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Duration: 1 hour, 21 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Drama set on the rugged north east coast of Scotland in the 1800s. The wife of a herring fisherman who is press-ganged into the Navy must bring up their son alone. Show more

Contributors

Finn as a Child:
Christopher Capon
Lieutenant:
Harry Fine
Tormad's Mother:
Phyllis Morris
Mrs Hendry:
Jean Shepherd
Roddie Sinclaire:
Clifford Evans

Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Classic comedy set in London during the Blitz. A girls' school is evacuated to the country, but due to a bureaucratic error they find themselves billeted with a boys' school. Show more

Contributors

Wetherby Pond:
Alastair Sim
Miss Whitchurch:
Margaret Rutherford
Victor Hyde-Brown:
Guy Middleton
Miss Gossage:
Joyce Grenfell
Rainbow:
Edward Rigby
Arnold Billings:
Richard Wattis
Miss Jezzard:
Muriel Aked
Director:
Frank Launder

Genres

Formats

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

The Bikers travel to Russia. The papers are awash with stories of Russia's latest anti-western political play, and the Bikers are slightly nervous, but they're going in. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Si King
Presenter:
Dave Myers
Producer:
Dick Sharman
Director:
Dick Sharman
Series Producer:
Helen Simpson
Executive Producer:
Gill Tierney

Bargain Hunt

Series 37

Episode 9: Newark 6

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Presenter Tim Wonnacott and two teams of bargain hunters comb Newark Antiques Fair in their quest for profit. The teams are given guidance by experts Chris Gower and Anita Manning.

Homes Under the Hammer

Series 16

Episode 43

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander visit a cottage in Crediton, Devon, a Victorian cottage in Cranbrook, Kent, and a property in Stoke. Show more

Flog It!

Series 10 Reversions

Episode 3: Cardigan 1

Duration: 48 minutes

on BBC Two HD

The Flog It! team are at Rhosygilwen Mansion just outside Cardigan in the west of Wales. Paul Martin is joined by experts Christina Trevanion and Charlie Ross. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Martin
Series Editor:
Pete Smith
Series Producer:
Susie Staples
Director:
Rebecca Whyte

Highlands - Scotland's Wild Heart

Episode 1: Spring - Season of Extremes

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Ewan McGregor narrates a series about the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. It is spring, the most unpredictable of all seasons in the Cairngorms. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Series exploring the expansion of railways in the Victorian era. Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn find out how railways transformed the British diet. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ruth Goodman
Presenter:
Alex Langlands
Presenter:
Peter Ginn
Participant:
John Martin
Participant:
Glenn Kilpatrick
Participant:
Barry Brown
Participant:
Mike Bull
Participant:
Don Tyler
Participant:
Daniel Dickinson
Participant:
George Willy
Participant:
Guy Debes
Participant:
James Harper
Executive Producer:
Nick Catliff
Production Manager:
Claire Smith
Production Coordinator:
Rachael Pagett
Sound Recordist:
Tim Hodge
Assistant Producer:
Tom Pilbeam
Production Company:
Lion Television
Series Producer:
Stuart Elliott
Graphic Designer:
Eddie Gachegua

Dad's Army

Series 7

Episode 3: Gorilla Warfare

Duration: 31 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Classic sitcom. During an exercise, Captain Mainwaring takes the role of a highly important secret agent. The regular army try to prevent him completing his mission.

Contributors

Private Pike:
Ian Lavender
Captain Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Chief Warden Hodges:
Bill Pertwee
Man in white coat:
Michael Sharvell-Martin
Lance Corporal Jones:
Clive Dunn
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Private Cheeseman:
Talfryn Thomas
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Lieutenant Wood:
Robin Parkinson
Producer:
David Croft

Jeremy Paxman joins art sleuth Bernadette Murphy on her amazing quest to discover the truth about the December night in 1888 when Vincent van Gogh took a blade to his own ear. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Paxman
Participant:
Bernadette Murphy
Executive Producer:
Bill Locke
Producer:
Jack MacInnes
Director:
Jack MacInnes
Production Company:
Lion Television

Versailles

Series 1

Episode 9

Duration: 53 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Period drama. The traitor strikes in the palace prison, Henriette has a rocky reunion with her brother, Charles II of England, while Beatrice risks a rendezvous with Marchal. Show more

Contributors

Louis XIV:
George Blagden
Philippe d'Orléans 'Monsieur':
Alexander Vlahos
Fabien Marchal:
Tygh Runyan
Bontemps:
Stuart Bowman
Béatrice de Clermont:
Amira Casar
Henriette:
Noemie Schmidt
Chevalier:
Evan Williams
Madame de Montespan:
Anna Brewster
Sophie de Clermont:
Maddison Jaizani
Claudine Masson:
Lizzie Brochere
King Charles II:
Daniel Lapaine
Sir William Throckmorten:
Rupert Vansittart
Louvois:
Joe Sheridan
Queen Marie-Thérèse:
Elisa Lasowski
Colbert:
Steve Cumyn
Montcourt:
Anatole Taubman
Musket Mike:
Raphael Roger Levy
Director:
Daniel Roby

Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Drama. A group of old Tehran university friends take a break at a Caspian beach resort in northern Iran, where Ahmad's best friend Sepideh attempts to set him up with Elly. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 18 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Classic horror from the Hammer Studio. Vampire hunter Van Helsing comes to Transylvania to investigate the fate of his friend, apparently the victim of the blood-sucking creature. Show more

Contributors

Dr Van Helsing:
Peter Cushing
Count Dracula:
Christopher Lee
Mina Holmwood:
Melissa Stribling
Lucy Holmwood:
Carol Marsh
Undertaker:
Miles Malleson
Jonathan Harker:
John Van Eyssen
Vampire Woman:
Valerie Gaunt
Producer:
Anthony Hinds

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