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Tabby McTat

The Animated Adventure

Duration: 24 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for years

An animated special for all the family about Tabby McTat, based on the picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Show more

Contributors

Tabby McTat:
Sope Dirisu
Prunella:
Cariad Lloyd
Samuel Sprat:
Rory Finnegan
Ambulance Boy:
Felix Tandon
Composer:
René Aubry
Producer:
Michael Rose
Director:
Jac Hamman

My Life at Christmas with Adrian Chiles

Series 1

Martin and Shirlie Kemp

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 7 days

Adrian Chiles meets Martin and Shirlie Kemp to hear about their festive memories: from growing up struggling for money to finding fame with Spandau Ballet and Wham. Show more

Contributors

Interviewer:
Adrian Chiles
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Kemp
Interviewed Guest:
Shirlie Kemp
Executive Producer:
Gareth Collett
Executive Producer:
Elliot Falk
Executive Producer:
Matt Baker
Series Producer:
Jim Turner
Production Manager:
Ella Cosby
Production Company:
Big Circus Media

Homes Under the Hammer

Series 26

Celebrity Special 5

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 9 hours, 50 minutes

In a special 20th-anniversary episode, Amanda Lovett, one of the stars of BBC hit show The Traitors, joins Tommy Walsh to look around a derelict flat in Buckinghamshire. Show more

Bears About the House

Series 1

Episode 1

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 11 months

Conservationist Giles Clark is in Laos to tackle wildlife crime and build a bear sanctuary. Mary, a baby sun bear, arrives and needs urgent care, and two moon bears are also rescued. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 11 months

Vivid adaptation of the Dickens classic about a poor young orphan who becomes a gentleman of means thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Show more

Contributors

Joe Gargery:
Bernard Miles
Miss Havisham:
Martita Hunt
Abel Magwitch:
Finlay Currie
Young Pip:
Anthony Wager
Estella as a child:
Jean Simmons
Herbert Pocket:
Alec Guinness
Writer:
David Lean
Director:
David Lean
Producer:
Ronald Neame

Genres

Formats

Homes Under the Hammer

Series 24

Episode 68

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

In Greater Manchester, Martell visits a four-storey former bank that is crying out for some serious investment to give it a new lease of life. Dion and Martin are both in the West Midlands. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 51 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Classic crime film drama. Against the advice of his doctor, eminent barrister Sir Wilfrid Roberts decides to act as the defence for a man accused of murdering a wealthy widow. Show more

Contributors

Leonard Vole:
Tyrone Power
Brogan-Moore:
John Williams
Janet MacKenzie:
Una O'Connor
Sir Wilfred Robarts:
Charles Laughton
Miss Plimsoll:
Elsa Lanchester
Director:
Billy Wilder

Formats

Duration: 2 hours, 2 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 11 months

Returning to England from Istanbul on the Orient Express, Hercule Poirot is asked to investigate a murder.

Contributors

Hercule Poirot:
Albert Finney
Mrs Hubbard:
Lauren Bacall
Princess Dragomiroff:
Wendy Hiller
Countess Andrenyi:
Jacqueline Bisset
Col. Arbuthnot:
Sean Connery
Beddoes:
John Gielgud
Writer:
Paul Dehn
Director:
Sidney Lumet

Top of the Pops

Review of the Year 2023

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 7 days

Clara Amfo looks back over many of the musical stories and highlights of 2023 with a mix of global stars, breakthrough artists and some of the biggest moments of the year. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clara Amfo
Producer:
Samantha Wynn
Series Producer:
Caroline Cullen
Executive Producer:
Alison Howe

Richard Osman's House of Games

Festive House of Games - Series 2

Festive Week 2: Wednesday

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 9 days

Hugh Dennis, Kerry Godliman, Gbemisola Ikumelo and Harry Judd test their general knowledge skills for a special festive show in Richard Osman's Festive House of Games. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Osman
Panellist:
Hugh Dennis
Panellist:
Kerry Godliman
Panellist:
Harry Judd
Director:
John Smith
Production Manager:
Stephen Lees
Executive Producer:
Tamara Gilder
Executive Producer:
Breid McLoone
Production Company:
Remarkable TV

Only Connect

Series 19 Specials

Politics: Politicians v Activists

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 7 days

Previous contestants return – professional politicians, including a real, live Conservative MP (correct at time of recording), face a team of activists. Show more

University Challenge

Christmas 2023

Episode 8

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 8 days

This Christmas competition for teams of distinguished alumni continues. Two of the four highest-scoring winning teams from the heats play in the second semi-final. Amol Rajan asks the questions.

Contributors

Presenter:
Amol Rajan
Narrator:
Roger Tilling
Producer:
Clare Parody
Production Manager:
Holly Laffy
Executive Producer:
Peter Gwyn
Production Company:
Lifted Entertainment

Duration: 2 hours, 16 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 11 months

A biographical drama about the life and rise to fame of the American soul singer Aretha Franklin.

Contributors

Aretha Franklin:
Jennifer Hudson
CL Franklin:
Forest Whitaker
Ted White:
Marlon Wayans
James Cleveland:
Tituss Burgess
Director:
Liesl Tommy
Producer:
Stacey Sher

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 23 days

Lucy Worsley explores the extraordinary love-hate relationship between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his most famous fictional creation, Sherlock Holmes. Show more

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 5 weeks

Marcus Wareing has new plans for developing his farm in East Sussex so takes a masterclass in hedge laying and tries his hand at a ploughing competition with surprising results. Show more

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