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Pointless

Series 23

Episode 31

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two HD

The quiz in which contestants try to score as few points as possible by plumbing the depths of their general knowledge to come up with the answers no-one else could think of. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Osman
Executive Producer:
Richard Hague
Executive Producer:
Tom Blakeson
Production Company:
Endemol Shine UK

Barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein examine the case of a young soldier who was convicted of murdering a family friend in County Durham in 1934. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sasha Wass
Presenter:
Jeremy Dein
Director:
James Pearson
Producer:
Clare Wales
Series Producer:
James Pearson
Executive Producer:
Mike Benson
Executive Producer:
Simon Cooper
Production Manager:
Johanna Scammell
Production Department:
Michael Klokkos
Production Company:
Chalkboard TV

Great Asian Railway Journeys

Series 1 (60-Minute Versions)

Ho Chi Minh to Hoi An

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Michael Portillo boards Vietnam’s spectacular Reunification Railway to make a 1,000-mile journey from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi. He visits the container port of Haiphong and finishes in Halong Bay. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 8 months

Wildlife adventure series searching for tigers in the Himalayas. Along the Tibetan border, explorer Steve Backshall has a close encounter with the world's most elusive predator. 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

Duration: 1 hour, 56 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

During the Japanese advance in Malaya, a group of civilians is taken prisoner and forced to embark on a gruelling trek through the jungle.

Contributors

Jean Paget:
Virginia McKenna
Joe Harman:
Peter Finch
Mrs Dudley Frost:
Marie Lohr
Miss Horsefall:
Jean Anderson
Japanese Sergeant:
Takagi
Captain Sugaya:
Tran Van Khe
Solicitor:
Geoffrey Keen
Director:
Jack Lee
Producer:
Joseph Janni

Madagascar

Episode 3: Land of Heat and Dust

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Series exploring Madagascar and its unique wildlife. This programme follows the animals' fortunes through the wet and dry seasons in this island of extremes. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Michael Gunton
Series Producer:
Mary Summerill

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Series 7

Salamanca to Canfranc

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Michael Portillo sports a modern edition of his Bradshaw’s Continental Handbook, dated 1936. His destination lies close to his heart: the ancient kingdom of Spain and land of his father. Show more

Mrs. America

Series 1

Bella

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 1 month

In 1977, 35 states have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. Bella Abzug is appointed to head the revived Women's Commission and has to organise the first ever National Women's Convention in Houston. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Schlafly:
Cate Blanchett
Floria Steinem:
Rose Byrne
Shirley Chisolm:
Uzo Aduba
Jill Ruckelshaus:
Elizabeth Banks
Brenda Feigen-Fasteau:
Ari Graynor
Rosemary Thomson:
Melanie Lynskey
Bella Abzug:
Margo Martindale
Fred Schlafly:
John Slattery
Eleanor Schlafly:
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Betty Friedan:
Tracey Ullman
Alice Macray:
Sarah Paulson
Phil Crane:
James Marsden
Director:
Anna Boden
Director:
Ryan Fleck

Mrs. America

Series 1

Houston

Duration: 48 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 1 month

Exhausted from a long drive from Illinois, Alice and Pamela arrive in Houston for the National Women’s Conference to find their hotel has massively overbooked and they are lucky to find a shared room. Show more

Contributors

Phyllis Schlafly:
Cate Blanchett
Floria Steinem:
Rose Byrne
Shirley Chisolm:
Uzo Aduba
Jill Ruckelshaus:
Elizabeth Banks
Brenda Feigen-Fasteau:
Ari Graynor
Rosemary Thomson:
Melanie Lynskey
Bella Abzug:
Margo Martindale
Fred Schlafly:
John Slattery
Eleanor Schlafly:
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Betty Friedan:
Tracey Ullman
Alice Macray:
Sarah Paulson
Phil Crane:
James Marsden
Director:
Janicza Bravo

Once Upon a Time in Iraq

Series 1

Fallujah

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

The infamous battle of Fallujah is told by eye-witness accounts from journalists, soldiers and civilians. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Andy Serkis
Director:
James Bluemel
Editor:
Anna Price
Composer:
Simon Russell
Series Producer:
Jo Abel
Executive Producer:
Will Anderson
Executive Producer:
Andrew Palmer
Production Company:
KEO Films Ltd

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Jay Blades looks back at three repairs that help show how immigration has shaped the UK: a pump organ from the Caribbean, a barber’s pole with Cypriot links and an Iraqi samovar. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jay Blades
Series Producer:
Paula Fasht
Executive Producer:
David Sayer
Executive Producer:
Rob Butterfield
Executive Producer:
Emma Walsh
Production Company:
Ricochet Limited

Home Is Where the Art Is

Series 2

Episode 2

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Today's three artists try to create seaside-themed masterpieces for buyers from Whitstable. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nick Knowles
Executive Producer:
Zoe Thorman
Featured Artist:
Dawn Conn
Featured Artist:
Vicki Griggs
Featured Artist:
Steven Ritchie

Celebrity MasterChef

Series 15

Episode 9

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 3 months

Two more semi-final places are up for grabs as four famous faces cook for the judges and three former Celebrity MasterChef champions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Torode
Presenter:
Gregg Wallace
Narrator:
India Fisher
Series Editor:
Katie Attwood
Series Producer:
Genevieve Welch
Director:
David Crerar
Production Company:
Shine TV

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