Programme Index

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Natural World

2011-2012

Episode 13: The Real Jungle Book Bear

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

David Attenborough narrates a documentary looking at the secretive sloth bear. It follows a young male called Baloo as he grows up in the harsh Karnataka landscape in India. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Comedy adventure featuring the freewheeling Volkswagen. Herbie goes to South America to compete in a Brazilian road race but discovers a scheme to steal gold from an Incan city. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 9 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 9 months

Drama about a young ballerina torn between two creative but possessive men - one a struggling composer, the other an autocratic impresario. Show more

Contributors

Boris Lermontov:
Anton Walbrook
Victoria Page:
Moira Shearer
Julian Craster:
Marius Goring
Ivan Boleslawsky:
Robert Helpmann
Sergei Ratov:
Albert Basserman
Irina Boronskaja:
Ludmilla Tcherina
Composer:
Brian Easdale
Director of photography:
Jack Cardiff

David Starkey hosts performances of music created for royalty by some of the nation's finest musicians in the splendid historic locations for which the pieces were first written. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Starkey
Director:
Peter Sweasey
Executive Producer:
Nicolas Kent

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

on BBC Two England

Michael Parkinson presents the John Wilson Orchestra in a celebration of festive musical treats from the golden age of swing, with special guest Curtis Stigers. Show more

Contributors

Conductor:
John Wilson
Participant:
Seth MacFarlane
Participant:
Anna Jane Casey
Participant:
Curtis Stigers
Executive Producer:
Oliver Macfarlane
Director:
Ian Russell

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

The very best moments from Eric and Ernie's festive specials, including Angela Rippon getting out from behind the news desk and Andre Previn being shown how to play Grieg. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who with music from Murray Gold and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Special guests and a host of monsters join in the fun. Show more

Contributors

Madame Vastra:
Neve McIntosh
Presenter:
Matt Smith
Presenter:
Jenna Coleman
Presenter:
Peter Davison
Presenter:
Carole Ann Ford
Producer:
Paul Bullock
Director:
Rhodri Huw

Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes

on BBC Two England

Dramatised account of how Doctor Who was brought to the screen in 1963 by a young producer frustrated by TV's glass ceiling and an actor unhappy with a career of hard-man roles. Show more

Contributors

William Hartnell:
David Bradley
Verity Lambert:
Jessica Raine
Sydney Newman:
Brian Cox
Waris Hussein:
Sacha Dhawan
Heather Hartnell:
Lesley Manville
William Russell:
Jamie Glover
Jacqueline Hill:
Jemma Powell
Carole Ann Ford:
Claudia Grant
Mervyn Pinfield:
Jeff Rawle
Rex Tucker:
Andrew Woodall
Douglas Camfield:
Sam Hoare
Judith Carney:
Cara Jenkins
Richard Martin:
Ian Hallard
Delia Derbyshire:
Sarah Winter
Peter Brachacki:
David Annen
Donald Baverstock:
Mark Eden
Producer:
Matt Strevens

Genres

The Two Ronnies

Christmas Night with the Two Ronnies

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two England

Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett with a special Christmas programme of sketches, jokes and songs from 1987. Guests include Lynda Baron, Sandra Dickinson and Frank Finlay.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ronnie Barker
Presenter:
Ronnie Corbett
Participant:
Lynda Baron
Participant:
Sandra Dickinson
Participant:
Frank Finlay
Participant:
Charlton Heston
Participant:
Elton John
Participant:
Alfred Marks
Participant:
Denis Quilley

Morecambe & Wise In Pieces

Episode 1: Leading Ladies

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Penelope Keith takes an in-depth look at Eric and Ernie, presenting a celebration of their stalwart band of funny women from Glenda Jackson to Angela Rippon. Show more

Duration: 35 minutes

on BBC Two England

Mark Gatiss adapts the chilling ghost story by MR James. A young student is drawn into a family feud when a relative comes to find a particular book at his university. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Simpson:
Louise Jameson
Garrett:
Sacha Dhawan
Miss Chambers:
Una Stubbs
John Eldred:
John Castle
George Earle:
Nicholas Burns
Mrs Goundry:
Eleanor Bron
Anne Simpson:
Charlie Clemmow
Producer:
Susie Liggat
Director:
Mark Gatiss

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 10 months

Mark Gatiss steps into the mind of M.R. James, the English master of the supernatural tale, attempting to uncover the inspiration behind stories that chill readers a century on. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Gatiss
Producer:
John Das
Director:
John Das
Executive Producer:
Michael Poole
Chitchat Society Member:
Martin Bassindale
Chitchat Society Member:
Adam Collier
Chitchat Society Member:
Harry de Moraville
Chitchat Society Member:
Peter Edwards
Chitchat Society Member:
Alec Fellows-Bennett

QI XL

Series H

Episode 12: Hocus-Pocus

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two England

Stephen Fry conjures up some hocus-pocus in a special Christmas edition of the quiz, with Daniel Radcliffe, Lee Mack, Graham Norton and Alan Davies. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephen Fry
Participant:
Alan Davies
Director:
Ian Lorimer
Participant:
Daniel Radcliffe
Participant:
Lee Mack
Participant:
Graham Norton
Producer:
John Lloyd

Hebburn

Series 2

Episode 7: Sleep in Hebburnly Peace

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Sitcom about the eponymous town. Ben, Susan and her mother Millie are all stranded in Hebburn for Christmas. Will there be room at the Pearson's inn? Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 2 minutes

on BBC Two England

At an exclusive American prep school in the late 1950s, the arrival of an unconventional English teacher changes the lives of a group of young students. Show more

Contributors

John Keating:
Robin Williams
Todd Anderson:
Ethan Hawke
Knox Overstreet:
Josh Charles
Charlie Dalton:
Gale Hansen
Richard Cameron:
Dylan Kussman
Steven Meeks:
Allelon Ruggiero
Mr Nolan:
Norman Lloyd
Gerard Pitts:
James Waterston
Mrs Perry:
Carla Belver
Chris Noel:
Alexandra Powers
McAllister:
Leon Pownall
Dr Hager:
George Martin
Chemistry Teacher:
Joe Aufiery
Hopkins:
Matt Carey
Joe Danburry:
Kevin Cooney
Mrs Danburry:
Joe Moore
Chet Danburry:
Colin Irving
Directing Teacher:
Pamela Burrell
Director:
Peter Weir
Producer:
Steven Haft
Producer:
Tony Thomas
Composer:
Maurice Jarre

Genres

Formats

BBC Two England

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