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Tinga Tinga Tales

Series 1

Episode 17: Why Crocodile Has a Bumpy Back

on BBC Two England

Stories telling young children how animals got their distinctive parts. Here, the story of how Crocodile got his bumpy back and became grumpy. Show more

Deadly Art

Series 1

Episode 16: Ghost Bat

on BBC Two England

Inspired by his amazing list of Deadly 60 animals, Steve Backshall challenges a team of artists to create some astounding deadly animal art featuring the Ghost Bat. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Backshall
Presenter:
Jo Dennis
Presenter:
Nicola Wood
Series Producer:
Ian France
Director:
Mark Reynaud
Executive Producer:
Elaine Bancroft

The Legend of Dick and Dom

Series Three

Episode 2: The Loopy Tribe

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Children's sitcom. The princes encounter the daftest tribe in all of Bottom World. They think that Prince Dick is a god, and they want him to stay forever! Show more

Bob the Builder: Project Build It

Series 3

Episode 14: Roley's Birds Eye View

on BBC Two England

Animated adventures with Bob the Builder and his friends. Wendy and Bob explain to Roley how a camera obscura works using a mirror, a lens and a dark room. Show more

Small Potatoes

Episode 16: Science

Duration: 3 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 6 months

Animated series about a group of singing potatoes. The potatoes explore science in this new wave music video. From bugs to electricity, science is all around us! Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Josh Selig
Director:
Josh Selig
Assistant Director:
Julain Kauffmann
Producer:
Melanie Pal
Music Director:
Jeffrey Lesser
Writer:
Josh Selig

Mr Bloom's Nursery

Series 1

Episode 15: Bloom's Barbershop

on BBC Two England

Gardener Mr Bloom welcomes a team of young helpers, who tend to his plants and produce. Mr Bloom and the Tiddlers pull leaves from a special kind of lettuce. Show more

Gigglebiz

Series 1

Episode 17

on BBC Two England

Sketch show. Featuring Postie, who is on a mission to deliver the mail and needs a head for heights, Nana Knickerbocker, Captain Adorable, Ann Teak and the Gigglekids. Show more

ZingZillas

Series 1

Episode 25: Where's Yapple

on BBC Two England

A band of primate friends play music in their tropical island paradise. Drum loses her cuddly toy and won't practise for the Big Zing, so Tang tries to cheer her up. Show more

In the Night Garden

Series 1

Episode 83: Trubliphone Fun

on BBC Two England

Available for years

The garden is very noisy when Igglepiggle goes out for a walk. Soon he goes too far and gets lost, so the Pontipines use the trubliphone to help. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

on BBC Two England

Mystery thriller starring Humphrey Bogart. An ex-World War II paratrooper is lured into a web of intrigue and murder when his buddy disappears en route to a decoration ceremony. Show more

Contributors

Capt. 'Rip' Murdock:
Humphrey Bogart
Director:
John Cromwell
'Dusty' Chandler:
Lizabeth Scott
Martinelli:
Morris Carnovsky
Lt. Kincaid:
Charles Cane
Producer:
Albert Beich

Formats

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Wanted Down Under

Series 4

Episode 3: Foster

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Families sample Australian life. The Fosters from Derby test out life in Perth, Western Australia for a week. Husband Wayne has some questions, and Lois faces a tough decision. Show more

Antiques Road Trip

Series 2

Episode 22

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two England

David Barby and Philip Serrell begin the second leg of their journey, as they head from Leicester to Aylsham in Norfolk. Philip is continuing his quest for the unusual. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Barby
Presenter:
David Barby
Presenter:
Philip Serrell
Presenter:
Philip Serrell
Narrator:
Tim Wonnacott
Narrator:
Tim Wonnacott
Executive Producer:
Wendy Rattray
Executive Producer:
Wendy Rattray
Series Producer:
Paul Tucker
Series Producer:
Paul Tucker

Flog It!

Series 8

Episode 52: Stroud

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two England

At Stroud's Subscription Rooms, Paul Martin is joined by experts James Lewis and Kate Bliss. Kate tries to unravel the mystery of a silver jewellery box. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Martin
Participant:
Kate Bliss
Participant:
James Lewis
Series Producer:
Carole Lochhead
Director:
Andrew Lester
Director:
Rebecca Whyte

Escape to the Country

Series 10

Episode 14: Somerset

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two England

Series in which prospective buyers find their dream home in the country. Jules Hudson helps a couple from Maidenhead find a house in Somerset with outbuildings and land. Show more

Celebrity Eggheads

Series 2

Episode 7

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Dermot Murnaghan hosts the quiz show. Can former Blue Peter presenters Peter Purves, Janet Ellis, Liz Barker, Simon Groom and Diane-Louise Jordan triumph for charity? Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Peter Purves
Participant:
Janet Ellis
Participant:
Liz Barker
Producer:
Rob Dean
Executive Producer:
David Young
Executive Producer:
Andy Culpin

Dragons' Den

Series 9

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Series in which budding entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to five multimillionaires. The pitches include a mind coaching massage service and an unusual use for a plastic egg. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Evan Davis
Series Producer:
Zoe Thorman
Executive Producer:
Sam Lewens
Participant:
Duncan Bannatyne
Participant:
Peter Jones
Participant:
Deborah Meaden
Participant:
Theo Paphitis
Participant:
Hilary Devey

Restoration Home

Series 1

Episode 5: Calverton Manor

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Following the restoration of crumbling properties. This episode features Calverton Manor, a collage of different architectural styles with its very own legend. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Annette Clarke
Executive Producer:
Annette Clarke
Director:
Joff Wilson
Director:
Joff Wilson
Series Producer:
Joff Wilson
Series Producer:
Joff Wilson

The Hour

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Drama. Freddie gets an opportunity to quiz Adam Le Ray on his relationship with Ruth. Meanwhile at the office suspicion about Tom Kish is mounting and Isaac is on the case. Show more

Contributors

Freddie Lyon:
Ben Whishaw
Bel Rowley:
Romola Garai
Hector Madden:
Dominic West
Clarence Fendley:
Anton Lesser
Lix Storm:
Anna Chancellor
Adam Le Ray:
Andrew Scott
Angus McCain:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Isaac Wengrow:
Joshua McGuire
Sissy Cooper:
Lisa Greenwood
Journalist:
Adam Leese
Thomas Kish:
Burn Gorman
Marnie Madden:
Oona Chaplin
Malcolm Lyon:
Robert Demeger
Policeman:
John Cummins
Jemima Sherwin:
Kate Fahy
Roedean Girl 2:
Anna Maguire
Roedean Girl 1:
Louise Calf
Pretty Actress:
Nelly Harker
Ralph Sherwin:
Ben Lloyd-Hughes
Reginald Thomas:
Zephryn Taitte
Wallace Sherwin:
Ken Bones
Writer:
Abi Morgan

Genres

Twenty Twelve

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Comedy series about the team responsible for delivering the 2012 Olympics. Roman remains of potentially national significance are discovered on the site of the aquatics centre. Show more

Contributors

Ian Fletcher:
Hugh Bonneville
Sally Owen:
Olivia Colman
Siobhan Sharpe:
Jessica Hynes
Graham Hitchins:
Karl Theobald
Receptionist:
Jimmy Akingbola
Nick Jowitt:
Vincent Franklin
Richard Watson:
Simon Scardifield
Martin Soper:
Nitin Ganatra
Ben Hooper:
Jalaal Hartley
Narrator:
David Tennant
Director:
John Morton
Executive Producer:
Jon Plowman

TOWN with Nicholas Crane

Series 1

Episode 1: Ludlow

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Series celebrating the forgotten world of the town. An English market town on the Welsh border, Ludlow is landlocked and remote. Nicholas Crane discovers its treasures. Show more

The Tudors

Series 3

Episode 2

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC Two England

Pained by an old wound, Henry angrily orders the insurrection in Yorkshire to be squashed, but fears that those closest to him, including Jane Seymour, sympathise with the rebels. Show more

Contributors

Thomas Cromwell:
James Frain
Charles Brandon:
Henry Cavill
Jane Seymour:
Annabelle Wallis
Sir Francis Bryan:
Alan van Sprang
Robert Aske:
Gerard McSorley
Cardinal von Waldburg:
Max von Sydow
Lady Mary Tudor:
Sarah Bolger
John Constable:
Kevin Doyle
Lady Ursula Misseldon:
Charlotte Salt
Richard Rich:
Rod Hallett
Father Pole:
Mark Hildreth
Anne of Cleves:
Joss Stone

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