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Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two.

Homes Under the Hammer

A father is disappointed in his son, who failed to visit the property or read the legal pack at a Liverpool terrace. Will he live to regret it? Tommy and Jacqui are in London, where both of them happen to be visiting two-bedroom flats!

Garden Rescue

Charlie and Lee are in Crawley to convert Lamar and Nadine's overgrown, weed-filled, south-facing garden into a tropical social garden. They would love the garden to draw on their combined Jamaican and Myanmar heritage, as well as Sri Lanka, so it's an eclectic mix of semi-tropical planting, socialising spaces and a central cooking area where all the action would take place. Can the team achieve all of this on a £5,000 budget?

Chronicles of the Glens

The Glens are entering what would normally be their busiest season, as visitors come to enjoy the unspoiled beaches and pretty villages that hug the coastline. Covid-19 restrictions have led to the cancellation of village festivals, but there are still ways to have fun, and the Glens' community is used to dealing with adversity.

Jules and Greg's Wild Swim

The crystal-clear ocean waters and impressive beaches of Mull and Iona are the backdrop for Jules and Greg's last adventure of the season.

BBC News

Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break.

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson

Nick Robinson has a conversation with, not an interrogation of, the people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.

The Edge

Gabby Logan presents the game show that mixes general knowledge quizzing and bowling.

Lightning

Comedian Zoe Lyons presents the electrifyingly fast quiz with a £3,000 jackpot. Six plucky contestants compete across six rounds testing their general knowledge, quick thinking and speedy reactions whilst our ruthless spotlight patrols the studio.

Unbeatable

Jason Manford hosts the quiz show where players face a question and pick from a board of six rankable answers. Some answers are good, but only one is unbeatable.

Saved and Remade

A beloved gramophone, which reminds the owner of her music-loving granddad, and a old slide projector belonging to a photography enthusiast are among today's transformations.

Madagascar

Madagascar is an island of extremes. While the east is cloaked in soaking rainforest, the west and south is almost a desert. This is a scorching landscape where it might not rain for nine months of the year, and some years not at all. The animals and plants of the dry southern lands are stranger and more mysterious than on any other part of the island, and their strategies for surviving the dryness are extraordinary.

Villages by the Sea

The small hamlet of Botallack was once at the centre of the Cornish tin and copper mining industry as archaeologist Ben Robinson discovers. By 1861, Botallack's mine was one of the biggest in the whole of Cornwall. Ben explores the village's mining past with archaeologist, Adam Sharpe, where he learns the mines produced millions and millions of pounds worth of copper and tin.

Flog It!

The team travel up and down the country revisiting some of the historic venues from the series, with brand new valuations and unexpected auctions. Paul Martin uncovers the fascinating stories of the people of Paxton House, past and present.

Richard Osman's House of Games

Each week a group of four celebrities compete to test their knowledge in a series of quick-paced rounds of games. Host, Richard Osman then cross-examines the celebrities as they strive to increase their scores and match Richard's mental prowess.

Anna Haugh's Big Irish Food Tour

Shayne Ward invites Anna along as he retraces his Irish Traveller roots in County Louth. They meet one of Ireland's last remaining tinsmiths and harvest cabbages at a local farm.

Test Cricket

Day two highlights from the Test match between England and Zimbabwe.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show

It's the end of the week at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025, and Monty Don, Rachel de Thame and Arit Anderson bring us their analysis of the winning garden in the BBC RHS People's Choice Award.

Hidden Treasures of the National Trust

The revealing statue of a Georgian high-society mistress has her beauty restored at Knole House in Kent, and Townend, a traditional Lake District farmhouse, undergoes a makeover.

Red Dwarf

In a universe like our own, another Arnold Rimmer exists. He is a charming, popular and brave test-pilot in the Space Corps. However, after his test craft breaks the speed of reality, he finds himself face to face with his less than exceptional counterpart.

Newsnight

Featuring extensive coverage of the day's top national and international news stories, along with explanations about the context and potential aftereffects.

BBC Weather

The latest weather forecast.

Judy

Panorama

More than 100,000 children train at swimming clubs across England, many hoping one day to compete at the Olympics. But do those dreams of gold medals come at too high a price?

Who Do You Think You Are?

Actor Layton Williams finds generations of Londoners in his family and is delighted to find they walked the same streets as him. In Jamaica, he makes some distressing discoveries.

Robson Green's Weekend Escapes

Robson spends this weekend break in the company of sporting legend Steve Cram. He joins Robson on a boat trip from Seahouses to the Farne Islands to watch seals and seabirds. The duo take to the beach to sample the practice of `walking meditation'.

This Is BBC TWO

Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two.