Programme Index

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The TV That Made Me

Series 2 (Reversions)

Episode 12: Richard Ridings

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Celebrities choose TV moments that shaped their lives. Richard Ridings discusses his early love of physical comedy in the shape of Harry Worth. Show more

Animal Park

Summer Special 2017

Episode 3

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two England

Kate Humble and Ben Fogle return to Longleat Safari Park. One of the giraffes has become very sick, and vets cannot get to the bottom of what is wrong with him. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Humble
Presenter:
Ben Fogle
Presenter:
Jean Johansson
Executive Producer:
Joff Wilson
Series Producer:
Jamie Hammick
Director:
Gareth Sacala
Production Company:
Endemol Shine UK

Great British Menu

Series 12

Episode 19: North East Dessert

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Creative culinary competition. Inspired by his summers spent on his family's Yorkshire farm, Tommy is cooking a dessert flavoured with hay. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Tom Clarke
Series Producer:
Sally Wingate
Production Company:
Optomen

Britain's Great War

Original Series

Episode 3: The Darkest Hour

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Series charting how the First World War affected Britain. How Germany's attempts to starve Britain into submission edged the nation closer to defeat than ever. Show more

Two Tribes

Series 2

Episode 23

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

Richard Osman presents the fast-paced quiz show where what contestants have in common is just as important as their general knowledge.

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Osman
Executive Producer:
James Fox
Executive Producer:
Richard Hague
Executive Producer:
Michelle Woods
Executive Producer:
Dominic Waugh
Series Producer:
Eve Winstanley

A Taste of Britain

Series 1

Episode 11: Devon

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two England

Food programme exploring specialities from around Britain. Brian Turner and Janet Street-Porter visit the seaside in Devon, starting their journey at Dartmouth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Turner
Series Producer:
Amanda Fidler
Executive Producer:
Amanda Ross

The Best Dishes Ever

Series 1

Episode 12: Unusual Combinations

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 7 months

Recipes from some of the BBC's best-loved TV chefs. This week's unusual menu includes Michel Roux Junior's beef cheeks with pears, garlic and chocolate. Show more

This Wild Life

Episode 9: Monkeys in the Kitchen

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Series following a family who moved to Kenya to run a safari camp. Cheeky monkeys are taking over the camp. Frank and David set off to help a bull elephant. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Frank Pope
Series Producer:
Susanna Handslip
Executive Producer:
Ted Oakes
Producer:
Clare Brook

The Life of Mammals

Episode 4: Chisellers

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

David Attenborough looks at rodents, who possess incisor teeth with chisel-sharp enamel. Among the animals observed are the agouti, the beaver and the capybara. Show more

Eggheads

Series 19

Episode 23

Duration: 29 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

World Athletics Championships

London 2017

Episode 1: Preview

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

A look ahead to the World Athletics Championships in London with Michael Johnson, Colin Jackson, Denise Lewis and Paula Radcliffe. Show more

10 Puppies and Us

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Following ten puppies and their families through their first six months together. Telephone psychic Delia goes in search of a big breed dog to live with her in her London flat. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
RDF Television
Series Producer:
Maia Liddell
Production Manager:
Hannah James
Composer:
Ben Parsons
Executive Producer:
Dan Barraclough

Top of the Lake

China Girl

Episode 2: The Loved One

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Drama. As Robin pulls together theories around the pregnancy and murder of the dead girl, the meeting with Mary is put in jeopardy by her mother Julia. Show more

The Mash Report

Series 1 (Summer)

Episode 3

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two England

With up-to-the-minute analysis, Nish Kumar and a team of hilarious correspondents keep you up to date with everything that has happened - or not happened - this week. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nish Kumar
Executive Producer:
Chris Stott
Series Producer:
Mark Barrett
Production Manager:
Olly Jenkin
Director:
Chris Howe
Production Company:
Princess Productions

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and explorer Benedict Allen journey through Papua New Guinea. As Frank gets close to realising his dream, old injuries return to haunt him. Show more

Horizon

2017

Dippy and the Whale

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, this film follows the teams at the Natural History Museum as they replace the iconic dinosaur skeleton cast with a real blue whale skeleton. Show more

The Sweet Makers

Series 1

Episode 1: A Tudor Treat

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Four modern-day confectioners recreate a Tudor sugar banquet and discover how the quest to satisfy the nation's sweet tooth transformed Britain. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Andy Baxendale
Interviewed Guest:
Jelena Bekvalac
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Cumberbatch
Interviewed Guest:
Diana Short
Interviewed Guest:
Cynthia Stroud
Interviewed Guest:
Paul A Young
Presenter:
Emma Dabiri
Presenter:
Annie Gray
Costume designer:
Heidi Miller
Makeup Artist:
Isabel While
Director of photography:
Louis Caulfield
Production Secretary:
Emma Marks
Production Coordinator:
Gemma Templar
Production Manager:
Emily Assael
Executive Producer:
Emily Shields
Director:
Helen Nixon
Series Producer:
Helen Nixon
Production Company:
Wall to Wall Media

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