The Good Life

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Classic sitcom about a pair of diverse couples living next door to each other

Classic sitcom about a middle-class couple who decide to turn their home into a self-sufficient farm, starring Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith and Paul Eddington

The Good Life: Series 1: Episode 4: Pig's Lib

Episode 4

Episode 4: Pig's Lib

Series 1

Pig's Lib

BBC One - The Good Life, Series 1, Pig's Lib

Margo is horrified when she hears of Tom and Barbara's decision to keep pigs.

Seventies sitcom about a couple who decide to become self-sufficient. Margo is horrified when she hears of Tom and Barbara's decision to keep pigs in the garden.

The Goods' garden is now well under way and Tom is managing to barter reasonably successfully. Margo is horrified when she hears of Tom and Barbara's decision to keep pigs in the garden and enlists the help of the local residents' association in an effort to scupper the plan.

The Good Life: Series 1

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Tom Good and his wife leave the rat race and try to become self-sufficient.

Fed up with making a living designing plastic toys to be given away in cereal boxes, Tom Good decides to pack in the rat race and become self-sufficient.

Battlefield Britain

An in-depth look at the battles that shaped our nation using state-of-the-art graphics.

Peter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the battles that shaped our nation using state-of-the-art graphics.

Battlefield Britain: The Battle of the Boyne

10/09/2004

The Battle of the Boyne

BBC Two - Battlefield Britain, The Battle of the Boyne

Peter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.

Peter and Dan Snow explore in depth the battles that shaped the nation. The story of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, when the river ran red with blood.

Peter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the battles that shaped our nation using state-of-the-art graphics. They tell the story of a notoriously violent battle when, three centuries ago, the river Boyne in Ireland ran red with blood. Peter unravels what happened when supporters of the Catholic King James II confronted the troops of Protestant King William III. Dan recounts what the battle was like for the soldiers on the front line.

Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Mock the Week

Comedy show combining panel games, stand-up and improvisation, hosted by Dara O Briain.

Comedy show combining the best elements of panel show, stand-up and improvised games with two teams of comedians taking a satirical swipe at the news and world events

Mock the Week: Series 2: Episode 2

27/01/2006

Episode 2

Series 2

BBC Two - Mock the Week, Series 2, Episode 2Search BBC

Dara O'Briain and the regulars are joined by Al Murray, John Oliver and Gina Yashere.

Satirical game show presented by Dara O'Briain. Regular guests Rory Bremner, Hugh Dennis and Frankie Boyle are joined by Al Murray, John Oliver and Gina Yashere to mock the week's news.

Mock the Week: Series 2

BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

Two teams of comedians take satirical swipes at the news and world events.

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