Programme Index

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Blue Peter

Harry Potter Cupcakes and Favourite Films

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

We celebrate Harry Potter Book Night by showing you how to make sorting hat cupcakes. And Radio 1 film critic Ali Plumb joins us live in the studio ahead of the Oscars to award his favourite films. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lindsey Russell
Presenter:
Richie Driss
Production Manager:
Judith Coker

Deadly 60

Series 3

Episode 3: UK

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 11 months

Wildlife series. Steve is on his home turf, scouring land, sea and air for some of the deadliest critters that the UK has to offer. Show more

How Earth Made Us

Episode 5: Human Planet

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Series in which Professor Iain Stewart looks at how geology has shaped human history. He explores the newest force, humans, whose impact is both positive and negative. Show more

Robot Wars

Series 9

Episode 6

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Who will be the new Robot Wars Champion? The grand final is upon us as Dara O Briain and Angela Scanlon present the robot-fighting extravaganza, with commentary by Jonathan Pearce. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dara O Briain
Presenter:
Angela Scanlon
Commentator:
Jonathan Pearce
Executive Producer:
Andrew Robertson
Series Producer:
Kirsten Highet
Series Producer:
Henry Imbert
Production Company:
Mentorn Media
Production Manager:
Emily Ricketts

Our Coast

Series 1

Liverpool

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 15 days

Adrian Chiles, Mehreen Baig and a team of experts explore four spectacular coastlines linked by the Irish Sea and meet the people who call them home. In this episode, they visit the Merseyside coast. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Adrian Chiles
Presenter:
Mehreen Baig
Expert:
Tara Shine
Production Manager:
Michelle O'Dowd
Executive Producer:
Paul Connolly
Series Producer:
Lucy Wedlock
Director:
John Martin

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Rick Stein embarks on a new gastronomic road trip from Venice to Istanbul. His journey begins in the magnificent city of Venice, and he cooks some of his favourite Venetian dishes. Show more

Natural World

2015-2016

Episode 10: Return of the Giant Killers: Africa's Lion Kings

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Wildlife film. In southern Africa, a pride of lions has rewritten the rules - they have learnt to take down elephants. A follow-up to Africa's Giant Killers. Show more

Talking Pictures

Hollywood's Great Directors

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

A retrospective look at the careers of some of the greatest and most successful directors in movie history, talking about their favourite films and the stars they worked with. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Three American woman working in Rome share a spacious apartment and the desire to find love and marriage, each experiencing a few bumps in their journeys to romance. Show more

Contributors

John Frederic Shadwell:
Clifton Webb
Miss Frances:
Dorothy McGuire
Anita Hutchins:
Jean Peters
Prince Dino di Cessi:
Louis Jourdan
Maria Williams:
Maggie McNamara
Giorgio Bianchi:
Rossano Brazzi
Mrs Burgoyne:
Kathryn Givney
Principessa:
Cathleen Nesbitt
Producer:
Sol C Siegel

Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

Series 9

Episode 4

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Michael Mosley and team test whether an hour a week in nature makes you healthier, reveal why your body fat can make you thin, and find out if plant milks are better than dairy. Show more

Great American Railroad Journeys

Series 4

Skagway to Vancouver

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Arriving in Skagway by seaplane from railwayless Juneau, Michael Portillo heads for Dyea and the Chilkoot trail, which the first gold prospectors hiked 100 years ago to the Klondike. Show more

QI XL

Series Q

Quaffing

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Sandi Toksvig indulges in a bit of quaffing and scoffing with Alan Davies, Phill Jupitus, Jo Brand and Prue Leith.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Alan Davies
Series Producer:
Piers Fletcher
Director:
Diccon Ramsay
Production Company:
FremantleMedia
Panellist:
Jo Brand
Panellist:
Phill Jupitus
Panellist:
Prue Leith

Live at the Apollo

Series 14 - 45 Minute Versions

Episode 2

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

The fantastic Dara O Briain introduces the wonderful Australian comic Felicity Ward and the sensational Mo Gilligan. Show more

Contributors

Performer:
Dara O Briain
Series Producer:
Anthony Caveney
Performer:
Felicity Ward
Director:
Paul Wheeler
Performer:
Mo Gilligan
Executive Producer:
Andrew Beint
Production Company:
Open Mike Productions

Snowfall

Series 3

Cash and Carry

Duration: 41 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Franklin needs new banking arrangements and turns to his well-connected former nemesis, Avi. Teddy and Julia make contact with their man in Costa Rica but need to earn his trust. Show more

Contributors

Franklin Saint:
Damson Idris
Teddy McDonald:
Carter Hudson
Gustavo 'El Oso' Zapata:
Sergio Peris-Mencheta
Leon Simmons:
Isaiah John
Jerome Saint:
Amin Joseph
Cissy Saint:
Michael Hyatt
Alton Saint:
Kevin Carroll
Melody Wright:
Reign Edwards
Andre Wright:
Marcus Henderson
Wanda:
Gail Bean
Idea Originator:
John Singleton
Idea Originator:
Eric Amadio
Idea Originator:
Dave Andron

Snowfall

Series 3

The Game That Moves As You Play

Duration: 39 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Teddy learns that Gustavo and Mariela are not so easily controlled as he thought; he has another body to bury and yet more lies to tell. Louie gives Manboy an ultimatum. Show more

Contributors

Franklin Saint:
Damson Idris
Teddy McDonald:
Carter Hudson
Gustavo 'El Oso' Zapata:
Sergio Peris-Mencheta
Leon Simmons:
Isaiah John
Jerome Saint:
Amin Joseph
Cissy Saint:
Michael Hyatt
Alton Saint:
Kevin Carroll
Melody Wright:
Reign Edwards
Andre Wright:
Marcus Henderson
Wanda:
Gail Bean
Idea Originator:
John Singleton
Idea Originator:
Eric Amadio
Idea Originator:
Dave Andron

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Comedy drama. A couple in their forties realise they're not that young anymore. Exactly at that moment, they run into two cool twenty-somethings. Show more

Contributors

Josh Schrebnick:
Ben Stiller
Cornelia Schrebnick:
Naomi Watts
Jamie Massey:
Adam Driver
Darby Massey:
Amanda Seyfried
Leslie Breitbart:
Charles Grodin
Fletcher:
Adam Horovitz
Ira Mandelstam:
Peter Yarrow
Ira's wife:
Bonnie Kaufman
Dr Nagato:
James Saito
Director:
Noah Baumbach

Genres

Formats

BBC Two Northern Ireland

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