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Gardeners' World

2023

Episode 8

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

A celebration of the people who give up their time to help others. Adam Frost visits a garden in Somerset to meet volunteers who garden alongside those who need help to transform their lives. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Monty Don
Presenter:
Arit Anderson
Presenter:
Adam Frost
Presenter:
Rachel de Thame
Executive Producer:
Gary Broadhurst
Series Producer:
Sharon Fisher
Production Manager:
Ash Morris

Countryfile

Lambing Special

Duration: 55 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 2 months

It's lambing season, and Charlotte Smith visits the Outer Hebrides to meet teenage farmer Archie, while Paralympian Sammi Kinghorn is back home lambing on her family farm in the Scottish Borders. Show more

Beechgrove Garden

2023

Episode 5

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Carole and Calum plant delphiniums, reportedly one of the favourite flowers of HM King Charles III. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Calum Clunie
Presenter:
Carole Baxter
Director:
Clare Booth
Series Producer:
Graham Mitchell
Executive Producer:
Harry Bell

Food & Drink

Series 3

Episode 2: Keep It Simple

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Tom Kerridge and MasterChef judge Monica Galetti go head to head to come up with the best simple but spectacular recipe. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Kerridge
Participant:
Monica Galetti
Series Producer:
Hannah Corneck
Executive Producer:
Robi Dutta

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 4 months

Comedy. The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down the school! When the girls stand trial, they are miraculously freed, and a new reign of terror begins. Show more

Contributors

Culpepper Brown:
Eric Barker
Gore Blackwood:
Dennis Price
Miss Partridge:
Liz Fraser
Sgt. Ruby Gates:
Joyce Grenfell
Professor Canford:
Cecil Parker
Flash Harry:
George Cole
Alphonse O'Reilly:
Sidney James
Superintendent Kemp-Bird:
Lloyd Lamble
Miss Harker-Packer:
Irene Handl
Director:
Frank Launder
Producer:
Frank Launder

Genres

Formats

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Bizet's evocative music blends with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II in this drama, set in mid-20th-century USA for an African-American cast. Carmen, a factory worker, falls in love with a soldier. Show more

Contributors

Carmen Jones:
Dorothy Dandridge
Frankie:
Pearl Bailey
Cindy Lou:
Olga James
Husky Miller:
Joe Adams
Sergeant Brown:
Broc Peters
Rum Daniels:
Roy Glenn
Dink Franklin:
Nick Stewart

Formats

Race Across the World

Series 3

Episode 7

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

41 days since the start on Canada's Pacific coast, the teams now have the Atlantic within their reach, lapping the shores of the seventh checkpoint at the seaside town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
John Hannah
Director:
Kate Siney
Series Producer:
Louise Bartmann
Executive Producer:
Stephen Day
Executive Producer:
Tim Harcourt
Executive Producer:
Mark Saben
Production Company:
Studio Lambert

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 5 weeks

Change comes to this centuries-old corps. Donna dreams of becoming one of only three women in the commando ranks, while Callam juggles work and home life. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
David Leon
Production Manager:
Jane Hudson
Production Manager:
Lesley Quinn
Series Producer:
Greg Lander Williams
Series Producer:
Mel Mackie
Commissioning Editor:
Diana Hare
Executive Producer:
Monty Halls
Executive Producer:
Amelia Hann

Inside the Factory

Series 7

Rice Pudding

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 16 days

Gregg Wallace explores the Ambrosia factory in Lifton, Devon, to reveal how it makes up to 360,000 rice puddings every single day. Show more

Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby

Series 4

Grand Park Rovinj, Croatia

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 8 months

Monica and Giles work in an glass-fronted hotel, overlooking the historic Croatian town of Rovinj, that seeks to work in harmony with the culture it has come from. Show more

Contributors

Monica Galetti:
Monica Galetti
Giles Coren:
Giles Coren
Series Producer:
Dunk Barnes
Executive Producer:
Kat Lennox
Production Manager:
Claire Stephens-Lee

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

Simon Reeve travels through the remote and little-visited north east of South America, from Venezuela to French Guiana. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Reeve
Executive Producer:
Sam Bagnall
Series Editor:
Chris Brainwood
Series Producer:
Chris Mitchell
Production Company:
The Garden Productions

QI XL

Series T

Thrills & Spills

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 8 months

Nish Kumar, Mark Steel and Suzi Ruffell join Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies for some thrill and spills.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Alan Davies
Panellist:
Nish Kumar
Panellist:
Mark Steel
Panellist:
Suzi Ruffell
Director:
Diccon Ramsay
Series Producer:
Piers Fletcher
Executive Producer:
John Lloyd
Production Company:
Fremantle

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 2 months

A very special choir made up from singing groups of all shapes and sizes is given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to sing for the King at the coronation concert. Show more

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Dominique Walker
Director:
Tim Taggart
Series Producer:
Sue Agyeman
Production Manager:
Jessica Bolton

Question Time

2023

04/05/2023

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Telford in Shropshire. On the panel - Mark Harper MP, David Lammy MP, Minette Batters, Peter Hitchens and Billy Bragg. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Fiona Bruce
Panellist:
Mark Harper
Panellist:
David Lammy
Panellist:
Minette Batters
Panellist:
Peter Hitchens
Panellist:
Billy Bragg
Executive Producer:
Nicolai Gentchev
Series Editor:
Gerry Gay
Production Company:
Mentorn Media

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 10 months

Sara Pascoe returns with her travelogue about the world’s endangered jobs. In Denmark, she works with a Lego master builder, a seaweed roof thatcher and a maritime tattoo artist. Show more

BBC Two Northern Ireland

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