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Tonight's highlights

7:00 PM The Hairy Bikers Go West The Hairy Bikers head to the Isle of Bute, a place that holds special memories for them. They discover how locals are embracing change while keeping important traditions alive.

8:00 PM Saving Lives at Sea The Porthcawl crew’s training night is disrupted when a call comes from a dog walker who has spotted a surfer in trouble below the cliffs at Rest Bay.

      
        9:00 PM
        
          John Simpson - 60 Years at the BBC
        
      John Simpson looks back at his extraordinary 60-year career at the BBC - reporting on the biggest global news stories of our times.

10:00 PM QI Sandi takes a look at tubes and tubas in a totally tubular show with Bridget Christie, Sara Pascoe, Deborah Frances White and Alan Davies.

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BBC Two Schedule — Today

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The first program is at 12:55 AM (12:55 AM UK Time )

12:55 AM

Countryfile — 00:55

Matt Baker and Emily McGowan are in the Cotswolds for the biggest date in the sheepdog trialling calendar - the Supreme.

Runtime: 55 min

1:50 AM

The Celebrity Traitors — 01:50

As the first banishment unfolds, the Faithful are hoping that they’ve caught a Traitor, while the Traitors are desperate to keep their identities concealed.

Runtime: 1 hr 5 min

2:55 AM

The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked — 02:55

Ed Gamble hears from the latest banished and murdered players from episode 3 about their time in the castle, and he gets their reactions to the Traitors' identities.

Runtime: 25 min

6:30 AM

Bargain Hunt — 06:30

Southwell 26

Two teams - a pair of PhD students and a father and daughter - gallop around the antiques stalls of Southwell Racecourse with experts Lesley Kiddell-Spencer and Irita Marriott.

Runtime: 45 min

7:15 AM

Escape to the Country — 07:15

Cornwall

Three generations swap busy Bucks for the calm of Cornwall, where Alistair Appleton has a beautiful mystery house conversion up his sleeve and meets a duo lighting up the county.

Runtime: 45 min

8:00 AM

Weatherman Walking — 08:00

Best of Weatherman Walking

In three of Derek’s top coastal rambles, he gets a dunking in Pembrokeshire, discovers why Porth Neigwl is dubbed Hell’s Mouth and meets some volunteers called the Silver Slashers.

Runtime: 30 min

8:30 AM

Weatherman Walking — 08:30

Best of Weatherman Walking

Derek follows the River Taff to Breacon, stands on Devil’s Bridge in Pontarfynach and takes the steam train around Barmouth Bay, as he revisits his most loved waterways walks.

Runtime: 30 min

9:00 AM

BBC News — 09:00

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

Runtime: 3 hr 15 min

12:15 PM

Politics Live — 12:15

The big political issues of the day.

Runtime: 45 min

1:00 PM

Impossible — 13:00

Episode 7

Game show presented by Rick Edwards in which players score points by answering questions correctly while avoiding the Impossible answers.

Runtime: 45 min

1:45 PM

The Answer Run — 13:45

Episode 2

Comedian Jason Manford hosts an exciting, fast-paced quiz show, where three couples face a series of 50/50 questions which hurtle The Answer Run down towards them.

Runtime: 45 min

2:30 PM

The Boss — 14:30

Episode 11

Susan Calman hosts the quiz show of tactics, knowledge and nerve. Contestants must work as a team, but ultimately there can only be one Boss. Who will walk away with the money?

Runtime: 45 min

3:15 PM

Great British Railway Journeys — 15:15

St Bees to Grange-over-Sands

Michael Portillo’s railway tour continues as he travels along the scenic Cumbrian Coast Line. He visits an iron ore mine turned into an arts centre and discovers the cradle of Quakerism.

Runtime: 30 min i Available on iPlayer

3:45 PM

The Great House Revival — 15:45

Episode 4

Hugh meets designers Robin and Eoin on their journey to convert a Victorian schoolhouse into a chic family home.

Runtime: 50 min i Available on iPlayer

4:35 PM

Antiques Roadshow — 16:35

Hastings

Michael Aspel and the team head for Hastings, where amongst the treasures uncovered are a Meissen pot and a doodle by artist Augustus John.

Runtime: 40 min

5:15 PM

Flog It! — 17:15

Somerset 30

Antiques series. This episode comes from the Fleet Air Arm Museum, home to an enormous collection of naval aviation history.

Runtime: 45 min

6:00 PM

House of Games — 18:00

Week 3: Tuesday

Chizzy Akudolu, Stephen Bailey, Banjo Beale and Philippa Dunne test their general knowledge skills on this week's House of Games.

Runtime: 30 min

6:30 PM

Strictly - It Takes Two — 18:30

Episode 12

Ellie Taylor dishes up all the behind-the-scenes action from the ballroom with a panel of Strictly celebs, and Anton Du Beke swings by for a chat.

Runtime: 30 min

7:00 PM

The Hairy Bikers Go West — 19:00

Episode 1

The Hairy Bikers head to the Isle of Bute, a place that holds special memories for them. They discover how locals are embracing change while keeping important traditions alive.

Runtime: 1 hr i Available on iPlayer

8:00 PM

Saving Lives at Sea — 20:00

Rip Current Surfer

The Porthcawl crew’s training night is disrupted when a call comes from a dog walker who has spotted a surfer in trouble below the cliffs at Rest Bay.

Runtime: 1 hr

9:00 PM

John Simpson - 60 Years at the BBC — 21:00

On the front line of history

John Simpson looks back at his extraordinary 60-year career at the BBC - reporting on the biggest global news stories of our times.

Runtime: 1 hr

10:00 PM

QI — 22:00

Tubular

Sandi takes a look at tubes and tubas in a totally tubular show with Bridget Christie, Sara Pascoe, Deborah Frances White and Alan Davies.

Runtime: 30 min

10:30 PM

Newsnight — 22:30

Insights and global interviews on the news stories of the day. With Victoria Derbyshire.

Runtime: 28 min

10:58 PM

BBC Weather — 22:58

Weather bulletin.

Runtime: 2 min

11:00 PM

Being Muslim After 9/11 — 23:00

Twenty-five years after 9/11, film-makers Mobeen Azhar and Masood Khan revisit their archive and reconnect with people across the British Muslim community to explore how life has changed.

Runtime: 1 hr 5 min

Next Day →

Coming up tomorrow

Tomorrow on BBC Two — 14 October 2026

12:05 AM

Damilola: The Untold Story

Made 26 years after the killing of ten-year-old Damilola Taylor shocked Britain, this documentary returns to his story with new testimony that sheds fresh light on what happened to him.
1:20 AM

The Celebrity Traitors

As the players go deeper into the game, a new day brings new suspicions amongst the Faithful. The mission forces the celebrities to work in teams under terrifying conditions.
2:25 AM

The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked

Ed chats to any banished and murdered players from episode 4. Find out their reactions as they discover the Traitors' identities.
6:30 AM

Escape to the Country

Steve Brown helps Cheryl and Barry swap Somerset suburbia for Moray and Aberdeenshire, where £425,000 must buy plenty of land for their family and growing menagerie of animals.
7:15 AM

Bridge of Lies

Friends Karen, Andrew, Mary and Arwel take on the Bridge of Lies. One by one, they must cross the Bridge, stepping on the truths and avoiding the lies.
8:00 AM

The Reluctant Vampire

Val’s curiosity about human life gets the better of him, and he decides to explore the village, finding himself torn between two worlds.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is on BBC Two tonight?

Tonight (Tuesday 13 October) on BBC Two, you can watch The Hairy Bikers Go West, Saving Lives at Sea, John Simpson - 60 Years at the BBC, and QI. Check the full schedule for more details.

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Today's programming on BBC Two ends at 00:05 (10:05 your time) with Being Muslim After 9/11.

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