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An Island Parish

Series 8 - Sark Winter

Episode 1: Tis the Season

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Series following the community on the island of Sark in the Channel Islands. As Christmas approaches, everyone on the island makes their own unique preparations. Show more

Animal Park

Summer Special 2018

Episode 5

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

The team rush to the aid of Steph, the oldest Grant's zebra, who is being violently bullied by the rest of the herd. Meanwhile, there is a thief on the loose in family farmyard. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ben Fogle
Presenter:
Kate Humble
Presenter:
Jean Johansson
Executive Producer:
Joff Wilson
Series Producer:
Jessica Parrish
Production Company:
Remarkable TV

Impossible

Series 4

Episode 10

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Game show in which players score points by answering questions correctly while avoiding the impossible answers. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rick Edwards
Executive Producer:
Lynn Sutcliffe
Executive Producer:
Hugh Rycroft
Production Manager:
Emma Stone
Production Manager:
Jane Jenkins
Production Company:
Mighty Productions Ltd

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 5 months

World War II drama relating the Battle of Britain through the eyes of the operations room of a Kent fighter station during the summer of 1940. Show more

Contributors

Group Captain 'Tiger' Small:
Jack Hawkins
Squadron Leader Peter Moon:
Michael Denison
Nadine Clinton:
Dulcie Gray
Pilot Officer 'Septic' Baird:
John Gregson
Squadron Leader Barry Clinton:
Cyril Raymond
Flight Lieutenant 'Batchy' Salter:
Humphrey Lestocq
Squadron Leader Bill Ponsford:
Andrew Osborn
Betty Carfax:
Veronica Hurst
Group Controller:
Ronald Adam
Aunt Tabitha:
Amy Veness
Pimpernel Pilot:
Russell Hunter
Company Sergeant Major:
Geoffrey Keen

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

A look back at the great British war films that boosted the nation's morale in the postwar years and launched the careers of some of our best-loved actors and directors. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two HD

Living history series with Fi Glover. Six celebrities work for food and shelter in four Victorian workplaces, starting with 24 hours in the filth and grime of the city dump. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Fi Glover
Presenter:
Ruth Goodman
Participant:
Alistair McGowan
Participant:
Ann Widdecombe
Participant:
Colin Jackson
Participant:
Miquita Oliver
Participant:
Tyger Drew-Honey
Participant:
Zoe Lucker
Series Producer:
Mark Ball
Producer:
James Peters
Director:
Chris Parkin
Production Company:
Darlow Smithson Productions

Nature's Weirdest Events

Series 4

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two HD

Chris Packham unravels nature's weirdest events, from a crab milked for its blue blood and stones moving across the desert by themselves to a veritable swarm of rabbits. Show more

Oceans

Episode 1: Sea of Cortez

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

The team discovers how a unique ocean paradise off the coast of California, home to the greatest variety of whales and dolphins in the world, is under threat. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Rose
Presenter:
Lucy Blue
Presenter:
Tooni Mahto
Director:
Matthew Gyves
Producer:
Matthew Gyves
Executive Producer:
Anne Laking
Series Producer:
Helen Thomas

Series

Oceans

Antiques Road Trip

Series 16

Episode 16

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Antiques experts travel across the country, competing to make a profit at auction. Catherine Southon and Raj Bisram begin in Cambridge, ending up at an auction in Beccles, Suffolk. Show more

Contributors

Expert:
Raj Bisram
Executive Producer:
Liam Hamilton
Series Producer:
John Redshaw
Production Company:
STV Productions

Celebrity Eggheads

Series 8

Episode 1

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Jeremy Vine hosts a special celebrity edition of the quiz. Can actors Jeremy Edwards, Chizzy Akudolu, Susie Amy, Mark Little and Hayley Tamaddon win cash for charity? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Vine
Executive Producer:
Rob Dean
Executive Producer:
Andy Culpin
Production Company:
12 Yard Productions

The Repair Shop

Series 3

Episode 1

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Steve Fletcher tackles a pocket watch that spent four years in a Second World War Japanese internment camp undetected while secretly sewn in to the hem of a dress. Show more

Contributors

Expert:
Jay Blades
Executive Producer:
Sam Wilson
Executive Producer:
Rob Butterfield
Series Producer:
Emma Walsh
Production Company:
Ricochet Limited

Great British Menu

Series 13

Episode 1: North East - Starter

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Creative culinary competition. One chef hopes his offal starter will be a fitting tribute to the NHS's life-saving organ donation scheme. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Tom Clarke
Series Producer:
Claudine Parrish
Director:
Phil Ashton
Production Company:
Optomen
Series Editor:
Genevieve Welch

Nadiya's Family Favourites

Series 1

Episode 4: Manic Weekdays

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Nadiya Hussain creates dishes to complement any kind of day. Nadiya's quick dishes include a super speedy spin on prawn toast and a simple apple rocky road recipe. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nadiya Hussain
Executive Producer:
Pete Lawrence
Series Editor:
Will Knott
Series Producer:
Natasha Hayes
Director:
Martha Delap
Production Coordinator:
Joanna Poulton
Producer:
Rosa Brough
Dubbing Editor:
Tom Knott
Re-recording mixer:
Pete Howell
Camera Operator:
Rob Wicks
Camera Operator:
Tom Kirkman
Camera Operator:
Tim Pollard
Director of photography:
Danny Rohrer
Graphic Designer:
Robin Littlewood
Production Company:
Hungry Gap Productions

University Challenge

2018/19

Episode 4

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

This episode sees another first-round match as SOAS competes against Darwin College, Cambridge, for a place in round two of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Paxman
Narrator:
Roger Tilling
Director:
Tracey Rooney
Producer:
Irene Daniels
Producer:
Peter Gwyn
Production Company:
ITV Studios

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Anita journeys to Mumbai – the home of Bollywood - where the stars tower over the city on enormous murals. She discovers just how important the movies are and meets some of Bollywood's biggest stars. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Anita Rani
Special thanks:
Bhansali Productions
Special thanks:
Farhath Hussain
Special thanks:
Think Events
Special thanks:
Kairos Kontent Studios
Special thanks:
Kriarj Entertainment
Special thanks:
Panorama Studios
Special thanks:
Romp Pictures
Re-recording mixer:
Nas Parkash
Colourist:
Chris Batham
On-line editing:
Ronnie Newman
Sound Recordist:
Sudipto Mukhopadhyay
Production Coordinator:
Laura Hodgson
Line Producer:
James Mudie
Producer:
Sarah Muhsen
Executive Producer:
Dominique Walker
Series Producer:
Chris Parkin
Director:
Chris Parkin
Production Company:
Raw TV

Travels in Trumpland with Ed Balls

Episode 3: Making America Wealthy Again?

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Ed Balls travels to America's Deep South. Ed is put to work helping prepare for the Trumpette Ball. Show more

Matron, Medicine and Me

Series 2

Episode 5: Denise Lewis

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Denise Lewis returns to New Cross Hospital, where her grandmother worked as a nurse. Her grandmother was also cared for there before passing away from breast cancer. Show more

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