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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

2014: Sparks Will Fly - How to Hack your Home

Episode 4: Highlights

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Prof Danielle George shows how technology from around the home can be hacked to do amazing things in these highlights from the 2014 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Biopic that chronicles the true story of visionary Spitfire designer RJ Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp. Show more

Contributors

RJ Mitchell:
Leslie Howard
Geoffrey Crisp:
David Niven
Diana Mitchell:
Rosamund John
Commander Bride:
Roland Culver
Miss Harper:
Annie Firth
Mr Higgins:
David Horne
Sir Robert McLean:
JH Roberts
Squadron Leader Jefferson:
Derrick de Marney
Mabel Lovesay:
Rosalyn Boulter
MacPherson:
Herbert Cameron
Lady Lucy Houston:
Toni Edgar-Bruce
Major Buchan:
Gordon McLeod
Mr Henry Royce:
George Skillan
Willy Messerschmitt:
Erik Freund
Von Straben:
Fritz Wendhausen
Von Crantz:
Victor Beaumont
Director:
Leslie Howard
Producer:
George King

Professor Alice Roberts discovers which are Britain's most popular fresh foods and uses the latest science to uncover the surprising health benefits of our favourite foods. Show more

The Housing Enforcers

Series 2

Episode 5

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Consumer programme. Matt Allwright joins the ranks of Britain's housing officers. There's something in the water for housing officers in the Lake District. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matt Allwright
Series Producer:
Andrew Mullins
Executive Producer:
Rachel Innes-Lumsden
Production Manager:
Kate Gibbard
Production Company:
Twofour Broadcast

Homes Under the Hammer

Series 17

Episode 10

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander visit a house in Cumbria, a first floor flat in east London and a house in Derbyshire. They learn how much each home sold for at auction. Show more

Don't Get Done Get Dom

Series 9

Episode 5: Radiator Energy

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Consumer series with Dominic Littlewood. Dom meets a customer who was left without internet access for several weeks after his broadband provider let him down. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Sandra Oddy
Executive Producer:
Matthew Gordon
Production Company:
Flame Television

Oxford Street Revealed

Series 1

Episode 5

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Observational documentary series. The antitheft team crack down on pickpockets. The paparazzi and celebrities are out in force for a charity launch. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
David Reed
Director:
Peter Gowing
Series Producer:
Rowland Stone
Executive Producer:
Emma Barker
Executive Producer:
Peter Lowe
Executive Producer:
Gerard Melling
Production Company:
Screenchannel Television

Bargain Hunt

Series 36

Episode 22: Wetherby 17

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Antiques challenge. Tim Wonnacott and the team head to Wetherby Racecourse in West Yorkshire for a day at the races, with experts Paul Laidlaw and Natasha Raskin. Show more

Land Girls

Series 2

Episode 5: Darkest Hours

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Period drama series. Connie stands up to the overbearing Bishop in order to win Henry's respect. Finch discovers how Esther funded Martin's operation. Show more

Contributors

General Garwood:
Stuart Milligan
Jack Gillespie:
Clive Wood
Diana Granville:
Raquel Cassidy
Baby William:
Alfie Tongue
Bea Finch:
Jo Woodcock
Billy Finch:
Liam Boyle
Dennis Tucker:
Danny Webb
Rev Henry Jameson:
Liam Garrigan
Connie Carter:
Selin Hizli
Joyce Fisher:
Becci Gemmell
Esther Reeves:
Susan Cookson
Frederick Finch:
Mark Benton
Martin Reeves:
Mykola Allen
Lady Ellen Hoxley:
Sophie Ward
Bishop Selvey:
Oliver Ford Davies
Vernon Storey:
David Schofield
Director:
Matt Carter

Doctors

Series 17

Episode 19: Haunted

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Drama series set in a health centre. Alun Clay is beset by poor health, bad debts and painful memories - then he starts to fear that he's being haunted. Show more

Contributors

Dr Jimmi Clay:
Adrian Lewis Morgan
Dr Emma Reid:
Dido Miles
Dr Al Haskey:
Ian Midlane
Dr Niamh Donoghue:
Jessica Regan
Ayesha Lee:
Laura Rollins
Howard Bellamy:
Ian Kelsey
Dr Sid Vere:
Ashley Rice
Barry Biglow:
David Perks
Bryn Jenkins:
Stephen Scott
Mick Woolgar:
Warren Donnelly
Kenny Liddle:
Ifan Huw Dafydd
Dr Bethany Coulson:
Christine Pritchard
Director:
Matt Carter
Series Producer:
Mike Hobson
Series Producer:
Peter Eryl Lloyd

The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook

The Hairy Bakers

Episode 3: Pies and Pasties

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Simon King and Dave Myers cook traditional pasties in Cornwall, pork pies at Melton Mowbray, and salmon coulibiac on the banks of the River Deveron. Show more

Election 2015

Episode 4: Part 4

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two HD

Huw Edwards presents further coverage as the drama of the election continues to unfold into the afternoon. Emily Maitlis, Jeremy Vine and Sophie Raworth analyse the results. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Huw Edwards
Reporter:
Jeremy Vine
Reporter:
Emily Maitlis
Interviewer:
Andrew Neil
Director:
Claire Bellis

Pointless

Series 13

Episode 20

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge to come up with the answers no-one else can think of. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Osman
Executive Producer:
Pam Cavannagh
Executive Producer:
James Fox
Executive Producer:
Richard Hague
Executive Producer:
Sue Allison
Series Producer:
John Ryan
Production Company:
Endemol Shine UK

Eggheads

Series 16

Episode 33

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two HD

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
Series Editor:
Rob Dean
Executive Producer:
Andy Culpin
Executive Producer:
Michael Mannes
Production Company:
12 Yard Productions

An Island Parish

Series 9 - Falklands

Episode 6: Nature's Bounty

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Series following the Falkland Islands community. Summer is drawing to a close. After four years, governor Nigel Haywood is leaving and heading off to retirement. Show more

Gardeners' World

2015

Episode 9

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Gardening magazine. The team are at the 30th RHS Malvern Spring Festival, where they are on the hunt for ideas we can all draw inspiration from for our own gardens. Show more

Britain's Greatest Generation

Episode 1: Coming of Age

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Documentary that tells the stories of the extraordinary last survivors of the generation who fought or lived through World War II and are now in their 90s and 100s. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Nick Maddocks
Producer:
Nick Maddocks
Production Company:
undefined Testimony Films
Participant:
Vera Price
Participant:
Hetty Bower
Participant:
Freddie Hunn
Participant:
Diana Athill
Participant:
Jim Purcell
Participant:
Gus Bialick
Participant:
Connie Hoe
Participant:
George Johnson
Participant:
Margaret Rhodes

The Clare Balding Show

Series 1

Episode 6

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Sports chat show presented by Clare Balding. Clare's all-female line-up includes Martina Navratilova, Judy Murray, and footballers Eniola Aluko and Toni Duggan. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clare Balding
Interviewed Guest:
Martina Navratilova
Interviewed Guest:
Judy Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Eniola Aluko
Interviewed Guest:
Toni Duggan
Executive Producer:
Dylan Wyn Davies
Series Producer:
Stan Stanworth
Producer:
Luke Goddard
Executive Producer:
Justine Collins
Production Company:
Boomerang
Production Company:
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Later... with Jools Holland

Series 46

Episode 4

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Music programme featuring live sessions from contemporary and classic artists, including FFS, Alabama Shakes, the Lone Bellow and Tobias Jesso Jr. Show more

Secret Britain

Series 2

Episode 2: Mysterious Moors of Yorkshire

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two HD

Series exploring the hidden corners of the UK. In North Yorkshire, Adam Henson discovers the remains of a forgotten glass-making industry. Show more

BBC Two HD

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