Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,128 playable programmes from the BBC

Comedy, directed by ana starring
Jerry Lewis
When a show-business management team loses its source ot income - a famous comedian - it decides to replace him with a fall guy, a patsy. Clumsy bellboy Stanley Belt is just their man.
(1964) * See Films: pp 48-52

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerry Lewis

Showing as part of a short season of musicals. starring
Betty Hutton , Fred Astalre
When ex-singer and dancer Kitty McNeil gets bitten by the showbiz bug again, she takes her son and absconds to New York. She is unable to get a job and is just about to give up and admit defeat when she bumps into her old dancing partner. Director Norman Z McLeod (1950)
* See Films: pp 48-52 ***

Contributors

Unknown:
Betty Hutton
Unknown:
Fred Astalre
Unknown:
Kitty McNeil
Director:
Norman Z McLeod

Jayne Middlemiss meets up with veteran singer Tom Jones. Jamie Theakston chats with dance bands Leftfield and the All Seeing I, plus the latest news from the Mercury Music Prize, coverage of which is at 11.15pm.
(Repeated next Sunday) (Digital widescreen)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jayne Middlemiss
Presenter:
Jamie Theakston
Guest:
Tom Jones
Interviewees:
null Leftfield
Interviewees:
The All Seeing I
Producer:
Jo Pilkington
Executive producer:
Mark Cooper

The magazine programme that is made by - and addresses issues of interest to - disabled people returns for an eight-part run. Gary O'Donoghue reports on the implications of new British Medical Association guidelines that give doctors the right to decide if life-prolonging treatment should be given or withheld.
(Subtitled)
Contact Details: call free on [number removed]or e-mail [address removed]

Contributors

Reporter:
Gary O'Donoghue
Series Editor:
Ion Macrae

Another chance to see the first of four programmes in which the soprano performs operatic arias and popular show songs. The special guests are baritone Bryn Terfel and pop singer/songwriter Gary Barlow.
(Repeat) (Subtitled)
Ceefax: translations of songs not sung in English are on page

Contributors

Presenter/Soprano:
Lesley Garrett
Baritone:
Bryn Terfel
Singer:
Gary Barlow
Director:
Michael Leggo
Producer:
Emma Cornish

The fourth four-part series of the cookery programme, presented by Clarissa Dickson Wright and the late Jennifer Paterson.

This first show comes from the Channel Islands, where the pair help to harvest Jersey royal potatoes. They prepare a meal for the Portuguese potato pickers of chicken soup, beef stroganoff, Portuguese fish stew and a chocolate dish.
See today's choices.
(Digital widescreen) (Subtitled)
BBC Good Food Magazine: available from newsagents
See Food: page 34

Contributors

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

Continuing the programmes about sex and sexuality.
See Polly Toynbee: page 10

9.00 Fidelity
Several couples talk about the importance of fidelity in long-term relationships. Partners explain what they see as acceptable and not, outlining the emotional boundaries they set themselves and each other, and in a frank discussion they air their views on such topics as jealousy, flirting and age.
(Digital widescreen)
BBC Action Line: for details see Monday

9.50-10.30 Welcome to Norfolk Mr Griffin
Tonight's second film in the season follows 64-year-old Norma, a widow with a fondness for younger black men from the Caribbean. Her newest lover is Nathaniel Griffin, a 30-something shell fisherman from St Kitts. Griffin, an amputee known as One Off, has come to stay with Norma but must first pass muster with her eccentric and protective friends and family.

Contributors

Subject (Welcome to Norfolk Mr Griffin):
Nathaniel Griffin

From London's Grosvenor House Hotel, Jo Whiley presents a mix of debate, artist interviews and band performances at the eighth annual Mercury Music Prize awards. Nominees for the album of the year include Manic Street Preachers, the Chemical Brothers, Blur, Stereophonics, Faithless, Underworld, Beth Orton and Black Star Liner.
(Digital widescreen)
See Music: page 40

Contributors

Presenter:
Jo Whiley
Producer:
Des Burkinshaw
Executive Producer:
Trevor Dann

(Repeats are not indicated)

Open University
12.30 Refining the View
1.00 Artists in Logic - Computers in Wood
1.30 Hackers, Crackers and Worms

The Greats
2.00 Historical Figures
Pete McCarthy looks at the great royals.

Languages
4.00 The French Experience (9-12)
Series for beginners, with subtitles.

Business and Training
5.00 Career Moves

Open University
5.45 Writing a Report
Professional advice.
6.35-7.00am Designing a Lift
Engineering principles.

Contributors

Presenter (The Greats):
Pete McCarthy

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