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Countryfile

Christmas Special

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Countryfile celebrates Christmas at Bamburgh Castle on the Northumbrian coast. John Craven learns what the first Christmases on Lindisfarne would have been like. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matt Baker
Presenter:
Ellie Harrison
Presenter:
John Craven
Presenter:
Anita Rani
Presenter:
Adam Henson
Presenter:
Tom Heap
Executive Producer:
William Lyons
Series Producer:
Joanna Brame

Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes

on BBC Two England

Film version of the Dr Seuss story. The magical, mischievous cat visits two bored youngsters who are stuck in the house on a rainy day. Show more

Contributors

The Cat:
Mike Myers
Mr Humberfloob:
Sean Hayes
Denise:
Paige Hurd
Dumb Schweitzer:
Steven Anthony Lawrence
Director:
Bo Welch
Producer:
Brian Grazer
Writer:
Alec Berg
Author:
Dr. Seuss

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Musical fairy tale based on the classic Brothers Grimm story. A woodcutter and his wife wish for a small boy. They are granted this wish in the miniature form of Tom Thumb.

Contributors

Tom Thumb:
Russ Tamblyn
Forest Queen:
June Thorburn
Jonathan:
Bernard Miles
The Cobbler:
Ian Wallace
Kapellmeister:
Peter Butterworth
Town Crier:
Peter Bull
Voice of Yawning Man:
Stan Freeberg
Voice of Con-Fu-Shon:
Dal McKennon
Producer:
George Pal
Director:
George Pal

Formats

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 9 months

A year in the life of an extraordinary village, hidden away in the French countryside, showing the parallel world of tiny creatures that live side by side with unsuspecting humans. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Tcheky Karyo
Producer:
Verity White
Executive Producer:
Michael Gunton
Production Company:
BBC Natural History Unit

The Good Life

Christmas Special

Duration: 26 minutes

on BBC Two England

Seasonal special of the suburban sitcom. The Goods and the Leadbetters plan their respective Christmases, but neither go according to plan. Classic from 1977. Show more

Contributors

Barbara Good:
Felicity Kendal
Margo Leadbeatter:
Penelope Keith
Jerry Leadbeatter:
Paul Eddington
Writer:
Bob Larbey

Duration: 1 hour, 34 minutes

on BBC Two England

Oscar-winning comedy drama. A silent film star falls in love with a young dancer, but the advent of talking pictures changes their careers. Show more

Contributors

George Valentin:
Jean Dujardin
Peppy Miller:
Berenice Bejo
Al Zimmer:
John Goodman
Constance:
Missi Pyle
Peppy's Maid:
Beth Grant
Peppy's Butler:
Ed Lauter
Policeman Fire:
Joel Murray

Genres

Formats

The Royal Ballet gives full access behind the scenes for a landmark documentary as they prepare for this season's yuletide production of The Nutcracker. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Nicolas Kent
Production Company:
Oxford Film and Television

The Morecambe and Wise Show

Christmas Show 1976

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Classic quintessential seasonal viewing from one of the best British comedy duos.

Contributors

Presenter:
Eric Morecambe
Presenter:
Ernie Wise
Participant:
Elton John
Participant:
Des O'Connor
Participant:
John Thaw
Participant:
Dennis Waterman
Participant:
Angela Rippon
Participant:
Kate O'Mara
Participant:
Marian Montgomery
Participant:
The Nolans
Producer:
Ernest Maxin
Writer:
Mike Craig

University Challenge

Christmas 2016

Episode 6: Magdalene, Cambridge v St Hilda's, Oxford

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

A festive edition of the quiz. In the penultimate first round match, Magdalene College, Cambridge, take on St Hilda's College, Oxford. Show more

Blackadder

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two England

Seasonal comedy special. Christmas Eve, 1850. Ebenezer Blackadder is a decent, kind, generous human being - until he gets a glimpse of his loathsome ancestors.

Contributors

Blackadders:
Rowan Atkinson
Baldricks:
Tony Robinson
Queen Elizabeth I:
Miranda Richardson
Lord Melchett/Frondo:
Stephen Fry
Prince Regent/Pigmet:
Hugh Laurie
Spirit of Christmas:
Robbie Coltrane
Queen Victoria:
Miriam Margolyes
Prince Albert:
Jim Broadbent
Nursie/Bernard:
Patsy Byrne
Beadle:
Denis Lill
Mrs Scratchit:
Pauline Melville
Lord Nelson:
Philip Pope
Millicent:
Nicola Bryant
Enormous Orphan:
Erkan Mustafa
Enormous Orphan:
David Nunn
Producer:
John Lloyd
Director:
Richard Boden
Writer:
Ben Elton

Dad's Army

Series 7

Episode 6: Turkey Dinner

Duration: 31 minutes

on BBC Two England

Classic wartime sitcom. Mainwaring's Home Guard platoon decides to give a turkey dinner to the old-age pensioners of Walmington-on-Sea.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring :
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jones :
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Pike :
Ian Lavender
Chief Warden Hodges :
Bill Pertwee
Private Cheeseman :
Talfryn Thomas
Mr Bluett :
Harold Bennett
Mrs Pike :
Janet Davies
Mrs Yeatman :
Olive Mercer
Producer:
David Croft

Victorian Bakers

Episode 4: Christmas

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

How the Victorians invented Christmas as it's known today, through the eyes of four bakers, who make favourite festive products from a revolutionary era in British history. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Peter Sweasey
Director:
Peter Sweasey
Executive Producer:
Cate Hall
Presenter:
Alex Langlands
Presenter:
Annie Gray
Production Company:
Wall to Wall Media

QI XL

Series N

Episode 9: Noel

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two England

Sandi Toksvig hosts the QI Christmas special with guests Josh Widdicombe, Susan Calman, Matt Lucas and Alan Davies.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Alan Davies
Panellist:
Josh Widdicombe
Panellist:
Susan Calman
Panellist:
Matt Lucas
Director:
Ian Lorimer
Producer:
John Lloyd
Production Company:
Talkback

Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

British drama. With the help of a generous stranger, the poor orphan Pip tries everything to win the heart of the rich, cold-blooded Estella. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Mike Newell
Miss Havisham:
Helena Bonham Carter
Magwitch:
Ralph Fiennes
Mr Jaggers:
Robbie Coltrane
Joe Gargery:
Jason Flemyng
Compeyson:
William Ellis
Herbert Pocket:
Olly Alexander
Wemmick:
Ewen Bremner
Mr Pumblechook:
David Walliams
Young Pip:
Toby Irvine
Young Estella:
Helena Barlow
Bentley Drummle:
Ben Lloyd-Hughes
Sergeant:
Ralph Ineson
Mr Hubble:
Alan Rushton

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

on BBC Two England

Anarchic and offbeat 1960s story of 36 hours in the lives of The Beatles, as they travel to a TV show in London. Show more

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