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Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 5 months

After six weeks of fierce competition, only the three best chefs remain. They must cook the three most spectacular courses of their lives for the MasterChef judges. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Gregg Wallace
Director:
David Crerar
Series Producer:
Katie Attwood
Series Producer:
Linda McCarthy
Series Editor:
David Ambler
Production Company:
Shine TV

Duration: 2 hours, 6 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 8 months

A film of the high-energy Broadway musical inspired by the newsboys' strike of 1899 New York, with music by Alan Menken. Show more

Contributors

Jack Kelly:
Jeremy Jordan
Katherine:
Kara Lindsay
Joseph Pulitzer:
Steve Blanchard
Medda Larkin:
Aisha de Haas
Director:
Jeff Calhoun

Formats

Hollywood Greats

Series 2

Judy Garland

Duration: 40 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 2 days

Jonathan Ross tells the tragic story of a life lived in the limelight. The programme includes interviews with Lauren Bacall, Tony Bennett, Janet Leigh and Mickey Rooney.

Duration: 1 hour, 39 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 2 months

Charming Irving Berlin musical about a despondent dancer who, ditched by his partner, sets about making a star of a chorus girl. Starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. Show more

Contributors

Hannah Brown:
Judy Garland
Don Hewes:
Fred Astaire
Nadine Gale:
Ann Miller
Jonathan Harrow lll:
Peter Lawford
Francois:
Jules Munshin
Mike the Bartender:
Clinton Sundberg
Producer:
Arthur Freed

Formats

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 5 months

Andi meets three Glaswegian families and joins in with their festive feasts. She hopes to learn what the joyous meals mean to them and what they say about their city. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andi Oliver
Executive Producer:
Helen Veale
Executive Producer:
Vicky Hamburger
Production Company:
Outline Productions Ltd

Duration: 2 hours, 7 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Victorian schoolteacher Anna Leonowens arrives in Bangkok to act as tutor to the children of the king of Thailand. Despite the cultural conflict, she and the king develop a respect for one another.

Contributors

The King:
Yul Brynner
Lady Thiang:
Terry Saunders
Kralahome:
Martin Benson
Louis Leonowens:
Rex Thompson
Director:
Walter Lang

Formats

Inside the Factory

Christmas 2017

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Exploring the fascinating factory processes behind Christmas cake, baubles, brandy and more. And why Christmas tree lights are called fairy lights. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Gregg Wallace
Presenter:
Cherry Healey
Presenter:
Ruth Goodman
Executive Producer:
Alice Harper
Executive Producer:
Sanjay Singhal
Producer:
Sam Bailey
Director:
Sam Bailey
Director:
Emma Pound
Production Company:
Voltage TV Productions Ltd

Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 5 months

Edward, an artificial human being who has remained unfinished since his creator suddenly died, leaving him with scissors for hands, is discovered by a kindly suburban housewife. Show more

Contributors

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 6 months

Wildlife film-maker Gordon Buchanan teams up with seven incredible huskies to take on a treacherous dog sledding trail in Canada’s spectacular Yukon wilderness. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Gordon Buchanan
Executive Producer:
Wendy Rattray
Executive Producer:
Ted Oakes
Production Manager:
Caroline McKirdy

Richard Osman's House of Games

Festive House of Games

Week 1: Friday

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two England

Clare Balding, Ivo Graham, Ugo Monye and Su Pollard test their general knowledge skills for a special festive show in Richard Osman's House of Games. Show more

Only Connect

Series 18 Specials

Christmas: Polyhymnians v Channel Islanders

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 5 months

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far . She asks what connects the following: Ange, Sedge, Christmas Eves, and God, frankincense and myrrh. Show more

University Challenge

Christmas 2022

University of Hull v University of the West of England

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 6 months

Four alumni of the University of Hull face four graduates of the University of the West of England. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Show more

Gardeners' World

Winter Specials 2022/23

Episode 4

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Monty Don gets stuck into some winter jobs, Nick Bailey shows that a conifer is not just for Christmas, and Advolly Richmond reveals the intriguing story of influential gardener Ellen Willmott. Show more

The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb. Show more

Contributors

Mr Wraxhall:
Jason Watkins
Froken de la Gardie:
MyAnna Buring
Nielsen:
Max Bremer
Director:
Mark Gatiss
Production Company:
Adorable Media
Production Company:
Can Do Productions

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Lily James heads an all-star cast to retell the classic fairy-tale romance between a cursed beast and his warm-hearted prisoner. Show more

Contributors

Bonzo:
Guz Khan
Herself:
Miranda Hart
Executive Producer:
Matt Crook
Executive Producer:
Colin Hopkins
Executive Producer:
Richard Curtis
Executive Producer:
Rachel Freck
Series Producer:
Adam McLean
Writer:
Tim Inman
Production Manager:
Lyndsey Hicksford
Music:
Nik Haley
Production Company:
Crook Productions

My Life at Christmas with Sally Phillips

Series 1

The Rev Richard Coles

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 6 months

Sally Phillips meets the Rev Richard Coles to discover how Christmas has marked some of the most meaningful moments on his journey from Communards star to Britain's best-loved vicar. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sally Phillips
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Coles
Director:
Julian Smith
Series Producer:
Simon Goodman
Executive Producer:
Elliot Falk
Executive Producer:
Gareth Collett
Executive Producer:
Matt Baker
Production Company:
Big Circus Media

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Simon Schama explores how artists and writers have led the fight for equality, generating empathy and mobilising resistance against injustice. Show more

The Repair Shop

At Christmas 2021

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

The team restore a very special mechanical doll, a traditional German decoration, an ageing harmonium and a train set from Kenya. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jay Blades
Narrator:
Bill Paterson
Executive Producer:
Alex Raw
Series Producer:
Rebecca McLaughlin
Director:
Rich Merritt
Production Company:
Ricochet Ltd

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