Happy Birthday BBC Two — Season 1, Episode 3: Episode 3
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 4 episodes
Episode synopsis
A look back at some of BBC Two's most popular programmes, including Red Dwarf, Top Gear, Later... with Jools Holland, Gardeners' World and Have I Got News For You? In the 1990s, the channel was home to groundbreaking drama series such as Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Our Friends in the North and This Life, as well as the Screen Two strand of one-off films. The Death of Yugoslavia was a landmark documentary series chronicling the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, made and shown while the conflicts in the region were far from over. Meanwhile, Video Diaries allowed members of the public to make programmes about themselves. There is also a look at some memorable comedy moments from The Fast Show, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer and I'm Alan Partridge.
About Happy Birthday BBC Two
First transmitted in 2004 to commemorate the channel's 40th birthday, stars and programme makers come together to look back at the story of BBC Two.