Brainbox Challenge

Brainbox Challenge 2008

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Clive Anderson hosts a brain training quiz show in which contestants battle to prove themselves in a sequence of brain games which test their memory, language, visual, numerical and spacial skills.

2008

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Inside the Post Office

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Inside the Post Office 2015

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An eye-opening look inside the Post Office - an iconic national institution undergoing the biggest shake-up in its nearly 400-year history as it battles to reinvent itself for the modern world.

2015

Rebels and Redcoats: How Britain Lost America

Rebels and Redcoats: How Britain Lost America 2003

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Rebels and Redcoats: How Britain Lost America, is a British television documentary series about the story of the American Revolutionary War, narrated by Richard Holmes in a four-parts. Throughout the entire program there are clear explanations about the politics going on behind the scenes, the impact of other nations like Canada and France, battle tactics and strategies, and weaponry, all following a beginning-to-end time line. The impact of each geographic area is frequently emphasized, as there were often a division of loyalties not just in regions but also in neighborhoods. While being a British production, the viewpoint of many different groups are discussed in detail, including the difficult choices Native American Indians and black slaves were forced to make in choosing allegiances.

2003

Becky and Barnaby Bear

Becky and Barnaby Bear 1970

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Becky and Barnaby Bear is a live action television series on United Kingdom TV for children between the ages of 5 and 8, based around the character of Barnaby Bear and his friend Becky. Barnaby and Becky both live in the city of Chester in Cheshire. Barnaby Bear is a registered trademark of the Geographical Association. Barnaby helps children to learn about the world around them by showing a video diary of Barnaby's adventures. The series was shown as a part of Watch, a series on BBC2 from 1980s to 2000s

1970

Doctors to Be

Doctors to Be 1970

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Doctors to Be is a biographical documentary series that was first broadcast on BBC Two by BBC Television and is also the name of a book, published by BBC Books, that accompanies the series. The television series follows 10 medical students who enrolled at St Mary's Hospital Medical School in the 1985 intake of students. It starts in 1984 with their admission interviews, then follows them through five or six years as medical students, and ends with their first experiences of working as busy junior hospital doctors in the National Health Service. The BBC decided to make the series in 1983 and the BBC contacted several medical schools. The BBC selected St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, England, partly because the Dean, Prof Peter Richards, was enthusiastic about filming and thought that medical education was of public interest. Filming began in November 1984 when applicants were applying for university and going to interviews for the 1985 intake at St Mary's Hospital Medical School. St Mary's Medical School interviewed 419 applicants and 100 of these interviews were filmed. In the autumn of 1985, when studies had started, every student in the year was asked if they wanted to take part in the television series, and 10 students, who were thought to be outgoing and resilient to the pressures of filming, were chosen by the BBC. Each of the 10 medical students were filmed regularly and about 300 hours of film accumulated in total.

1970

Thin Ice

Thin Ice 1970

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Thin Ice was a British comedy television show on BBC Two starring Marc Wootton and Nina Wadia. All the episodes were written by Simon Carlyle and Gregor Sharp. It began on 28 February 2006 and ran for six 30 minute episodes until 4 April 2006. It was based around an ice rink in Derby, revolving around the intense rivalry which exists between an amateur ice-skating trainer and her nemesis. The programme was filmed, however, at Whitley Bay Ice Rink, and around the town of Whitley Bay in North Tyneside, which are mentioned as to where the British Championships would be held in the series. The programme ran for one series, but was not renewed by the BBC.

1970

Ben's Zoo

Ben's Zoo 2007

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Series following a writer's attempts to reinvigorate the Dartmoor Wildlife Park in Devon.

2007

Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS?

Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS? 2007

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Businessman Sir Gerry Robinson believes any organisation can be made to run well. To prove it, he attempts to bring down waiting times at Rotherham General Hospital in six months.

2007

Six Puppies and Us

Six Puppies and Us 2015

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Following six British households taking on the potentially life-changing responsibility of a puppy, tracing their stories over the course of the first year of their puppy's life.

2015

Lost Highway: The Story of Country Music

Lost Highway: The Story of Country Music 2003

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BBC TWO travels the Lost Highway and uncovers the story of country music on a journey to the heart of America and the music that has come to define it. Randy Travis in BBC TWO's The Lost HighwayFrom the makers of the award-winning series Dancing in the Street and Walk On By comes another major heritage music series charting the history of country music in the words of its greatest performers and producers, musicians and songwriters. 2003 sees the 50th anniversary of the death of Hank Williams, the most iconic figure in country and one of the most revered songwriters of all time. And country is currently enjoying a remarkable renaissance fueled by the international success of the multi-million selling soundtrack to the Coen Brothers movie O Brother Where Art Thou.

2003

Troubleshooter

Troubleshooter 1970

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Troubleshooter was a British reality television series, produced and shown by the BBC, focusing on experienced business leaders visiting and advising small and often struggling UK businesses. Launched in 1990 with Sir John Harvey-Jones MBE ex of ICI, the series ran successfully for five series. After the series won a BAFTA, Harvey-Jones decided that he didn't want to become a television personality, after one newspaper called him the "most famous industrialist since Isambard Kingdom Brunel." The greatest achievement of the Troubleshooter programmes was to make business management a popular discussion subject in the homes of millions of British people, and to provide a role model for people wanting to enter business. The series was revived a decade later in 2004 under the stewardship of Gerry Robinson, under the title I'll Show Them Who's Boss!'

1970

Our Farming Life

Our Farming Life 2019

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Through the experiences of Ulster-Scots farming families and stories of change, challenge and commitment, this series explores how farming in Ulster has evolved across the decades.

2019

Out of the Frying Pan

Out of the Frying Pan 2010

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The Restaurant runners-up James and Ali take on six challenging fine dining events. They have spent the last nine months training under Raymond Blanc and now they are ready to step out of the professional kitchen into the real world.

2010

Despatch Box

Despatch Box 1970

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Despatch Box was a late night political analysis television programme produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC Two between 1998 and 2002. The programme was a replacement for the nightly political programme The Midnight Hour, and like its predecessor, was initially presented by a team of single-presenter journalists, rotated nightly, consisting of Zeinab Badawi, Michael Dobbs, Andrew Neil and Steve Richards. The programme regularly gained an audience of more than 350,000 viewers. Following a change of format, it was decided that the programme should have one, regular presenter, a role for which Andrew Neil was chosen. The programme was produced at the BBC's Millbank studios in London. Following changes to sitting hours in the United Kingdom parliament, and extensive changes to the BBC's line-up of political programmes, Despatch Box was discontinued, and the programme's then regular presenter, Andrew Neil, moved on to present The Daily Politics and This Week.

1970

Sesame Tree

Sesame Tree 1970

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Sesame Tree, is a version of Sesame Street made entirely in Northern Ireland, is a children's television series produced by Belfast-based production company Sixteen South and Sesame Workshop. The first episode aired on BBC Two in Northern Ireland on 5 April 2008 with the first series subsequently airing nationwide on CBeebies in August 2008. A second series was launched in November 2010 and broadcast on CBeebies from 22 November 2010.

1970

Cathedral

Cathedral 2005

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Cathedral is an educational television miniseries of five episodes first broadcast in 2005 by the BBC. It describes the construction of five cathedrals in the United Kingdom: ⁕Canterbury Cathedral ⁕Lincoln Cathedral ⁕Winchester Cathedral ⁕St. Giles' Cathedral ⁕York Minster The show features historical re-enactments using actors and CGI.

2005

Earth Warp

Earth Warp 1970

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Earth Warp is a story produced by the BBC as part of their Look and Read programme. It originally aired between January and March in 1994. The story was 10 episodes long and focused heavily on pollution. It was shown again in its entirety in late 2009.

1970

The Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane

The Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane 2014

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Documentary series following the workers who keep the traffic flowing on one of the busiest stretches of road in Britain, where the country's longest motorway, the M6, meets four other major routes.

2014

Grumpy Old Holidays

Grumpy Old Holidays 2006

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Four-part series in which grumpy celebrities ponder on why holidays are just another of life's many disappointments.

2006

Eight Go Rallying: The Road to Saigon

Eight Go Rallying: The Road to Saigon 2018

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Four celebrity duos join a group of classic car enthusiasts on an endurance rally from Thailand to Vietnam, experiencing the sights and sounds of three fascinating countries.

2018