BBC Two TV Guide
Top of the Pops
Paul Heaton, Mick Hucknall, Sinitta, The Communards and Swing Out Sister are among the acts steering us through the changes that impacted Britain and the music industry in 1986.
1h 00:35 – 01:35
No Bears
A dissident film-maker who is trying to direct a movie in Turkey while being forced to remain in a nearby Iranian border town finds himself embroiled in a local scandal.
1h 40 min 01:35 – 03:15
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2h 55 min 03:15 – 06:10
Prayer and Reflection from the...
Sikh Gurdwara in Roath, Cardiff. Prayer and Reflection from the Sikh gurdwara in Roath, Cardiff.
30 min 06:10 – 06:40
Countryfile
Hamza Yassin joins the team behind an ambitious conservation project to help release three wildcats into the Scottish Highlands.
55 min 06:40 – 07:35
Breakfast
The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team.
1h 25 min 07:35 – 09:00
The Best of Weatherman Walking
Derek's Welsh island hop sees wildlife on Skomer, Flat Holm Island and a beach sauna in Anglesey.
30 min 09:00 – 09:30
Landward
It's National Tree Week, and Dougie is in the woods on the Speyside Way looking for aspen.
30 min 09:30 – 10:00
Saturday Kitchen Best Bites
A selection of treats from Ollie Dabbous, Alison Roman, Andi Oliver and Emily Scott. Also, Rick Stein and Clive Myrie head out across the UK and abroad.
1h 30 min 10:00 – 11:30
Nadiya's British Food Adventure
Nadiya is in Wales being taught to be a shepherdess by sheep farmer Richard Roderick. In return, she cooks him lamb bhuna served with garlic naan.
30 min 11:30 – 12:00
The Great Food Guys
Nick Nairn and Dougie Vipond focus on street food, making falafel with beetroot houmous and Greek salad with chef Rachna Dheer and actress Laura Main.
30 min 12:00 – 12:30
Fiddler on the Roof
In pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish peasant must contend with marrying off his three daughters while anti-Semitic sentiment threatens his home.
2h 50 min 12:30 – 15:20
Flog It!
Antiques series. Paul Martin presents from Sheffield with experts Thomas Plant and James Lewis. Items of interest include a set of watercolours and a Victorian automaton.
1h 15:20 – 16:20
Beaches
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.
2h 16:20 – 18:20
Eva Longoria
Eva has made Marbella her home, and to celebrate, she hosts a dinner for her friends.
40 min 18:20 – 19:00
Top Gear
Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond design a vehicle exclusively for the elderly. Contains some strong language.
1h 19:00 – 20:00
Chris McCausland
Comedian and Strictly champion Chris McCausland is on a mission to discover the future of technology and what it might hold for him personally.
45 min 20:00 – 20:45
Amazing Hotels
Working alongside Sir Richard Branson's staff at his clifftop hotel, Monica and Rob learn how to deliver genuine Berber hospitality to the intrepid guests who come to visit.
15 min 20:45 – 21:00
Mortimer & Whitehouse
Bob wants to catch a tope - a rare species of shark - and takes Paul to Ceredigion to fish the sea.
30 min 21:00 – 21:30
Daisy May and Charlie Cooper's NightWatch
Daisy and Charlie spend the night amongst the ruins of Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire. Contains some strong language.
30 min 21:30 – 22:00
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
When bad weather grounds all planes, an uptight advertising man and a laid-back shower curtain ring salesman must get home to Chicago before Thanksgiving.
1h 30 min 22:00 – 23:30
Turner
Turner painted the world like no-one else, yet his life remains a mystery. Tracey Emin, Timothy Spall and Ronnie Wood explore his personal sketches to reveal the man behind the art.
1h 23:30 – 00:30
Question Time
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate.
1h 00:30 – 01:30
Leonard and Hungry Paul
Leonard gets positive feedback on his children's book. Encouraged, he asks Shelley to go on a date. Elsewhere, Hungry Paul attends an unusual job interview.
25 min 01:30 – 01:55
Richard Burton
Documentary charting the highs and lows of Richard Burton's life and times - revealing an ongoing struggle with drink, fame, love and his own talent.
1h 01:55 – 02:55
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3h 30 min 02:55 – 06:25
Antiques Road Trip
Cornwall calls! Will Phil's mystery gadget or Tahmina's special stone dazzle at auction.
45 min 06:25 – 07:10
Antiques Roadshow
The roadshow visits Hill of Tarvit Mansion & Garden in Fife, where finds include a rare golfing memento, a painting by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano and a chance find of gold treasure.
1h 07:10 – 08:10
Match of the Day
The world's most famous football show, with the big names and the big games from the Premier League.
50 min 08:10 – 09:00
BBC News
Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break.
3h 15 min 09:00 – 12:15
Politics Live
The big political issues of the day.
45 min 12:15 – 13:00
Impossible
Game show presented by Rick Edwards in which players score points by answering questions correctly while avoiding the Impossible answers.
45 min 13:00 – 13:45
Impossible
Game show presented by Rick Edwards in which players score points by answering questions correctly while avoiding the Impossible answers.
45 min 13:45 – 14:30
Great British Menu
It's judging day, and only one chef can go through to represent Northern Ireland. Broadcasting legend Pamela Ballantine helps decide the winner from the two remaining chefs.
1h 14:30 – 15:30
Great British Menu
Four chefs compete for London and south east England with canapes, starters and fish dishes inspired by great Britons of the past. Who will be eliminated.
1h 15:30 – 16:30
A Wolf Called Storm
Nature documentary. Cameraman Jeff Turner spends a year in Canada's frozen north following Storm, an extraordinary wolf whose pack was first featured in Frozen Planet.
45 min 16:30 – 17:15
Flog It!
Antiques series. This episode comes from Norwich Cathedral in Norfolk. In the great nave, Kate Bateman and David Fletcher pick out some choice items to take to auction.
45 min 17:15 – 18:00
Richard Osman's House of Games
Nathan Bryon, Ruth Langsford, Spencer Matthews and Rosie Ramsey test their general knowledge skills on this week's House of Games.
30 min 18:00 – 18:30
Strictly - It Takes Two
Fleur East kicks off the week with an exclusive chat with the latest couple to bow out from Strictly. Plus more interviews and backstage gossip from some of the other couples.
30 min 18:30 – 19:00
Global Eye
The incredible story of the Chinese woman behind behind the scam that led to the world's biggest bitcoin seizure and Shawn Yuan is in the Pacific Island Nation of Palau.
30 min 19:00 – 19:30
Mastermind
Clive Myrie hosts another heat of the classic quiz as four more contenders take on the black chair. Subjects include the French Revolution and the poetry of John Betjeman.
30 min 19:30 – 20:00
Only Connect
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. A place in the quarter-finals is at stake - one of the teams will have to leave the competition.
30 min 20:00 – 20:30
University Challenge
The round of 16 continues. Two more teams of students return to play for a second time, hoping to earn themselves a quarter-final spot. Amol Rajan asks the questions.
30 min 20:30 – 21:00
Civilisations
A weak emperor. A divided empire. Barbarians at the gate. Does this perfect storm mean the end of ancient Rome.
1h 21:00 – 22:00
Leonard and Hungry Paul
Leonard learns the fate of his book proposal and of his future with Shelley. Hungry Paul attends his sister's wedding and starts a new silent venture.
30 min 22:00 – 22:30
Newsnight, followed by Weather
Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire. Followed by Weather.
30 min 22:30 – 23:00
Official Secrets
The true story of the publication of a leaked GCHQ memo in the run-up to the Iraq war. Contains very strong language.
1h 45 min 23:00 – 00:45
Countryfile
Hamza Yassin joins the team behind an ambitious conservation project to help release three wildcats into the Scottish Highlands.
55 min 00:45 – 01:40
Once Upon a Time in Space
Far from their home planet, the astronauts aboard the ISS face the emotional realities of isolation, while their relationships are tested when war breaks out on Earth.
1h 5 min 01:40 – 02:45
Sara Cox
Join Sara Cox as she tests her limits, covering 135 miles across five days for her Great Northern Marathon Challenge, raising funds for BBC Children in Need.
1h 02:45 – 03:45
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2h 45 min 03:45 – 06:30
Escape to the Country
Alistair Appleton helps a retired couple find their forever home in Cornwall.
45 min 06:30 – 07:15
The Bidding Room
Billie from Edinburgh brings two little piggies to market, Simon's industrial lights spark a bidding war, and will Barbie girl Amanda makes Mel's dreams come true.
45 min 07:15 – 08:00
The Repair Shop
The team pull out all the stops to repair a cracked violin, a weather-beaten enamel sign, a ceramic birdcage that's in pieces and a leather jacket with a faded Batman mural.
1h 08:00 – 09:00
BBC News
Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break.
3h 15 min 09:00 – 12:15
Politics Live
The big political issues of the day.
45 min 12:15 – 13:00
Impossible
Game show presented by Rick Edwards in which players score points by answering questions correctly while avoiding the Impossible answers.
45 min 13:00 – 13:45
Brainbox Challenge
Clive Anderson hosts a brain-training quiz show in which contestants battle to prove themselves in a sequence of brain games.
30 min 13:45 – 14:15
Great British Menu
The remaining three chefs from London and south east England compete over mains and desserts celebrating great Britons of the past. Who will win, and who must go home.
1h 14:15 – 15:15
Great British Menu
Only one chef can go through to represent London and south east England.
1h 15:15 – 16:15
Liz Bonnin's Wild Caribbean
Liz joins residents of Mayreau in repairing their vibrant coral, helps protect the tiny Union Island gecko, and relives one of her most magnificent wildlife encounters.
1h 16:15 – 17:15
Flog It!
Antiques series. This episode comes from the RAF Museum at Hendon in London. Antiques experts Michael Baggott and Mark Stacey find some real gems.
45 min 17:15 – 18:00
Richard Osman's House of Games
Nathan Bryon, Ruth Langsford, Spencer Matthews and Rosie Ramsey test their general knowledge skills on this week's House of Games.
30 min 18:00 – 18:30
Strictly - It Takes Two
Fleur East is back with more backstage gossip and behind-the-scenes action.
30 min 18:30 – 19:00
Fighting the Phone Snatchers - On the Front Line
Police in London take on the organised crime gangs behind phone theft in the capital.
30 min 19:00 – 19:30
Mary at 90
Mary Berry is invited behind the walls of Alan Titchmarsh's magnificent garden as she makes delicious recipes inspired by what we grow and helps Alan to bake his first ever cake.
30 min 19:30 – 20:00
The Balkans
The BBC's Europe editor, Katya Adler, travels to Croatia, Bosnia and Albania.
1h 20:00 – 21:00
QI XL
Sandi Toksvig takes a QI look at the Wild West with Alex Brooker, Jo Brand, Eshaan Akbar and Alan Davies.
45 min 21:00 – 21:45
World's Most Dangerous Roads
Ed Gamble and Lou Sanders tackle their most dangerous road - a thousand kilometres of alien Icelandic landscape. Contains very strong language.
45 min 21:45 – 22:30
Newsnight, followed by Weather
Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire. Followed by Weather.
30 min 22:30 – 23:00
Highland Cops
Police on Skye raid an abandoned house they suspect is being used to grow cannabis and deal with a three-car accident that has caused chaos on the island's main road.
1h 23:00 – 00:00
Celebrity Race Across the World
The teams race to Honduras to reach the third checkpoint, the town of Valle de Àngeles.
1h 00:00 – 01:00
Celebrity MasterChef
Antony Costa, Gaz Choudhry MBE, Ginger Johnson, Katie McGlynn and Uma Jammeh don their aprons and take on the challenge of out-cooking each other in the MasterChef kitchen.
1h 01:00 – 02:00
Mary at 90
Dame Mary and Alex Jones cook Mary's most-asked-for recipes over 60 years of cooking.
30 min 02:00 – 02:30
Empire with David Olusoga
David Olusoga reveals how the Empire reached its maximum size after the First World War but within a generation had begun to collapse, as he uncovers the story of decolonisation.
1h 02:30 – 03:30
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3h 03:30 – 06:30
Escape to the Country
Jules Hudson is in the Powys countryside, helping a couple with two dogs, three cats and a motorbike find a home. He also visits a pioneering farm project growing a greener future.
45 min 06:30 – 07:15
The Bidding Room
A motivational speaker gets the dealers out their seats, a set of mid-century drawers sparks a bidding war, and the dealers have a close shave with an art deco barber's chair.
45 min 07:15 – 08:00
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
National treasure Moira Stuart and star of stage and screen Aled Jones go head-to-head in a battle of antiques in Kent, helped by experts David Harper and Serhat Ahmet.
1h 08:00 – 09:00
BBC News
Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break.
2h 15 min 09:00 – 11:15
Politics Budget 2025
Vicki Young presents live coverage of Chancellor Rachel Reeves's Budget, including reaction from politicians, experts and members of the public.
4h 15 min 11:15 – 15:30
Great British Menu
Eight finalists compete to win the starter course, with director Gurinder Chadha judging.
1h 15:30 – 16:30
Liz Bonnin's Wild Caribbean
Liz discovers the unique relationships between people and nature across the Caribbean's South American coastline.
1h 16:30 – 17:30
Flog It!
A collection of the best finds from the show's travels round the country.
30 min 17:30 – 18:00
Richard Osman's House of Games
Nathan Bryon, Ruth Langsford, Spencer Matthews and Rosie Ramsey test their general knowledge skills on this week's House of Games.
30 min 18:00 – 18:30
Strictly - It Takes Two
Janette Manrara gets all the unmissable news from inside the training rooms for the first time this week as the celebs prepare for their week ten dances.
30 min 18:30 – 19:00
The Crash Detectives
A man is critically injured after he is ejected from a crashing car - but the driver has fled the scene. As a manhunt begins, inquiries take a forensic turn, exposing the chilling truth.
30 min 19:00 – 19:30
Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs
Paul explores the lochs of Skye, hears tales of legendary battles, has a lesson in how to throw a spear, discovers a Viking ship canal and stands on the roof of the Cuillins.
30 min 19:30 – 20:00
Ready Meals
A look behind the scenes of the food industry to discover how ready meals are produced, what new technology could mean for what we eat and the price we'll pay.
1h 20:00 – 21:00
Poison Water
When tap water turns toxic in Cornwall, a public health disaster leads to accusations of a cover-up and the search for the truth. The story of Britain's biggest mass poisoning.
1h 20 min 21:00 – 22:20
Saving Lives at Sea
The volunteers of the RNLI race to save a family trapped in their car, slowly being engulfed by the sea, two kayakers close to drowning, and a fossil hunter cut off by the tide.
10 min 22:20 – 22:30
Newsnight, followed by Weather
Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire. Followed by Weather.
30 min 22:30 – 23:00
Empire with David Olusoga
David Olusoga reveals how the Empire reached its maximum size after the First World War but within a generation had begun to collapse, as he uncovers the story of decolonisation.
1h 23:00 – 00:00
Mortimer & Whitehouse
Paul and Bob are determined to catch a big perch and head to Herefordshire, where they hope their best chances lie.
30 min 00:00 – 00:30
Daisy May and Charlie Cooper's NightWatch
Daisy May and Charlie Cooper head to York, said to be the most haunted city in Europe, where they visit a very spooky cinema and stay in a reportedly haunted pub.
30 min 00:30 – 01:00
Celebrity MasterChef
The celebrity chefs must impress the judges with their own dinner party favourites.
1h 01:00 – 02:00
Celebrity MasterChef
The remaining celebrities in the first week of the competition must work in pairs to progress to the semi-finals, but only one member of each duo knows the recipe.
1h 02:00 – 03:00
Global Eye
BBC Eye investigates the 2005 Haditha massacre in Iraq. And Anna Foster is in Baghdad. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.
30 min 03:00 – 03:30
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3h 03:30 – 06:30
Antiques Road Trip
Tash and Tim tour the Highlands, hunting antiques and going green. Who will grow the biggest profit at the auction? The Scottish road trip begins.
45 min 06:30 – 07:15
Antiques Road Trip
Tash and Tim hunt for treasure in Aberdeenshire. Uncovering Far East finds, Victorian crazes and scoffing salty snacks, before facing a fierce bidding battle.
45 min 07:15 – 08:00
The Best of Weatherman Walking
Derek takes a dip in a glacial lake at Cadair Idris, and visits Portmeirion and Llangollen.
30 min 08:00 – 08:30
See Hear
Jazzy Whipps and Danny Murphy celebrate BBC Children in Need with a fun BSL bingo challenge and inspiring stories from deaf children supported by the charity.
30 min 08:30 – 09:00
BBC News
Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break.
3h 15 min 09:00 – 12:15
Politics Live
The big political issues of the day.
45 min 12:15 – 13:00
Impossible
Game show presented by Rick Edwards in which players score points by answering questions correctly while avoiding the Impossible answers.
45 min 13:00 – 13:45
Brainbox Challenge
Clive Anderson hosts a brain-training quiz show in which contestants battle to prove themselves in a sequence of brain games.
30 min 13:45 – 14:15
Great British Menu
The eight finalists compete to win the fish course at a banquet celebrating great Britons of the past and Great British Menu's 20th year. Comedian Russell Kane is the guest judge.
1h 14:15 – 15:15
Great British Menu
Eight finalists compete to win the main course, with chef Clare Smyth as guest judge.
1h 15:15 – 16:15
The Bear Family and Me
Series following wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan as he spends a year with a family of wild black bears. Before he can start filming, Gordon must earn the bears' trust.
1h 16:15 – 17:15
Flog It!
Antiques series. Paul Martin presents from Norwich Cathedral. In the great nave, experts Thomas Plant and David Fletcher pick out some choice items to take to auction.
45 min 17:15 – 18:00
Richard Osman's House of Games
Nathan Bryon, Ruth Langsford, Spencer Matthews and Rosie Ramsey test their general knowledge skills on this week's House of Games.
30 min 18:00 – 18:30
Strictly - It Takes Two
Janette Manrara is on hand with more gossip and behind-the-scenes news from Strictly.
30 min 18:30 – 19:00
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Consumer journalists Nikki Fox and Matt Allwright investigate profit-making antiques in Kent alongside expert guides Natasha Raskin Sharp and David Harper.
1h 19:00 – 20:00
Highland Cops
Police on the Isle of Lewis raid the home of a suspected drug dealer. In Inverness, a man with a knife is causing chaos.
1h 20:00 – 21:00
The Man in the Mask
After the murder of Bangladeshi waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood, schoolboy Michael Ross becomes the police's prime suspect - but did he do it.
45 min 21:00 – 21:45
The Ridge
Mia gets closer as she digs into an earlier death, but a gruesome find puts her in danger. Contains strong language and some upsetting scenes.
45 min 21:45 – 22:30
Newsnight, followed by Weather
Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Paddy O'Connell. Followed by Weather.
35 min 22:30 – 23:05
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