BBC Two

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BBC Two in Germany is a channel that focuses on factual and cultural programming, with a strong emphasis on documentaries, history, science, and the arts. Its schedule often includes in-depth nature films, historical analyses, and performing arts broadcasts, such as opera, ballet, and classical music concerts. The channel also carries drama series, comedy, and some news analysis programs, typically drawn from the broader BBC production portfolio. While it does not produce its own content locally, the selection is curated for the German-speaking market, with most programmes broadcast in their original English language with German subtitles or dubbing.

Viewers can access the channel through standard cable and satellite television packages across the country. A live stream and a selection of on-demand content are available via the channel’s website and associated apps, though the full programme archive is not always accessible due to regional licensing restrictions. Electronic programme guides and TV magazines provide the current schedule, which is updated regularly to reflect seasonal specials and new documentary series. The channel does not carry advertising, as it is funded through the German television licence fee system.

Vintage Antiques Roadshow
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16:30–17:15
Vintage Antiques Roadshow
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17:15–18:00
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New: House of Games
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Great British Railway Journeys
15:00 - 15:30
Great British Railway Journeys
Documentary
Michael Portillo embarks on a journey across Essex. Beginning on the fringes of London, he takes the underground to the ancient woodland of Epping Forest, with its gnarled hornbeams and beeches, a legacy of centuries of pollarding. Continuing on the Central Line, Michael visits...
Madagascar: Earth's Tropical Islands.
15:30 - 16:30
Madagascar: Earth's Tropical Islands.
Madagascar
Nature + Environment
Journey across the tropical island of Madagascar and explore the unique and incredible wildlife it has to offer – from its famed lemurs to chameleons. As the oldest island on earth, life has had time to evolve, and there are now more unique plants and animals on Madagascar than...
Vintage Antiques Roadshow
16:30 - 17:15
Vintage Antiques Roadshow
Sparetime + Hobby
Michael Aspel and the team visit Wilton House near Salisbury where a rich hoard of treasures and curiosities are brought to light. Included in the day's finds are a hoard of 200 typewriters, a suffragette doll dressed in clothes cut from women protestors' prison uniforms, a ring...
Flog It!
LIVE 17:15 - 18:00
Flog It!
Prize show
Flog It! comes to Blackburn in Lancashire, where the valuation day is being held at Blackburn Cathedral. The experts are Charles Hanson and Anita Manning. Anita discovers an Omar Ramsden spoon, and Charles finds an old silver bucket that has been used as a bin and a Christmas...
New: House of Games
18:00 - 18:30
New: House of Games
Week 5: Monday
Quiz
Every day this week, celebrity contestants Les Dennis, Jenny Eclair, Owain Wyn Evans and Lauren Patel take on a series of quiz rounds selected by the host, Michael Sheen. A daily winner is declared following a quickfire round at the end of each show, and the scores are tallied...
Strictly It Takes Two
18:30 - 19:00
Strictly It Takes Two
Musical show
Global Eye
19:00 - 19:30
Global Eye
Documentary
A weekly programme from the BBC World Service, bringing forensic journalism from all corners of the world by BBC Eye, the World Service's critically acclaimed investigative unit, and featuring expert global correspondents getting to the heart of the biggest international...
Mastermind
19:30 - 20:00
Mastermind
Quiz
The series continues with another four contenders facing the black chair, answering questions on their chosen specialist subjects to earn a place in the semi-finals. Clive Myrie hosts, and the subjects are the record label Creation Records, The X-Files, the 1815 Waterloo...
Only Connect
20:00 - 20:30
Only Connect
Meat and Two Veg v Creepy Crawleys
Quiz
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far – the vital extra ingredients are logic and lateral thinking. Neither team is leaving the tournament this time, but the questions are as challenging as ever. What connects the following: impossible...
University Challenge
20:30 - 21:00
University Challenge
Bristol v Queen's, Belfast
Quiz
Escaping Idi Amin
21:00 - 22:00
Escaping Idi Amin
Documentary
In August 1972, Idi Amin is 18 months into his dictatorship. Supporters hail the new president – a former boxer and soldier – as a saviour, and his rise to power is greeted with celebration and hope across Uganda. But beneath the apparent social harmony, resentment runs deep....
QI
22:00 - 22:30
QI
Tea Time
Game show
Newsnight, followed by Weather
22:30 - 23:03
Newsnight, followed by Weather
Talks
BBC Weather
23:03 - 23:05
BBC Weather
Weather forecast
BBC Weather provides forecast information for locations across UK and the world. Get the latest updates on the weather, know what to expect. (Senderinfo).
Shadowmen: Russians working with Ukraine.
23:05 - 00:20
Shadowmen: Russians working with Ukraine.
Documentary
Two Russian men secretly working for Ukraine's intelligence services give rare accounts of operations they claim to have been involved with, to target military assets and personnel inside Russia. One man, Ivan – not his real name – spent two years texting with and meeting Polish...