Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 281,727 playable programmes from the BBC

Results 1 to 13 of 13 for your search filters
Filter by channel

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Bruce Forsyth, assisted by Rosemarie Ford, sets more tasks for family couples from around Britain, with one winner going through to the conveyor belt and the chance to scoop up a host of prizes.

Great Railway Journeys

Series 3

Episode 2: Aleppo to Aqaba

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Series in which celebrities travel on famous railway routes. Alexei Sayle attempts to journey from Aleppo in northern Syria to Aqaba in Jordan. Show more

Great Railway Journeys

Series 4

Episode 1: India: East to West

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 5 months

Ian Hislop travels from Kolkata, the former capital of the British Raj and present seat of the Marxist government of West Bengal, to Rajasthan. Show more

Great Railway Journeys

Series 4

Episode 7: Singapore to Bangkok

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Stephen Tompkinson relives the days of colonial train travel as a pampered passenger on the Eastern and Oriental Express. Show more

Great Railway Journeys

Series 4

Episode 2: Granada to Salamanca

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 4 months

Using Spain's comprehensive rail network, former Cabinet minister Michael Portillo explores his complex Spanish roots and reveals his family's troubled past. Show more

Great Railway Journeys

Series 4

Episode 4: Los Mochis to Vera Cruz

Duration: 48 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 4 months

Documentary series looking at the rail routes used by ordinary people. Rick Stein crosses Mexico from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. Show more

Great Railway Journeys

Series 4

Episode 5: Guantanamo to Pinar del Rio

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 4 months

Travels by train. Nick Hancock crosses Cuba. Along the way he meets boxers, ballet dancers, faded divas and a fascinating array of failed revolutionaries. Show more

Great Railway Journeys

Series 4

Episode 6: St Louis to Dogon Country

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for 4 months

Hollywood star Danny Glover rides the oldest line in Africa when he takes the Bamako Express from Senegal to Mali. En route he meets Youssou N'Dour. Show more

Last Word

David Shepherd, Nancy Hatch Dupree, Gordon Williams, Pat Albeck, Harry Dean Stanton

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister on artist David Shepherd, archivist Nancy Hatch Dupree, writer Gordon Williams, designer Pat Albeck and actor Harry Dean Stanton. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sally Case
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Graham-Harrison
Interviewed Guest:
David Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Rice
Interviewed Guest:
Angie Errigo

Great Railway Journeys

Series 3

Episode 3: Great Zimbabwe to Killimatinde

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Series exploring famous rail routes. Henry Louis Gates Jr travels through Africa to the Tanzanian village where he did voluntary work as a teenager. Show more

Wheeler on America

Episode 1: Lyndon Johnson's War

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Charles Wheeler traces changes in US society since the liberal revolution in the 1960s. He looks at how President Johnson was destroyed by the Vietnam war. Show more

Argumental

Series 2

Episode 1

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Comedy debating show chaired by John Sergeant. Marcus Brigstocke, Rufus Hound and guests Dara O Briain and Chris Addison argue about bodybuilders and Britain's recovery. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Sergeant
Participant:
Marcus Brigstocke
Participant:
Rufus Hound
Participant:
Dara O Briain
Participant:
Chris Addison
Producer:
David Taylor
Director:
Ian Lorimer

Argumental

Series 2

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Comedy debating show chaired by John Sergeant. Marcus Brigstocke, Rufus Hound and guests Phill Jupitus and Sean Lock argue about nuclear power and bees versus wasps. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Sergeant
Participant:
Marcus Brigstocke
Participant:
Rufus Hound
Participant:
Phill Jupitus
Participant:
Sean Lock
Producer:
David Taylor
Director:
Ian Lorimer