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Coast

Series 10

Episode 2: Bounty from the Sea

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two HD

Coast explores the incredible riches within our seas. Nick Crane heads offshore to the Faroes to find out how its bounty shapes and sustains a coastal character. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nicholas Crane
Presenter:
Tessa Dunlop
Presenter:
Mark Horton
Series Producer:
Sian Price
Executive Producer:
William Lyons

Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Biting Ealing satire about a scientist (Alec Guinness) who invents an indestructible fibre but finds that everyone wants to destroy his formula. Show more

Contributors

Sidney Stratton:
Alec Guinness
Daphne Birnley:
Joan Greenwood
Alan Birnley:
Cecil Parker
Bertha:
Vida Hope
Michael Corland:
Michael Gough
Sir John Kierlaw:
Ernest Thesiger
Producer:
Sidney Cole

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Orson Welles's period drama telling the story of a wilful son of the proud Amberson family, who destroys his mother's hopes of marrying her first love - a recent widower. Show more

Contributors

Eugene Morgan:
Joseph Cotten
Isabel Amberson Minfaer:
Dolores Costello
George Amberson:
Tim Holt
Fanny Amberson:
Agnes Moorehead
Roger Bronson:
Erskine Sanford
Major Amberson:
Richard Bennett
Producer:
Orson Welles
Director:
Orson Welles

Homes Under the Hammer

Series 18 Reversions

Episode 4

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Property renovation series. A house near Birmingham, a flat in Maida Hill and a bit of land in Dunfermline catch the attention of property developers who have grand ideas. Show more

Natural World

2014-2015

Episode 8: Beavers Behaving Badly

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Nature documentary following Drew Reed, a wetland conservationist helping to keep the peace between beavers and people in Wyoming's Jackson Hole valley. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 52 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Classic Disney fantasy set in World War II England. Three evacuees discover that their guardian is an amateur witch, and together they search for a missing spell. Show more

Contributors

Eglantine Price:
Angela Lansbury
Mr Emelius Brown:
David Tomlinson
Bookman:
Sam Jaffe
Colonel Heller:
John Ericson
Swinburne:
Bruce Forsyth
Mrs Hobday:
Tessie O'Shea
Captain Ainsley Greer:
Arthur E Gould-Porter
Street sweeper:
Ben Wrigley
General Sir Brian Teagler:
Reginald Owen
Elderly Farmer:
Cyril Delevanti
German Sergeant:
Rick Traeger
Charlie:
Ian Weighill
Writer:
Bill Walsh
Producer:
Bill Walsh
Director of photography:
Frank Phillips

Wanted Down Under

Series 9 30-Minute Reversions

Episode 1

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Running a village pub sees James work seven days a week. Wife Lisa dreams of a new life in Australia, but can James come to terms with being separated from his daughter for months at a time? Show more

Only Connect

Series 13

Episode 5: Lapsed Physicists v Belgophiles

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Victoria Coren Mitchell presents the quiz show about making connections. Three former physicists take on a trio united by their love of Belgium. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Jenny Hawker
Director:
Siân G Lloyd
Production Company:
Parasol Media

BBC Proms

2017

Proms Extra: Episode 6

Duration: 40 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Proms magazine show. Katie Derham is joined by YolanDa Brown, Soweto Kinch and John Butt to discuss Bach's St John Passion and the Charles Mingus Prom. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Katie Derham
Interviewed Guest:
YolanDa Brown
Interviewed Guest:
Soweto Kinch
Interviewed Guest:
John Butt
Series Producer:
Dawn Payne
Director:
Helen Scott

Iolo's Great Welsh Parks

Series 3

Episode 3: Padarn Country Park

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Iolo Williams visits Padarn Country Park in Snowdonia, encountering ring ouzel, wood warblers, slow worms and otters. Show more

Dad's Army

Series 4

Episode 5: Don't Fence Me In

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Classic comedy about the Home Guard. Mainwaring's men are sent to guard the local POW camp but have trouble keeping on the right side of the fence. Show more

Contributors

Capt George Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sgt Arthur Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
LCpl Jack Jones:
Clive Dunn
Pte Frazer:
John Laurie
Pte Walker:
James Beck
Pte Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Pte Pike:
Ian Lavender
Producer:
David Croft
Director:
Harold Snoad

Duration: 2 hours, 18 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel. An aspiring writer decides to focus on the story of Mississippi's black maids - much to the consternation of her well-to-do white friends. Show more

Contributors

Aibileen Clark:
Viola Davis
Hilly Holbrook:
Bryce Dallas Howard
Skeeter Phelan:
Emma Stone
Minny Jackson:
Octavia Spencer
Missus Walters:
Sissy Spacek
Celia Foote:
Jessica Chastain
Stuart Whitworth:
Chris Lowell
Jolene French:
Anna Camp
Constantine Jefferson:
Cicely Tyson
Johnny Foote:
Mike Vogel
Elizabeth Leefolt:
Ahna O'Reilly
Charlotte Phelan:
Allison Janney
Mae Mobley:
Eleanor Henry
Mae Mobley:
Emma Henry
Robert Phelan:
Brian Kerwin
Yule Mae Davis:
Aunjanue Ellis
Mr Blackly:
Leslie Jordan
Elain Stein:
Mary Steenburgen
Preacher Green:
David Oyelowo
Gracie Higginbotham:
Dana Ivey
Director:
Tate Taylor

Genres

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Drama based on real events. Having adopted a new identity and found refuge in Patagonia, Nazi war criminal Joseph Mengele befriends the family of a 12-year-old girl. Show more

BBC Two HD

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