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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: 1 hour, 31 minutes

on BBC Two England

Comedy with Ally Sheedy. A military robot escapes from a weapons company in search of 'input' when a lightning strike gives it a mind of its own and a wisecracking personality. Show more

Contributors

Stephanie Speck:
Ally Sheedy
Newton Crosby:
Steve Guttenberg
Howard Marner:
Austin Pendleton
Skroeder:
GW Bailey
Voice of Number Five:
Tim Blaney
Mrs Capeda:
Penny Stanton
General Washburne:
Vernon Weddle
Senator Mills:
Barbara Tarbuck
Director:
John Badham
Producer:
David Foster

Heir Hunters

Series 5 - 60 Minute Versions

Episode 2: Woods/Grindbergs

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

The team investigates the case of Grace Woods, who died leaving an estate worth £150,000. They are stunned to learn that Grace was Britain's first bona fide supermodel. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Harriet Scott
Executive Producer:
Matthew Gordon

Natural World

2013-2014

Episode 7: Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar

Duration: 56 minutes

on BBC Two England

David Attenborough tells the full story of a 20-year study of the meerkat, the longest-running animal behaviour study in the world. Show more

Duration: 18 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 8 months

The story of the Hollywood musical, featuring interviews with stars from the genre's golden age, as well as some of the directors and songwriters who helped create them. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

on BBC Two England

Lavish Arabian Nights-style musical charting the mixed fortunes of a poor poet with supposed mystical powers. Based around the music of 19th-century composer Alexander Borodin. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

on BBC Two England

Classic Hollywood musical. Top silent screen couple Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont face disaster when their latest movie is made into a talkie. Show more

Contributors

Don Lockwood:
Gene Kelly
Cosmo Brown:
Donald O'Connor
Kathy Selden:
Debbie Reynolds
Director:
Stanley Donen
Director:
Gene Kelly
Lina Lamont:
Jean Hagen
RF Simpson:
Millard Mitchell
Roscoe Dexter:
Douglas Fowley
Zelda Zanders:
Rita Moreno
Producer:
Arthur Freed

Formats

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Griff Rhys Jones follows the mighty Severn and its neighbour, the Wye. He also attempts to bog snorkel, meets druids for a ritual water blessing and sleeps in a hermit's cave. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Konrad Begg
Director:
Konrad Begg
Executive Producer:
Simon Mansfield
Executive Producer:
Clare Paterson
Executive Producer:
Ludo Graham

The Best Dishes Ever

Series 1

Episode 20: Chocolate Special

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 8 months

Recipes from some of the BBC's best-loved chefs. Ainsley serves up a family-sized slab of chocolate recipes guaranteed to please the nation's chocoholics. Show more

Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip

Episode 19: Birmingham

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Terry Wogan and Mason McQueen have reached Birmingham, where they visit the Bull Ring Market and the Balti Triangle. Mason has an impromptu ballet lesson. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Terry Wogan
Presenter:
Mason McQueen
Production Company:
Curve Media Ltd
Production Assistant:
Elisabeth Tandy
Production Manager:
Sharon Collins
Executive Producer:
Rob Carey
Executive Producer:
Camilla Lewis
Executive Producer:
Carla-Maria Lawson
Series Editor:
Caroline Blackadder
Series Producer:
Marc Beers

Eggheads

Series 17

Episode 26

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Jeremy Vine hosts the show where every day a new team of challengers take on what is probably the greatest quiz team in Britain, made up of some of the country's top quizzers.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Vine
Executive Producer:
Rob Dean
Executive Producer:
Andy Culpin
Production Company:
12 Yard Productions

Antiques Road Trip

Series 9

Episode 10

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two England

Antiques experts Paul Laidlaw and Margie Cooper begin the last day of their road trip together in Newport, south Wales, before heading to auction in Newent. Show more

Too Much TV

Episode 20

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

As well as previewing this weekend's TV, Aled Jones and Sara Cox talk to The Night Manager's Michael Nardone and Will Mellor, who talks about the return of The Line of Duty. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Leon Wilde
Series Producer:
Charlotte Brookes
Director:
Tim Verrinder
Presenter:
Aled Jones
Presenter:
Sara Cox
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Nardone
Interviewed Guest:
Will Mellor
Interviewed Guest:
Neill Gorton

Gardeners' World

2016

Episode 4

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Gardening magazine. The first big gardening weekend of the year gets underway with Monty giving plenty of tips for how we can kick-start the garden for the season ahead. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Springwatch is back for an hour-long Easter special that showcases the best of British wildlife as it starts to emerge after an exceptional winter. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

on BBC Two England

Drama based on Pascal Mercier's bestseller. A desperate young woman and an intriguing book send staid Swiss professor Raimund Gregorius on a sudden quest to Portugal. Show more

Contributors

Raimund Gregorius:
Jeremy Irons
Amadeu de Prado:
Jack Huston
Older Joao Eca:
Tom Courtenay
Young Estefania:
Melanie Laurent
Young Jorge O'Kelly:
August Diehl
Older Adriana:
Charlotte Rampling
Father Bartolomeu:
Christopher Lee
Older Jorge O'Kelly:
Bruno Ganz
Older Estefania:
Lena Olin
Young Joao:
Marco D'Almeida
Young Adriana:
Beatriz Batarda
Catarina Mendez:
Sarah Buhlmann
Judge Prado:
Burghart Klaussner
Young Father Bartolomeu:
Filipe Vargas
Older Clotilde:
Jane Thorne
Director:
Bille August

Genres

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

on BBC Two England

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play. Prospera is banished from Milan by her brother and finds herself stranded on an island with her daughter, where she waits to take her revenge. Show more

Contributors

King Alonso:
David Strathairn
Prospera:
Helen Mirren
Gonzalo:
Tom Conti
Sebastian:
Alan Cumming
Trinculo:
Russell Brand
Stephano:
Alfred Molina
Antonio:
Chris Cooper
Prince Ferdinand:
Reeve Carney
Director:
Julie Taymor

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Commemorating the Dunblane shooting, one of the worst firearms atrocities in the UK, with testimony from people speaking about the event for the first time. Show more

A look at the people who live the rural life. Jane Treays and Country Life magazine explore lives of those who have been bred into the land, inherited it or bought into its dreams. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Spun Gold TV
Director:
Jane Treays
Producer:
Jane Treays
Executive Producer:
Nick Bullen
Interviewed Guest:
Bruce Johnston
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Goodison
Interviewed Guest:
David Profumo
Interviewed Guest:
Flora Howard
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Hedges
Interviewed Guest:
Rupert Uloth
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Fortune
Interviewed Guest:
Megan Jenkins
Interviewed Guest:
Annie Tempest
Interviewed Guest:
Nicky Haslam
Interviewed Guest:
Roy Strong
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Jenkins
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Haw
Interviewed Guest:
Maurice Durbin
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Sales
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Whyte
Interviewed Guest:
George Ogborne
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Mansel
Interviewed Guest:
John Goodall
Interviewed Guest:
Clive Aslet
Interviewed Guest:
Kathryn Bradley-Hole
Interviewed Guest:
Judith Hussey
Interviewed Guest:
Malcolm Holloway
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Hussey
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Durbin

A Very British Renaissance

Episode 1: The Renaissance Arrives

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Documentary series. Dr James Fox traces the story of how the arrival of a few foreign artists in the 16th century sparked a cultural revolution in Britain. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
James Fox
Executive Producer:
Jonty Claypole
Series Producer:
Julian Birkett

BBC Two England

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