Tonight’s TV tips: at 7.30, Mary Berry on BBC2. At 8pm, June Whitfield doc on BBC4. At 9pm, #Trespasses on C4, TikTok: Murder Gone Viral on ITV1, Eubanks on BBC3 or Kate Winslet doc on Sky Arts. At 9.45, World’s Most Dangerous Roads on BBC2. At 10.40, In My Own Words: Cornelia Parker on BBC1 #telly
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Tonight’s TV tips: at 7.30, Mary Berry on BBC2. At 8pm, June Whitfield doc on BBC4. At 9pm, #Trespasses on C4, TikTok: Murder Gone Viral on ITV1, Eubanks on BBC3 or Kate Winslet doc on Sky Arts. At 9.45, World’s Most Dangerous Roads on BBC2. At 10.40, In My Own Words: Cornelia Parker on BBC1 #telly
David Olusoga's Empire (BBC2 Fridays & IPlayer) about how Britain became the country it is today underlines why the right hate the BBC. Really Useful Knowledge they'd prefer not to be discussed
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The right-wing offensive on the BBC & David Olusoga’s Empire
The right-wing offensive on the BBC & David Olusoga’s Empire The last week has seen a full on attack on the BBC by the right. Certainly mistakes have been made, but the matter goes far wider th…
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November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
David Olusoga's Empire (BBC2 Fridays & IPlayer) about how Britain became the country it is today underlines why the right hate the BBC. Really Useful Knowledge they'd prefer not to be discussed
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Ha!
Broadcast on BBC2 at 7pm this evening
Broadcast on BBC2 at 7pm this evening
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Ha!
Broadcast on BBC2 at 7pm this evening
Broadcast on BBC2 at 7pm this evening
Tea mugs and sandwiches at the ready, "IN WHICH WE SERVE" IS CURRENTLY ON BBC2
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Tea mugs and sandwiches at the ready, "IN WHICH WE SERVE" IS CURRENTLY ON BBC2
That's made with love
"As a Guardian-reading BBC2 viewer, I’m familiar with the sensory overload that Curtis’s assaults on the nation’s synapses can induce. I’ve watched and enjoyed his work, and there’s certainly nothing else like it on television."
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"As a Guardian-reading BBC2 viewer, I’m familiar with the sensory overload that Curtis’s assaults on the nation’s synapses can induce. I’ve watched and enjoyed his work, and there’s certainly nothing else like it on television."
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Going Viral
Originally posted on The Spectator’s Arts blog. My Adam Curtis parody, The Loving Trap, has variously been described as “harsh”, “gentle”, “expertly done”,…
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November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
That's made with love
"As a Guardian-reading BBC2 viewer, I’m familiar with the sensory overload that Curtis’s assaults on the nation’s synapses can induce. I’ve watched and enjoyed his work, and there’s certainly nothing else like it on television."
benwoodhams.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/g...
"As a Guardian-reading BBC2 viewer, I’m familiar with the sensory overload that Curtis’s assaults on the nation’s synapses can induce. I’ve watched and enjoyed his work, and there’s certainly nothing else like it on television."
benwoodhams.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/g...
BBC2 9.0 Yes, Minister
S03 E01 Equal Opportunities
Sir Humphrey does not see eye to eye with the Minister's plan for gender equality in the civil service.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x9sz7zs
S03 E01 Equal Opportunities
Sir Humphrey does not see eye to eye with the Minister's plan for gender equality in the civil service.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x9sz7zs
Yes Minister - S03E01 - Equal Opportunities
Dailymotion video by DocuDrift
www.dailymotion.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
BBC2 9.0 Yes, Minister
S03 E01 Equal Opportunities
Sir Humphrey does not see eye to eye with the Minister's plan for gender equality in the civil service.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x9sz7zs
S03 E01 Equal Opportunities
Sir Humphrey does not see eye to eye with the Minister's plan for gender equality in the civil service.
www.dailymotion.com/video/x9sz7zs
The state of the bbc - encapsulated in a nutshell by politics live on bbc2 now. 3 guests- Widdecombe who is Reform but not an MP and a Tory adviser. Just one from the (governing) Lab party.
November 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The state of the bbc - encapsulated in a nutshell by politics live on bbc2 now. 3 guests- Widdecombe who is Reform but not an MP and a Tory adviser. Just one from the (governing) Lab party.
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This whole thing is an opportunity to restore balance at the Beeb (my preference would be for someone with a background outside of news, which is only a fraction of BBC output - Attenborough once ran BBC2 FFS) and, as Ed Davey says, get rid of Gibb.
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This whole thing is an opportunity to restore balance at the Beeb (my preference would be for someone with a background outside of news, which is only a fraction of BBC output - Attenborough once ran BBC2 FFS) and, as Ed Davey says, get rid of Gibb.
Yes, but apparently the reason no one remembers it was on BBC2 while Dr Who was on BBC1.
It did get an annual.
It did get an annual.
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Yes, but apparently the reason no one remembers it was on BBC2 while Dr Who was on BBC1.
It did get an annual.
It did get an annual.
100%. Play the whole day on bbc2 or 3 every day for a week. The whole speech and the aftermath. Preview with a 'grovelling apology' and then show it and the aftermath.
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
100%. Play the whole day on bbc2 or 3 every day for a week. The whole speech and the aftermath. Preview with a 'grovelling apology' and then show it and the aftermath.
Andy Partridge, English singer, songwriter, and record producer who founded the band XTC, was born on Nov. 11, 1953. #AndyPartridge
Live:
XTC - "Senses Working Overtime" (Andy Partridge) (1982, TOTP, BBC2 TV)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptMs...
Live:
XTC - "Senses Working Overtime" (Andy Partridge) (1982, TOTP, BBC2 TV)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptMs...
XTC - Senses Working Overtime
YouTube video by egidio sabbadini
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November 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Andy Partridge, English singer, songwriter, and record producer who founded the band XTC, was born on Nov. 11, 1953. #AndyPartridge
Live:
XTC - "Senses Working Overtime" (Andy Partridge) (1982, TOTP, BBC2 TV)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptMs...
Live:
XTC - "Senses Working Overtime" (Andy Partridge) (1982, TOTP, BBC2 TV)
#Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptMs...
There used to be a show on BBC2 where a panel of people would crisis-manage a fake emergency like a natural disaster or a terrorist attack. It was amazing. Anyone applying for the DG job who promised to bring that back would have my vote.
(We're allowed to vote who's next, right?)
(We're allowed to vote who's next, right?)
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
There used to be a show on BBC2 where a panel of people would crisis-manage a fake emergency like a natural disaster or a terrorist attack. It was amazing. Anyone applying for the DG job who promised to bring that back would have my vote.
(We're allowed to vote who's next, right?)
(We're allowed to vote who's next, right?)
30 YEARS AGO TODAY: Don't Give Up Your Day Job is a post-modern talent show for late Friday night BBC2, very much at the Sky Star Search end of things despite having the budget for an audience, house band and judges Jim Bowen, Cleo Rocos and Craig Charles.
Don't Give Up Your Day Job (Complete Show #2) (1995)
The second show of this short lived, late night alternative BBC talent show - broadcast 10/11/95 - recorded at BBC Glasgow 8/11/95. Presented by Paul Brophy with Denise Waterman. Guests - Craig Charles, Cleo Rocos and Jim Bowen. Music by Riverhounds. Directed and Produced by Jim Brown
Acts feature
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November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
30 YEARS AGO TODAY: Don't Give Up Your Day Job is a post-modern talent show for late Friday night BBC2, very much at the Sky Star Search end of things despite having the budget for an audience, house band and judges Jim Bowen, Cleo Rocos and Craig Charles.
I have stumbled across Leonard and Hungry Paul on BBC2 and I am well that is to say I feel that actually come to think of it I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it and I’m here for it one hundred percent. #leonardandhungrypaul
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I have stumbled across Leonard and Hungry Paul on BBC2 and I am well that is to say I feel that actually come to think of it I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it and I’m here for it one hundred percent. #leonardandhungrypaul
(i got that joke off of bbc2 so it's definitely ok. Probably 😬)
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
(i got that joke off of bbc2 so it's definitely ok. Probably 😬)
The space thing is on BBC2 again. Enjoyed the last one so may watch this one from the start.
But pissed actually.
But pissed actually.
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The space thing is on BBC2 again. Enjoyed the last one so may watch this one from the start.
But pissed actually.
But pissed actually.
Standing up to say I get so much joy from the BBC. I live my life around Radio 4, 3, and 6 and BBC2 and BBC4. It’s just part of my life. ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Standing up to say I get so much joy from the BBC. I live my life around Radio 4, 3, and 6 and BBC2 and BBC4. It’s just part of my life. ❤️
The BBC2 series Once Upon a Time in Space is absolutely fascinating. The personal testimonies are very touching. You’re watching people whose passion for their work goes beyond the ordinary, and that is always something special.
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The BBC2 series Once Upon a Time in Space is absolutely fascinating. The personal testimonies are very touching. You’re watching people whose passion for their work goes beyond the ordinary, and that is always something special.
OK, BBC Point of View didn't use my short review of Once Upon a Time in Space which they'd asked me to send them (which is fine, by the way and I'd say, rightly so!) but here it is anyway.
The main message is......it's a terrific programme and well worth seeing if you haven't already.
On BBC2 now.
The main message is......it's a terrific programme and well worth seeing if you haven't already.
On BBC2 now.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
OK, BBC Point of View didn't use my short review of Once Upon a Time in Space which they'd asked me to send them (which is fine, by the way and I'd say, rightly so!) but here it is anyway.
The main message is......it's a terrific programme and well worth seeing if you haven't already.
On BBC2 now.
The main message is......it's a terrific programme and well worth seeing if you haven't already.
On BBC2 now.
monday night quiz shows on bbc2 are a highlight of my week
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
monday night quiz shows on bbc2 are a highlight of my week
A new service has been recovered by TandCsApply: BBC2 from 10 November 1986 2124:01
https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/2984
https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/2984
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A new service has been recovered by TandCsApply: BBC2 from 10 November 1986 2124:01
https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/2984
https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/2984
Oh hell yes.
I remember when BBC2 cancelled Top Gear and the entire team made a pitch to the new Channel 5 and we ended up with Fifth Gear - in a one hour timeslot (twice the timeslot of Top Gear!).
Ah! Linear mass tv.
I miss it.
I remember when BBC2 cancelled Top Gear and the entire team made a pitch to the new Channel 5 and we ended up with Fifth Gear - in a one hour timeslot (twice the timeslot of Top Gear!).
Ah! Linear mass tv.
I miss it.
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Oh hell yes.
I remember when BBC2 cancelled Top Gear and the entire team made a pitch to the new Channel 5 and we ended up with Fifth Gear - in a one hour timeslot (twice the timeslot of Top Gear!).
Ah! Linear mass tv.
I miss it.
I remember when BBC2 cancelled Top Gear and the entire team made a pitch to the new Channel 5 and we ended up with Fifth Gear - in a one hour timeslot (twice the timeslot of Top Gear!).
Ah! Linear mass tv.
I miss it.
With the better half being away celebrating her birthday, I get to do BBC2 quiz night ...
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
With the better half being away celebrating her birthday, I get to do BBC2 quiz night ...