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The TV That Made Me

Series 1 (Reversions)

Episode 16: Gyles Brandreth

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Celebrities choose the TV moments that have shaped their lives. Gyles Brandreth reminisces about the early TV moments that helped set him on the path to fame. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Jules Hudson is in the Lake District to discover how recycled nappies and other soft plastics could be the answer to fixing the growing number of potholes in the road network.

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Brown
Presenter:
John Craven
Presenter:
Keeley Donovan
Presenter:
Jules Hudson
Presenter:
Paul Martin
Series Producer:
Jane Lomas
Executive Producer:
William Lyons
Director:
Michael Bower
Director:
Chris Perry

Impossible

Series 4

Episode 22

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Game show in which players score points by answering questions correctly while avoiding the impossible answers. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Rick Edwards
Executive Producer:
Lynn Sutcliffe
Executive Producer:
Hugh Rycroft
Production Manager:
Emma Stone
Production Manager:
Jane Jenkins
Production Company:
Mighty Productions Ltd

The Farmers' Country Showdown

Series 2 (Shortened Versions)

Episode 5: Venison and Beer

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Gamekeeper and butcher Jack is promoting his wild venison, and craft brewer Rupert is selling his traditional English ales at the annual Farnham Food Festival. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Bill Paterson
Executive Producer:
Karen Ross
Executive Producer:
Lucy Shepherd
Series Producer:
Lucy Hards
Director:
Jessica Reid
Production Manager:
Claire Fletcher
Production Company:
Sidney Street Productions

Coast

Series 4 (Shortened Versions)

Episode 5: Past Prosperity

Duration: 20 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Victorian postcards reveal Rhyl's glory years to Hermione Cockburn. Plus Neil Oliver finds out about the people who manned Liverpool's famous dockyards. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Dramatised biography of the young Jane Austen, chronicling her romance with a young Irishman and how the experience came to have an influence on her writing. Anne Hathaway stars. Show more

Contributors

Jane Austen:
Anne Hathaway
Tom Lefroy:
James McAvoy
Mrs Austen:
Julie Walters
Reverend Austen:
James Cromwell
Lady Gresham:
Maggie Smith
Cassandra Austen:
Anna Maxwell Martin
Eliza De Feuillide:
Lucy Cohu
Mr Wisley:
Laurence Fox
Judge Langlois:
Ian Richardson
Henry Austen:
Joe Anderson
John Warren:
Leo Bill
Lucy Lefroy:
Jessica Ashworth
Mrs Lefroy:
Eleanor Methven
Mrs Radcliffe:
Helen McCrory
Writer:
Kevin Hood
Producer:
Douglas Rae

Ocean Giants

Episode 3: Voices of the Sea

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 4 months

Documentary series about the intelligence of dolphins and whales. This part looks at how the sea mammals make sounds to catch food, and sing for music's own sake. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Phil Chapman
Executive Producer:
Sara Ford
Series Producer:
Mark Brownlow
Series Producer:
Phil Chapman
Narrator:
Stephen Fry

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Explorers search the last unspoilt jungle. The climbers struggle up a huge tabletop mountain, Justine Evans looks for giant anteaters, and George and Gordon battle along a river. Show more

Antiques Road Trip

Series 14

Episode 8

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Cheshire is the next stop for Christina Trevanion and Mark Stacey. Mark puts faith in a Home Guard practice rifle, while Christina makes a most peculiar purchase. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Liam Hamilton
Series Producer:
John Redshaw
Production Company:
STV Productions

Celebrity Eggheads

Series 8

Episode 13

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Jeremy Vine hosts the celebrity quiz. Science and technology experts including Spencer Kelly, Dr Helen Lawal, Dallas Campbell, Ajay Tegala and Rory Cellan-Jones face the Eggheads. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Vine
Executive Producer:
Rob Dean
Executive Producer:
Andy Culpin
Production Company:
12 Yard Productions

The Repair Shop

Series 3

Episode 13

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Jay Blades and the team bring family heirlooms back to life. Suzie Fletcher and Sonnaz Nooranvary restore a badly damaged suspended chair from the 1960s, known as a 'leaf chair'. Show more

Contributors

Expert:
Jay Blades
Executive Producer:
Rob Butterfield
Executive Producer:
Emma Walsh
Series Producer:
Alex Raw
Production Company:
Ricochet Limited

Great British Menu

Series 13

Episode 13: Scotland - Main

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Creative culinary competition. It is main course day and the heat is on. Ross aims to impress with a tribute to Alexander Fleming featuring an unusual yeast element. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Tom Clarke
Series Producer:
Claudine Parrish
Director:
Phil Ashton
Series Editor:
Genevieve Welch
Production Company:
Optomen

Great British Menu

Series 13

Episode 14: Scotland - Dessert

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Creative culinary competition. Lorna cooks a personal tribute to the NHS staff who have cared for her during treatment for a rare blood condition. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Tom Clarke
Series Producer:
Claudine Parrish
Director:
Phil Ashton
Series Editor:
Genevieve Welch
Production Company:
Optomen

Upstart Crow

Series 3

Episode 1: Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Shakespearean sitcom. Will has a problem with A Midsummer Night's Dream, a love potion and a donkey head. Show more

Contributors

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

Horizon

2018

Episode 7: A Week without Lying - The Honesty Experiment

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Investigative documentary. Scientists use new technology on three British contributors to discover what our world would look like if we couldn't lie. Show more

Motherland

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Sitcom. Julia moves out of her comfort zone when she reluctantly invites the entire class to her daughter's birthday party. Show more

Contributors

Amanda:
Lucy Punch
Animal man:
Ben Crompton
Balloon video man:
Barnaby Ferris
Production Company:
Merman Television Ltd
Production Company:
Delightful Industries
Producer:
Richard Boden
Director:
Juliet May
Executive Producer:
Graham Linehan
Executive Producer:
Clelia Mountford
Executive Producer:
Sharon Horgan
Executive Producer:
Richard Boden

Travels in Trumpland with Ed Balls

Episode 3: Making America Wealthy Again?

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Ed Balls travels to America's Deep South. Ed is put to work helping prepare for the Trumpette Ball. Show more

Heir Hunters

Series 12

Episode 4: Bryce/McGill

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Michael Buerk and the heir hunters take a gamble on the estate of popular entertainer Gerald Bryce. The case of Elizabeth McGill throws up a double inheritance windfall. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Buerk
Series Producer:
Alison Vann
Executive Producer:
Lindsay Bradbury
Executive Producer:
Tim Quicke
Production Company:
Flame Television

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