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Animal Park

Summer 2020

Episode 10

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

There’s a first for Ben Fogle as he sees a Cuban crocodile death roll. The keepers face a challenge from a pride of lairy lions, and Jean Johansson meets some chatty parrots. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Humble
Presenter:
Ben Fogle
Presenter:
Jean Johansson
Series Producer:
James Mair
Executive Producer:
Joff Wilson
Production Company:
Remarkable TV

Call That Hard Work?

Series 1

Episode 10

Duration: 43 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 7 months

A farmer, a restaurant manager and a performer swap jobs to see which is hardest. Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Harriet Ryder
Executive Producer:
Meredith Chambers
Executive Producer:
Rachael Barnes
Production Company:
Electric Ray

Genres

Great Asian Railway Journeys

Series 1 (60-Minute Versions)

Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 3 months

In Kuala Lumpur, Michael tries the ancient art of pewter smithing and learns how the discovery of tin transformed a muddy estuary into Malaysia’s thriving capital. Show more

Wanted Down Under

Series 12

Episode 7: McGuinness Family

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 8 months

British families explore the idea of moving to Australia or New Zealand. Paddy McGuinness loves Australia and wants to live there, but his wife wants to stay. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nicki Chapman
Executive Producer:
Paul Connolly
On-line editing:
Mick Clarke
Production Manager:
Joy Hines

The Boss

Series 2

Episode 9

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

Susan Calman hosts the quiz show where being in control is everything. Who will emerge as the boss and walk away with the cash?

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Calman
Executive Producer:
Barry Hart
Executive Producer:
Kieron Collins
Executive Producer:
Gareth Edwards

Curious Creatures

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

Kate Humble hosts the quiz show which delves into the animal kingdom. Team captains Chris Packham and Lucy Cooke are joined by Anita Rani and Steve Leonard. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kate Humble
Panellist:
Chris Packham
Panellist:
Lucy Cooke
Panellist:
Anita Rani
Panellist:
Steve Leonard
Production Company:
Mighty Productions Ltd
Executive Producer:
Lynn Sutcliffe
Executive Producer:
Hugh Rycroft
Production Manager:
Emma Stone

Duration: 2 hours, 28 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Classic comedy. An oddball mix of motorists learn of some buried cash and embark on a desperate, competitive cross-California rush to unearth it. Show more

Contributors

Captain Culpepper:
Spencer Tracy
J Russell Finch:
Milton Berle
Melville Crump:
Sid Caesar
Benjy Benjamin:
Buddy Hackett
Mrs Marcus:
Ethel Merman
Ding Bell:
Mickey Rooney
Sylvester Marcus:
Dick Shawn
Otto Meyer:
Phil Silvers
Algernon Hawthorne:
Terry-Thomas
Lennie Pike:
Jonathan Winters
Monica Crump:
Edie Adams
Emeline Marcus-Finch:
Dorothy Provine
Smiler Grogan:
Jimmy Durante
Tyler Fitzgerald:
Jim Backus
Police Chief Aloysius:
William Demarest
Third Cab Driver:
Peter Falk
Writer:
Tania Rose

Genres

Formats

David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

Series 4

Episode 6: Ferocious Fighters

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 2 months

David Attenborough investigates the Siamese fighting fish and the kangaroo, examining why both species fight and what skills a winner must have. Show more

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Andi Oliver, Ivo Graham, Phill Jupitus and Kate Humble test their general knowledge skills on this week's House of Games. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Osman
Panellist:
Ivo Graham
Panellist:
Kate Humble
Panellist:
Phill Jupitus
Panellist:
Andi Oliver
Director:
John Smith
Executive Producer:
Tamara Gilder
Production Company:
Remarkable TV

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Diarmuid helps Rachel Kelly in Drumbo, County Down, deal with an eyesore in her garden. Will his own reclaimed greenhouse be finished in time? Show more

University Challenge

2020/21

Episode 8

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Darwin College, Cambridge, takes on the University of St Andrews in another first-round match of the student quiz. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Show more

The Diagnosis Detectives

Series 1

Paul & Judy

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Twelve leading medical experts attempt to diagnose a man whose face has dramatically swollen and a woman who is sick whenever she tries to eat and is dramatically losing weight. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Mosley
Production Manager:
Isabelle Burn
Executive Producer:
Ros Ponder
Series Editor:
Ben Finney
Series Producer:
Glenn Swift
Producer:
Bex Hevingham

Weather Watchers with Barra Best

Shorts

Episode 1: Orchards/Gliding

Duration: 9 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 6 months

Barra Best vists the orchard county of Armagh and takes to the skies in a glider.

Countryfile

Somerleyton

Duration: 55 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor visit the Somerleyton Estate in Suffolk to find out about an ambitious project to turn East Anglia into a giant nature reserve. Show more

Home Is Where the Art Is

Series 2

Episode 11

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

Nick Knowles challenges artists to create a piece to commemorate the birth of a grandchild. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Nick Knowles
Executive Producer:
Zoe Thorman
Featured Artist:
Kawsar Ahmed
Featured Artist:
Vivien Phelan
Featured Artist:
Amber Roper

Mandy

Series 1

Meat

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

It is dinner at Trent Manor, and everyone around the table has a motive for murdering Lord Trent. But who did? Mandy wasn't invited to the manor, so she is off doing something else.

Contributors

Mandy

Series 1

Broadsword to Donna Ball

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

She’s lived a life that's full, she’s travelled each and every highway. And more, much more than this, she did it Mandy. Show more

Contributors

BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

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