BBC Two

The week in TV: Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution; Ridley Road; The Mating Game; Murder Island

The story of the birth of New Labour reminds us how politics used to work, Sarah Solemani’s fascism drama struggles to find the right tone – and a gameshow looks dead on arrival

Barbara Ellen

10, Oct, 2021 @8:30 AM

BBC inquiry dismisses Rupert Murdoch complaints about documentary series

Complaints unit backs makers of Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, except over section on Tory ‘sleaze’ stories

Jim Waterson Media editor

20, Aug, 2021 @3:11 PM

Arctic thriller’s film crew struggled to find true frozen waste

Colin Farrell and his co-stars in the BBC’s North Water shocked at the loss of wilderness at the north pole from global heating

Dalya Alberge

01, Aug, 2021 @5:00 AM

Ex-police reveal bribes and threats used to cover up corruption in 70s London

BBC documentary to examine incidents that led to setting up of unit on which Line of Duty’s AC-12 is based

Duncan Campbell

08, Apr, 2021 @2:30 PM

'Witch' tweets reflect society's fear of older women, says Mary Beard

Inside Culture host draws parallel between witch trials of the past and the online abuse she receives

Matthew Weaver

09, Feb, 2021 @12:01 AM

The weather's dismal but it shouldn’t stop us enjoying our local wildlife this lockdown | Chris Packham

Winter is when you get the very best out of your senses. Bare trees mean that you can hear every sound and watch for birds, says wildlife presenter Chris Packham

Chris Packham

18, Jan, 2021 @9:00 AM

Wreck of the world’s oldest slave ship at risk of destruction

BBC documentary shows fragile sunken vessel in which enslaved Africans died is being destroyed by trawlers

Dalya Alberge

11, Oct, 2020 @7:15 AM

'I had no idea how touching it would be': how a fishing show put men's health in focus

Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing began as one friend helping another and has gone on to explore issues many older men might find hard to discuss

Sam Wollaston

02, Oct, 2020 @11:30 AM

Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian review – blunt questions cut to the dark truth of the Australian dream

With a typical lack of filter that make her explorations unique, the actor who has strong ties to the country, takes a road trip to explore life for its inhabitants

Rebecca Nicholson

24, Jul, 2020 @9:00 PM

'Chisholm made Obama possible': director Amma Asante on Mrs America's real star

She put her mark on The Handmaid’s Tale. Now the British director is working on Mrs America, which stars Cate Blanchett as an infamous anti-feminist. But that’s not who’s caught Asante’s eye

Ellen E Jones

07, Jul, 2020 @3:21 PM