Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,433 playable programmes from the BBC

7.00 Polka Dot Shorts
More adventures with Polkaroo

7. 10 The Silver Brumby
Animation.
(Repeat)

7.30 Inch High Private Eye
Fun with the diminutive detective.
(Repeat)

7.55 The Bots Master
Crazy capers with the animated androids.
(Repeat)

8.20 Buried Treasure
Celebrity guests tackle challenges to find a hidden hoard.
(First shown in Fully Booked)

8.40 Blue Peter
Children's magazine.
(Shown yesterday 5.10pm BBC1)

9.10 Goober and the Ghost Chasers
Cartoon.
(Repeat)

9.35 Student Bodies
Teen sitcom combining live action and animation.
(Repeat)

10.00 Teletubbies: Monkey Safari
Some children visit a safari park to see the monkeys.
(Repeat)

Children's adventure.
After years of planning, Travis Maclaine and his daughters set out on a round-the-world voyage in a converted trawler. From the moment they sail, things do not go according to plan. First they discover they have a stowaway on board, then they are shipwrecked after a fierce storm off the coast of Alaska.
(1978, U)
See Films: pages 52-61 **

Contributors

Director:
Stewart Raffill
Travis Maclaine:
Robert Logan
Kelly:
Mikki Jamison-Olsen
Courtney:
Heather Rattray
Jesse:
Cjon Damitri Patterson
Samantha:
Shannon Saylor
TV announcer:
Mike Litke

Pop act Catatonia chat to Jayne Middlemiss as they prepare for their concert in London, soul singer Beverley Knight reveals a hidden talent to Jamie Theakston, and diva Chaka Khan talks to Rajesh Mirchandani.
(Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jayne Middlemiss
Presenter:
Jamie Theakston
Interviewees:
null Catatonia
Guest:
Beverley Knight
Interviewer:
Rajesh Mirchandani
Interviewee:
Chaka Khan
Producer:
Angela Ferreira
Executive Producer:
Paul Smith

First of a series in which people express strongly held views.

Erin Pizzey, founder of the first women's refuge in Britain, challenges the orthodox view that men are responsible for all domestic violence. With the support of experts, Pizzey argues that women are often as violent as men and that routine discrimination is dangerous.
See Polly Toynbee: page 10

Contributors

Presenter:
Erin Pizzey
Producer:
Michael MacCormack
Executive Producer:
Debbie Christie

An edition of the series that probes the secrets of houses.

An incongruous square of Georgian townhouses in south London provides the starting point for a historical investigation. The trail leads to a story of ruthless
Regency profiteering involving ancient mariners, long-dead kings and the brothels of Southwark. With Juliet Morris, Judith Miller and Mac Dowdy.
(Repeat)

Contributors

Presenter:
Juliet Morris
Presenter:
Judith Miller
Presenter:
Mac Dowdy
Director:
Nicky Pattison
Series Editor:
Basil Comely

Alvin Hall offers advice to two couples whose lives are on the verge of change. The Funnells dream of being self-sufficient but Hall doubts whether they can live on home-grown produce alone. For the Bennetts, whose courier company is becoming successful, Hall counsels against mixing work and marriage. With Fi Glover.

Contributors

Presenter:
Fi Glover
Expert:
Alvin Hall
Producer:
Richard Farnbrough
Series Editor:
Daisy Goodwin

In the run up to the opening of the Spiral, a controversial extension to London's Victoria and Albert Museum , Close Up profiles its designer. Daniel Libeskind, born in Poland in 1946, secured an international reputation with a commission to design a Jewish Museum in Berlin, an even more contentious project deeply bound up with his family's experience of the Holocaust. Tonight's programme examines the life of an enigmatic and visionary architect.
(Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Subject:
Daniel Libeskind
Director:
Mary Downes
Series Editor:
Michael Poole

A double bill concludes the series of the US comedy.
(A special highlights show is on Friday at 11.45pm)

11.15 The Face Painter
George debates whether to tell his girlfriend he loves her.

Then at 11.35 The Understudy
Jerry and George are accused of conspiring to injure Bette Midler.

(Subtitled)
Videoplus code for 11.15-11.35
Code for 11.35-12.00
Code for 11.15-12.00 (not PDC).

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Herself (The Understudy):
Bette Midler

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Free Body Diagrams
1.00 Diagrams
1.30 Sensing Intelligence

Exam Revision
2.00 GCSE Bitesize Revision: English 3

Languages
4.00 Espana Viva!: Parts 5 and 6

Business and Training
5.00 Career Moves: Gardening and Conservation

Open University
5.45 The Census
6.10 The Vernacular Tradition
6.35-7.00am Tilings at the Alhambra

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