BBC Two

BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)

Balamory

Find out what the story is in Balamory with Miss Hoolie and the gang.

Balamory: Series 3

Balamory: Series 3: Episode 149: Gospel Choir

Episode 149

Episode 149: Gospel Choir

Balamory - CBeebies - BBC

PC Plum is too busy singing for the Gospel Choir to look after police matters.

Live action pre-school fun set in the island community of Balamory. PC Plum is too busy singing for the Gospel Choir to look after police matters.

Live action series for pre-school children based around the small island community of Balamory in Scotland.

PC Plum is too busy singing for the Gospel Choir to look after police matters, such as investigating missing flowers.

Gospel Choir

Series 3

CBeebies

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes.

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes, dedicated to delighting and surprising its pre-school audience.

Find out what the story is in Balamory with Miss Hoolie and the gang

Teletubbies

Welcome to Teletubbyland! Join in the fun with Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laalaa and Po.

Welcome to Teletubbyland! Join in the fun with Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laalaa and Po as they learn lots of new, exciting things about the real world. Perfect for curious little minds!

Teletubbies: Goats

25/08/2000

Goats

Teletubbies - CBeebies - BBC

The Teletubbies watch two children and their goats. A dancing teddy bear appears.

Preschool fun, fantasy and education. The Teletubbies watch two children and their goats. A dancing teddy bear appears in Teletubbyland and the Teletubbies sing.

Preschool fun, fantasy and education with Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po. The Teletubbies watch two children and their goats. A dancing teddy bear appears in Teletubbyland and the Teletubbies sing.

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64 Zoo Lane

Cartoon series about Lucy, who lives next door to a zoo and is told stories by the animals

Cartoon series about Lucy, who lives next door to a zoo and every night is told a story by the animals

64 Zoo Lane: Series 1

64 Zoo Lane: Series 1: Episode 7: The Story of Zed the Zebra

Episode 7

Episode 7: The Story of Zed the Zebra

64 Zoo Lane - CBeebies - BBC

Lucy hears the tale of Zed the Zebra, who was the fastest in any race.

Cartoon series about a girl who is told stories by the zoo animals next door. Lucy hears the tale of Zed the Zebra, who was the fastest in any race.

The Story of Zed the Zebra

Series 1

Cartoon series about Lucy, who lives next door to a zoo is told stories by the animals.

Cartoon series about Lucy, who lives next door to a zoo and every night is told a story by the animals.

Boogie Beebies

Children's music programme. A chance for viewers to dance with Nat and Pete

Boogie Beebies: Penguin Bop - Friday

01/02/2007

Penguin Bop - Friday

CBeebies - Boogie Beebies, Penguin Bop - Friday

Would you like to fly-bop like a penguin? Then come and boop boop de do with Pete and Nat.

Children's music programme. A chance for viewers to dance. Would you like to fly-bop like a penguin? Then come and boop boop de do with Pete and Nat.

LazyTown

Fun with pink-haired eight-year-old Stephanie and superhero Sportacus.

Fun with pink-haired eight-year-old Stephanie and superhero Sportacus

LazyTown: Series 1

LazyTown: Series 1: Episode 4: Hero for a Day

Episode 4

Episode 4: Hero for a Day

Hero for a Day

CBeebies - LazyTown, Series 1, Hero for a Day

Ziggy wants to be a hero just like Sportacus, but he keeps messing things up.

Fun with Stephanie, an optimistic eight-year-old, and superhero Sportacus. Ziggy becomes a hero and saves the day when Robbie tries to wreck the clubhouse.

Fun with pink-haired Stephanie, a fun-loving eight-year-old, and superhero Sportacus, as they learn how to make healthy choices and get active. Their friends include Ziggy, Stingy, Pixel and Trixie. Ziggy wants to be a hero just like Sportacus, but he keeps messing things up. When Robbie devises a plan to saw an overhanging tree branch so it smashes into the clubhouse, Ziggy steps in and heroically saves the day.

Postman Pat

Stop-frame animation for pre-school children about Postman Pat and his cat Jess

Postman Pat: Series 8

Postman Pat: Series 8: Episode 2: Postman Pat and the Double Disguise

Episode 2

Episode 2: Postman Pat and the Double Disguise

Postman Pat - CBeebies - BBC

Tom and Katy want to be grown-ups, but they discover that being small has its advantages.

The adventures of Greendale's postman. Tom and Katy want to be grown-ups so they can help, but they discover that being small has its advantages.

Greendale is holding a charity sale and Julia is sorting through everyone's donated items. Tom and Katy try to help out but only end up making a big mess, so Julia shoos them off to play. 

As Tom and Katy wander around the village, they come upon a variety of people who need help - Ted, Ajay, Pat - but all of them say the jobs are for grown-ups. Then, a part for Ajay's train goes missing and the only ones who can help are the twins - and they find that sometimes, being small isn't bad after all.

Postman Pat and the Double Disguise

Series 8

Fun in Greendale village with Postman Pat and his black and white cat, Jess

LazyTown: Series 1: Episode 34: LazyTown's Surprise Santa

Episode 34

Episode 34: LazyTown's Surprise Santa

LazyTown's Surprise Santa

CBeebies - LazyTown, Series 1, LazyTown's Surprise Santa

Robbie Rotten finds out that the LazyTowners are having a Christmas party.

Fun with eight-year-old Stephanie and superhero Sportacus. Robbie Rotten finds out the LazyTowners are having a Christmas party and sets out to ruin it.

Fun with pink-haired Stephanie, an optimistic eight-year-old, and superhero Sportacus, as they learn how to make healthy choices and get active. Robbie Rotten finds out that the LazyTowners are having a Christmas party, but believes he wasn't invited. He sets out to ruin the party by shooting a snowball out of a cannon at the guests. However, he soon realises that he was invited. Sportacus saves the day before the snowball crashes into the festivities.

Diddy Dick and Dom

The adventures of Diddy Dick and Dom, who live in a pink cupboard.

The adventures of Diddy Dick and Dom, who live in a pink cupboard. Nobody knows they live there, which is probably just as well!

Diddy Dick and Dom: 01/12/2007

01/12/2007

Diddy Movies - CBBC - BBC

Diddy Dick and Dom live in a pink cupboard. Nobody knows they live there.

Diddy Dick and Dom live in a pink cupboard. Nobody knows they live there, which is probably just as well.

CBBC

The BBC's multiplatform offering bringing the very best programmes to 6-12 year olds.

CBBC is the BBC's multiplatform offering for 6-12 year olds bringing the very best drama, entertainment and factual programmes to its young viewers.

The Life of Mammals

The Life of Mammals: Episode 5: Meat Eaters

Episode 5

Episode 5: Meat Eaters

Meat Eaters

BBC One - The Life of Mammals, Meat Eaters

David Attenborough looks at carnivores, from Arctic foxes to big cats.

Documentary series. David Attenborough looks at carnivores, from Arctic foxes who cache food for winter, through to pack-hunting wolves and big cats.

Join Sir David Attenborough in the fifth programme in the series, as he sits beside wild lions in the darkness of the night and meets a Siberian tiger face to face. From the first tree-dwelling hunters through to the modern-day big cats, we follow the true story about cats and dogs to find out what you need to be a true carnivore. 

In the frozen north, the Arctic fox needs to hunt during warmer times and cache this food to survive the winter. In southern climates, leopards and tigers have become solitary hunters relying on stealth and surprise to catch their next meal, coming together only to mate. Others around the globe like wolves and lions work in teams and family groups so they can tackle larger prey and better protect their young. But their efficiency as hunters makes it essential that their family life is held together and tightly controlled. With all hunters, the aggression of the kill means the difference between life and death.

BBC One

David Attenborough looks at why mammals are the most successful creatures on the planet.

David Attenborough presents a nature documentary series looking at why mammals are the most successful creatures on the planet.

Wainwright Walks

An exploration of the work of Britain's greatest fell walker and author, Alfred Wainwright

Wainwright Walks: Series 2

Wainwright Walks: Series 2: Episode 1: Helvellyn

Episode 1

Episode 1: Helvellyn

Series 2

Helvellyn

BBC Four - Wainwright Walks, Series 2, Helvellyn

Julia Bradbury sets off to the summit of Helvellyn via Striding Edge in the Lake District.

Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. She sets off to climb Helvellyn via the fearsome ridge of Striding Edge.

Julia Bradbury presents a series of classic walks and climbs in the Lake District. Armed with Wainwright's famous Pictorial Guides, Julia is setting out on some of the biggest and most popular fell walks in the country. Through sunshine and rain, Julia explores the stunning landscape that inspired the late Alfred Wainwright to produce his beautifully crafted guide books.

Nobody can call themselves a true fell walker until England's most popular mountain has been conquered. Julia Bradbury sets off to reach the summit of Helvellyn via the Lake District's most talked-about ridge - Striding Edge. And just like legendary fell walker Alfred Wainwright, Julia discovers herself reaching the Edge for the very first time, just as the cloud and the rain descend.

BBC Four

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

Julia Bradbury sets off on more expeditions inspired by fell walker Alfred Wainwright.

Julia Bradbury sets off on more expeditions as she explores the work of the great British fell walker and author, Alfred Wainwright.

Coast

A journey around the coast of the United Kingdom uncovering different stories.

The Coast team take a fascinating journey around the shores of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today.

Coast: Shorts

Coast: Shorts: Episode 70: Isle of Man

Episode 70

Episode 70: Isle of Man

Shorts

Isle of Man

BBC Two - Coast, Shorts, Isle of Man

Miranda Krestovnikoff searches for the biggest sharks in British waters.

A journey around the coast of the United Kingdom. The team explores the Isle of Man, where Miranda Krestovnikoff searches for the biggest sharks in British waters.

A journey around the coast of the United Kingdom.

The team explores the Isle of Man, where Miranda Krestovnikoff searches for the biggest sharks in British waters. Alice Roberts meets a woman with a remarkable story of childhood in the Isle of Man's internment camps, where 'enemy aliens' in Britain were held during World War II.

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.

Brief visits to Britain's beautiful coastline

Steam Days

Steam Days: Going Great Western

Going Great Western

BBC Two - Steam Days, Going Great Western

Miles Kington explores the line laid from Bristol to Exeter by Brunel.

First transmitted in 1986, Miles Kington explores the line laid from Bristol to Exeter by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and then travels through south Devon in all its glory.

First transmitted in 1986, Miles Kington explores the line laid from Bristol to Exeter by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and then travels through south Devon in all its glory.

Along the way Kington examines the enormous task faced by Brunel in the design and construction of the Royal Albert Bridge, which carries the Cornish Main Line railway in and out of Cornwall. Perhaps less well known is the impact of the railway line and the rail company on promoting tourism in the Edwardian golden age of British seaside resorts.

Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails

02/10/2008

BBC Four - Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails

Ian Hislop looks at the 1963 Beeching Report, which closed a third of the UK's railways.

Ian Hislop takes a look at the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a third of the nation's railway lines and forced thousands of people onto the road.

Ian Hislop brings his customary humour, analysis and wit to the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a third of the nation's railway lines and stations and forced tens of thousands of people into the car and onto the road.

Was author Dr Richard Beeching little more than Genghis Khan with a slide rule, ruthlessly hacking away at Britain's rail network in a misguided quest for profitability, or was he the fall guy for short-sighted government policies that favoured the car over the train?

Ian also investigates the fallout of Beeching's plan, discovering what was lost to the British landscape, communities and ways of life when the railway map shrank, and recalls the halcyon days of train travel, celebrated by John Betjeman.

Ian travels from Cornwall to the Scottish borders, meeting those responsible and those affected and questioning whether such brutal measures could be justified. Knowing what we know now, with trains far more energy efficient and environmentally sound than cars, perhaps Beeching's plan was the biggest folly of the 1960s?

The Importance of Being Earnest

16/10/2004

BBC Two - The Importance of Being Earnest

Edith Evans and Margaret Rutherford star in the classic adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play.

Classic comic drama based on Oscar Wilde's play about two bachelors who each pretend to be the dashing but wholly imaginary Ernest when courting two ladies.

Two bachelors adopt the fictitious personae of the wealthy, eligible and entirely imaginary man named  Ernest in order to court the ladies Gwendolen and Cecily. But events take a confused turn when both girls fall for the charms of their respective Ernests.

South Pacific (1958)

South Pacific

12/04/1998

BBC Two - South Pacific

An American nurse working in the tropics during WWII falls in love with a French widower.

Adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's smash-hit musical set in the wartime tropics, telling the story of two love affairs in parallel. An American nurse falls in love with a local widowed planter.

Adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's smash-hit musical set in the wartime tropics, telling the story of two love affairs in parallel. An American nurse falls in love with a local widowed planter who is many years her senior, has children of his own and is very set in his ways. Meanwhile, a young Marine falls for a local native girl. Including hit songs Happy Talk, This Nearly Was Mine and Some Enchanted Evening.

Ready Steady Cook

Talented chefs battle it out against the clock, creating delicious dishes in 20 minutes

Ready Steady Cook: Series 18

Ready Steady Cook: Series 18: Episode 61: Xmas Special - Toyah Wilcox and Shauna Lowry

Episode 61

Episode 61: Xmas Special - Toyah Wilcox and Shauna Lowry

Series 18

Xmas Special - Toyah Wilcox and Shauna Lowry

BBC Two - Ready Steady Cook, Series 18, Xmas Special - Toyah Wilcox and Shauna Lowry

Singer Toyah Willcox and TV presenter Shauna Lowry take the cooking challenge.

Singer Toyah Willcox and TV presenter Shauna Lowry battle it out to see who'll be Christmas number one in the kitchen.

Singer Toyah Willcox and TV presenter Shauna Lowry battle it out to see who'll be Christmas number one in the kitchen as Ainsley Harriott hosts another twenty-minute cooking challenge.

Chefs create a meal in just twenty minutes

Final Score

BBC Sport

A panel of experts run through the afternoon's football results.

A panel of experts run through the afternoon's football results from the Premier League and beyond.

Final Score: 26/12/2008

26/12/2008

BBC Sport - Final Score, 26/12/2008

Results from the Boxing Day football along with reports from games. Liverpool host Bolton.

Results from the Boxing Day football fixtures along with reports from games. Liverpool aim to maintain their challenge at home to Bolton, while Hull City visit Manchester City.

Results from the Boxing Day football fixtures along with reports from the key games. 

Liverpool aim to maintain their title challenge at home to Bolton, while Geovanni is set to return to his old club as Hull City face a trip to Manchester City. Wolves host Sheffield United in a promotion contenders' clash in the Championship. Also, there's reaction to Manchester United's earlier match at Stoke, and Chelsea's attempts to revive their home form against West Bromwich Albion.

Are You Being Served?

Classic comedy set in fading department store Grace Brothers

Are You Being Served? Happy Returns

Are You Being Served?: Series 6: Episode 6: Happy Returns

Episode 6

Episode 6: Happy Returns

Series 6

Happy Returns

BBC One - Are You Being Served?, Series 6, Happy Returns

Mr Grace is in for a birthday surprise courtesy of the Gentlemen's and Ladies' departments

Classic sitcom set in a department store. It is young Mr Grace's birthday and he's in for a surprise courtesy of the Gentlemen's and Ladies' departments.

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