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Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

Series 8

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Michael Mosley finds out whether singing can boost feel-good chemicals in the brain, and Dr Zoe Williams discovers why music could help people with dementia. Show more

Great British Menu

Series 13

Episode 20: Central Judging

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Culinary competition. The two chefs cook for the judges, including Dan Smith, a paramedic who was one of the first at the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing. Show more

Contributors

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

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Children's adventure set in the 1920s. Four children on holiday in the Lake District meet two tomboys, embarking on a series of adventures. Show more

Contributors

Mrs Walker:
Virginia McKenna
Uncle Jim:
Ronald Fraser
John Walker:
Simon West
Titty Walker:
Sophie Neville
Susan Walker:
Suzanna Hamilton
Roger Walker:
Stephen Grendon
Nancy Blackett:
Kit Seymour
Peggy Blackett:
Lesley Bennett
Mrs Dixon:
Brenda Bruce
Mr Dixon:
Mike Pratt
Old Billy:
Jack Woolgar
Policeman:
David Blagden
Writer:
David Wood

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 5 months

Ealing comedy about a group of villagers who battle to preserve the local railway line by running it themselves, until they are sabotaged in a midnight raid by a rival bus company. Show more

Contributors

Walter Valentine:
Stanley Holloway
Vicar Sam Weech:
George Relph
George Blakeworth:
Naunton Wayne
Squire Gordon Chesterford:
John Gregson
Harry Hawkins:
Sidney James
Vernon Crump:
Jack McGowran
Writer:
TEB Clarke

Genres

Formats

David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

Series 4

Episode 6: Ferocious Fighters

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 3 months

David Attenborough investigates the Siamese fighting fish and the kangaroo, examining why both species fight and what skills a winner must have. Show more

Natural World

2016-2017

Episode 4: Kangaroo Dundee and Other Animals - Part 1

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Nature documentary. The world's most famous 'kangaroo mum' is expanding operations. Brolga, aka Kangaroo Dundee, is opening his doors to a whole new bunch of animal characters. Show more

Natural World

2016-2017

Episode 5: Kangaroo Dundee and Other Animals - Part 2

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Nature documentary. The three emu chicks wreak havoc, the camels are rapidly outgrowing their enclosure and Pete the southern hairy-nosed wombat is proving to be quite a handful. Show more

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Eggheads

Series 20

Episode 28

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Jeremy Vine hosts the show where every day a new team of challengers take on what is probably the greatest quiz team in Britain, made up of some of the country's top quizzers.

Contributors

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

Galapagos

Series 1

Episode 1: Cauldron of Life

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Liz Bonnin joins a scientific team aboard the research vessel the Alucia on an expedition across the Galapagos Islands. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Liz Bonnin
Director:
Mike Davis
Series Producer:
Anthony Geffen
Director of photography:
Julius Brighton
Director of photography:
Robert Hollingworth
Production Manager:
Becky Claridge
Assistant Producer:
Joanna Haley
Assistant Producer:
Freya Ward-Smith
Production Coordinator:
Cat Pollock
Production Secretary:
Jennie Baker
Sound Mixer:
John Rogerson
Sound Designer:
Richard Addis
Colourist:
Graeme Hayes
Sound Recordist:
Freddie Claire
Director of photography:
Michael Pitts
Camera Operator:
Kat Brown
Camera Operator:
Steve Hudson
Production Company:
Atlantic Productions

University Challenge

Christmas 2018

Episode 8: Semi-Final 1

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

It is the first of the semi-finals in the University Challenge Christmas quiz for graduates. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Show more

Contributors

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

Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start

Series 1

Episode 1: Get Cooking

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Tom recruits eight families keen to change their lives for the better. The first step of his plan is to simply get the families cooking more. Show more

The Twinstitute

Series 1

Episode 1: Get Thin Fast

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Identical twins put competing health theories to the test. This episode tests the best way to lose weight, improve memory and beat pain without pills. Show more

Earth's Great Rivers

Series 1

Episode 2: Nile

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 5 months

A look at the astonishing wildlife, landscapes and people of the Nile. From elephants and leopards to ancient wonders, its great length is a lifeline for wildlife and cultures. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
David Oyelowo
Producer:
Lydia Baines
Executive Producer:
James Honeyborne
Executive Producer:
Roger Webb
Production Manager:
Gillian Goodlet
Series Producer:
Mark Flowers

Insert Name Here

Series 4

Episode 2: Mo

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Panel show about people with the same name. Josh Widdicombe is joined by Tom Allen and Kate Williams and Richard Osman is joined by Angela Scanlon and Griff Rhys Jones. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Perkins
Panellist:
Tom Allen
Panellist:
Kate Williams
Panellist:
Angela Scanlon
Series Producer:
Breid McLoone
Executive Producer:
Paul McGettigan
Production Company:
12 Yard Productions
Executive Producer:
Michael Mannes

Genres

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 11 months

Animatronic spy creatures infiltrate the animal world to reveal how living in the snow tests animals to the limit. In Tasmania, Spy Wallaby finds love. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
David Tennant
Director:
John Downer
Camera Operator:
Richard Jones
Camera Operator:
Matthew Goodman
Camera Operator:
Frederique Olivier
Camera Operator:
Michael W Richards
Camera Operator:
Philip Dalton

Grizzly Bear Cubs and Me

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two HD

Wildlife series. Gordon Buchanan joins the Pazhetnovs, a pioneering family of biologists, in snowy Russia to rehabilitate six orphaned grizzly cubs back to the wild. Show more

School

Series 1

Episode 6

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Following schools across the year. As GCSEs approach, Mangotsfield School targets disadvantaged, underachieving boys. An impending Ofsted inspection will scrutinise progress. 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

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