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Planet Earth III

Series 1

Deserts and Grasslands

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 2 months

David Attenborough explores earth’s greatest wildernesses, where extraordinary life survives in unexpected ways, and nature puts on its most dramatic show. Show more

Contributors

Production Manager:
Bronwen Thomas
Executive Producer:
Michael Gunton
Series Producer:
Matt Brandon
Series Producer:
Jonny Keeling
Producer:
Kiri Cashell

Bargain Hunt

Series 67

Christmas Special - Malvern 27

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 5 weeks

Two Christmas-loving teams enjoy a festive shop in Malvern with Tim Weeks and Izzie Balmer, while Charlie Ross discovers how to make the perfect Christmas cracker. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Charlie Ross
Expert:
Tim Weeks
Production Manager:
Moira Edwards
Executive Producer:
Paul Tucker
Series Producer:
Joanne Dunscombe

The Great British Sewing Bee

2021 Specials

Celebrity Christmas Special

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 7 months

New host Sara Pascoe welcomes celebrity sewers the Rev Kate Bottley, Antony Cotton, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Anneka Rice to a Christmas Sewing Bee extravaganza. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 10 months

Musical comedy. Time is short if playboy CK Dexter-Haven is to reclaim his former wife before she remarries. Cynical reporter Mike Connor is covering the wedding.

Contributors

Uncle Willie:
Louis Calhern
Mike Connor:
Frank Sinatra
Producer:
Sol C Siegel
George Kittredge:
John Lund
Liz Imbrie:
Celeste Holm
Tracy Lord:
Grace Kelly
CK Dexter-Haven:
Bing Crosby

Homes Under the Hammer

Series 24

Episode 66

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Featuring a three-bed semi in the West Midlands that is riddled with damp and rot, a characterful first-floor flat in London and a terraced house in Greater Manchester. Show more

Bargain Hunt

Series 49-52 (Extended Versions)

Stamford Meadows

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Natasha Raskin Sharp leads proceedings from Stamford Meadows in Lincolnshire. Mark Stacey and Gary Pe are the experts helping the reds and blues spend their £300. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 10 months

Classic love story. A chance meeting in a railway station brings together two married people. They fall in love, but their secret happiness is marred by the furtive way they must carry on the affair. Show more

Contributors

Director:
David Lean
Dr Alec Harvey:
Trevor Howard
Laura Jesson:
Celia Johnson
Albert Godby:
Stanley Holloway
Myrtle Bagot:
Joyce Carey
Producer:
Ronald Neame

Dad's Army

Series 7

Episode 6: Turkey Dinner

Duration: 31 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Classic wartime sitcom. Mainwaring's Home Guard platoon decides to give a turkey dinner to the old-age pensioners of Walmington-on-Sea.

Contributors

Captain Mainwaring :
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jones :
Clive Dunn
Private Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Pike :
Ian Lavender
Chief Warden Hodges :
Bill Pertwee
Private Cheeseman :
Talfryn Thomas
Mr Bluett :
Harold Bennett
Mrs Pike :
Janet Davies
Mrs Yeatman :
Olive Mercer
Producer:
David Croft

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice Remember... Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 1 month

Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice recall their time working on the hit 1970s comedy featuring the bungling but well-meaning Frank Spencer and his forbearing wife Betty. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Michael Crawford
Interviewed Guest:
Michele Dotrice
Series Producer:
Simon Goretzki
Producer:
Simon Catt

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Series 2

Episode 7: Jessica's First Christmas

Duration: 51 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Classic sitcom about one-man disaster area Frank Spencer. Frank and Betty are looking forward to Christmas, especially the church's Nativity play.

Richard Osman's House of Games

Festive House of Games - Series 2

Festive Week 2: Monday

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 1 month

Hugh Dennis, Kerry Godliman, Gbemisola Ikumelo and Harry Judd test their general knowledge skills for a special festive show in Richard Osman's Festive House of Games. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Osman
Panellist:
Hugh Dennis
Panellist:
Kerry Godliman
Panellist:
Harry Judd
Director:
John Smith
Production Manager:
Stephen Lees
Executive Producer:
Tamara Gilder
Executive Producer:
Breid McLoone
Production Company:
Remarkable TV

Only Connect

Series 19 Specials

Boxing - Wrestlers v Arrowheads

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 1 month

Another special edition of the quiz, hosted by Victoria Coren Mitchell, where knowledge only gets you so far. Two ‘sporting’ teams from previous series have returned to fight it out. Show more

University Challenge

Christmas 2023

Episode 6

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 1 month

The first round of this year’s Christmas University Challenge concludes tonight. Amol Rajan asks the questions Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Amol Rajan
Narrator:
Roger Tilling
Producer:
Clare Parody
Production Manager:
Holly Laffy
Executive Producer:
Peter Gwyn
Production Company:
Lifted Entertainment

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 2 months

The story of Noel Coward, the most prolific writer, director and entertainer of the 20th century, told in his own words. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Alan Cumming
Voice of Noel Coward:
Rupert Everett
Composer:
Rael Jones
Production Company:
AI Film Production Ltd

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 10 months

Recruited to infiltrate Cold War Moscow, salesman Greville Wynne becomes friends with Oleg Penkovsky, whose intel he carries to the CIA and MI6 from 1961. Show more

Contributors

Greville Wynne:
Benedict Cumberbatch
Oleg 'Alex' Penkovsky:
Merab Ninidze
Emily Donovan/'Helen':
Rachel Brosnahan
Sheila Wynne:
Jessie Buckley
Dickie Franks/'James':
Angus Wright
Bertrand:
Anton Lesser
Director:
Dominic Cooke

Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Following the story of Joan Stanley, a Cambridge science graduate who stole British nuclear secrets and passed them to the Soviet Union after WWII. Show more

Doctor Who

Season 1

Christmas Special: The Church on Ruby Road

Duration: 55 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for 1 month

Long ago, on Christmas Eve, a baby was abandoned in the snow. Today, Ruby Sunday meets the Doctor, goblins, stolen babies and, perhaps, the secret of her birth.

Contributors

The Doctor:
Ncuti Gatwa
Ruby Sunday:
Millie Gibson
Davina McCall:
Davina McCall
Mrs Flood:
Anita Dobson
Executive Producer:
Russell T Davies
Executive Producer:
Phil Collinson
Executive Producer:
Joel Collins
Executive Producer:
Julie Gardner
Executive Producer:
Jane Tranter
Series Producer:
Vicki Delow
Producer:
Chris May
Director:
Mark Tonderai
Production Company:
Bad Wolf Productions
Production Company:
BBC Studios

imagine... follows celebrated British TV writer Russell T Davies as he prepares to return as the showrunner of Doctor Who – with two Doctors and bigger ambitions. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:
Russell T Davies
Interviewed Guest:
David Tennant
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Tate
Interviewed Guest:
Ncuti Gatwa
Interviewed Guest:
Helena Bonham Carter
Interviewed Guest:
Olly Alexander
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Wainwright
Interviewed Guest:
Caitlin Moran
Interviewed Guest:
Cyril Nri
Interviewed Guest:
Jill Nalder
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Executive Producer:
Tanya Hudson
Producer:
Alex Harding
Director:
Alex Harding

Celebrity MasterChef

Christmas Cook-Off 2023

Battle of the Celebrities

Duration: 57 minutes

on BBC Two HD

Available for years

Musician Mel Blatt, actor and comedian Richard Blackwood, singer Duncan James and reality star Faye Winter compete to be crowned 2023 MasterChef Christmas Champion. Show more

BBC Two HD

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