Archive footage and documentary evidence investigating crises from 1945 to the late 1980s. Includes sections on the Cuban missile crisis of l962 and the 'Evil Empire' of the 1980s. Show more

Stop-frame animation about Tiny and his Little Robot friends. Stripy speeds up but the others decide he was better being slow. Show more

Pre-school animation about the warm-hearted Large Family, an all-too-human elephant family. Lucy befriends Mr Chilly, an elephant the family makes from snow. Show more

Animation about time-travelling siblings who live in harmony with nature. Garth and Bev help Elva make milk pudding but her recipe tablet is so tiny no-one can read it. Show more

Series in which a drawn line creates challenges for the unsuspecting little character Dipdap. The Line draws Dipdap a vase, which he smashes.

Sketch show. Featuring Opera Oliver, the restaurant owner who just loves to sing about his food, and Doctor Doctor, who prescribes fun and giggles. Show more

Show that puts kids in control and allows them to give their single parent's social life a kick start. Kicki decides to overhaul her mum's dull look. Show more

Animated adventures of Bernard the Polar Bear. Bernard is a hopeless footballer, and cannot match Lloyd who is a superlative player. Show more

Animation. Diego and Ziggy are at the Museum. Ziggy plots to steal Dromakhamon III's golden beetle, hide it, then suggest that Diego finds it with a wish. Show more

Animated comedy shorts. Leon may be the king of blunders, but this lion never gives up! A clumsy warthog nibbles mistakenly on Leon's tail. Show more

Comedy animation. Bingo accidentally superises a nest of termites whilst trying to superise a cake. The termites begin eating up P-Town, much to Mother Goose's pleasure. Show more

Topical news magazine for children.

Children's adventure game show. Six children must work together to escape from a dark fairytale tower. However, one of them is a saboteur and cannot be trusted. Show more

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

Join a loveable cast of animated friends on an exciting journey to Story Corner. Sweetie has to find a clever way of getting everyone to listen to her new lullaby. Show more

Children's animation with the siblings. Lola is too small to ride the Loop-the-Looper at the fair and tries everything to make herself taller. Show more

A band of primate friends play music in their tropical island paradise. Drum gets her hands on Todd's latest invention. Show more

Animated adventures of the animals on Big Barn Farm. Gobo, Dash and Digger decide to build their own houses, like the three little pigs. Show more

Animated adventures of Louie and Yoko, who like to draw. Louie and Yoko want to draw a den but it's difficult to carry all the wood. Who can help them? Show more

The adventures of magical Baby Jake and friends. Baby Jake and Nibbles the Rabbit go on a countryside adventure and play stompety stomp.

Animated series set in the magical land of Nara. De Li loves Nok Tok's shoehorns, but she is too nervous to try them on. She asks the others to go first. Show more

Two minutes' silence for Remembrance Day.

Classic animated shorts featuring the Pink Panther and friends. The Pink Panther has an unexpected new arrival. Show more

Political magazine. Andrew Neil is joined by Mehdi Hasan and Rachel Sylvester. City AM editor Allister Heath discusses the economy. Plus, is the Home Office 'fit for purpose'? Show more

Stephen Sackur presents international news and intelligent analysis going live to the heart of the day's top global story. Plus up-to-the-minute global business news. Show more

Rosemary Shrager and Tim Wonnacott look back at what they've found out about Queen Victoria, choosing some of their favourite stories that helped them get to know her. Show more

Anne Robinson presents the quick-fire general knowledge quiz in which contestants eliminate the weakest team member at the end of each round. Show more

Giving families a taste of life down under. The Whitcher family from Southampton is considering a move to New Zealand, where mum Katrina hopes her health will improve. Show more

Denise Nurse helps a retired couple find peace and quiet in Oxfordshire, and shows them a dramatic 15th-century abbey. Show more

Paul Martin, Catherine Southon and Mark Stacey visit Henley, where they find a very special lot - an example of Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron's work. Show more

Antiques challenge. An antiques auction showdown is the finale for Phil Serrell and David Harper's quest to raise the most money for charity. Show more

Jeremy Vine hosts a general knowledge quiz in which teams from all over the UK battle to beat the Eggheads. Show more

Backstage gossip, training action and exclusive news from Strictly Come Dancing, with Zoe Ball, plus celebrities, experts, dancers and judges gracing the sofa.

Students representing the University of Durham fight it out with Homerton College, Cambridge, for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Show more

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games are at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's Slimbridge reserve. They explore the UK's spectacular coastline and marine life. Show more

Stephen Fry asks some taxing questions about things that start with I, with Sandi Toksvig, Al Murray, Dara O Briain and Alan Davies.

With Kirsty Wark. What is really happening in the Syrian flashpoint Homs? Newsnight has fresh footage of life inside the beleagured city.

Clemency Burton-Hill and guests review the National Gallery's major exhibition of work by Leonardo da Vinci, and The Rivered Earth, a new book of libretti by Vikram Seth. Show more

Sci-fi adventure. A shipping magnate loses several ships in the Bermuda Triangle and calls in experts to investigate, but it soon becomes clear someone is determined to stop them. Show more

Tim Samuels meets veterans of recent British conflicts as he examines the role of art therapy in the rehabilitation of ex-servicemen suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Show more

BBC Two joins the BBC's rolling news channel, with bulletins on the hour and the headlines every 15 minutes.