Programme Index

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Gigglebiz

Series 2

Episode 2

on BBC HD

Sketch show. Featuring Opera Oliver, the restaurant owner who just loves to sing about his food, and Doctor Doctor, who prescribes fun and giggles. Show more

Tinga Tinga Tales

Series 2

Episode 15: Why Parrot Can't Keep a Secret

on BBC HD

Stories about how different animals became distinctive. Parrot cannot open his beak, until one day when he sees a beast steal Lion's mane. Show more

Pixelface

Series 1

Episode 3: Big Close Up

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC HD

Series set in the imagined world inside a games console. Claireparker has to learn a cut scene in her game. Luckily Aethelwynne is on hand to help. Show more

Contributors

Aethelwynne:
Will Andrews
Rex Dynamo:
David Armand
Claireparker:
Anna Crilly
The Console:
Tara Flynn
Kiki Nova:
Hannah Job
Sgt Riley:
Gareth Tunley
Producer:
Jeremy Salsby
Director:
Sasha Ransome

Paradise Cafe

Series 2

Episode 7: Two Men, One Boat

Duration: 25 minutes

on BBC HD

Children's supernatural drama. Robbo and Tai enter the Paradise Island fishing contest using an abandoned dinghy in bad repair and things soon start to go wrong. Show more

Sadie J

Series 1

Episode 5: Tidylicious

on BBC HD

Comedy about a feisty 13-year-old girl. Sadie is sick to death with the low standards of hygiene in her home, so she hires a housekeeper who turns out to be bananas.

Contributors

Sadie Jenkins:
Georgia Lock
Dede Baxter:
Priyanka Patel
Kit Karter:
Ronan Carter
Steve Jenkins:
Steve Speirs
Keith Woods:
Alfie Stewart
Danny Jenkins:
William Nye
Jake Healy:
Bobby Fuller
Choreographer:
Lucie Pankhurst
Producer:
Paul McKenzie
Executive Producer:
Gina Cronk
Collette:
Holly Rivers
Belly Dancer:
Pegah Rahmani

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

on BBC HD

A romantic comedy of manners, set in the 1920s, in which an Englishman marries a glamorous American (Jessica Biel) whose forthright manner disrupts his family's stuffy lifestyle. Show more

Contributors

Larita Whittaker:
Jessica Biel
Mr Whittaker:
Colin Firth
Mrs Whittaker:
Kristin Scott Thomas
John Whittaker:
Ben Barnes
Hilda Whittaker:
Kimberley Nixon
Marion Whittaker:
Katherine Parkinson
Sarah Hurst:
Charlotte Riley
Jackson:
Jim McManus
Lord Hurst:
Pip Torrens
Producer:
James Stern
Producer:
Joseph Abrams

Genres

Formats

Coast

Series 4 (Shortened Versions)

Episode 15: Glensanda

Duration: 5 minutes

on BBC HD

Neil Oliver travels to the Faroe Islands to discover how romance blossomed for British soldiers and Faroese women during the Second World War's Operation Valentine. Show more

Coast

Series 4 (Shortened Versions)

Episode 11: Norwegian Energy

Duration: 10 minutes

on BBC HD

Alice Roberts visits a processing plant that supplies a fifth of Britain's gas requirements via the world's longest sub-sea pipeline. Show more

Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones

Episode 1: Scotland

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC HD

Griff Rhys Jones travels the wild rivers of Scotland. He heads east, upstream from Kinlochleven, then follows the course of the water downstream to Perth. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC HD

Griff Rhys Jones's exploration of Britain's rivers continues as he travels from Liverpool to the Humber and attempts to swim the almost-freezing Mersey. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Jim Funnell
Director:
Jim Funnell
Executive Producer:
Ludo Graham
Executive Producer:
Simon Mansfield
Executive Producer:
Clare Paterson

Faulks on Fiction

Episode 2: The Lover

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC HD

Series on the brilliance of the British novel. Sebastian Faulks looks at how literary lovers, from Mr Darcy to Nick Guest, have taught us the truth about love. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Helen Fielding
Participant:
Helen Fielding
Participant:
John Carey
Participant:
John Carey
Participant:
Alain de Botton
Participant:
Alain de Botton
Participant:
Simon Schama
Participant:
Simon Schama
Participant:
Alan Hollinghurst
Participant:
Rowan Pelling
Participant:
Alan Hollinghurst
Director:
David Vincent
Series Producer:
Mary Sackville-West
Director:
David Vincent
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Series Producer:
Mary Sackville-West
Participant:
Blake Morrison
Executive Producer:
Basil Comely
Participant:
Blake Morrison

The Tudors

Series 4

Episode 4

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC HD

Historical drama series. Henry's triumphal royal visit to Yorkshire has setbacks, public and private, while Katherine's past peccadilloes begin to come to light.

Contributors

Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk:
Henry Cavill
Katherine Howard:
Tamzin Merchant
Mary Tudor:
Sarah Bolger
Thomas Culpepper:
Torrance Coombs
Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford:
Max Brown
Ambassador Charles de Marillac:
Lothaire Bluteau
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey:
David O'Hara
Bishop Gardiner:
Simon Ward
Lady Rochford:
Joanne King
Richard Rich:
Rod Hallett
Lady Elizabeth:
Laoise Murray
Ralph Ellerker:
David Wilmot
Thomas Seymour:
Andrew McNair
Lady Fitzgerald:
Gemma-Leah Devereux
Joan Bulmer:
Catherine Steadman
Lady Bryan:
Jane Brennan
Edward Baynton:
Paul Brennen

Nurse Jackie

Series 2

Episode 4: Apple Bong

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC HD

Drama series about Jackie Peyton, a no-nonsense emergency room nurse based in New York. Jackie recommends an alternative remedy for a cancer patient. Show more

Contributors

Jackie Peyton:
Edie Falco
Dr Eleanor O'Hara:
Eve Best
Zoey Barkow:
Merritt Wever
Dr Fitch Cooper:
Peter Facinelli
Mohammed 'Mo-Mo' de la Cruz:
Haaz Sleiman
Martin Vobernick:
Patrick Breen

Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review the week's releases, including Never Let Me Go with Keira Knightley, True Grit with Jeff Bridges, and Paul, starring Simon Pegg. Show more

The Culture Show

2010/2011

Episode 18

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC HD

Andrew Graham-Dixon takes a tour of Westminster Abbey as preparations for a royal wedding begin, Miranda Sawyer meets PJ Harvey and Alastair Sooke talks to artist Simon Starling. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Miranda Sawyer
Presenter:
Alastair Sooke
Participant:
PJ Harvey
Series Producer:
Pauline Law
Series Producer:
Emily Kennedy
Series Editor:
Janet Lee

BBC HD

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