turbulent lives and loves of the staff and patients mean there's always humour and heartbreak.

Doctors: Series 11

Doctors: Series 11: Episode 95: His Coy Mistress

Episode 95

Episode 95: His Coy Mistress

Series 11

His Coy Mistress

BBC One - Doctors, Series 11, His Coy Mistress

Cherry tries to help her old nursing mentor when she makes a shocking discovery.

Cherry tries to help her old nursing mentor when she makes a shocking discovery about her late father, while Simon has to deal with the effects of Sue's hangover.

Cherry is determined to help her old nursing mentor, Melanie, when she discovers that Melanie's late father had been seeing a prostitute; has her definition of love been changed irrevocably? 

Simon has to deal with the repercussions of Sue's hangover, while Heston helps Ruth come to terms with her condition.

BBC One

Drama series following the lives of the staff of the Mill Health Centre.

Flog It!

Members of the public try to make money out of their antiques by taking a risk at auction.

Paul Martin and his team of experts invite members of the public to bring their antiques to be viewed and valued, with an option to sell at auction.

Flog It!: Series 8

Flog It!: Series 8: Episode 4: Stroud

Episode 4

Episode 4: Stroud

Series 8

Stroud

BBC One - Flog It!, Series 8, Stroud

In Stroud, expert Kate Bliss's keen eye spots a silver tea set with a difference.

Paul Martin brings Flog It! to the Subscription Rooms in Stroud. Expert James Lewis sees a signed Louis Armstrong record and Paul uncovers an amazing postcard collection.

Paul Martin brings Flog It! to the Subscription Rooms in Stroud along with trusted experts James Lewis and Kate Bliss, hoping to unearth some great items. 

The Stroud crowd don't disappoint. James tunes in to a signed Louis Armstrong record and Paul uncovers an amazing collection of postcards. However, it's Kate's keen eye that spots a silver tea set with a difference - that certainly doesn't go unnoticed at the auction. 

Paul takes a break from the valuation tables and goes on a tour of nearby Berkeley Castle - a fortress famed for still providing a grand home to the Berkeley family some 900 years after it was built!

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

Members of the public try and make money out of their antiques

Land Girls

Drama following the lives and loves of four girls in the Women's Land Army.

Drama following the lives and loves of four girls away from home, doing their bit for Britain in the Women's Land Army.

Land Girls: Series 1: Episode 4: Trekkers

Episode 4: Trekkers

Trekkers

BBC One - Land Girls, Series 1, Trekkers

After Farmer Finch hires some 'trekkers' there is a break-in at the manor house.

Period drama series. Farmer Finch hires some 'trekkers', families displaced by the bombing, but after a break-in at the manor house Lady Hoxley makes Finch get rid of them.

Farmer Finch hires some 'trekkers', families displaced by the bombing, as cheap labour, but when there is then a break-in at the manor house Lady Hoxley orders Finch to get rid of them all. A riot ensues and Tucker gets the dogs out.

The Hoxleys hold a swanky party, but after clashing with Nancy over a visit to her husband John, Joyce tells Lady Hoxley about the affair. Billy finally proposes to Bea, but she goes into labour before she can answer.

Land Girls: Series 1

Land Girls: 4/5

The Frankincense Trail

The Frankincense Trail: Episode 3: Egypt

Episode 3: Egypt

Egypt

BBC Two - The Frankincense Trail, Egypt

Kate Humble follows the frankincense trail of the Pharaohs.

Kate Humble crosses the Red Sea from Saudi Arabia to Egypt following the frankincense trail of the Pharaohs. Kate enters Karnack, the world's largest religious site.

Kate Humble crosses the Red Sea from Saudi Arabia to Egypt following the frankincense trail of the Pharaohs. Travelling the length of the Nile, Kate enters Karnack, the world's largest religious site. She looks at the mummy of the once beautiful Queen of the Pharaohs, reveals the death rituals of the Pharaohs in the vast tomb of the Pyramids of Giza, jostles with thousands of ecstatic Christians, and in an extraordinatry ceremony in the Sinai desert is cleansed of evil spirits.

BBC Two

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

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

Kate Humble makes an epic journey along the ancient frankincense trade route of Arabia.

Kate Humble makes an epic two thousand mile journey across the Middle East, following the ancient frankincense trade route of Arabia which first connected the Arab world with the West.

Frankincense Trail: 3/4

Hotel Babylon

Drama series set in the sexy world of the luxury five star hotel

Drama series set in the sexy world of the luxury five star hotel, on a journey beyond the facade of the smiling faces and glittering chandeliers and into the frenetic, non-stop world of the staff

Hotel Babylon: Series 1

Hotel Babylon: Series 1: Episode 3

BBC One - Hotel Babylon, Series 1, Episode 3

Charlie and Tony organise a green card wedding for a wealthy student.

Drama series set in a luxury five star hotel. Charlie and Tony prove you can have anything you want at Hotel Babylon when they organise a green card wedding for a wealthy student.

Charlie and Tony prove you really can have anything you want at Hotel Babylon when they organise a green card wedding for a wealthy student. Finding an agreeable suitor is easy enough, but can they convince the bride's billionaire father the wedding is genuine? 

Rebecca is made to realise hiding in the hotel isn't going to solve her relationship crisis and her suspicions are aroused about Charlie's background.

Drama series set in the sexy world of a five-star luxury hotel and its staff

Drama series set in the sexy world of a five-star luxury hotel, on a journey beyond the facade of smiling faces and glittering chandeliers, and into the frenetic, non-stop world of the staff

Hotel Babylon: 3/8

Off The Hook

Off The Hook: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Switch - Off The Hook, Episode 1

Danny starts his first week at university looking forward to leaving his past behind him.

Comedy series. Danny starts his first week at university looking forward to fun, parties and girls. He gets an unwelcome surprise when Shane turns up.

Comedy series. 

Danny embarks on his first week at university looking forward to fun, parties and girls - not least Becky, who Danny falls for as soon as he arrives. 

Danny gets an unwelcome surprise when his old school pal Shane, the 'worst best friend ever', turns up and proceeds to gatecrash his entire university existence.

BBC Switch

Comedy series set on one of life's great frontiers

Comedy series set on one of life's great frontiers. Danny starts his first week at university looking forward to leaving his past behind him

Off the Hook: 1/7

Lunch Monkeys

Office slackers flirting, fighting and dodging work in BBC Three sitcom

Sitcom in which admin workers at a law firm spend their time flirting, fighting and dodging work

Lunch Monkeys: Series 1

Lunch Monkeys: Series 1: Episode 1: Spacepants

Episode 1: Spacepants

Spacepants

BBC Three - Lunch Monkeys, Series 1, Spacepants

Kenny tries to ask Tania out, but ends up trying to find spacepants.

Comedy series in which slack admin workers at a law firm cause havoc. Kenny tries to ask Tania out, but ends up trying to find spacepants.

Comedy series in which slack admin workers at a law firm cause havoc.  

Boss Mike is driven nuts by new girl Shelley who takes a two hour lunch to get a tattoo. Office Manager Gloria is too lazy to do Shelley's induction and leaves it to Darrel - bad move.  

Asif thinks an angry client wants to kill him with a death ray. Kenny tries to ask Tania out, but ends up trying to find spacepants and anyhow Tania might have AIDS, may be a lesbian and is possibly pregnant, but she definitely has a boyfriend.

BBC Three

A multi-platform service for 16-34s, featuring comedy, entertainment and factual content.

The BBC’s multi-platform service for 16 to 34s, innovating with breakthrough comedy, stand-out entertainment, brave documentary and intellectual factual content.

Sitcom in which slack admin workers at a law firm cause havoc

Lunch Monkeys: 1/6

Later... with Jools Holland

Jools brings together hot, legendary and undiscovered artists for live studio performances

Jools brings together hot, legendary and undiscovered artists for live studio performances, interviews and musical magic.

Later... with Jools Holland: Best of Later with Jools 2008

24/03/2009

Best of Later with Jools 2008

BBC Two - Later... with Jools Holland, Best of Later with Jools 2008

Jools looks back on some of the magical performances from the show in 2008.

Jools looks back on performances from the show including Fleet Foxes, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and The Killers, plus chats with Eartha Kitt, Liza Minnelli and Carla Bruni.

Jools looks back on some of the magical performances from the show in 2008. 

Featuring Fleet Foxes, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, The Killers, Jimmy Cliff, TV on the Radio, MGMT and Kings of Leon, plus moments at the piano chatting with Eartha Kitt, Liza Minnelli and Carla Bruni.

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

Best of Later... with Jools 2008

The Incredible Human Journey: 3/5

The Incredible Human Journey: Episode 3: Europe

Episode 3: Europe

The Incredible Human Journey

Europe

BBC Two - The Incredible Human Journey, Europe

Looking at how our species coped with the rival Neanderthals and the Ice Age.

Dr Alice Roberts discovers how humans left Africa to colonise the world. In Europe, she investigates how our species coped with the rival Neanderthals and the Ice Age.

There are seven billion humans on Earth, spread across the whole planet. Scientific evidence suggests that most of us can trace our origins to one tiny group of people who left Africa around 70,000 years ago. In this five-part series, Dr Alice Roberts follows the archaeological and genetic footprints of our ancient ancestors to find out how their journeys transformed our species into the humans we are today, and how Homo Sapiens came to dominate the planet.

When our species first arrived in Europe, the peak of the Ice Age was approaching and the continent was already crawling with a rival: Stronger, at home in the cold and even (contrary to the popular image) brainier than us. So how did the European pioneers survive first the Neanderthals and then the deep freeze as they pushed across the continent? 

Alice Roberts reconstructs the head of the 'first European' to come face to face with one of our ancestors; she discovers how art became crucial for survival in the face of Neanderthal competition; and what happened to change the skin colour of these European pioneers. 

Finally, spectacular new finds on the edge of Europe suggest that the first known temples may have been a spark for a huge revolution in our ancestors' way of life - agriculture.

Dr Alice Roberts tells the story of how humans left Africa to colonise the world.

Dr Alice Roberts travels the globe to discover the incredible story of how humans left Africa to colonise the world.

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