Programme Index

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A compilation of short films made specially for schools based on the BBC Two history series. Dr Joann Fletcher finds out what living in ancient Egypt was like for ordinary people. Show more

Homes Under the Hammer

Series 13

Episode 42

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Property series. Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander visit a semi-detached house in Derby, a property with excellent transport links in London and a huge house in Exeter. Show more

Real Lives Reunited

Series 2

Episode 4: Soho & DeLorean

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Series reuniting people who were part of major news events. A Soho nail bomb victim meets the medical team from St Thomas's Hospital in London who saved his life. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Jeremy Vine
Series Producer:
Julian Dismore
Executive Producer:
Paul Connolly

Wanted Down Under

Series 9

Episode 7: Power Family

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two England

Series in which families try out life overseas. A single mum has to choose between financial security and keeping her family together. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nicki Chapman
Producer:
Leanne Rene
Director:
Leanne Rene
Series Producer:
Simon Miller
Executive Producer:
Paul Connolly

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Gardening challenge series with Fern Britton. The seven remaining gardeners must present five perfect pods of peas and use their glut of produce to make dips and crisps. Show more

Food & Drink

Series 3

Episode 6: Health & Happiness

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Tom Kerridge and Cyrus Todiwala look to reach the heady heights of happiness through healthy food. Joe Wadsack plays a blinder with his tips for healthy red wine. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Kerridge
Participant:
Cyrus Todiwala
Participant:
Arabella Weir
Series Producer:
Hannah Corneck
Executive Producer:
Robi Dutta

The A to Z of TV Gardening

Shorts

Episode 15: Letter Q

Duration: 13 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 11 months

Carol Kirkwood is exploring a subject that begins with the letter Q, as we take a rare and tranquil look at the gardens at Buckingham Palace, an oasis in the heart of the capital. Show more

Map Man

Series 2

Episode 3: Mackenzie's Chart of the Orkneys (1748)

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Nicholas Crane travels across British historical maps. In the 1740s, schoolmaster Murdoch Mackenzie used revolutionary ways to map the sea. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

The last leg of his journey takes Griff to East Anglia, the part of the country he knows best, as he revisits the romantic sailing boats of his childhood on the Broads. Show more

Open All Hours

Series 2

Episode 7: St Albert's Day

Duration: 31 minutes

on BBC Two England

Sitcom about a miserly shopkeeper. Arkwright invents a Saint's day so that Granville can check the pockets of a foreign visitor whom he suspects of shoplifting. Show more

Contributors

Arkwright:
Ronnie Barker
Granville:
David Jason
Nurse Gladys:
Lynda Baron
Gordon Stackpool:
Teddy Turner
Mrs Parsloe:
Frances Cox
Statchyk:
Oscar Quitak
Writer:
Roy Clarke

To the Manor Born

Series 2

Episode 1: The New Farm Manager

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Stately sitcom. Richard offers Ned's services to Audrey in Brabinger's absence but Ned thinks it is all a plot to remove him from his tied cottage. Show more

Contributors

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton:
Penelope Keith
Richard DeVere:
Peter Bowles
Marjory Frobisher:
Angela Thorne
Spalding:
Ben Aris
Mrs Polouvicka:
Daphne Heard
Mrs Beecham:
Betty Tucker

Hi-de-Hi!

Series 2

Episode 5: A Night Not to Remember

Duration: 35 minutes

on BBC Two England

Holiday-camp sitcom. A drunken Fairbrother is escorted to his chalet by predatory Yellowcoat Gladys Pugh.

Contributors

Jeffrey Fairbrother:
Simon Cadell
Ted Bovis:
Paul Shane
Gladys Pugh:
Ruth Madoc
Fred Quilley:
Felix Bowness
Peggy Ollerenshaw:
Su Pollard
Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves:
Diane Holland
Sylvia Garnsey:
Nikki Kelly
Stanley Matthews:
David Webb
Bruce Matthews:
Tony Webb
Spike Dixon:
Jeffrey Holland
Director:
John Kilby
Producer:
David Croft

Eggheads

Series 11

Episode 126

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

General knowledge quiz in which teams from all over the UK battle to beat the Eggheads, some of the country's top quiz champions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Vine
Participant:
Barry Simmons
Participant:
Judith Keppel
Participant:
Chris Hughes
Participant:
Kevin Ashman
Participant:
CJ de Mooi
Participant:
Daphne Fowler
Series Producer:
Rob Dean
Executive Producer:
David Young
Executive Producer:
Andy Culpin

Food & Drink

Series 3

Episode 7: Weekend Entertaining

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Tom Kerridge and Ching He Huang compete to prepare the perfect party food, and Joe Wadsack has some unusual drinks suggestions that would be a hit at any party. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Kerridge
Participant:
Ching-He Huang
Participant:
Oliver Peyton
Participant:
Kimberley Wilson
Series Producer:
Hannah Corneck
Executive Producer:
Robi Dutta

Italy Unpacked

Series 3

Episode 1: From the Stones to the Stars

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Andrew Graham-Dixon and Giorgio Locatelli explore the culture and cuisine of the east coast of Italy. They visit Matera, a Unesco world heritage site. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

on BBC Two England

When north London Muslim Mahmud's mother dies, he discovers that he is adopted - and Jewish. An American Jewish cabbie teaches him how to be a proper Jew, with disastrous results. Show more

Contributors

Formats

Question Time

12/02/2015

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

David Dimbleby presents the topical debate from Norwich. On the panel are Ed Davey MP, Chris Bryant MP, Sarah Wollaston MP, Suzanne Evans and the satirist Armando Iannucci. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Panellist:
Ed Davey
Panellist:
Chris Bryant
Panellist:
Sarah Wollaston
Panellist:
Suzanne Evans
Series Editor:
Nicolai Gentchev
Executive Producer:
Hayley Valentine

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