

BBC Two Friday, 23 May Find out what's on TV.
- 2:15am
This Is BBC TWO
Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two.
- 6:15am
Homes Under the Hammer
Series 28 : Listen to Dad!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!
- 7:15am
Garden Rescue
Series 10 Episode 2: CrawleyCharlie 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?
- 8:00am
Chronicles of the Glens
Series 1 Episode 4: SummerThe 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.
- 8:30am
Jules and Greg's Wild Swim
Series 1 Episode 6The crystal-clear ocean waters and impressive beaches of Mull and Iona are the backdrop for Jules and Greg's last adventure of the season.
- 9:00am
BBC News
Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break.
- 12:30pm
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
Series 2 Episode 3Nick Robinson has a conversation with, not an interrogation of, the people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.
- 1:00pm
The Edge
Series 2 Episode 5Gabby Logan presents the game show that mixes general knowledge quizzing and bowling.
- 1:45pm
Lightning
Series 2 Episode 10Comedian 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.
- 2:15pm
Unbeatable
Series 1 Episode 25Jason 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.
- 3:00pm
Saved and Remade
Series 1A 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.
- 3:45pm
Madagascar
Series 1 Episode 3: Land of Heat and DustMadagascar 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.
- 4:45pm
Villages by the Sea
Series 3 : BotallackThe 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.
- 5:15pm
Flog It!
Series 16 Episode 25: CompilationThe 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.
- 6:00pm
Richard Osman's House of Games
Series 7 Episode 15Each 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.
- 6:30pm
Anna Haugh's Big Irish Food Tour
Series 1 Episode 15: County Louth with Shayne WardShayne 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.
- 7:00pm
Test Cricket
England v Zimbabwe 2025: Day Two HighlightsDay two highlights from the Test match between England and Zimbabwe.
- 8:00pm
RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Series 2025 Episode 11It'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.
- 9:00pm
Hidden Treasures of the National Trust
Series 3 Episode 2The 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.
- 10:00pm
Red Dwarf
Series 4 Episode 5: Dimension JumpIn 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.
- 10:30pm
Newsnight
Featuring extensive coverage of the day's top national and international news stories, along with explanations about the context and potential aftereffects.
- 10:58pm
BBC Weather
The latest weather forecast.
- 11:00pm
Biography (2019)Judy
6.8IMDb - 12:50am
Panorama
The Dark Side of Swimming ClubsMore 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?
- 1:20am
Who Do You Think You Are?
Series 22 Episode 4: Layton WilliamsActor 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.
- 2:20am
Robson Green's Weekend Escapes
Series 3 Episode 14: Steve CramRobson 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'.
- 2:50am
This Is BBC TWO
Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two.