Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,699 playable programmes from the BBC

10.30 Words and Pictures: Mog on Fox Night
(ages 5-7)

10.45 Cats' Eyes: The Earth and Beyond - Weather
(ages 5-7)

11.00 Look and Read: LRTV: A Soap Square Sizzler
(ages 7-9)

11.20 Zig Zag: Ancient Greece - the Parthenon
(ages 7-9) (Subtitled)

11.40 Landmarks: River Severn - Water from the River
(ages 9-11)

12.05 History File: 1930s: What Depression?
(ages 14-16)

Bob Langley samples the wildlife of the Isle of Skye, and the late A.W. Wainwright offers a personal view of the island.
(Repeat)
(Skye is the subject of Wilderness Walks tonight at 8pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Bob Langley
Producer:
Michael Murphy
Series Producer:
Mike Finlason

People who have lived in an Iron-Age village and as though it were the 1940s talk to Esther Rantzen about whether it would be better to live in the past. Guests include historian Michael Wood and Professor Heinz Wolff.

Contributors

Presenter:
Esther Rantzen
Guest:
Michael Wood
Guest:
Professor Heinz Wolff

Koenig's Eagle crash-lands on a prison planet, where he is taken prisoner by the the beautiful Elizia.
(First shown on ITV)

Contributors

Writer:
Michael Winder
Director:
Tom Clegg
John Koenig:
Martin Landau
Dr Helena Russell:
Barbara Bain
Maya:
Catherine Schell
Elizia:
Hildegard Neil
Crael:
Roy Marsden
Sanderson:
Ken Hutchinson
Eva:
Carolyn Seymour

Continuing the interactive travel series in which Kate Humble is guided by viewers' e-mails.
Armed with just a laptop and a mobile phone, Humble faces various challenges along the way, this week visiting Ireland. Viewers can help shape the destiny of the show or follow her daily progress on the Webwise site: [web address removed]
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

Try the Internet: to arrange a free internet taster session in your area, phone the free helpline on [number removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Humble
Series Producer:
Nichola Hegarty
Executive Producer:
Mark Hill

Another chance to see the second series of six treks across some of the world's finest landscapes.

Donnie Munro, politician and former lead singer of Runrig, joins Cameron McNeish for a 20-mile walk along the alpine landscape of the Cullin Hills on his native Isle of Skye.
(Digital widescreen) (Repeat) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter:
Cameron McNeish
Guest:
Donnie Munro
Director/Producer:
Richard Else

A repeat showing for the third series of the offbeat cookery programme. Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson-Wright visit Kylemore Abbey on the west coast of Ireland, where they prepare lobster with mayonnaise, raspberry and strawberry shortcake, and tomato tartlets and broad beans with dill.
(Digital widescreen) (Repeat) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Presenter/Cook:
Jennifer Paterson
Presenter/Cook:
Clarissa Dickson-Wright
Director/Series Producer:
Patricia Llewellyn

Written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
The first of five episodes from the original 1968 series.

The platoon go to great lengths to equip themselves as a fighting force, but find an unexpected obstacle.
(Black and white) (Repeat) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Writer:
Jimmy Perry
Writer/Producer:
David Croft
Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Walker:
James Beck
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Caretaker:
Eric Woodburn

The first of nine film portraits re-evaluating historical figures.

Albert Frederick Arthur George, known to his family as Bertie, came to the throne when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. Thrust into the spotlight, this shy man overcame his fear of public speaking to become one of the country's best-loved monarchs.
See today's choices.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)

Contributors

Producer:
Denys Blakeway
Series Editor:
Janice Hadlow

German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter talks about the devastating impact which the onset of deafness had on Beethoven's life and music, and, accompanied by pianist Lambert Orkis, performs one of his most tempestuous works from this period, Violin Sonata in C minor.
The series concludes tomorrow at 11.15pm.
(Digital widescreen)

Followed by Weatherview

Contributors

Presenter/violinist:
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Pianist:
Lambert Orkis
Director:
David Stevens

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 The Emperor's Gift
(Subtitled)
1.00 Women and Allegory: Gender and Sculpture
(Subtitled)
1.30 Discovering 16th-century Strasbourg

Schools
2.00 Literacy and Numeracy: Words and Pictures: Phonics

Languages
4.00 Spain Inside Out 3-4

Business and Training
5.00 Webwise: Communicating Online

Open University
5.45 Rome under the Popes
(Subtitled)
6.10 Kedleston Hall
6.35-7.00am Time for You

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