Programme Index

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Homes Under the Hammer

Series 14

Episode 4

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Two England

Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander visit a beautiful cottage in Cornwall, a well-located house in Bermondsey and a plot of land in Leeds. Show more

Home Comforts at Christmas

Episode 10: The Big Day

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two England

James Martin shares his secrets for Christmas home cooking. James shares a stress-free plan for the big day, pulling together the perfect Christmas meal for a crowd. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
James Martin
Participant:
Annie Gray
Participant:
Ivan Day
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Ainsworth
Executive Producer:
Jeff Anderson
Series Producer:
Nicola Kingscote

This Wild Life

Episode 5: Problems in Paradise

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Series following a family who moved to Kenya to run a safari camp. The camp reopens after the rainy season but Saba's worst nightmare is turning into reality. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Frank Pope
Series Producer:
Susanna Handslip
Executive Producer:
Ted Oakes
Producer:
Kiri Cashell

Duration: 1 hour, 52 minutes

on BBC Two England

Classic Disney fantasy set in World War II England. Three evacuees discover that their guardian is an amateur witch, and together they search for a missing spell. Show more

Contributors

Eglantine Price:
Angela Lansbury
Mr Emelius Brown:
David Tomlinson
Bookman:
Sam Jaffe
Colonel Heller:
John Ericson
Swinburne:
Bruce Forsyth
Mrs Hobday:
Tessie O'Shea
Captain Ainsley Greer:
Arthur E Gould-Porter
Street sweeper:
Ben Wrigley
General Sir Brian Teagler:
Reginald Owen
Elderly Farmer:
Cyril Delevanti
German Sergeant:
Rick Traeger
Charlie:
Ian Weighill
Writer:
Bill Walsh
Producer:
Bill Walsh
Director of photography:
Frank Phillips

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

The Bikers travel to Russia. The papers are awash with stories of Russia's latest anti-western political play, and the Bikers are slightly nervous, but they're going in. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Si King
Presenter:
Dave Myers
Producer:
Dick Sharman
Director:
Dick Sharman
Series Producer:
Helen Simpson
Executive Producer:
Gill Tierney

Natural World

2014-2015

Episode 7: Penguin Post Office

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Nature documentary looking at a post office in Antarctica that is surrounded by 3,000 gentoo penguins, a spectacle which attracts thousands of visitors. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 47 minutes

on BBC Two England

Comedy sequel. Deloris Van Cartier, now a successful entertainer, is persuaded to become Sister Mary Clarence again in order to teach at an inner-city school. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Bill Duke
Deloris Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence:
Whoopi Goldberg
Sister Mary Patrick:
Kathy Najimy
Father Maurice:
Barnard Hughes
Sister Mary Lazarus:
Mary Wickes
Mr Crisp:
James Coburn
Father Ignatius:
Michael Jeter
Sister Mary Robert:
Wendy Makkena
Florence Watson:
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Joey Bustamente:
Robert Pastorelli
Mother Superior:
Maggie Smith
Rita Louise Watson:
Lauryn Hill
Westley Glen 'Ahmal' James:
Ryan Toby
Producer:
Dawn Steel
Producer:
Scott Rudin
Writer:
James Orr

Genres

Formats

Dad's Army

The Love of Three Oranges

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

A special Christmas episode from 1976. Three oranges are to be auctioned, and Captain Mainwaring is determined to get one for his wife. Show more

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Town Clerk:
Eric Longworth
Mrs Pike:
Janet Davies
Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
ARP Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Mrs Yeatman:
Oliver Mercer
Private Sponge:
Colin Bean
Director:
David Croft
Producer:
David Croft

University Challenge

Christmas 2015

Episode 5: Exeter v Magdalen, Oxford

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Christmas-themed quiz for university alumni. In the Exeter University team is Nick Baker. The Magdalen College team includes Louis Theroux and Matt Ridley. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

It's the Professional MasterChef final. The chefs compete for the last time, as just three courses remain between them and the title of Professional MasterChef Champion 2015. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Karen Ross
Executive Producer:
David Ambler
Series Producer:
Rachel Palin
Director:
Tony Crumpton
Editor:
Theo Goble
Production Manager:
Ross Booker
Production Company:
Shine TV

Quiz hosted by Kirsty Young that delves into one of the most remarkable periods in British history. Two teams of historians answer questions on all aspects of Tudor life. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Young
Executive Producer:
Caroline Wright
Producer:
Jon Kelly
Panellist:
Anna Whitelock
Panellist:
Greg Jenner
Panellist:
Kate Williams
Panellist:
Jonathan Foyle

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

on BBC Two England

Classic Hitchcock tale of a playboy ex-tennis star who arranges to have his wife killed, fearing he is about to lose her and her fortune to another man. Show more

Contributors

Tony Wendice:
Ray Milland
Margot Wendice:
Grace Kelly
Mark Halliday:
Robert Cummings
Chief Inspector Hubbard:
John Williams
Storyteller:
Leo Britt

Formats

Simply Nigella

Episode 7: Christmas Special

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Nigella shares her foolproof guide to stress-free festive cooking in this hour-long Christmas special. Nigella's slow-cooked black treacle ham replaces turkey as the centrepiece. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nigella Lawson
Executive Producer:
Jennifer Fazey

Home Comforts at Christmas

Episode 10: The Big Day

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two England

James Martin shares his secrets for Christmas home cooking. James shares a stress-free plan for the big day, pulling together the perfect Christmas meal for a crowd. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
James Martin
Participant:
Annie Gray
Participant:
Ivan Day
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Ainsworth
Executive Producer:
Jeff Anderson
Series Producer:
Nicola Kingscote

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