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The Wonder of Animals

Episode 8: Crocodiles

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 5 months

Chris Packham explores what makes animal groups successful. He looks beneath crocodiles' hard exterior to discover the secret to their 250-million-year history. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Packham
Executive Producer:
Jonny Keeling
Series Producer:
Aaron Paul

The Pets Factor

Series 1

Episode 2: Bagheera, Tommy and Casper

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Documentary series. Cat works around the clock to save some seriously poorly border collie pups. Also, Cheryl gets her hands on a rather unusual patient. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stacey Dooley
Participant:
Rory Cowlam
Participant:
Cheryl Lucas
Participant:
Cat Henstridge
Participant:
James Greenwood
Series Producer:
Sima Ray
Production Manager:
Clare Thomas

Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch

Series 1

Episode 3: The Monster Party

on BBC Two HD

Available for 4 months

Matilda Ramsay and her family are in LA to make food and have fun. Matilda creates a ghoulish menu with scary severed hands, gory goblin heads and bloody cakes. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Matilda Ramsay
Participant:
Tana Ramsay
Participant:
Gordon Ramsay
Participant:
Jack Ramsay
Participant:
Holly Ramsay
Participant:
Megan Ramsay
Executive Producer:
Hugh Lawton
Executive Producer:
Paul Ratcliffe
Executive Producer:
Gordon Ramsay
Executive Producer:
Patricia Llewellyn
Executive Producer:
Sue Murphy

Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch

Series 1

Episode 4: The Beach BBQ

on BBC Two HD

Available for 4 months

Matilda Ramsay and her family are in LA to make food and have fun. Matilda goes to the beach, where she cooks a clam bake and an American barbecue classic. Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Matilda Ramsay
Participant:
Tana Ramsay
Participant:
Gordon Ramsay
Participant:
Jack Ramsay
Participant:
Holly Ramsay
Participant:
Megan Ramsay
Executive Producer:
Hugh Lawton
Executive Producer:
Paul Ratcliffe
Executive Producer:
Gordon Ramsay
Executive Producer:
Patricia Llewellyn
Executive Producer:
Sue Murphy

The Dengineers

Series 2

Episode 2: Bollywood Den

on BBC Two HD

Available for 14 days

Mark and Lauren get the help of experts to design dream dens for children. The Dengineers build ten-year-old Aron his very own Bollywood den. Show more

Robot Wars

Series 8

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Robot Wars launch show presented by Dara O Briain and Angela Scanlon. Eight teams, made up of families and friends from across the country, put their homemade robots to the test. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Mentorn
Executive Producer:
Andrew Robertson
Series Producer:
Matt Wilkinson
Director:
Nikki Parsons
Presenter:
Dara O Briain
Presenter:
Angela Scanlon
Commentator:
Jonathan Pearce

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 11 months

Nature documentary. Adventurer Steve Backshall embarks on a dramatic expedition to explore Venezuela's tepuis - ancient, sheer-sided mountains cut off from the jungle below. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Jonathan Renouf
Executive Producer:
Cameron Balbirnie
Director:
Ben Lawrie
Presenter:
Steve Backshall
Camera Operator:
Keith Partridge
Assistant Producer:
Max Goldzweig
Camera Assistant:
Hugh Campbell

Pets - Wild at Heart

Episode 2: Secretive Creatures

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Second of a two-part documentary using innovative techniques to reveal the secrets of pets' behaviour. A hamster uses his remarkable senses to stage an escape. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
David Tennant
Series Producer:
Philip Dalton
Director:
John Downer
Production Company:
John Downer Productions Ltd

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

The bikers begin their Sardinian adventure in the small town of Cagliari, where everyone is in high spirits for the feast of St Efisio. Show more

A Vicar's Life

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 10 months

A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of country vicars. Nicholas has to face up to the fact that churches are not sacred spaces to everyone as he deals with a break-in. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Jo Roe
Series Producer:
James Routh

Back to the Land with Kate Humble

Series 1

Episode 2: South Devon

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Kate Humble follows a farming family who have hooked on to the trend for UK's answer to olive oil, producing their own cold-pressed rapeseed oil. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Humble
Composer:
Andrew Jones
Graphic Designer:
John Eddy
Graphic Designer:
Ian Richards
Colourist:
Steve Lucas
On-line editing:
Jay Francis
Re-recording mixer:
Gavin Allingham
Director of photography:
Cliff Evans
Sound Recordist:
Ed Bulman
Sound Recordist:
Todd Richardson
Casting:
Lina Hashweh
Production Coordinator:
Vicki Lindsay
Production Manager:
Richard Banks
Assistant Producer:
Niall Bradnick
Assistant Producer:
Rob Myler
Executive Producer:
Donna Clark
Editor:
Ant Smith
Executive Producer:
Sarah Trigg
Series Producer:
Chrissie Sharman
Director:
Jim Ashley
Production Company:
7 Wonder Productions

Rome Unpacked

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Andrew Graham-Dixon and Giorgio Locatelli continue exploring Rome. In search of its Papal, Renaissance and Baroque history, they discover that it is visible all around them. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Silvia Sacco
Executive Producer:
Jeremy Dear
Production Company:
Wall to Wall Media

Tom Kerridge's Lose Weight for Good

Series 1

Episode 2: Quick and Easy

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Tom Kerridge helps local dieters lose weight for good. Tom turns the spotlight on dieters who say they are too busy or inexperienced to cook healthy meals at home. Show more

Dad's Army

Series 5

Episode 9: When Did You Last See Your Money?

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Corporal Jones mislays the platoon's funds and the boys face a tough time jogging his memory. Show more

Contributors

Captain George Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Arthur Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance-Corporal Jack Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private James Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Joe Walker:
James Beck
Private Charles Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Frank Pike:
Ian Lavender
The Vicar:
Frank Williams
Producer:
David Croft

Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs

Series 1

Taming the Wild

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Paul Murton begins his Grand Tour with a chilly swim across Loch Ba, high on Rannoch Moor, struggles against the elements while trainspotting and meets some veteran Tunnel Tigers. Show more

QI XL

Series O

Episode 11: Objects and Ornaments

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Sandi Toksvig looks at some objects and ornaments with Sarah Millican, Cariad Lloyd, Alice Levine and Alan Davies. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Alan Davies
Panellist:
Alice Levine
Panellist:
Cariad Lloyd
Panellist:
Sarah Millican
Director:
Ian Lorimer
Production Company:
FremantleMedia

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Drama based on Pascal Mercier's bestseller. A desperate young woman and an intriguing book send staid Swiss professor Raimund Gregorius on a sudden quest to Portugal. Show more

Contributors

Raimund Gregorius:
Jeremy Irons
Amadeu de Prado:
Jack Huston
Older Joao Eca:
Tom Courtenay
Young Estefania:
Melanie Laurent
Young Jorge O'Kelly:
August Diehl
Older Adriana:
Charlotte Rampling
Father Bartolomeu:
Christopher Lee
Older Jorge O'Kelly:
Bruno Ganz
Older Estefania:
Lena Olin
Young Joao:
Marco D'Almeida
Young Adriana:
Beatriz Batarda
Catarina Mendez:
Sarah Buhlmann
Judge Prado:
Burghart Klaussner
Young Father Bartolomeu:
Filipe Vargas
Older Clotilde:
Jane Thorne
Director:
Bille August

Genres

Formats

BBC Two HD

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