Programme Index

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Bargain Hunt

Series 68

All Things Trains

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 4 months

Special train-themed episode with Eric Knowles, who provides some top tips that might be just the ticket! Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Eric Knowles
Production Manager:
Moira Edwards
Executive Producer:
Paul Tucker
Series Producer:
Joanne Dunscombe

Garden Rescue

Series 9

Leeds

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 5 months

Charlie and Chris are in Leeds to transform a bare and boring piece of earth into the Chelsea Flower Show. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Charlie Dimmock
Presenter:
Chris Hull
Series Producer:
Nicky Taylor
Executive Producer:
Matt Young
Director:
Steve Peet
Production Company:
Spun Gold TV

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 7 months

In Argyll, Rick meets a Michelin Green Star-winning chef who cooks local and foraged ingredients. He catches langoustine with a teacher-turned-fisherwoman and makes tattie scones. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rick Stein
Director:
Colin Steele
Line Producer:
Julie Gilmartin
Associate Producer:
Sarah Stein
Production Coordinator:
Rachel Edwards
Director of photography:
Chris Topliss
Executive Producer:
Matt Bennett
Production Company:
Shine TV

MasterChef

Series 20

Episode 15

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

It’s all to play for as this week’s six best comeback contestants return for the last quarter-final and the chance to push on into Knockout Week. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Katie Attwood
Series Editor:
David Ambler
Series Producer:
Martha Swales
Director:
David Crerar
Production Company:
Shine TV

Impossible

Series 6

Episode 48

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 7 months

The quiz show where players must avoid Impossible answers to stay in the competition. 19 people start today’s show but how many of them will survive to face the £10,000 question?

Contributors

Presenter:
Rick Edwards
Executive Producer:
Lynn Sutcliffe
Executive Producer:
Hugh Rycroft
Production Company:
Mighty Productions Ltd

Mastermind

2021/22

Episode 2

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for years

Clive Myrie hosts the classic quiz where contenders take the famous black chair. Subjects include PG Wodehouse’s Blandings stories, the listed buildings of Liverpool and Beyonce. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive Myrie
Series Producer:
Jude McCaffrey
Executive Producer:
David Young
Executive Producer:
Jimmy Mulville
Executive Producer:
Kate Middleditch
Executive Producer:
Chris Jones
Production Company:
Hat Trick Productions

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The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Series 1

Virtual Assistant

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 12 months

Hannah Fry delves into the inner workings of virtual assistants, such as Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri, which are now found in almost half of all UK homes. Show more

Flog It!

Series 17

Episode 34

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 7 months

In Kent, Catherine Southon falls for a colourful brooch and Jonathan Pratt unearths a horn beaker used by Winston Churchill. Paul Martin uncovers the story of Dover Castle’s secret tunnels. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Martin
Series Producer:
Amanda Lowe
Director:
Khalid Khan

Richard Osman's House of Games

Series 6

Week 9: Wednesday

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 7 months

Previous contestants Sian Gibson, Jean Johansson, Iain Stirling and Rav Wilding test their general knowledge skills on this week's House of Games. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Osman
Panellist:
Sian Gibson
Panellist:
Jean Johansson
Panellist:
Iain Stirling
Panellist:
Rav Wilding
Director:
David Smith
Executive Producer:
Tamara Gilder
Production Company:
Remarkable TV

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 4 months

Marcus indulges in the French passions of food and sport. He goes on the hunt for the ultimate local cheese to impress some pétanque players. Show more

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 5 months

Andi’s in Burnley, supersizing a cricket match between members of local mosques and clergy. Will her bid to create the ultimate cricket tea and add razzmatazz to the event be stumped by a storm? Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 5 months

Two spies turn double agents at the height of the Cold War standoff between East and West. Their deception happens as the superpowers edge towards nuclear war. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Saskia Reeves
Oleg Gordievsky:
Martin Munro
Aldrich Ames:
Jacques Theron
Yuri Andropov:
Thomas Cleghorn
Michael Bettaney:
Luke Tyler
Arkady Guk:
Wayne Harrison
Director:
Kate Quine
Production Manager:
Paul Allen
Executive Producer:
Lucie Ridout

Inside No. 9

Series 9

Boo to a Goose

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 6 months

Late-night passengers get stuck in a tunnel when their train breaks down. As they wait for the replacement service, a nurse gets her purse stolen and tempers start to fray. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 1 minute

on BBC Two England

Available for 5 months

Salman Rushdie speaks to Alan Yentob about the devastating knife attack he was subjected to in 2022, losing his right eye and almost his ability to write. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Salman Rushdie
Interviewer:
Alan Yentob
Series Producer:
Simon Goretzki

Dragons' Den

Series 21

Episode 12

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 5 months

Guest Dragon Emma Grede returns to the Den to consider the entrepeneurs' bids for investment, which include a father-and-son duo's new solution for cleaning showers. Show more

Pompeii: The New Dig

Series 1

The Final Hours

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two England

Available for 4 months

In Pompeii, the excavation of a wealthy villa, bakery and laundry reaches its climax with chilling revelations about what people were doing in the final terrifying hours in AD 79. Show more

Contributors

Production Manager:
Jennifer Cambridge
Director of photography:
Edoardo Anselmi
Series Producer:
Elena Mortelliti
Executive Producer:
Ian A Hunt
Executive Producer:
Richard Bradley
Production Company:
Lion Television

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