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Wanted: A Simple Life

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Andreena and partner Germaine feel they have outgrown their home in Walthamstow. They want to sample a simpler life in Kent, but can they convince daughter Renee to join them? Show more

Bargain Hunt

Series 58

Oswestry 1

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 12 months

Natasha Raskin Sharp, experts Kate Bliss and Ben Cooper and the teams go bargain hunting at the Oswestry Showground. Natasha finds out about Ben's family background in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. Show more

Contributors

Expert:
Ben Cooper
Expert:
Kate Bliss
Director:
Ben Hewish
Series Producer:
Joanne Dunscombe
Executive Producer:
Paul Tucker

See Hear

Series 40

Episode 15

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Yvonne and Julian learn more about Covid-19 vaccines, how Deaf Rainbow UK was set up and pay their respects to deaf athlete Teddy Webb. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Yvonne Cobb
Reporter:
Radha Starr
Series Producer:
Camilla Arnold
Production Manager:
Sarah Riches
Executive Producer:
Paolo Proto
Editor:
Phil Timm

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Nigella’s grandmother’s recipe for creme caramel provides the inspiration for a simple but elegant dessert of caramel custard. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nigella Lawson
Executive Producer:
Paolo Proto
Series Producer:
Martha Swales
Series Producer:
Laura Abrahams
Production Manager:
Matthew Cotton

Politics Live

03/02/2021

Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Jo Coburn and guests discuss new data on the efficacy of the Oxford vaccine, disruption at the Northern Ireland border, and Labour's electoral strategy ahead of this week's Prime Minister's Questions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jo Coburn
Interviewed Guest:
Ed Vaizey
Interviewed Guest:
Tracy Brabin
Interviewed Guest:
Layla Moran
Interviewed Guest:
Camilla Tominey

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

In part three of this groundbreaking series, historian David Olusoga explores the Victorian moral crusade against slavery. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Olusoga
Producer:
Naomi Austin
Director:
Naomi Austin
Series Producer:
James Van Der Pool
Executive Producer:
Chris Granlund

Life

Episode 3: Mammals

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

David Attenborough looks at how mammals dominate the planet through having warm blood and caring for their young, including Weddell seals, caribou and humpback whales. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Michael Gunton
Producer:
Ted Oakes

Series

Life

Pointless

Series 24

Episode 42

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:
Tamara Gilder
Executive Producer:
Richard Hague
Production Company:
Endemol Shine UK

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Raj Bisram, Josie Lawrence, Mark Watson and Laura Whitmore test their general knowledge skills on this week's House of Games. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Osman
Panellist:
Raj Bisram
Panellist:
Josie Lawrence
Panellist:
Mark Watson
Panellist:
Laura Whitmore
Director:
John Smith
Executive Producer:
Tamara Gilder
Production Company:
Remarkable TV

Lightning

Series 1

Episode 8

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 6 months

Comedian Zoe Lyons hosts the quick-fire quiz where six plucky contestants must stay out of the light to be alright. Can anyone beat the lightning and win the £3,000 jackpot? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Zoe Lyons
Composer:
Marc Sylvan
Director:
John Adams
Production Manager:
Clare Blankley
Series Producer:
John Daly
Executive Producer:
Chris Jones
Executive Producer:
Neale Simpson

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Rick Stein's journey takes him through France's eastern border regions of Alsace and Jura, home to his favourite French dish, choucroute garni, and favourite French cheese, comte. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rick Stein
Music:
Crocodile
Executive Producer:
Arezoo Farahzad
Production Manager:
Olwyn Goldsmith
Production Manager:
Natalie Brightman
Production Manager:
Meg Keegan
Production Company:
Denham Productions

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

In this first episode, Simon revisits the incredible characters he’s met while travelling the globe and catches up with a ten-year-old boy he met working in terrible conditions in Bangladesh. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Reeve
Colourist:
Paul Fallon
Line Producer:
Jackie McKinney
Assistant Producer:
Ruairi Dunne
Film Editor:
Tony Graynoth
Executive Producer:
Gian Quaglieni
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall
Production Department:
Melissa Hameed
Production Company:
The Garden Productions

A Perfect Planet

Series 1

Weather

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

How weather controls the distribution of freshwater on Earth, which in turn shapes the lives of animals in diverse habitats around the globe. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Huw Cordey
Executive Producer:
Alastair Fothergill
Executive Producer:
Keith Scholey
Director:
Ed Charles
Production Manager:
Jenni Collie

Winterwatch

Series 9

Episode 3

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

This episode of Winterwatch concentrates on the sense of winter – the touch, smell, sounds and sights that make up the most magical of seasons. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Packham
Presenter:
Iolo Williams
Presenter:
Gillian Burke
Presenter:
Megan McCubbin
Producer:
Lucy Bowden
Director:
Glenn Barton
Series Editor:
Joanna Brame
Series Producer:
Mark Flowers

The Moment of Proof

Series 1

The Wallpaper

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

How wallpaper exposed a con woman’s lavish life, paid for by donors believing she had cancer. And a secret compartment in a car helps convict a gang of stealing from charities. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Chuku Modu
Executive Producer:
Jacqueline Hewer
Series Producer:
Emma Griffiths
Production Manager:
Rowan Moss
Production Company:
Brown Bob Productions

See Hear

Series 40

Episode 15

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Yvonne and Julian learn more about Covid-19 vaccines, how Deaf Rainbow UK was set up and pay their respects to deaf athlete Teddy Webb. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Yvonne Cobb
Reporter:
Radha Starr
Series Producer:
Camilla Arnold
Production Manager:
Sarah Riches
Executive Producer:
Paolo Proto
Editor:
Phil Timm

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