Programme Index

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Tinga Tinga Tales

Series 1

Episode 13: Why Vulture Is Bald

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Stories telling a modern, young audience how different animals got their distinctive parts. Vulture's crown of beautiful feathers gets burnt by the sun. Show more

Paradise Cafe

Series 2

Episode 7: Two Men, One Boat

Duration: 25 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Children's supernatural drama. Robbo and Tai enter the Paradise Island fishing contest using an abandoned dinghy in bad repair and things soon start to go wrong. Show more

Small Potatoes

Episode 7: Potato Train

Duration: 3 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 2 months

Animated series about a group of singing potatoes. The Small Potatoes hop on board the Potato Train and chug through town, greeting local townspotatoes along the way.

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Josh Selig
Director:
Josh Selig
Assistant Director:
Julain Kauffmann
Producer:
Melanie Pal
Associate Producer:
Melinda Richards
Writer:
Josh Selig
Music Director:
Jeffrey Lesser

Mr Bloom's Nursery

Series 1

Episode 5: Grow Business

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Gardener Mr Bloom welcomes a team of young helpers, who tend to his plants and produce. The Tiddlers harvest vegetables for one of Mr Bloom's prize-winning displays. Show more

Gigglebiz

Series 1

Episode 7

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Sketch show. Wiggyville's favourite and most useless superhero, Captain Adorable, offers a helping hand to the local brass band. Also with Arthur Sleep and the Gigglekids. Show more

ZingZillas

Series 1

Episode 15: Zak's Rubbish Day

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

A band of primate friends play music in their tropical island paradise. It's Tidy Island Day and Todd and Zak hope to win the prestigious Squeaky Clean badge. Show more

In the Night Garden

Series 1

Episode 73: What a Funny Ninky Nonk

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Series set in a magical forest. The Tombliboos ride the Ninky Nonk. It goes past Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka, and everybody tries to catch it. Show more

Animal Park

Series 7: 30 minute reversions

Episode 12

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Ben Fogle and Kate Humble explore life behind the scenes at Longleat Estate and Safari Park. A new sea lion baby is born by the lake and mum doesn't want anyone too close. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Ben Fogle
Presenter:
Kate Humble
Series Producer:
Susanne Curran
Executive Producer:
Annette Clarke
Executive Producer:
Chris Powell

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Stirring Irish saga set in 1840, based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. A feud between two families over land brings destruction to Hungry Hill. Starring Margaret Lockwood. Show more

Contributors

Fanny Rose Flower:
Margaret Lockwood
Greyhound John:
Dennis Price
Copper John:
Cecil Parker
Wild Johnnie:
Dermot Walsh
Henry Broderick:
Michael Denison
Morty Donovan:
Arthur Sinclair
Lady Broderick:
Jean Simmons
Barbara Broderick:
Barbara Waring
Harry Broderick:
Dan O'Herlihy
Bridget:
Eileen Crowe
Katherine:
Eileen Herlie
Young Johnny:
Tony Wager

Genres

Formats

Coast

Shorts

Episode 81: Copper

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

A look around the coast of the British Isles. Mark Horton explores how Swansea's monopoly of the copper trade helped Nelson towards his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. Show more

Great British Railway Journeys

Series 2

Episode 12: Durham to Grosmont

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Michael Portillo visits Durham Cathedral and takes a Dracula tour in Whitby, before ending his journey on a steam train across the North Yorkshire moors. Show more

Restoration Home

Series 1

Episode 3: Stoke

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Following the restoration of crumbling properties. Local couple Steve and Natalie started with a 3-bed semi. Now he is a millionaire with plans to restore a Georgian mansion. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Annette Clarke
Executive Producer:
Annette Clarke
Director:
Joff Wilson
Director:
Joff Wilson
Series Producer:
Joff Wilson
Series Producer:
Joff Wilson

The Hour

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Drama. In 1956, two BBC reporters, Bel Rowley and Freddie Lyon, apply to join an ambitious new current affairs programme. A chance meeting involves Freddie in a dark conspiracy. Show more

Contributors

Freddie Lyon:
Ben Whishaw
Bel Rowley:
Romola Garai
Hector Madden:
Dominic West
Clarence Fendley:
Anton Lesser
Lix Storm:
Anna Chancellor
Angus McCain:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Isaac Wengrow:
Joshua McGuire
Sissy Cooper:
Lisa Greenwood
Thomas Kish:
Burn Gorman
Douglas Owen:
John Bowe
Marnie Madden:
Oona Chaplin
Malcolm Lyon:
Robert Demeger
Wallace Sherwin:
Ken Bones
Professor Beckett:
Nicholas Woodeson
Adam Le Ray:
Andrew Scott
Ruth Elms:
Vanessa Kirby
Peter Darrall:
Jamie Parker
George Hemmings:
Jason Watkins
Floor Manager Ron:
Paul Chahidi
Newsagent:
Colin Spaull
Newsreader Johnny:
Nick Caldecott
Police Officer Charlie:
Andy Gathergood
Cloakroom Girl:
Amie Francis
Writer:
Abi Morgan
Director:
Coky Giedroyc

Genres

Twenty Twelve

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Comedy series following the challenges faced by those responsible for delivering the 2012 Olympics. A huge clock is to be installed outside Tate Modern. Show more

Contributors

Ian Fletcher:
Hugh Bonneville
Sally Owen:
Olivia Colman
Nick Jowett:
Vincent Franklin
Siobhan Sharpe:
Jessica Hynes
Graham Hitchins:
Karl Theobald
Barney Lumsden:
Alex Beckett
Shaquille Lumsden:
Marcus Onilude
Anthony Preston:
Nicholas Greaves
Journalist:
Leila Farzad
Narrator:
David Tennant
Director:
John Morton
Executive Producer:
Jon Plowman

The Tudors

Series 2

Episode 5

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Imprisoned Sir Thomas More refuses to relent to the King's religious rulings, much to Henry's anger. A miscarriage gives Anne cause to fear she could also lose her crown. Show more

Contributors

Anne Boleyn:
Natalie Dormer
Sir Thomas More:
Jeremy Northam
Thomas Cromwell:
James Frain
Pope Paul III:
Peter O'Toole
Charles Brandon:
Henry Cavill
Thomas Boleyn:
Nick Dunning
Bishop Fisher:
Bosco Hogan
Richard Rich:
Rod Hallett
George Boleyn:
Padraic Delaney
Mary Boleyn:
Perdita Weeks
Margaret More:
Gemma Reeves
Thomas Cranmer:
Hans Matheson

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