2024-10-01
The search for the nation's Mastermind continues as Clive Myrie tests four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. The specialist subjects are the ghost stories of MR James, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Thunderbirds and renowned painter and portraitist Hans Holbein the Younger.
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. Three whisky drinkers take on three number crunchers this week, all seeking the link between apparently random clues. For example: Black (from Australia), Bewick's and Whooper – what do they have in common?
Darwin College, Cambridge take on Birkbeck for a place in the second round.
Following his father's death, Mozart's music takes on a new level of intensity and emotional depth as he grapples with the numerous losses he has experienced in his short life. His opera Don Giovanni, which follows the success of The Marriage of Figaro, is marked by its unparalleled drama and sophistication – but the Viennese audience, including the emperor, find the music too intense. The outbrea
The first ever episode of the sketch show.
The day's important national and international news stories. With Victoria Derbyshire.
Despite his success as a commercial novelist, Harper is determined to focus on creating literature and tries to persuade Robyn to move to a more affluent area of Manhattan. Meanwhile, Jordan invites Shelby to contribute to a new daytime show, and Lance searches for a purpose.
Lance returns to glory as he encourages Lance Jr. to stay on the same path. Candace pursues a new thesis advisor. Murch tangles with a 'Karen'. Robyn vibes with a kindred spirit. Quentin struggles to take over the family business from his father.
Joe Crowley and Anita Rani continue Countryfile's Wild Britain initiative, galvanising the nation into helping our beloved wildlife. This week, they're exploring how communities are supporting nature on the wild island of Anglesey, off north west Wales. Joe takes to the seas looking for rare Risso's dolphins and finds out how a citizen science project is monitoring marine life around the UK's coas
Donte steps up as he realises he doesn't want to be a caretaker anymore. As Tonya supports him in his new endeavours, he learns that she has been struggling with troubles of her own and helps her out. Meanwhile, Nicky is distracted by the arrival of an old friend. Elsewhere, Schuey places a target on Billy's back. Coral is tasked with reprimanding Neil, and Kelly Jo takes drastic action to end Nic
Charting the shocking story of how some of music's most loved artists – from Louis Armstrong to Prince – were exploited by the music industry on the basis of their race. This episode tells the stories of how some of the most successful and popular jazz, blues and rock 'n' roll musicians of all time suffered at the hands of the industry. Bad contracts with flat fees were signed by Bessie Smith, Nin
Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
There are plenty of goodies that the teams can buy in this episode from Derbyshire, but the one thing they can't buy is more time! Sixty minutes is all they get – but back at the turn of the 20th century you could buy time – from the Greenwich Time Lady! Natasha Raskin Sharp tells the fascinating story of Ruth Belville who walked the streets of London, "selling" the time to local businesses.
Ryan and Eve would love to host family gatherings in their garden, but sadly in its current state, they can't. The garden is nothing but a barren, brownfield wasteland, and they are at a loss as to what to do with it. Drawing inspiration from their honeymoon in California, where they fell in love with the plants, the design concepts and structures of Balboa Park and the Palace of Fine Arts, they w
The team witness a baby boom in the delta. Vianet Djenguet follows lioness Matho as she struggles to raise her cubs alone. Tristen Woodward and Brad Bestelink get a glimpse of Xudum the leopard's newborn cubs, but dangerous male leopards loom nearby. And with competition growing from the enormous lion pride, Anna Dimitriadis tracks a cheetah mother to the very edge of the territory, where she has
Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break.
The big political issues of the day.
Can players avoid giving Impossible answers and stay in the running for a £10,000 jackpot?
Jason Manford hosts the quiz show where players try to find the unbeatable answer.
Nick Knowles challenges more talented artists to make something amazing for the homes of people they've never met. Today's buyers live in Whitstable, and have £750 to spend on a seaside-themed masterpiece. Will a beach-combing scrap metal artist, a nautical resin worker or a fairy-tale sculptor sail off with the commission?
It is finals week and the excitement is palpable with the finish line in sight. After six weeks of intense culinary battles, four exceptionally talented chefs remain from the original 48. The chefs need to excel in order to convince the judges, Gregg Wallace, Monica Galetti and Marcus Wareing. Only one chef can be crowned MasterChef: The Professionals champion of 2019. In tonight's penultimate cha
In the heart of Africa, deep in the Congo, are some of the most spectacular volcanoes on Earth. They threaten the lives of more than a million people, in a region already left shattered by decades of violence. Now, a team of international and local scientists are here to investigate these rarely visited volcanoes to try and predict when they will next erupt, and to examine how the volcanic forces