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U2 at the BBC

08/03/2009

BBC Three - U2 at the BBC

A look back at the day U2 spent at the BBC visiting Jo Whiley and Chris Evans.

A look back at the day U2 spent at the BBC visiting Jo Whiley and performing tracks for the Live Lounge in the BBC Radio Theatre and Chris Evans' Radio 2 show.

A look back at the day U2 spent at the BBC visiting Jo Whiley and performing tracks for the Live Lounge in the BBC Radio Theatre and Chris Evans' Radio 2 show, culminating in a performance on the roof of Broadcasting House.

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.

The Irish band perform songs from their latest album, No Line on the Horizon, and chat to Jo Whiley and Chris Evans. Shown last Saturday on BBC HD 
Showing in HD on the BBC HD channel on Thursday at 11.30pm

The Real Hustle

Factual entertainment series about scams and cons

Factual entertainment series about scams and cons focusing on how easy it is to be scammed and conned in everyday life

The Real Hustle: Series 6: High Stakes

The Real Hustle: Series 6: High Stakes: Episode 9

Episode 9

Series 6: High Stakes

BBC Three - The Real Hustle, Series 6: High Stakes, Episode 9

The hustlers join the antiques trade and make a killing in the Double Antique scam.

A team of hustlers try out scams on the public. The hustlers make a killing in the Double Antique Scam. In Celebrity Con Games, Paul cooks up a surprise for Aldo Zilli.

A team of hustlers - Alexis Conran, Paul Wilson and Jessica Clement - try out notorious scams on members of the public, filmed with hidden cameras. 

The hustlers join the antiques trade and make a killing in the Double Antique Scam. In Celebrity Con Games, Paul cooks up a surprise for Aldo Zilli, and in the Stakeout Scam some unsuspecting shoppers get far more than they bargained for.

A team of hustlers try out some notorious scams on members of the public.

A team of hustlers try out some notorious scams on members of the public, filmed with hidden cameras and intercut with interviews from fraud protection experts, police and scam victims.

The Real Hustle: High Stakes

The team makes a large profit in the double antique scam.

Top Gear

BBC One

The team push their cars and themselves to the limits in the world’s biggest motoring show

The team push their cars and themselves to the limits in the world’s biggest motoring show.

Top Gear: Series 11

Top Gear: Series 11: Episode 2

Episode 2

Series 11

BBC One - Top Gear, Series 11, Episode 2

Jeremy falls in love with the Mercedes CLK Black, and Richard drives the Audi RS6.

Motoring series. Jeremy falls in love with the Mercedes CLK Black, Richard meets the Audi RS6 and some skiers, and the show's bravery expert is set an MG Maestro challenge.

Motoring series. Jeremy falls in love with the Mercedes CLK Black, Richard uses the Audi RS6 to take on some annoyingly cool French skiers, and James sets the show's in-house bravery expert an enormous challenge involving an MG Maestro. Plus, the new Mitsubishi Evo X and Subaru Impreza STi rally around the test track, and Rupert Penry-Jones and Peter Firth go head-to-head in the Reasonably Priced Car.

BBC Two

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

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

2/6. The Mercedes CLK Black is put through its paces, and an Audi RS6 takes on a group of skiers.  
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Meet the Parents

15/06/2002

BBC Three - Meet the Parents

Comedy about a young man's nightmarish first visit to his girlfriend's parents' house.

Ben Stiller stars in a comedy about a young man's first meeting with his girlfriend's parents, an event that turns out to be more nightmarish than he could ever have imagined.

Comedy. Poised to propose, Greg intends to pop the question to Pam after first asking her father for permission after a weekend's stay at her parents' home. Unfortunately Jack Byrnes, Pam's father, takes an immediate dislike to the object of his daughter's affections. Determined to win him over, Greg's actions cause an unfortunate chain of events that ensure that anything that can go wrong, does.

Slapstick comedy starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller. Male nurse Greg Focker wants to propose to his girlfriend Pam, but decides to ask the permission of her old-fashioned father, Jack, a former CIA agent. Review p36.  
Director Jay Roach (2000,12)

Live at the Apollo

Cutting-edge stand-up comedy recorded at the famous Hammersmith Apollo

Comedic royalty and fresh new faces on the stand-up scene take to the stage of the legendary London venue.

Live at the Apollo: Series 4

Live at the Apollo: Series 4: Episode 1

Episode 1

Series 4

BBC Two - Live at the Apollo, Series 4, Episode 1

Michael McIntyre introduces Rich Hall and Rhod Gilbert at the Hammersmith Apollo, London.

The BAFTA-nominated Live at the Apollo presents the best of British stand-up comedy, as Michael McIntyre introduces Rich Hall and Rhod Gilbert at the Hammersmith Apollo, London.

Stand-up comedy, showcasing new comedians, from the Hammersmith Apollo theatre

Cutting-edge stand-up comedy recorded at the famous Hammersmith Apollo theatre.

Genial Michael Mclntyre plays host as he unleashes the acerbic wit of Rich Hall and surreal humour of Rhod Gilbert on the Hammersmith audience.

Family Guy

Subversive animated comedy about the everyday trials and tribulations of the Griffins

Subversive animated comedy about the everyday trials and tribulations of the Griffin household

Family Guy: Series 4

Family Guy: Series 4: Episode 17: The Fat Guy Strangler

Episode 17

Episode 17: The Fat Guy Strangler

The Fat Guy Strangler

BBC Three - Family Guy, Series 4, The Fat Guy StranglerSearch BBC

Lois discovers she has a brother named Patrick whom she never knew about.

Animated comedy. Lois learns she has a brother in a mental institution. She has him released to live with the Griffins, but then fat men start to turn up dead.

After discovering she has a brother named Patrick whom she never knew about, Lois takes the family to meet him, only to discover he is in a mental institution. Patrick seems sane, so Lois checks him out of the asylum to live with the Griffins. 

Peter, urged to lose weight by his doctor, starts a society for the acceptance of fat men. When a fat man is strangled in Quahog, Peter and his fat society live in terror, and fingers point to Patrick.

Fourth series of the subversive animated comedy

Subversive animated comedy about the everyday trials and tribulations of the Griffin family

Series four. Lois takes the family to see her long-lost brother.  
11.55 Peter starts a new religion dedicated to his favourite Happy Days character, the Fonz.

Family Guy: Series 4: Episode 18: The Father, the Son and the Holy Fonz

Episode 18

Episode 18: The Father, the Son and the Holy Fonz

The Father, the Son and the Holy Fonz

BBC Three - Family Guy, Series 4, The Father, the Son and the Holy FonzSearch BBC

When Peter's dad visits the Griffins, he tries to impose his religious beliefs.

Animated comedy series about family life. When Peter's dad visits the Griffins, he tries to impose his religious beliefs on the family.

Animated comedy series about family life. When Peter's dad visits the Griffins, he tries to impose his religious beliefs on the family. But after a mishap leaves Stewie stuck living in a bubble, Peter searches for a new religion, finding faith in his television hero the Fonz. But the newly established Church of the Fonz struggles to retain its members.

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

Sitcom about the lives and loves of five twenty-somethings in Runcorn

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps: Series 8

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps: Series 8: Episode 9: Comic Relief Special: When Janet Met Michelle

Episode 9: Comic Relief Special: When Janet Met Michelle

Series 8

Comic Relief Special: When Janet Met Michelle

BBC Three - Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Series 8, Comic Relief Special: When Janet Met Michelle

Comic relief fun and mayhem with the cast of Two Pints, Coming of Age and Grown Ups.

One-off special bringing together the casts of sitcoms Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Coming of Age and Grown Ups for Comic Relief.

One-off special bringing together three hit BBC3 comedies - Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Coming of Age and Grown Ups - in a Comic Relief extravaganza.

It's Janet and Gaz's first night as a couple after Donna has moved to London. Gaz wants a cosy night in but Janet insists on going to Timothy Claypole's Comic Relief Fun Night of Fun at the pub.

Louise is also at The Archer mocking Tim for the lack of turnout. He decides to prove to her just how many friends he has and phones round his pals from Manchester (Grown Ups: Michelle, Jenny, Grant, Chris and Alex) and Abingdon (Coming of Age: Jas, Ollie, DK, Matt and Chloe), as well as a call into Joe Pasquale, who rudely turns him down. Louise makes sure she completes the Two Pints team and brings Donna back from London.

Michelle is running late, gets lost and turns up on Gaz's doorstep to ask directions. He thinks she is Janet with a posh hair do until she ravishes him and he realises his mistake. 

Once everyone has arrived at The Archer, the Comic Relief games commence and Michelle and Janet take an instant dislike to one another.

In a competition to raise money for the charity, Tim hosts three events, Flirt Off, Bitch Off and Drink Off, to be competed for by a representative from each team.

The Bitch Off sees Gaz, Chris and DK compete, only to end in a homoerotic hug as they bully each other to tears. 

The Drink Off sees Matt beat both Donna and Grant to the post but faint in the aftermath, not able to handle his drink.

The Flirt Off is a clear cut win from Jasmine as she renders Gaz speechless, whilst Michelle and Janet's techniques fail to impress him.

Sitcom about the lives and loves of five twenty-somethings in Runcorn.

Two Pints

Two Pints: Fags, Lads and Kebabs

BBC Three - Two Pints: Fags, Lads and Kebabs

For Comic Relief, Lauren Laverne presents the story behind hit sitcom Two Pints of Lager.

For Comic Relief, Lauren Laverne presents the story behind hit sitcom Two Pints of Lager, going behind the scenes on location and in the studio to find out what makes it tick.

For Comic Relief, Lauren Laverne presents the story behind hit sitcom Two Pints of Lager, going behind the scenes on location and in the studio to find out what makes it tick. 

Cast members past and present, including Sheridan Smith, Will Mellor, Natalie Casey, Kathryn Drysdale and Beverley Callard celebrate eight series of tears and laughter. 

Lauren visits Janet and Jonny's real house with writer and creator Susan Nickson and Ralf Little reveals why he decided to leave the show in 2006.

Snog Marry Avoid?

Makeunder show, which sees POD transform OTT girls and boys into natural beauties

The world's first makeunder show, which sees POD - Personal Overhaul Device - transform OTT girls and boys into natural beauties

Snog Marry Avoid?: Series 2

Snog Marry Avoid?: Series 2: Episode 4

Episode 4

Series 2

BBC Three - Snog Marry Avoid?, Series 2, Episode 4

Blonde Danielle, gothic geisha Azelie and outrageous mother Jay face the wrath of POD.

Make-under show in which Jenny Frost and her Personal Overhaul Device restore people's natural beauty. Jenny meets blonde Danielle, gothic geisha Azelie and outrageous mother Jay.

Jenny Frost presents the world's first makeunder show, which sees POD - Personal Overhaul Device - transform OTT girls and boys into natural beauties. Before and after each makeunder, the public will vote as to whether they would rather snog, marry or avoid POD's willing victims. 

POD and Jenny face the challenge of bubbly blonde Danielle, gothic geisha Azelie and outrageous mother Jay.

The makeunder show that sees OTT girls and boys transformed into natural beauties

Jenny Frost presents the world's first makeunder show which sees POD - the Personal Overhaul Device - transform OTT girls and boys into natural beauties

Snog, Marry, Avoid?

Don't Get Ripped Off

15/03/2009

BBC Three - Don't Get Ripped Off

Testing reactions to poor customer service using fake shops, garages and restaurants.

Show which puts a consumer twist on the scam format by testing people's reactions to poor customer service at fake shops, garages and restaurants.

Polly Parsons, Carole Machin and Martel Maxwell are three girls who go to extreme lengths to make you aware of your consumer rights so you have the ammunition to fight back and don't get ripped off.

The innovative format uses hidden cameras to set up traps and rip-offs by creating fake businesses to draw in unsuspecting consumers and then hit them with an ambitious stunt. 

There is also practical advice on how to make an effective claim, so viewers can avoid costly lawyers, and short vox-pops shot on the streets of the UK which expose the gap between what viewers perceive their rights to be and what they actually are.

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