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BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

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Balamory

Find out what the story is in Balamory with Miss Hoolie and the gang.

Balamory: Series 4

Balamory: Series 4: Episode 10: The Snowman

Episode 10

Episode 10: The Snowman

Balamory - CBeebies - BBC

It's a snowy day in Balamory, and Christopher Mcleod has a cold.

Live-action series for preschool children based around the small island community of Balamory in Scotland. It's a snowy day, and Christopher Mcleod has a cold.

Live-action series for preschool children based around the fictional island community of Balamory in Scotland. It's a snowy day in Balamory, and Christopher Mcleod has a cold. Miss Hoolie and Josie think of some ingenious ways to cheer him up.

The Snowman

Series 4

CBeebies

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes.

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes, dedicated to delighting and surprising its pre-school audience.

Find out what the story is in Balamory with Miss Hoolie and the gang

CBeebies: Balamory

Doodle Do

Fun activities and adventures for kids, with Dib-Dab, Scribble and Stick

Doodle Do: Handwipe Butterflies

28/03/2006

Handwipe Butterflies

CBeebies - Doodle Do, Handwipe Butterflies

Chris shows Dib-Dab, Scribble and Stick how to make beautiful coloured butterflies.

Adventures with the Doodle Doers. Chris shows Dib-Dab, Scribble and Stick how to make coloured butterflies with handwipes. Afterwards he tells them a story.

Adventures with the Doodle Doers. Chris shows Dib-Dab, Scribble and Stick how to make beautiful coloured butterflies using handwipes. Afterwards he tells them a very fitting story: The Little White Butterfly.

CBeebies: Doodle Do

Boogie Beebies

Children's music programme. A chance for viewers to dance with Nat and Pete

Boogie Beebies: I Wish it Would Snow - Tuesday

25/12/2007

I Wish it Would Snow - Tuesday

CBeebies - Boogie Beebies, I Wish it Would Snow - Tuesday

Pete and the Boogie Bunch make frosty moves in this cool snowy number.

Children's music and dance programme. Pete and the Boogie Bunch make frosty moves in this cool snowy number.

CBeebies: Boogie Beebies

Followed by Christmas Storytime with Roly Mo

Christmas Storytime with Roly Mo

Series for pre-school children. Roly Mo of Fimble Valley tells festive stories.

Christmas Storytime with Roly Mo: Big Fish Surprise

19/12/2005

Big Fish Surprise

CBeebies - Christmas Storytime with Roly Mo, Big Fish Surprise

Roly Mo of Fimble Valley tells festive stories. This tale features a fish.

Series for pre-school children. Roly Mo of Fimble Valley tells festive stories. This tale features a fish.

Tweenies

Children's puppet show featuring the characters Bella, Milo, Fizz and Jake

Tweenies: Highly Strung

19/12/2000

Highly Strung

CBeebies - Tweenies, Highly Strung

Jake meets Jangles, the highly strung string puppet.

Playtime with the puppet people. Jake meets Jangles, the highly strung string puppet, and helps give him the confidence to perform.

CBeebies: Tweenies

Clifford's Puppy Days

Animated story of Clifford the Big Red Dog before he got so big

Clifford's Puppy Days: Clifford's Winter Spirit

16/12/2005

Clifford's Winter Spirit

CBeebies - Clifford's Puppy Days, Clifford's Winter Spirit

It's the first snowfall of winter and everyone seems to have a tradition.

Animated story of Clifford the Big Red Dog before he got so big. It's the first snowfall of winter and everyone seems to have a tradition except Norville.

CBeebies: Clifford's Puppy Days

Charlie and Lola: Christmas Special

Charlie and Lola

Join siblings Lola and Charlie as they deal with topics that affect their everyday lives.

Charlie has a little sister called Lola. She’s small and very funny. She’s still learning life’s lessons and Charlie has lots of fun helping her along the way.

Charlie and Lola: How Many More Minutes to Christmas?

24/12/2006

How Many More Minutes to Christmas?

Charlie and Lola - CBeebies - BBC

Lola discovers there is no door for Christmas Day on her advent calendar.

Children's animation with brother and sister Charlie and Lola. Lola discovers there is no door for Christmas Day on her advent calendar.

Children's animation. A brother and sister deal with topics that affect their everyday lives. 

Lola is excited because Christmas is coming, and she and Charlie are taking turns to open the advent calendar. Everything is set for the perfect Christmas until Lola discovers that there is no door for Christmas Day. Desperate to find out why, Charlie and Lola scramble inside the calendar and confirm their worst fears - Christmas has ground to a halt!

CBeebies: Charlie and Lola

LazyTown

Fun with pink-haired eight-year-old Stephanie and superhero Sportacus.

Fun with pink-haired eight-year-old Stephanie and superhero Sportacus

LazyTown: Series 1

LazyTown: Series 1: Episode 34: LazyTown's Surprise Santa

Episode 34

Episode 34: LazyTown's Surprise Santa

Series 1

LazyTown's Surprise Santa

CBeebies - LazyTown, Series 1, LazyTown's Surprise Santa

Robbie Rotten finds out that the LazyTowners are having a Christmas party.

Fun with eight-year-old Stephanie and superhero Sportacus. Robbie Rotten finds out the LazyTowners are having a Christmas party and sets out to ruin it.

Fun with pink-haired Stephanie, an optimistic eight-year-old, and superhero Sportacus, as they learn how to make healthy choices and get active. Robbie Rotten finds out that the LazyTowners are having a Christmas party, but believes he wasn't invited. He sets out to ruin the party by shooting a snowball out of a cannon at the guests. However, he soon realises that he was invited. Sportacus saves the day before the snowball crashes into the festivities.

CBeebies: LazyTown

Bernard

Animated adventures of Bernard the Polar Bear

Bernard: The Storm

22/11/2007

The Storm

CBBC - Bernard, The Storm

Bernard has a polar home on the ice cap, but is forced to leave after a storm.

Animated adventures of Bernard the polar bear. Bernard has a polar home on the ice cap, but a lightning strike forces him to leave it all behind.

Animated adventures of Bernard the polar bear. Bernard has a polar home on the ice cap, but a lightning strike during a polar thunderstorm forces him to leave it all behind.

CBBC

The BBC's multiplatform offering bringing the very best programmes to 6-12 year olds.

CBBC is the BBC's multiplatform offering for 6-12 year olds bringing the very best drama, entertainment and factual programmes to its young viewers.

Animal Park: Wild in Africa

Ben Fogle and Kate Humble take in the wildlife of Namibia

Animal Park: Wild in Africa: Series 2

Animal Park: Wild in Africa: Series 2: Episode 2

Episode 2

Series 2

BBC Two - Animal Park: Wild in Africa, Series 2, Episode 2

Seven endangered African wild dog pups face a worrying future when they are orphaned.

Ben Fogle and Kate Humble are on safari in Namibia as they meet some of Africa's wildest animals. Seven orphaned African wild dog pups face a worrying future.

Ben Fogle and Kate Humble are on safari in Namibia as they come face to face with some of Africa's wildest animals. Seven endangered African wild dog pups face a worrying future after their parents are killed. Kate follows the game capture crew who risk their lives to move animals to safer havens and Ben meets a giant eagle owl that preys on other owls.

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

Kate Humble and Ben Fogle see what animal life is like in Namibia

Animal Park: Wild In Africa

A group of wild dog pups face an uncertain future after their parents' death.

Meerkat Manor

Documentary series looking at a family of meerkats living in the Kalahari Desert

Documentary series looking at a family of meerkats living on the edge of the Kalahari Desert

Meerkat Manor: Love Thy Neighbour

Meerkat Manor: Series 1: Episode 2: Love Thy Neighbour

Episode 2: Love Thy Neighbour

Love Thy Neighbour

BBC Two - Meerkat Manor, Series 1, Love Thy Neighbour

Will Shakespeare survive his snake-bite? Tosca gives birth. How will Flower react?

Documentary series about a family of meerkats. Will Shakespeare survive his snake-bite? Tosca gives birth. How will Flower react?

Documentary series looking at a family of meerkats living on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. 

Will Shakespeare survive his snake-bite? Tosca gives birth. How will Flower react? Meanwhile the meerkat neighbours from another group are causing problems.

Meerkat Manor: Series 1

Following the lives of a group of meerkats living on the edge of the Kalahari Desert

The family's pups come under threat from a rival group.

Palin's Around the World in 80 Days: Arabian Frights

Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin: Episode 2: Arabian Frights

Episode 2: Arabian Frights

Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin

Arabian Frights

BBC One - Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin, Arabian Frights

Disaster strikes when Michael misses his connection at the Saudi port of Jeddah.

Actor and writer Michael Palin emulates Phileas Fogg's global circumnavigation. Disaster strikes when Michael misses his connection at the Saudi port of Jeddah.

Actor and writer Michael Palin emulates Phileas Fogg's global circumnavigation. Disaster strikes when Michael misses his connection at the Saudi port of Jeddah, which means that by the time he reaches Bombay, he is likely to be at least seven days behind his fictional rival.

BBC One

Michael Palin emulates Phileas Fogg by circumnavigating the globe

Michael Palin takes up the challenge to emulate the adventures of Phileas Fogg and circumnavigate the globe, travelling by land and sea.

Around the World in80 Days

2/7. Arabian Frights. The indefatigable explorer misses a vital connection.

How We Built Britain: Episode 3: Scotland: Towering Ambitions

Episode 3

Episode 3: Scotland: Towering Ambitions

How We Built Britain

Scotland: Towering Ambitions

BBC Two - How We Built Britain, Scotland: Towering Ambitions

In Scotland, David Dimbleby visits Stirling Castle and the fairytale house of Craigevar.

David Dimbleby travels Britain to discover the buildings that have made us who we are. He visits Stirling Castle, symbol of the birth of a new Scotland.

David Dimbleby travels Britain and through 1,000 years of history to discover the buildings that have made us who we are. In Scotland he visits Stirling Castle, dramatic symbol of the birth of a new country, and the fairytale tower house of Craigevar. He travels to the crofts of the Outer Hebrides, to the castle that inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula, to the sparkling granite city of Aberdeen and to the tenements of Glasgow - home of Scotland's greatest architect, Charles Rennie Macintosh.

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

David Dimbleby discovers the buildings that have made the nation what it is.

David Dimbleby journeys through Britain, and through 1,000 years of its history, to discover the buildings that made the nation what it is.

David Dimbleby examines Scottish architecture. <R)

Gone with the Wind

26/12/1997

BBC Two - Gone with the Wind

Oscar-winning epic about the love affair between Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara.

Lavish Oscar-winning epic about the passionate love affair between Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara, set against the tragedy of the American Civil War.

Oscar-winning romantic drama, set against the turmoil of the American Civil War. As the war rages on, roguish Rhett Butler and wilful southern belle Scarlett O'Hara become passionately involved. Review page 62.  
Directors George Cukor , Victor Fleming , Sidney Franklin , William Cameron Menzies and Sam Wood (1939, PG)   Barry Norman 's Memories of Christmas Past: page 53

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

A drama series based on characters from a novel by David Cook

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: Series 1

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: Series 1: Episode 1: The Bearded Lady

Episode 1

Episode 1: The Bearded Lady

The Bearded Lady

BBC Two - Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Series 1, The Bearded Lady

While investigating the death of an elderly lady, Hetty uncovers a dangerous secret.

Drama series about a woman who turns private detective at the age of 60. While investigating the mysterious death of an elderly lady, she uncovers a secret.

A drama series based on characters from the novel by David Cook. On her sixtieth birthday, Hetty Wainthropp decides it's time to change her life. A part-time job in a post office leads to a new career, that of a private detective. While investigating the mysterious death of an elderly lady, she uncovers a dangerous secret.

Patricia Routledge stars in the mystery series as the 60-year-old private detective

Hetty WainthroppInvestigates

Series one. The Bearded Lady. The death of a bag lady is uncovered. Writers John Bowen and David Cook

The Magic of Romeo and Juliet

BBC Two - The Magic of Romeo and Juliet

Jonathan Cope goes behind the scenes at the Royal Opera House.

Dancer Jonathan Cope goes behind the scenes of the current production at the Royal Opera House and explores what makes this one of the most compelling of all narrative ballets.

The choreographer Kenneth MacMillan was a master storyteller in dance, and in Romeo and Juliet he created a powerful piece of dramatic theatre. Created for The Royal Ballet in 1965, the work was an instant success and is now considered to be the definitive version of Prokofiev's orginal score. Dancer Jonathan Cope goes behind the scenes of the current production at the Royal Opera House and explores what makes this one of the most compelling of all narrative ballets.

The Magic of Romeoand Juliet

The controversial history of Kenneth MacMillan 's ballet, which originally starred Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev.

Romeo and Juliet

BBC Two - Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet with music by Prokofiev and choregraphy by Kenneth MacMillan.

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, comes Shakespeare's enduring tragedy Romeo and Juliet with music by Prokofiev and choregraphy by Kenneth MacMillan.

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, comes Shakespeare's enduring tragedy Romeo and Juliet with music by Prokofiev and choregraphy by Kenneth MacMillan. This production stars two of the most acclaimed dancers of our time: Carlos Acosta and Tamara Rojo.

Romeo and Juliet with the Royal Ballet

Tamara Rojo and Carlos Acosta star in the Royal Ballet's recent production of Shakespeare's tragedy set in Renaissance Verona. (HD)

Andrea Bocelli: The Story Behind the Voice

BBC Two - Andrea Bocelli: The Story Behind the Voice

World-famous singer Andrea Bocelli discusses his life and career.

Andrea Bocelli, one of the world's most successful male solo classical recording artists, talks about his life and career in an intimate documentary.

Andrea Bocelli, one of the world's most successful male solo classical recording artists, talks about himself in an intimate documentary about his life. Behind his extraordinary success lies a story of personal triumph and immense courage. This film tells his life story from his origins in Tuscany to the importance of his family and follows him as he enjoys his many passions in life. Andrea discusses his quest for perfection, his inspiration and how he shares powerful emotions through his music.

Andrea Bocelli: the Story behind the Voice

In this intimate profile, the Italian tenor, who has overcome great personal setbacks to achieve huge success in both opera and pop, allows cameras access to his private life for the first time. The film, which includes unseen home video footage, reveals how Andrea has refused to let his blindness stop him leading a full life and indulging his passion for sports.

(Carmen from the Royal Opera House is tomorrow at 1.45pm)
Best seat in the house: page 45

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