2024-10-04
Eric Knowles has a mystery item for fair-goers to puzzle over from an antiques fair in Detling, Kent. It is made of silver with a mother of pearl handle and has a sharp point at one end – but what is it? Meanwhile, two teams browse hundreds of stalls to buy three items to sell at auction. On the red team are husband and wife Vicky and John, ably assisted by their expert Catherine Southon. Their op
Lesley longs for a garden to spend time with her two children and four grandchildren, but her bizarrely shaped plot has her flummoxed. Not only is it compact, it goes to a strange point in one corner and has a giant shed taking up one third of the space! Lee and Chris take up the challenge and offer designs reminiscent of Lesley's favourite Greek holidays. It's not long before the team begin to st
In the medical world, artificial intelligence can make enormous changes for the good. Sarah de Lagarde was very badly injured when she fell off the platform in an underground station in London and was run over by two separate tube trains. She lost one arm, but now has a prosthetic arm and hand which is controlled using artificial intelligence. What are hiccups, and is there any way we can stop the
Paul and Bob are fishing for tench – a fish they have not targeted since the first series. They arrive at Rocklands Mere, a secluded hidden gem in the quaint village of Rocklands St Peter, and settle down to fish. After a pretty perfect first day at the lakes, they decide to reward themselves with a pint in a lovely Norfolk pub, The Brisley Bell – where Bob reveals they are staying overnight, much
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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 artists travel to Birmingham. It's a galactic brief from the buyer, who, born on the weekend of the moon landings, wants to mark her 50th birthday year with something out of this world. Will one of the arty trio be able to create what she's looking for?
The Ardern family from Sheffield are embarking on an extraordinary adventure, going back in time to run that great British institution, the corner shop. They experience 100 years of shopkeeping, discovering how what they sell, how they sell it and who they sell it to, reflects the changing lives of ordinary families in Britain. We've taken over a former corner shop in Meersbrook, a working-class s
Harvest returns for a second series to celebrate British farming, and follow the fortunes of some of our top farmers as they battle to bring in the 2015 harvest. Gregg Wallace, Philippa Forrester and newcomer James Manning cross the country visiting farms that produce world-class crops and meeting innovative and pioneering farmers. We'll witness the harvest as it happens up and down the country. E
Today Flog It! comes from Huddersfield Town Hall in West Yorkshire. Our experts Christina Trevanion and Nick Davies are on hand to find a selection of objects to take to auction. Christina values a mysterious local painting, while a pair of Bohemian glass vases grab Nick's attention. Paul Martin uncovers the story of one of the town's most famous sons, former prime minister Harold Wilson, visiting
Every day this week, celebrity contestants Michael Ball, Jodie Prenger, Laurence Rickard and Snoochie Shy take on a series of quiz rounds selected by the host, quiz legend Richard Osman. A daily winner is declared following a quickfire round at the end of each show, and the scores are tallied across the week, resulting in an overall champion being crowned on Friday. Will the winning stars opt for
Janette Manrara gets all the backstage gossip and behind-the-scenes action ahead of the weekend's strictly movie Special, and she's joined by a panel of celebrity superfans casting their eyes over the upcoming dances.
Paul discovers a forgotten German PoW camp from WWI before walking to the Blackwater Dam – built 100 years ago by the last of the navvies. Afterwards, a trek across the moors leads to the UK's highest and remotest railway station. After enjoying luxury in the middle of nowhere at Corrour Lodge, Paul makes a long hike down to Loch Laggan, where he is taken out to an island with a legendary feasting
With autumn well and truly under way, Monty shares his tips on how to get more for your money when buying perennials. Planning ahead for a vibrant spring display, he also creates a bulb lasagne in a pot and harvests his pumpkins. Rachel de Thame explores more extraordinary ways that plants communicate with pollinators. Arit Anderson travels to West Sussex to meet two garden designers who have tran
Elizabeth suffers heartbreak and finds herself caught up in scandal. But then she lands the most iconic role of her career, and her fame reaches dangerous new heights. Her work as an actor is overshadowed by her private life as she embarks on a century-defining love affair. With all eyes on 'Liz and Dick', can Elizabeth survive the pressures of being the most famous woman in the world?
Marilyn's rise is nearly ruined when news breaks that she posed nude for a calendar earlier in her career. She uses this to her advantage to showcase her body confidence. Marilyn demonstrates her unique talent for comedy in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and reaches superstar status whilst using her position to push for pay parity.
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Professor Philip Goodman, famous for debunking hoaxes and ghost sightings, is given a dossier of three terrifying, unsolvable cases by his hero and role model Charles Cameron, who has been missing, presumed dead, for years. Can Goodman explain what even Cameron could not?
The BBC's flagship documentary series is the longest-running consumer and political affairs programme of its kind, with journalists and researchers delving into heavyweight topics from the worlds of finance, healthcare, criminal justice and the environment. The series has won a host of media industry awards for its fearless undercover investigations, as well as its hard-hitting interviews with pol
Rob Rinder and Monica Galetti work at Six Senses Ibiza on the island's north coast. They help guests in the hotel's on-site clinic experience biohacking therapies, from cryotherapy to heated infrared masks, promising to delay ageing and increase vitality. Rob helps the hotel's "energy balancing" expert create a cacao ceremony to increase spiritual wellness. In the basement, Monica uncovers a recor
Banjo and his team are heading to Harris in the Outer Hebrides to help herbalist Amanda transform her huge apothecary. The space needs filling, so Banjo enlists Chris to pick flowers for him to dry and use to dress the space. Amanda lets Banjo raid her loft to find objects he can use in his design and enlists local tradesmen from Harris to help him divide up her space with salvage he's brought fro
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