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Victorian Bakers

Episode 4: Christmas

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

How the Victorians invented Christmas as it's known today, through the eyes of four bakers, who make favourite festive products from a revolutionary era in British history. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Peter Sweasey
Director:
Peter Sweasey
Executive Producer:
Cate Hall
Presenter:
Alex Langlands
Presenter:
Annie Gray
Production Company:
Wall to Wall Media

Inside the Factory

Christmas 2016

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

In this Christmas special, Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey and Ruth Goodman explore the fascinating factory processes and surprising history behind our favourite festive treats. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Gregg Wallace
Presenter:
Cherry Healey
Presenter:
Ruth Goodman
Executive Producer:
Alice Harper
Executive Producer:
Sanjay Singhal
Producer:
Sam Bailey
Director:
Sam Bailey
Producer:
Emma Pound
Production Company:
Voltage TV Productions Ltd

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

Using state-of-the-art science, expert analysis and eyewitness accounts, Chris Packham unravels some of the strangest winter stories our planet has to offer. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Packham
Executive Producer:
Jo Shinner
Series Producer:
Aaron Paul

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Classic Broadway musical. Nathan Detroit, a gambler in need of cash, bets Sky Masterson that he will not get Sarah Brown, who works at the Save a Soul Mission, to go out on a date. Show more

Contributors

Sky Masterson:
Marlon Brando
Sarah Brown:
Jean Simmons
Nathan Detroit:
Frank Sinatra
Miss Adelaide:
Vivian Blaine
Lieutenant Brannigan:
Robert Keith
Nicely-Nicely Johnson:
Stubby Kaye
Big Jule:
BS Pully
Benny Southstreet:
Johnny Silver
Harry the Horse:
Sheldon Leonard
Rusty Charlie:
Dan Dayton
Society Max:
George E Stone
Arvide Abernathy:
Regis Toomey
General Cartwright:
Kathryn Givney

Formats

Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Award-winning romantic musical set in postwar Paris, featuring classic Gershwin songs, directed and choreographed by the Royal Ballet's Christopher Wheeldon. Show more

Contributors

Jerry Mulligan:
Robert Fairchild
Lise Dassin:
Leanne Cope
Henri Baurel:
Haydn Oakley
Milo Davenport:
Zoe Rainey
Adam Hochberg:
David Seadon-Young
Madame Baurel:
Jane Asher
Company:
Sarah Bakker
Company:
James Barton
Company:
Alicia Beck
Company:
Katie Deacon
Company:
Alyn Hawke
Company:
Amy Hollins
Company:
Robin Kent
Company:
Pippa Raine
Company:
Aaron Smyth
Company:
Todd Talbot
Company:
Max Westwell
Company:
Jack Wilcox
Company:
Liam Wrate
Choreographer:
Christopher Wheeldon
Producer:
Stuart Oken
Producer:
Austin Shaw
Executive Producer:
Tim Smith
Executive Producer:
James Swarbrick
Executive Producer:
Phil Hunt
Executive Producer:
Compton Ross
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Feuer
Executive Producer:
James Scott
Executive Producer:
Bonnie Cromley
Executive Producer:
Stewart F. Lane
Music Arranger:
Rob Fisher
Music Supervisor:
Rob Fisher
Set Designer:
Bob Crowley
Costume designer:
Bob Crowley
Sound Designer:
Jon Weston
Music Supervisor:
Todd Ellison
Orchestrator:
Christopher Austin
Orchestrator:
Bill Elliot
Music Director:
John Rigby
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Only Connect

Series 14 Specials

Episode 4: Quiz: QI Elves v Inquisitors

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 5 months

Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz show about making connections. The QI Elves and Inquisitors compete in a special edition of the quiz. Show more

University Challenge

Christmas 2018

Episode 2: Westminster University v University of East Anglia

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Two teams of graduates compete for a place in the semi-finals. Playing on the Westminster team are Danny Wallace and Sophie Scott. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Paxman
Narrator:
Roger Tilling
Director:
Tracey Rooney
Series Producer:
Irene Daniels
Executive Producer:
Peter Gwyn
Production Company:
ITV Studios

Dad's Army

Battle of the Giants

Duration: 60 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 9 months

Captain Mainwaring tries to get out of attending a big church parade when the Home Guard are ordered to wear their medals from previous conflicts.

Contributors

Captain George Mainwaring:
Arthur Lowe
Sergeant Arthur Wilson:
John Le Mesurier
Lance Corporal Jack Jones:
Clive Dunn
Private James Frazer:
John Laurie
Private Joe Walker:
James Beck
Private Charles Godfrey:
Arnold Ridley
Private Frank Pike:
Ian Lavender
The Vicar:
Frank Williams
Producer:
David Croft

Upstart Crow

A Crow Christmas Carol

Duration: 39 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

Shakespearian comedy. Things get Dickensian when a mysterious stranger inspires Will to get Greene to mend his evil ways with the help of three Christmas spirits. Show more

Contributors

Colin / The Stranger:
Kenneth Branagh
Ephie Watkins:
Lily Cole
Kit Marlowe:
Tim Downie
John Shakespeare:
Harry Enfield
Mrs Scratchit:
Hannah-Jane Fox
Robert Greene:
Mark Heap
Will Shakespeare:
David Mitchell
Susanna Shakespeare:
Helen Monks
Bottom:
Rob Rouse
Anne Shakespeare:
Liza Tarbuck
Job Scratchit:
Karl Theobald
Mary Shakespeare:
Paula Wilcox
Judith Shakespeare:
Rosanna Beacock
Tiny Todge:
Luka Petrovic
Writer:
Ben Elton
Director:
Richard Boden
Executive Producer:
Chris Sussman

Gregory Porter hosts a seasonal cocktail of festive music, with special guests Corinne Bailey Rae, Jacob Collier, Courtney Pine and Clare Teal. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

18th-century drama based on the tumultuous life of the duchess of Devonshire, a bright, popular aristocrat who is trapped in a failed marriage and has to face personal conflicts. Show more

Contributors

Georgiana Spencer:
Keira Knightley
The Duke of Devonshire:
Ralph Fiennes
Lady Spencer:
Charlotte Rampling
Earl Grey:
Dominic Cooper
Lady Bess Foster:
Hayley Atwell
Charles Fox:
Simon McBurney
Richard Sheridan:
Aidan McArdle
General Grey:
John Shrapnel
Dr Neville:
Patrick Godfrey
Speechmaker:
Michael Medwin
Sir James Hare:
Richard McCabe
Lady Charlotte:
Camilla Arfwedson
Director:
Saul Dibb
Writer:
Saul Dibb
Producer:
Michael Kuhn
Executive Producer:
Carolyn Marks-Blackwood
Executive Producer:
Amanda Foreman
Executive Producer:
Francois Ivernel
Executive Producer:
Christine Langan
Executive Producer:
Cameron McCracken
Executive Producer:
David M Thompson

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Improvised mockumentary following three couples as they compete to host the most original wedding of the year. Featuring a host of talent from British TV comedy. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 42 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 7 months

Drama about an Irish immigrant who lands in 1950s Brooklyn and finds romance, before her past catches up with her and she must choose between two countries and two men. Show more

Contributors

Eilis Lacey:
Saoirse Ronan
Jim Farrell:
Domhnall Gleeson
Maurizio:
Michael Zegen
Father Flood:
Jim Broadbent
Miss McAdam:
Mary O'Driscoll
Mrs Kehoe:
Julie Walters
Mr Fiorello:
Paulino Nunes
Mrs Fiorello:
Ellen David
Miss Kelly:
Brid Brennan
Mrs Brady:
Emma Lowe
Rose Lacey:
Fiona Glascott
Mary Lacey:
Jane Brennan
George Sheridan:
Peter Campion
Miss Fortini:
Jessica Pare
Mr Rosenblum:
Alain Goulem
Frankie Doran:
Iarla O'Lionaird
Dolores:
Jenn Murray
Director:
John Crowley

BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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