BBC Two

BBC Two England

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

England

Balamory

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

Balamory: Series 3

Balamory: Series 3: Episode 54: The Lost Cow

Episode 54

Episode 54: The Lost Cow

Balamory - CBeebies - BBC

PC Plum investigates the disappearance of Roddy Macleod's cow, Alison. Spencer helps out.

Live-action series for preschool children based around the island community of Balamory in Scotland. It's snowing in Balamory and PC Plum investigates a missing cow.

Live-action series for preschool children based around the small island community of Balamory in Scotland. It's a snowy day in Balamory and PC Plum investigates the disappearance of Roddy Macleod's Highland cow, Alison. Edie McCredie and Spencer help out, and they soon discover why she's not in her field.

The Lost Cow

Series 3

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: Spray and Splatter

29/03/2006

Spray and Splatter

CBeebies - Doodle Do, Spray and Splatter

Children's series. The Doodle Doers play a spray and splatter game.

Adventures with the Doodle Doers. Whilst clearing up the paint that Stick has accidentally spilt, Chris has the idea of making spray and splatter pictures.

Adventures with the Doodle Doers. Whilst clearing up the paint that Stick has spilt, Chris has the idea of making spray and splatter pictures. The Doodle Doers enjoy themselves as they play a spray and splatter game.

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 - Wednesday

26/12/2007

I Wish it Would Snow - Wednesday

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

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

27/12/2006

Big Fish Surprise

CBeebies - Christmas Storytime with Roly Mo, Big Fish Surprise

As a special treat, Roly Mo tells one of his very own Christmas tales.

Series for pre-school children. Roly Mo of Fimble Valley tells festive stories. As a special treat, he tells one of his very own Christmas tales.

Tweenies

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

Tweenies: Little Blue Plane

20/12/2000

Little Blue Plane

CBeebies - Tweenies, Little Blue Plane

Playtime with the puppet people. Milo visits the enchanted toyshop.

Playtime with the puppet people. Milo doesn't like playing with baby toys like plastic planes - until he meets Joffe the little blue plane in the enchanted toyshop.

Playtime with the puppet people. Milo doesn't like playing with baby toys like plastic planes - he prefers his rocket - until he meets Joffe the little blue plane in the enchanted toyshop.

CBeebies: Tweenies

Clifford's Puppy Days

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

Clifford's Puppy Days: Tell Me a Tale

24/11/2005

Tell Me a Tale

CBeebies - Clifford's Puppy Days, Tell Me a Tale

Animation. Shun entertains his friends with a traditional Japanese story about Issunboshi.

Animated story of Clifford the Big Red Dog before he got so big. Shun decides to entertain his friends with a traditional Japanese story about Issunboshi.

Animated story of Clifford the Big Red Dog before he got so big. When a snowstorm prevents Shun, Emily Elizabeth, and Nina from playing outside, the three of them are very bored. Shun decides to entertain his friends with a traditional Japanese story about Issunboshi - a dog who ends up saving the day with his big heart and limitless bravery.

CBeebies: Clifford's Puppy Days

Postman Pat

Stop-frame animation for pre-school children about Postman Pat and his cat Jess

Postman Pat: Postman Pat's Magic Christmas

24/12/2004

Postman Pat's Magic Christmas

Postman Pat - CBeebies - BBC

Pat has a lot of parcels and letters to deliver for Christmas.

Aided by his trusty cat Jess, Pat the postman always manages to deliver the mail, no matter what. Pat has too many parcels and letters to deliver.

Pat has so many parcels and letters to deliver, he doesn't know how he'll get his rounds done in time for the village Christmas party. But help is at hand from a very cheerful stranger.

CBeebies: Postman Pat

Arthur

Animation following the adventures of the world's most famous aardvark.

Follow the adventures of the world's most famous aardvark, eight-year-old Arthur Read, and his family and friends.

Arthur: Series 4

Arthur: Series 4: Episode 15: Arthur and DW Clean Up/The Long Dull Winter

Episode 15

Episode 15: Arthur and DW Clean Up/The Long Dull Winter

Arthur - CBBC - BBC

Arthur and the gang realise that they are all suffering from the January blues.

Animation. Arthur and DW clean their rooms, and Arthur and the gang realise that they are all suffering from the January blues.

Arthur just might make it to Happy Crazy Wow Day at the park - but only if he and DW can work together and clean their rooms!

What's wrong with Arthur? Is he bored? Is he in love? Arthur and the gang realise that they are all suffering from the January blues, brought on by the lack of holidays. So to cheer themselves up the invent their own holiday.

Arthur and DW Clean Up/The Long Dull Winter

Series 4

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.

Cartoon which looks at life through the eyes of a young aardvark and his friends

CBBC: Arthur

Bernard

Animated adventures of Bernard the Polar Bear

Bernard: The Little Dog

20/11/2007

The Little Dog

CBBC - Bernard, The Little Dog

Little dog Goliath may be tiny but he packs an oversized charge of aggression.

Animated adventures of Bernard the polar bear. Goliath may be tiny but he packs a charge of aggression and bad temper equivalent to someone several times his size.

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 3

Episode 3

Series 2

BBC Two - Animal Park: Wild in Africa, Series 2, Episode 3

Ben Fogle and Kate Humble meet the big cat scientist who studies the desert lions.

Ben Fogle and Kate Humble are on safari in Namibia as they come face to face with some of Africa's wildest animals. They meet the big cat scientist who studies the desert lions.

Ben Fogle and Kate Humble are on safari in Namibia as they come face to face with some of Africa's wildest animals. They meet the big cat scientist who studies the desert lions, and have a close encounter with a herd of over 100 elephant on a bush walk. They also hear the curious story of Adolf Winter, the man who made his money out of bird droppings.

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

In Namibia with a scientist who studies desert lions.

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: Some Like it Hot

Meerkat Manor: Series 1: Episode 3: Some Like It Hot

Episode 3: Some Like It Hot

Series 1

Some Like It Hot

BBC Two - Meerkat Manor, Series 1, Some Like It Hot

Flower's daughter has pups, making the Whiskers a family of 37.

Documentary series looking at a family of meerkats living on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. Flower's daughter has pups, making the Whiskers a family of 37.

Documentary series looking at a family of meerkats living on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. Flower's daughter has pups, making the Whiskers a family of 37. Flower must decide whether to keep all the pups or allow them to die so her own litter can survive. While searching for food, the wounded Shakespeare becomes separated from the group.

Meerkat Manor: Series 1

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

Flower's daughter has pups, making a family of 37.

Palin's Around the World in 80 Days: Ancient Mariners

Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin: Episode 3: Ancient Mariners

Episode 3: Ancient Mariners

Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin

Ancient Mariners

BBC One - Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin, Ancient Mariners

Michael Palin and his film crew continue their journey in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg.

Michael Palin and his film crew continue their journey in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg when they drive across Arabia in only 40 hours to make up for lost time.

Michael Palin and his film crew continue their journey in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg. They drive right across Arabia in only 40 hours to make up for lost time. In Dubai they hitch a lift on a very primitive sailing boat and come close to danger in the Strait of Hormuz when the engine fails and they drift among the mines sown during the Iran-Iraq war.

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 in 80 Days

3/7. Michael Palin continues his journey in Arabia.

How We Built Britain: Episode 4: The West: Putting on the Style

Episode 4

Episode 4: The West: Putting on the Style

How We Built Britain

The West: Putting on the Style

BBC Two - How We Built Britain, The West: Putting on the Style

How the Georgian dream of order and beauty transformed our buildings and cities.

David Dimbleby tours Britain to discover the buildings that have made us who we are. He travels west, where he finds the grandeur of Blenheim Palace.

On his architectural tour of Britain, David Dimbleby discovers how the Georgian dream of order and beauty transformed our buildings and cities. Travelling west, he discovers the grandeur of Blenheim Palace, the man-made paradise of Stourhead garden in Wiltshire and the elegance of Bath. He pays tribute to the terraced house, a great British invention, before discovering the tin mines of Cornwall and crossing the mighty Menai Bridge to the Georgian jewel of Dublin.

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.

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Who Do You Think You Are?

Celebrities trace their family trees, discovering surprises from their pasts.

Lost connections and unfamiliar histories are revealed as celebrities trace their family trees. Discover stories of courage, joy, sacrifice and resilience - everyone has a tale to tell.

Who Do You Think You Are?: Series 3

Who Do You Think You Are?: Series 3: Episode 6: Nigella Lawson

Episode 6

Episode 6: Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson

BBC One - Who Do You Think You Are?, Series 3, Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson explores the history of her Jewish immigrant family.

Celebrities trace their ancestry. Nigella Lawson discovers how an 1863 romance led to the establishment of a tobacco company that became the Lyons food business.

Series in which celebrities trace their ancestry. Nigella Lawson's Jewish immigrant family have come a long way from poverty in Europe and the East End to the wealth of Belgravia. Her father Nigel was Margaret Thatcher's golden boy and mother Vanessa was heiress to the Lyons food dynasty. Nigella explores the origins of the Lyons business and discovers that it was a romance in 1863 and the coming together of the Salmons and the Glucksteins that helped cement its original success as a tobacco company.

The family tree of food presenter Nigella Lawson.

Celebrity MasterChef

Celebrities scramble to compete in the kitchen. What culinary triumphs will they whisk up?

Celebrity MasterChef: Series 2

Celebrity MasterChef: Series 2: Episode 5

Episode 5

BBC One - Celebrity MasterChef, Series 2, Episode 5

The four winning chefs from the heats battle it out for two semi-final places.

Chef John Torode and food writer Greg Wallace are looking for the country's top celebrity chef. The four winning chefs from the heats battle it out for two semi-final places.

Chef and restaurateur John Torode and food writer Greg Wallace are looking for the country's top celebrity chef. The four winning chefs from the heats battle it out for two semi-final places.

Celebrities compete to win the coveted cookery competition title

The four chefs battle it out for the two semi-final places.   
12.45 The three celebrities cook at Villandry.

Celebrity MasterChef: Series 2: Episode 6

BBC One - Celebrity MasterChef, Series 2, Episode 6

Chris Hollins, Matt James and Pauline Quirke vie for the Masterchef crown.

John Torode and Greg Wallace are looking for the country's top celebrity chef. Chris Hollins, Matt James and Pauline Quirke take on two tests for a place in the quarter-final.

Chef and restaurateur John Torode and food writer Greg Wallace search for the country's top celebrity chef. Chris Hollins, Matt James and Pauline Quirke take on two tests for a place in the quarter-final, by cooking for the judges and for paying restaurant customers at Villandry.

The Magic of Carmen

BBC Two - The Magic of Carmen

Music director Antonio Pappano explores the background to the most famous tunes in opera.

For over a hundred years, Carmen has enthralled audiences. This thrilling tour of Francesca Zambello's spectacular new production includes interviews and sneak previews.

For over a hundred years, Carmen's explosive mix of high opera and gypsy passion has enthralled audiences. The Royal Opera House's internationaly acclaimed music director, Antonio Pappano, explores the background to the most famous tunes in all opera in this thrilling whirlwind tour of Francesca Zambello's spectacular new production.

Antonio Pappano explores the background to the opera's popular tunes.

Carmen

BBC Two - Carmen

Francesca Zambello's production of Bizet's Carmen from Covent Garden's Royal Opera House.

One of the world's best loved operas, George Bizet's Carmen, from the Royal Opera House. Zambello's production boasts an international cast, lavish sets and live animals on stage.

One of the world's best loved operas, George Bizet's 'Carmen', from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Francesca Zambello's dazzling production boasts an international cast, lavish sets and live animals on stage. Anna Caterina Antonacci plays the eponymous Spanish temptress, and Jonas Kaufmann plays Don Jose, the soldier who is driven to murderous jealousy. Musical Director Antonio Pappano conducts the orchestra of the Royal Opera House.

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