Programme Index

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Tinga Tinga Tales

Series 1

Episode 15: Why Porcupine Has Quills

on BBC Two Scotland

Stories telling a young audience how animals got their distinctive parts. How Porcupine lost her soft coat to naughty Jackal and replaced it with quills. Show more

Deadly Art

Series 1

Episode 13: Rattlesnake

on BBC Two Scotland

Inspired by his list of Deadly 60 animals, Steve Backshall challenges a team of artists to create some astounding deadly animal art featuring the rattlesnake. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Backshall
Presenter:
Nicola Wood
Series Producer:
Ian France
Director:
Mark Reynaud
Executive Producer:
Elaine Bancroft

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Series 3

Episode 4: The Mad Woman in the Attic, Part 2

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Available for years

Children's sci-fi drama featuring an investigative journalist. Eve's powers grow out of control, catching everyone in her endless sinister games.

Small Potatoes

Episode 14: Marching Band

Duration: 3 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Available for 6 months

Animated series about a group of singing potatoes. There is nothing like a marching band - the Small Potatoes lead a parade of musical instruments in a rousing anthem.

Contributors

Executive Producer:
Josh Selig
Director:
Josh Selig
Assistant Director:
Julain Kauffmann
Producer:
Melanie Pal
Writer:
Jerry Bock
Writer:
Josh Selig
Music Director:
Jeffrey Lesser

Mr Bloom's Nursery

Series 1

Episode 12: Snails

on BBC Two Scotland

Gardener Mr Bloom welcomes a team of young helpers, who tend to his plants and produce. The Tiddlers collect the snails which have been nibbling Mr Bloom's lettuces. Show more

Gigglebiz

Series 1

Episode 14

on BBC Two Scotland

Available for years

Sketch show. Featuring Postie, who is on a mission to deliver an important letter but ends up in a school sports day, Anna Conda, Humphrey, Nana Knickerbocker and others. Show more

ZingZillas

Series 1

Episode 22: The Z Factor

on BBC Two Scotland

A band of primate friends play music in their tropical island paradise. Panzee and Tang audition to be lead singer in the Big Zing, but Zak can't decide who is best. Show more

In the Night Garden

Series 1

Episode 80: Waving from the Ninky Nonk

on BBC Two Scotland

Available for years

Children's programme. Igglepiggle and Upsy Daisy wave to each other from their carriages on the Ninky Nonk. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 23 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Drama about the loves and losses of a famous playwright and his wife. A gossip column spreads rumours, causing consternation in their circle of friends. Starring Jean Simmons. Show more

Contributors

Carolyn Parker:
Jean Simmons
Bill Blakeley:
Victor Mature
Dolly Murray:
Mary Jo Tarola
Janet Boothe:
Monica Lewis
Ma Stanton:
Jane Darwell
Happy Murray:
Dabbs Greer
George Craig:
Nicholas Joy
Cynthia Craig:
Olive Carey
Producer:
Robert Sparks
Director:
Roy Rowland

Genres

Formats

Celebrity Eggheads

Series 2

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Dermot Murnaghan hosts the quiz show. Can a team of grumpy old women featuring Jenni Trent Hughes, Helen Lederer, Indira Joshi, Dillie Keane and Kim Woodburn triumph for charity? Show more

Contributors

Participant:
Helen Lederer
Participant:
Indira Joshi
Participant:
Kim Woodburn
Producer:
Rob Dean
Executive Producer:
David Young
Executive Producer:
Andy Culpin

TOWN with Nicholas Crane

Series 1

Episode 1: Ludlow

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two Scotland

Series celebrating the forgotten world of the town. An English market town on the Welsh border, Ludlow is landlocked and remote. Nicholas Crane discovers its treasures. Show more

The Hour

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour

on BBC Two Scotland

Drama. As The Hour struggles with poor ratings, Bel pins her hopes on an interview with an Egyptian diplomat over the Suez crisis. Meanwhile Freddie discovers a mysterious code. Show more

Contributors

Freddie Lyon:
Ben Whishaw
Bel Rowley:
Romola Garai
Hector Madden:
Dominic West
Clarence Fendley:
Anton Lesser
Lix Storm:
Anna Chancellor
Naguib Hafiz:
Nadim Sawalha
Angus McCain:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Isaac Wengrow:
Joshua McGuire
Sissy Cooper:
Lisa Greenwood
Thomas Kish:
Burn Gorman
Marnie Madden:
Oona Chaplin
Malcolm Lyon:
Robert Demeger
Professor Beckett:
Nicholas Woodeson
Ruth Elms:
Vanessa Kirby
Peter Darrall:
Jamie Parker
Stiff Official:
Ron Webster
Floor Manager Ron:
Paul Chahidi
Reginald Thomas:
Zephryn Taitte
Writer:
Abi Morgan
Director:
Coky Giedroyc

Genres

The Tudors

Series 2

Episode 10

Duration: 50 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

May 1536. Anne Boleyn is to be beheaded, with few allies left to mourn her, while Henry has hopes of a fresh start in life and in love.

Contributors

Charles Brandon:
Henry Cavill
Anne Boleyn:
Natalie Dormer
Thomas Cromwell:
James Frain
Archbishop Cranmer:
Hans Matheson
Jane Seymour:
Anita Briem
Thomas Wyatt:
Jamie Thomas King
Sir William Kingston:
George Irving
Mary Tudor:
Sarah Bolger
Ambassador Chapuys:
Anthony Brophy
John Seymour:
Stephen Brennan
Edward Seymour:
Max Brown
Director:
Jon Amiel
Thomas Boleyn:
Nick Dunning

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