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Wild & Weird

Series 1

Episode 9: Uninvited Guests

on BBC Two England

Available for 5 months

Tim and Naomi search the natural world for all things weird. This time they check out uninvited animal guests, including a herd of elephants in a hotel. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Naomi Wilkinson
Presenter:
Tim Warwood
Producer:
Adam Oldroyd
Production Manager:
Sarah Reddi
Participant:
Kate Evans
Participant:
Janice Moore

All Over the Place

Asia: Part 2

Episode 5: Buddha Park, Chicken Bowls and Mud Festival

on BBC Two England

Ed Petrie and his friends discover a carrot cake that contains no carrots in Singapore, explore the hilltop city of Shimla, and more. Show more

The Dengineers

Series 2

Episode 2: Bollywood Den

on BBC Two England

Available for 2 months

Mark and Lauren get the help of experts to design dream dens for children. The Dengineers build ten-year-old Aron his very own Bollywood den. Show more

Deadly Dinosaurs with Steve Backshall

Series 1

Episode 10: Backshall's Ultimate Dinosaur

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Steve looks back at the experiments over the series and chooses his highlights. He then uses them to build the ultimate dino. Show more

The Big Life Fix

Inventing the Impossible

Episode 4

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

A boy with Tourette’s needs help to control his tics, a paralysed man is determined to be independent, and the parents of a disabled child ask for help to make his legs stronger. Show more

Contributors

Expert:
Ross Atkin
Expert:
Ruby Steel
Expert:
Ryan White
Executive Producer:
Ros Ponder
Executive Producer:
Tom Watt-Smith
Production Manager:
Eleanor Roffe
Production Company:
Studio Lambert
Director:
John Deol
Executive Producer:
Mick Ebeling
Executive Producer:
Caskey Ebeling
Production Company:
Not Impossible Labs

Robot Wars

Series 8

Episode 5

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Presented by Dara O Briain and Angela Scanlon. This episode features the tallest robot ever seen on Robot Wars - Gabriel, built by Mensa member Craig and his three sons. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Mentorn
Executive Producer:
Andrew Robertson
Series Producer:
Matt Wilkinson
Director:
Nikki Parsons
Director:
Chris Brogden
Presenter:
Dara O Briain
Presenter:
Angela Scanlon
Commentator:
Jonathan Pearce

12 Puppies and Us

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 10 months

Rescue dog Elina moves in with the Orchard family in Buckinghamshire after a 2,000 mile trip from Cyprus, where she was found abandoned on the side of the road. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Rachael Barnes
Production Manager:
Julia Speed
Executive Producer:
Dan Barraclough
Production Department:
Emily Walton
Production Department:
Angela Oakhill
Commissioning Editor:
Abigail Priddle
Production Company:
RDF Television

Escape to the Country

Series 19

Somerset

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Alistair Appleton is in Somerset with a couple of family-focused sport enthusiasts, who are looking to buy a country home with views and a garden for football. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Eleanor Brocklehurst
Series Producer:
Emma Smith
Executive Producer:
John Comerford
Production Company:
FremantleMedia

Duration: 41 minutes

on BBC Two England

A compilation of rarely seen interviews and archive footage tells the story of movie-master David Lean, one of Britain's greatest film directors. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
David Lean
Narrator:
Sylvia Syms
Executive Producer:
Carla-Maria Lawson
Series Producer:
Simon Goretzki
Assistant Producer:
Kate Robertson

Flog It!

Series 15 (Extended Versions)

Grimsby

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Today Flog It! comes from Grimsby Minster. Anita Manning and Michael Baggott find treasures to take off to auction, including a set of glasses by artist Damien Hirst. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 10 months

Author Helen Macdonald follows Britain’s greatest river over four seasons, encountering salmon, beavers and the microscopic creatures helping to answer science's biggest questions. Show more

QI XL

Series R

Radioactive

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two England

Sandi Toksvig tunes in for a bit of radio activity with Alan Davies, Joe Lycett, Shazia Mirza and Josh Widdicombe.

Contributors

Panellist:
Shazia Mirza
Panellist:
Joe Lycett
Panellist:
Josh Widdicombe
Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Alan Davies
Director:
Diccon Ramsay
Series Producer:
Piers Fletcher
Executive Producer:
John Lloyd
Production Company:
Fremantle

Arena

Fela Kuti: Father of Afrobeat

Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Exclusive testimony reveals the multifaceted man behind the maverick performer Fela Kuti, who created a sound for a continent - Afrobeat. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Biyi Bandele
Producer:
Siobhan Logue
Executive Producer:
Richard Klein
Production Manager:
Sarah Vaughton

Brand

Arena

Duration: 1 hour, 21 minutes

on BBC Two England

Drama. A Harlow party girl and her best friend's close bond is strained to the utmost when domestic tragedy strikes. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Powerful, claustrophobic drama. Election night, 1979. After his wife is found dead, Delroy is subjected to a rough and confrontational interrogation by a pair of thuggish cops. Show more

Contributors

Detective Sergeant Karn:
Ralph Brown
Leon Delroy:
Clint Dyer
Detective Con Wilby:
Rafe Spall
Director:
Robert Heath

Genres

Formats

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