Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,698 playable programmes from the BBC

Note: repeats are not indicated.
9.00 Seeingthrough Science (ages 11-14) Fit to Race Helen Sharman investigates the success of Olympic gold medal cyclist Chris Boardman and his bike to show how physics and physiology are vital to making a winner,
9.25 English Express (ages 9-11)
Language Skills: Talking and Writing-What's the Difference?
9.45 Words and Pictures (ages 5-7) Give a Dog a Name

Contributors

Unknown:
Helen Sharman
Unknown:
Chris Boardman

10.25 Numbertime: Number Three
(ages 4-5) (Stereo)

10.45 Cats' Eyes: Plants and Animals - Animal Families
(ages 5-7) (Stereo)

11.00 Around Scotland: Children of Coal and Iron - Owned by the Company.
The story of a mining family in 1830s Lanarkshire. The company owner has control over their lives - their jobs, houses and even where they spend their money.
(ages 10-12)

11.20 Music Makers: Animals and the Environment - Loud and Quiet
(ages 7-9+) (Stereo)

11.40 Moving to English: Queen Alexandra and the Victorian Royal Family
(ages 8+) (Stereo) (Subtitled)

12.00 TV6: African Portraits - Melanie Jones, Cape Town
(ages 15-19)

Contributors

Subject (TV6):
Melanie Jones

1.00 The Geography Programme (ages
11-16) USA 2000 - Wheelspin in Motor City A look at the fortunes of Detroit. Stereo 81206568 1.20ZigZag(ages
8-10+) UK Geography - Weather in Wales Stereo 81286704 1.40 German
Globo (ages 11-12) Animated series for
German beginners. Stereo 91989988 1.45 Come Outside (ages 4-5)

Further live coverage from the Labour
Party Conference in Brighton. Presented by Nick Ross with Jon Sopel and Anna Perkins. Every day viewers will have the chance to put questionsto politicians through Conference On-Une.
Including at 3.00 and 3.55 News Regional News; Weather

Contributors

Presented By:
Nick Ross
Unknown:
Jon Sopel
Unknown:
Anna Perkins.

Tuscany. InthetownofCastellinoin
Chianti, Keith Floyd cooks pigeon in red wine, and in Sienna he cooks an Osso Bucco. He laterstops off at a Tuscan castle to roast wild boarovera logfire. Next programme tomorrow 5.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Keith Floyd

Fourth of a six-part drama.
The submarine U-96 has fired on a British convoy, but the crew's elation is tempered when a destroyer equipped with new sonic technology forces them to dive.
In German with English subtitles.

Contributors

Writer/Director:
Wolfgang Petersen
Captain:
Jorgen Prochnow.
Lt Werner:
Herbert Gronemeyer
Chief engineer:
Klaus Wennemann
First lieutenant:
Hubertus Bengsch
Second lieutenant:
Martin Semmelrogge.
Bridge officer:
Bernd Tauber
Ullman:
Martin May

People talkabouttheirfavourite moment in the movies.
Director George Romero chooses a sequence from Tales of Hoffman, and director Mike Hodges a scene from
Panther Panchali.

Contributors

Director:
George Romero
Director:
Mike Hodges

Technoshopping. What will ourshopping habits be like by theyear2000? Fourshoppers sample the future. The last in the series presented by Loyd Grossman. See today's choices.
Director Pol Ferguson-Thompson ; Producer
TimHincks Stereo Subtitled ................

Contributors

Presented By:
Loyd Grossman.
Director:
Pol Ferguson-Thompson

Last of a four-part thriller written by Stephen Davis.
Anna now has to face up to the pressures of her campaign against
Lomnane, including a threat to her life. See today's choices.
Director Mary McMurray ; Producer Kevin Loader

Contributors

Written By:
Stephen Davis.
Director:
Mary McMurray
Producer:
Kevin Loader
Anna:
Beth Goddard
Jim:
Julian Glover
Margot:
Phyllida Law
Michael:
Andrew Woodall
Susan:
Caroline Harding
Tom Franks:
Neil McKinven
Jane:
Susannah Elliott
Malcolm:
Mick Ford
Gareth:
Jonathan Cake
Telfbrd:
William Relton
Carl Edwards:
Lawrence Mullin
Professor Marshall:
Geoffrey Hutchings
Heidelberg professor:
Michael Mellinger
Dr Alan Crane:
Ed Devereaux
Ryan:
Philip Bretherton
MrPashley:
Ian Talbot
Dr Benson:
Brian Pettifer
Walter Jones:
Idris Elba
Animal keeper:
Fine Time Fontayne
Geoffrey Wilkes:
Antony Higginson
Ken James:
Gareth Armstrong
Mr Baxter:
Jonathan Kydd
Lucas nurses:
Rebecca Harries
Lucas nurses:
Marva Alexander
Lucas sister:
Kaye James
Malcolm's nurse:
Josephine Adams
Female junior doctor:
Kate O'Malley
Anaesthetist:
Jane Lee
Consultant:
Howard Southern
Ambulanceman:
Mac Andrews
Guard:
Joe Fraser
Drug rep at Harman:
Denise Thomas

In the media magazine this week, John Sweeney goes to the Labour Conference to see if Rupert Murdoch 's British newspapers will take a more pro-Labour stance; he's curious about the owners of The European; and he asks if cheap implies bad as advances in TV technology lead to less costly productions.
Series producer Andrea Miller
11.5SWeatherview

Contributors

Unknown:
John Sweeney
Unknown:
Rupert Murdoch
Producer:
Andrea Miller

BBC Two England

About BBC Two

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

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More