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Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

The search for the UK's 2018 culinary superstar continues. This last quarter-final sees the six strongest chefs from the week's heats attempt to impress in two challenges. Show more

David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

Series 4

Episode 4: Curious Counters

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 2 months

David Attenborough explores whether there is counting in the natural world. Show more

Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge

Series 1

Episode 5: Meat

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Four food producers with fledgling businesses come to test out their products on the locals in Malhamdale. This time, meat producers fight it out for one place in the final. Show more

Great British Menu

Series 13

Episode 41: Finals - Starter

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Culinary competition. The finalists cook their starters for the judges, including guest judge Dr Rangan Chatterjee. Who will win the first spot on the final banquet menu? Show more

Contributors

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

Great Indian Railway Journeys

Series 1

Episode 1: Amritsar to Shimla

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Guided by his Bradshaw's 1913 Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, Michael Portillo embarks on a classic rail journey from Amritsar to Shimla. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Colin Stafford-Johnson explores the wildlife and ancient ruins of the Skellig Rocks, the deserted Blasket Islands, Ireland's highest mountain range and the inlet of Clew Bay. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two HD

Two-part documentary. Colin Stafford-Johnson completes his journey along Ireland's Atlantic rim. Along the way, he meets whooper swans, pine marten and basking sharks. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Humanistic biopic of Hitler's greatest commander, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous for bringing the British in north Africa to a standstill for two years during World War II. Show more

Contributors

Frau Rommel:
Jessica Tandy
Dr Karl Strolin:
Cedric Hardwicke
General Burgdorf:
Everett Sloane
Field Marshall Von Rundstedt:
Leo G Carroll
General Fritz Bayerlein:
George Macready
Aldinger:
Richard Boone

Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 10 months

World War II tale based on a true story. As the Germans move closer to the secret of nuclear fission, saboteurs plot to stop the materials going into production. Show more

University Challenge

Christmas 2018

Episode 4: St Catherine's, Oxford v Peterhouse, Cambridge

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

The St Catherine's College, Oxford team, with Michael Billington, fights it out against Peterhouse, Cambridge. Show more

Contributors

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

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

In this one-off special, five finalists return to the kitchen to show the judges how much their food has evolved. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Gregg Wallace
Presenter:
Monica Galetti
Narrator:
Sean Pertwee
Series Producer:
Rachel Palin
Production Manager:
Tracy Martin
Unit Manager:
Clare Elliot
Editor:
Adam Lyons
Production Company:
Shine TV

An enchanting dramatised Christmas treat. A she-wolf must flee her pack and embark on a dramatised perilous journey through the Alps in search of a new territory and a new life. Show more

Frankie Boyle and guests dissect the bewildering year that was 2018. The show features Frankie at his satirical best with stand-up, review and discussion. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Frankie Boyle
Executive Producer:
Ruth Phillips
Executive Producer:
Peter Holmes
Executive Producer:
Richard Cohen
Series Producer:
Christopher Barbour
Production Company:
Zeppotron
Producer:
Tom Baker

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Spoof end-of-the-year review show written and presented by Rhys Thomas, with surprise special guests including Sir Derek Jacobi, Simon Day, Lucy Montgomery and Tony Way. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Rhys Thomas
Himself - Cbeebies Bedtime Story:
Derek Jacobi
NA - The Button Sketch:
Simon Day
Thomas Markle:
Tony Way
Presenter:
Rhys Thomas
Executive Producer:
Ben Caudell

No Activity

The Night Before Christmas

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 9 months

Hendy and Stokes are back on the case. Well, a case. It's Christmas Eve and guess who drew the short straw and finds themselves stuck together in a car on yet another stakeout?

Duration: 1 hour, 48 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Biopic about rock star Jimi Hendrix's early years in 1966 and 1967, between the Cheetah Club in New York and London, until his triumph in Monterey. Show more

Contributors

Jimi Hendrix:
Andre Benjamin
Kathy Etchingham:
Hayley Atwell
Linda Keith:
Imogen Poots
Bryan 'Chas' Chandler:
Andrew Buckley
Michael X:
Adrian Lester
Noel Redding:
Oliver Bennett
Mitch Mitchell:
Tom Dunlea
Lithofayne 'Faye' Pridgeon:
Clare-Hope Ashitey
Michael Jeffery:
Burn Gorman
Eric Clapton:
Danny McColgan
Keith Richards:
Ashley Charles
Mark Hoffman:
Lauterio Zamparelli
Director:
John Ridley

Babies: Their Wonderful World

Series 1

Episode 3: Becoming Independent

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Documentary. Episode three reveals how crawling transforms our understanding of the world, when our memory first develops and how we learn to talk. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Guddi Singh
Executive Producer:
Sanjay Singhal
Executive Producer:
Fiona Caldwell
Series Producer:
Serena Davies
Director:
Serena Davies
Series Producer:
Helen Sage
Director:
Helen Sage
Production Manager:
Sally Finigan
Production Company:
Voltage TV Productions Ltd

School

Series 1

Episode 5

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Following schools across the year. Bad behaviour is undermining learning in the Castle School Education Trust. Will Roberts introduces a strict behaviour management system. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Lorraine Charker-Phillips
Executive Producer:
Simon Dickson
Series Editor:
Hamish Fergusson
Series Producer:
Beatrice Smith
Director:
Tim Lawton
Production Company:
Label1 Television Ltd

Heir Hunters

Series 12

Episode 20: Gallagher/Alan Hughes

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Maureen Gallagher's case reveals the hardships of Germans married to Brits during WWI and WWII. An heir to Alan Hughes's estate receives a surprise knock at the door. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Buerk
Series Producer:
Alison Vann
Executive Producer:
Lindsay Bradbury
Executive Producer:
Tim Quicke
Production Company:
Flame Television

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