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Mixed Race Britain

Mixed Race Britain is put under the spotlight this September on BBC Two in a collection of revealing and compelling new programmes. Britain in 2011 has proportionately the largest mixed population in the Western world, but a hundred years ago people of mixed race lived on the edges of British society. With an exciting mix [...]

The Man Who Crossed Hitler: Coming Soon

Bringing this remarkable true story to life, Ian Hart (Five Daughters) and Ed Stoppard (Upstairs, Downstairs) lead an all-star cast in The Man Who Crossed Hitler, a revealing one-off drama that tells the true story of a Jewish lawyer who challenged Hitler – and paid with his life. In the summer of 1931, [...]

Shirley Bassey: A Very British Diva

Ruth Negga (Misfits, Criminal Justice, Five Daughters) has been cast to play Shirley Bassey in BBC Two’s upcoming drama – Shirley Bassey: A Very British Diva. Set against the backdrop of mixed-race Britain from the Thirties to the Sixties, the 60-minute film is an intimate look at the life of Dame Shirley Bassey – one [...]

Pompeii

Tuesday 14 December – 9.00-10.00pm BBC TWO Pompeii: the most famous volcanic eruption in history. We may know how its victims died but now, a landmark BBC Two film sets out to answer a much more interesting question – how did they live? Throughout 30 years of research at Cambridge, Professor of Classics Mary Beard [...]

Antiques Master

Episode 1 of 12 Monday 5 July 8.30-9.00pm BBC TWO Host Sandi Toksvig launches the search for Britain’s Antiques Master in this brand-new series which pits the country’s leading amateur antiques enthusiasts against each other. As contenders battle through a series of challenges in a bid to be crowned the first-ever Antiques Master, Antiques Roadshow [...]