Programme Index

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Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman

Series 1

Episode 6: Gyles Brandreth

Duration: 44 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Famous faces recreate their childhood holidays. Len takes Gyles Brandreth back to Broadstairs in Kent to reminisce about his holiday in 1955. Show more

The A to Z of TV Cooking

Original Series

Episode 24: Letter X, Y and Z

Duration: 45 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

John Torode presents cookery features linked by the letters X, Y and Z. Raymond Blanc makes exotic fruit ravioli and Lorraine Pascale bakes a zebra cake. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Torode
Participant:
Raymond Blanc
Participant:
Levi Roots
Participant:
Lorraine Pascale
Executive Producer:
Gillian Scothern
Series Producer:
Simon Goretzki
Producer:
Simon Catt
Director:
Simon Catt

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Celebrities hunt for antiques across the UK. Former Holby City actors Tina Hobley and Sharon Maughan traverse the beautiful Cotswold countryside in search of some classy antiques. Show more

Coast

Series 5 (Shortened Versions)

JFK in Galway

Duration: 5 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Just five months before president John F Kennedy was assassinated, he was riding in an open-top limo through the streets of Galway. Neil Oliver tells the story. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Available for years

Dramatisation of one of the most ingenious escape bids of World War II, in which British soldiers use a wooden vaulting horse as cover when trying to get out of Stalag Luft III. Show more

Contributors

Peter:
Leo Genn
Bennett:
David Greene
Senior British Officer:
Patrick Waddington
Australian in Hospital:
Peter Finch
Director:
Jack Lee

The Wonder of Animals

Episode 2: Bears

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Available for 9 months

Chris Packham explores what makes animal groups successful: How are bears able to survive in practically every habitat on earth, from jungles to the Arctic? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Packham
Executive Producer:
Jonny Keeling
Series Producer:
Aaron Paul

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Available for 8 months

Veterinary science series. Clare discovers how vets in China keep baby pandas alive. Plus, a pioneering operation in Cameroon could transform the life of Shufai the gorilla. Show more

Planet Earth II

Episode 1: Islands

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Available for years

Wildlife documentary series presented by David Attenborough, beginning with a look at the remote islands which offer sanctuary to some of the planet's rarest creatures. Show more

Eggheads

Series 19

Episode 60

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Jeremy Vine hosts the show where every day a new team of challengers take on what is probably the greatest quiz team in Britain, made up of some of the country's top quizzers.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jeremy Vine
Executive Producer:
Rob Dean
Executive Producer:
Andy Culpin
Production Company:
12 Yard Productions

Great British Railway Journeys

Series 9

Episode 2: Letchworth Garden City to Herne Hill

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Michael Portillo explores an Edwardian utopia with a radical plan at its heart. Michael discovers a favoured haunt of King Edward VII. Show more

Duration: 29 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Available for years

Kate Humble and her Welsh sheepdog, Teg, travel from the most northerly farm on mainland Wales, just outside Llandudno, across to the sleepy hamlet of Nantmor in Snowdonia. Show more

University Challenge

Christmas 2017

Episode 7: Brunel University v Reading University

Duration: 28 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Quiz featuring university alumni. The Brunel team includes Eniola Aluko and Iwan Thomas. The Reading team includes Martin Hughes-Games. Show more

Contributors

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

Inside the Factory

Series 3

Episode 4: Fish Fingers

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Documentary series. Gregg Wallace explores the Grimsby factory that processes 165 tonnes of fish a week and produces 80,000 cod fish fingers every day. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Gregg Wallace
Presenter:
Cherry Healey
Presenter:
Ruth Goodman
Executive Producer:
Alice Harper
Executive Producer:
Sanjay Singhal
Series Producer:
Amanda Lyon
Director:
Michael Rees
Producer:
Emma Pound
Production Manager:
Sally Finigan
Production Company:
Voltage TV Productions Ltd
Producer:
Sam Bailey
Director:
Sam Bailey
Producer:
Will Aspinall
Director:
Will Aspinall

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Chris Packham discovers the animal behind centuries of Hollywood misrepresentation. Using groundbreaking science and the latest CGI, Chris creates the most authentic T rex ever. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris Packham
Young Chris Packham:
Toby Stewart
Special thanks:
Peter Falkingham
Director of photography:
Robert Vroom
Camera Operator:
Victor Wong
Sound Recordist:
Marco Fiana
Production Manager:
Martha Fernandez
Production Manager:
Nicola King
Assistant Producer:
Dom Walter
Editor:
Matt Lowe
Assistant Editor:
Luke Flight
Executive Producer:
Glen Salzman
Producer:
Andre Barro
Director:
Mark Everest
Producer:
Ruth Roberts
Executive Producer:
Martin Williams
Production Company:
Talesmith Limited

Inside No. 9

Series 4

Episode 1: Zanzibar

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Available for years

Dark comedies by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. Proposals, plots and prostitutes combine for a comedy of errors on floor nine. Welcome to London's Hotel Zanzibar. Show more

Sue Perkins travels to Chimp Haven in Louisiana to meet six female ex-laboratory chimpanzees starting their retirement and meeting a group of male chimps for the first time. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Perkins
Director:
Tom Currie
Executive Producer:
Sophie Leonard
Production Company:
Minnow Films

The Real Marigold on Tour

Series 2

Episode 1: China

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Documentary. Miriam Margolyes, Wayne Sleep, Rosemary Shrager and Bobby George reunite to sample retirement in China. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Tom Hollander
Participant:
Miriam Margolyes
Participant:
Rosemary Shrager
Participant:
Bobby George
Participant:
Wayne Sleep
Executive Producer:
David Clews
Executive Producer:
Nic Patten
Producer:
Sam Palmer
Production Company:
Two Four Productions

Duration: 59 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

Available for 11 months

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan travels to the frozen north, deep inside the Arctic Circle, to meet the ancient Sami people and the animals they hold so close - reindeer. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Gordon Buchanan
Producer:
Anwar Mamon
Director:
Anwar Mamon
Executive Producer:
Roger Webb

BBC Two Scotland

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