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Gardeners' World

Winter Specials 2021/22

Episode 2

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Adam Frost Nick Bailey, Frances Tophill, Carol Klein, Arit Anderson and Rachel de Thame celebrate the joy that the gardening year brings with a selection of brand new stories. Show more

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan follows a wild polar bear family over three seasons. In Svalbard, Gordon and the team find a polar bear birth den. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

After being persuaded to go on a holiday cooking getaway, ambitious chef and restaurant owner Scarlett is reunited with a rival chef from her past, who offers some lessons in life. Show more

Mary Berry teaches three novice cooks delicious festive recipes. With a helping hand from Patrick Grant and Alex Jones, she heads to Leeds Castle for a magical surprise feast. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mary Berry
Presenter:
Alex Jones
Presenter:
Patrick Grant
Executive Producer:
Emily Hudd
Executive Producer:
Kelly Sparks
Series Producer:
Simon Arnold
Production Company:
Rumpus Media Ltd

Inside the Factory

Series 7

Christmas Cards

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Gregg visits the Woodmansterne card factory in in Watford. It’s one of the largest greeting card companies in the UK, a family business sending out 35 million cards a year. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Gregg Wallace
Presenter:
Cherry Healey
Presenter:
Ruth Goodman
Series Producer:
Nicola Lafferty
Production Manager:
Rachel Drew
Production Manager:
Samara Friend
Executive Producer:
Sanjay Singhal
Executive Producer:
Lucy Carter
Production Company:
Voltage TV

Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys

Series 1

Episode 4: Fairbanks to Juneau

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Michael Portillo heads for the Last Frontier of the United States. At Fairbanks, Michael discovers how gold prospectors liberated precious metal from the soil. Show more

Second World War naval adventure based on the true story of the pursuit of the seemingly unstoppable German battleship Graf Spee. Show more

Contributors

Captain Bell:
John Gregson
Commodore Harwood:
Anthony Quayle
Captain Hans Langsdorff:
Peter Finch
Captain Woodhouse:
Ian Hunter
Captain Parry:
Jack Gwillim
Captain Dove:
Bernard Lee
Mike Fowler:
Lionel Murton
Mr Millington Drake:
Anthony Bushell
Dr Guani:
Peter Illing
Captain McCall:
Michael Goodliffe
Lieutenant Commander Medley:
Patrick Macnee
Captain Stubbs:
Andrew Cruickshank

Duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 8 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

Upstart Crow

A Christmas Crow

Duration: 39 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Shakespeare comedy. When Marlowe, Kate and the usually awful Robert Greene look to be facing a miserable Christmas in London, Will's heart gets the better of him. Show more

Contributors

Kit Marlowe:
Tim Downie
John Shakespeare:
Harry Enfield
Robert Greene:
Mark Heap
Susanna Shakespeare:
Helen Monks
Bottom:
Rob Rouse
Anne Shakespeare:
Liza Tarbuck
Queen Elizabeth:
Emma Thompson
Mary Shakespeare:
Paula Wilcox
Will Shakespeare:
David Mitchell
Judith Shakespeare:
Rosanna Beacock
Hamnet Shakespeare:
Joe Willis
Writer:
Ben Elton
Director:
Richard Boden
Executive Producer:
Chris Sussman

Blackadder

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Seasonal comedy special. Christmas Eve, 1850. Ebenezer Blackadder is a decent, kind, generous human being - until he gets a glimpse of his loathsome ancestors.

Contributors

Blackadders:
Rowan Atkinson
Baldricks:
Tony Robinson
Queen Elizabeth I:
Miranda Richardson
Lord Melchett/Frondo:
Stephen Fry
Prince Regent/Pigmet:
Hugh Laurie
Spirit of Christmas:
Robbie Coltrane
Queen Victoria:
Miriam Margolyes
Prince Albert:
Jim Broadbent
Nursie/Bernard:
Patsy Byrne
Beadle:
Denis Lill
Mrs Scratchit:
Pauline Melville
Lord Nelson:
Philip Pope
Millicent:
Nicola Bryant
Enormous Orphan:
Erkan Mustafa
Enormous Orphan:
David Nunn
Producer:
John Lloyd
Director:
Richard Boden
Writer:
Ben Elton

University Challenge

Christmas 2021

LSE v Hertford, Oxford

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

In the fourth match of the Christmas series for grown-ups, a team of LSE alumni fight it out against alumni from Hertford College, Oxford. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Paxman
Producer:
Peter Gwyn
Narrator:
Roger Tilling
Series Producer:
Clare Parody
Director:
Tracey Rooney
Production Company:
ITV Studios

Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Series 4

ION Adventure Hotel, Iceland

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 5 months

Monica and Giles work behind the scenes of a hotel that is all about getting out into Iceland's incredible landscape of volcanoes and glaciers. Show more

Contributors

Monica Galetti:
Monica Galetti
Giles Coren:
Giles Coren
Series Producer:
Dunk Barnes
Executive Producer:
Kat Lennox
Production Manager:
Claire Stephens-Lee

Strictly Come Dancing

Series 19

The Final

Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman host as the three finalists each perform three routines in a bid to be your Strictly Champions. With a guest performance by Ed Sheeran. Show more

BBC Two HD

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