Programme Index

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David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

Series 2

Episode 8: Life in the Dark

Duration: 25 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Examining the remarkable animals who have mastered the problems of life in the dark.

The Pets Factor

Series 2

Episode 7: Winston and Ollie

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Cat the vet helps Winston, a hungry hound who's piling on the pounds. Rory goes back to school to check on some baby chicks. And James needs a steady hand. Show more

Contributors

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

The Dengineers

Series 3

Episode 8: Martial Arts Den

on BBC Two HD

Available for 2 months

Joe and Lauren get the help of experts to design dens for children. Nine-year-old Nya really needs her own space to indulge her love of martial arts. Show more

Dick and Dom look at how technology has changed the way we communicate, and learn how a film star's idea to help win World War II led to Wi-Fi. Show more

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

The competition becomes more intense as the remaining candidates are deprived of oxygen to see if they can recognise the signs of hypoxia, critical for an astronaut on a spacewalk. Show more

Homes Under the Hammer

Series 20

Episode 17

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Property renovation series. A cottage in Malvern, Worcestershire, a terraced house in Chell, Stoke-on-Trent, and a shop and a flat in Dover, Kent, are sold at auction. Show more

SAS: Rogue Warriors

Series 1

Episode 3

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

The remarkable story behind the fighting force. Stirling is locked away in Hitler's most secure prison and leadership of the SAS passes to Paddy Mayne. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ben Macintyre
Executive Producer:
Eamon Hardy

The World According to Kids

Series 1

Episode 4: Belief

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Children from a pony club in Berkshire, a choir in Liverpool and a boxing club in Hackney explore belief, in themselves and the world around them. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Rachel Arnold
Executive Producer:
Samantha Anstiss
Series Producer:
Tom Williams

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Ten strangers embark on the adventure of a lifetime - taking over the running of an agriturismo farm in Tuscany boasting a vineyard, olive groves and B&B. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Claire Walls
Series Producer:
Naomi Templeton
Series Editor:
John Featherstone
On-line editing:
Ian Goff
Executive Producer:
David Clews
Executive Producer:
Ana De Moraes
Narrator:
Toby Jones
Producer:
Ryan Daly
Director:
Ryan Daly
Producer:
Gaetan Morgue
Director:
Gaetan Morgue

Love in the Countryside

Series 1

Episode 5

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Sara Cox joins eight rural romantics as they begin the journey to find love. Richard sets his dates to work tagging 50 sheep to see how they measure up to farm life. Show more

The Forest

Series 1

Episode 6

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 1 month

Mark Bonnar narrates a series revealing the world of Galloway Forest. John Coughtrie and Archie McNeillie prepare safe standing places for the crowds at the Galloway Hills Rally. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Period drama. Two sisters (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith) befriend a man who they find washed up on the beach of their 1930s Cornish village. Directed by Charles Dance. Show more

Contributors

Ursula:
Judi Dench
Jan Pendered:
Freddie Jones
Luke Pendered:
Gregor Henderson-Begg
Dr Francis Mead:
David Warner
Adam Penruddocke:
Clive Russell
Olga Daniloff:
Natascha McElhone
Fisherman:
Ian Marshall
Hedley:
Toby Jones
Mrs Pendered:
Joanna Dickens
Director:
Charles Dance

Genres

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 16 minutes

on BBC Two HD

A chance to hang out with Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Joan Plowright and enjoy sparkling conversation spliced with a raft of astonishing archive. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Eileen Atkins
Interviewed Guest:
Judi Dench
Interviewed Guest:
Maggie Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Joan Plowright
Director:
Roger Michell
Producer:
Sally Angel

Later... with Jools Holland

Series 52

Episode 4

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two HD

Jools Holland hosts a musical melange in Maidstone Studios, featuring Florence + The Machine, Femi Kuti, Lily Allen, Lady Leshurr, Young Fathers and Starcrawler. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 6 months

Ensemble comedy drama. An opera star arrives at a performers' retirement home amidst fraught preparations for a fundraising concert. Her presence adds to the tension. Show more

Contributors

Jean Horton:
Maggie Smith
Reggie Paget:
Tom Courtenay
Wilf Bond:
Billy Connolly
Cissy Robson:
Pauline Collins
Cedric Livingston:
Michael Gambon
Dr Lucy Cogan:
Sheridan Smith
Bobby Swanson:
Andrew Sachs
Anne Langley:
Gwyneth Jones
Frank White:
Michael Byrne

Formats

BBC Two HD

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