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The Matt Lucas Awards

The Matt Lucas Awards

Episode 7: Compilation

Duration: 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Matt Lucas presents all his favourite bits from his very own awards ceremony - the impeccably-titled 'Lucases' - that recognises the achievements other shows overlook.

Contributors

Series Producer:
Ashley Blaker
Presenter:
Matt Lucas
Participant:
Jason Manford
Participant:
Henning Wehn
Participant:
Graeme Garden
Writer:
Matt Lucas
Participant:
Louis Walsh
Participant:
Germaine Greer
Participant:
Clive Anderson
Participant:
Chris Tarrant
Participant:
Esther Rantzen
Participant:
Johnny Vegas
Participant:
Julian Clary
Participant:
Maureen Lipman
Participant:
Alex Horne
Participant:
Richard Madeley
Participant:
Sue Perkins
Participant:
Marc Wootton
Participant:
Ruth Jones
Participant:
David Baddiel
Participant:
Griff Rhys Jones

VE Day 70

Episode 1: Remembering Victory

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Seventy years on, some of Britain's best-loved entertainers and broadcasters recall the jubilation of VE Day and the years that followed. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Julie Walters
Participant:
David Attenborough
Participant:
Johnny Ball
Participant:
Honor Blackman
Participant:
Jilly Cooper
Participant:
John Craven
Participant:
Bruce Forsyth
Participant:
Cleo Laine
Participant:
Kenny Lynch
Participant:
Miriam Margolyes
Participant:
Michael Parkinson
Participant:
Leslie Phillips
Participant:
Anne Reid
Participant:
Esther Rantzen
Participant:
Patrick Stewart
Participant:
Una Stubbs
Participant:
June Whitfield
Producer:
Mary Cranitch
Director:
Mary Cranitch
Executive Producer:
Chris Granlund
Production Manager:
Michelle Clinton
Production Coordinator:
Josef d'Bache-Kane

Series

VE Day 70

Food Factory

Episode 2: Melt in the Mouth

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Revealing the secrets of supermarket food. Stefan Gates examines why cheesy puffs melt in the mouth and why bubbly chocolate melts faster. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stefan Gates
Presenter:
Stefan Gates
Participant:
Rebecca Wilcox
Participant:
Rebecca Wilcox
Participant:
Esther Rantzen
Participant:
Esther Rantzen
Executive Producer:
Jerry Foulkes
Executive Producer:
Jerry Foulkes

Pointless Celebrities

Series 2

Episode 3

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Celebrities test the depths of their knowledge in this special edition of the quiz, with Esther Rantzen, John Virgo and Edith Bowman among the guests. Alexander Armstrong presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Osman
Executive Producer:
Pam Cavannagh
Executive Producer:
Michelle Woods
Executive Producer:
Tom Blakeson
Participant:
Esther Rantzen
Participant:
John Virgo
Participant:
Edith Bowman

Pointless Celebrities

Series 11

Special

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland

Featuring Kelly Cates and Adrian Chiles, Andy Hamilton and Kate Williams, Mark Dolan and Rustie Lee, and Dame Esther Rantzen and Tim Vine. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Osman
Participant:
Kelly Cates
Participant:
Adrian Chiles
Participant:
Mark Dolan
Participant:
Andy Hamilton
Participant:
Rustie Lee
Participant:
Esther Rantzen
Participant:
Tim Vine
Participant:
Kate Williams
Producer:
Richard Hague
Producer:
Tamara Gilder
Producer:
John Ryan

Saturday Live

Leo Sayer

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Guests include the singer/songwriter Leo Sayer, the English with Lucy vlogger, former rugby player and Hagrid body-double Martin Bayfield and adventurer Charley Boorman. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Aasmah Mir
Interviewed Guest:
Leo Sayer
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Bayfield
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Earl
Interviewed Guest:
Charley Boorman
Interviewed Guest:
Esther Rantzen
Producer:
Louise Corley

Cash in the Celebrity Attic

Series 6

Episode 2: Esther Rantzen

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One West

Broadcaster Esther Rantzen is raising funds for a cause close to her heart. Lorne Spicer and valuer Paul Hayes look through her mementoes for likely auction lots. Show more

Question Time

18/06/2009

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

Question Time is in Sunderland where the panel includes Ken Clarke, Ed Davey, Polly Toynbee and Esther Rantzen. David Dimbleby chairs. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Participant:
Kenneth Clarke
Participant:
Ed Davey
Participant:
Polly Toynbee
Participant:
Esther Rantzen
Executive Producer:
Steve Anderson

The Home That 2 Built

Episode 3: The Eighties

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 4 months

In the 1980s, more money was spent on homes than ever before, and at the heart of this was a changing role for women. Show more

The Home That 2 Built

Episode 1: The Sixties

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 4 months

The series which trawls the archives to see how BBC Two has been a guide to lifestyle trends begins with maybe the biggest lifestyle revolution of them all - the 1960s. Show more

The Box

Episode 16

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Amateur cooking competition. Three home cooks are pitted against each other as they try to make dishes using the ingredient boxes put together by Esther Rantzen. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
James Martin
Participant:
Esther Rantzen
Series Producer:
Rachel Palin
Director:
David Crerar
Unit Manager:
Clare Elliott
Production Company:
Shine TV

Series

The Box

The One Show

19/05/2016

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Matt Baker and Alex Jones are joined by John Barrowman to talk about his new fantasy book aimed at young adults. Plus Michael Mosley talks about his new research on e-cigarettes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matt Baker
Presenter:
Alex Jones
Interviewed Guest:
John Barrowman
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Mosley
Participant:
Esther Rantzen

Loose Ends

Scottee, Esther Rantzen, Danny Brocklehurst, Rick Edwards, Tyrone Huggins, Jose Gonzalez, C Duncan

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Clive Anderson is joined by Scottee, Esther Rantzen, Danny Brocklehurst, Rick Edwards and Tyrone Huggins for conversation and comedy. With music from Jose Gonzalez and C Duncan. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Clive Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
undefined Scottee
Interviewed Guest:
Esther Rantzen
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Brocklehurst
Interviewed Guest:
Rick Edwards
Interviewed Guest:
Tyrone Huggins
Performer:
Jose Gonzalez
Performer:
C Duncan
Producer:
Sukey Firth

Sunday Morning Live

Series 4

Episode 15

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Samira Ahmed and guests debate whether the English Defence League represents a view that needs to be heard. Also on the programme - can we trust the press to clean up its act? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Series Editor:
Dave Stanford
Producer:
Neil Dimmock
Participant:
Tommy Robinson
Participant:
Esther Rantzen
Participant:
Inayat Bunglawala
Participant:
Tim Luckhurst
Participant:
Shiv Malik

Sunday Morning Live

Series 8

Episode 9

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Is it justified to use military force against North Korea? Sean Fletcher and Emma Barnett lead debate on the Asian stand-off between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. Show more

Sunday Morning Live

Series 6

Episode 14

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Have charities lost our trust? Could the Hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia have been prevented? David Oyelowo talks about his latest film role. Should celebrity defendants be named? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sian Williams
Participant:
Esther Rantzen
Participant:
Caron Bradshaw
Participant:
Benjamin Zephaniah
Participant:
David Vance
Participant:
Christine Hamilton
Participant:
David Oyelowo
Participant:
Nazir Afzal
Participant:
Gelong Thubten
Participant:
Theodore Zeldin
Producer:
Marie Irvine
Assistant Producer:
Cathy McMorrow
Production Coordinator:
Caoimhe Cassidy

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Series 4

Episode 7: Esther Rantzen and Rebecca Wilcox

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Television presenter Esther Rantzen challenges her daughter, and fellow presenter, Rebecca Wilcox in a competition for antique glory in and around Reading. Show more

Just a Minute

Series 74

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Gyles Brandreth, Tim Rice and Esther Rantzen join Paul Merton and Nicholas Parsons as they try to speak without deviation, hesitation or repetition in the classic panel game. Show more

Contributors

Panellist:
Paul Merton
Panellist:
Gyles Brandreth
Panellist:
Tim Rice
Panellist:
Esther Rantzen

Just a Minute

Series 74

Episode 5

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Nicholas Parsons asks Gyles Brandreth, Esther Rantzen, Paul Merton and Tim Rice to speak on the topic of his choosing - for just a minute. Show more

Contributors

Panellist:
Paul Merton
Panellist:
Gyles Brandreth
Panellist:
Tim Rice
Panellist:
Esther Rantzen